Wednesday, February 20, 2013

2/20/13 Wed pm Dow Closes at 13,927.54 down 108.13 or 0.77%

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Post No. 2,055  The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,927.54 down 108.13 or 0.77% from Tuesday's close of 14,035.67. Of the Dow components  6  gained and 24 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was   Walmart up 46 cents and percentage-wise was Merck up 1.04%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Caterpillar down $2.49 and percentage-wise was Alcoa down 3.37%.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 15.44 up from Tuesday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.38 (year ago it was 14.45); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.50 unchanged from Tuesday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.50 (year ago it was 12.35) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.50 down from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.61 (last year it was 2.50). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,813.59 down 14.08    from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,827.67. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator  decrease for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $60.45 down 47 cents from Tuesday's average of $60.92. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.05 (DIS/UNH) down  $1.13 from Tuesday's median closing price of $56.18. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,408 ($182,767 - $181,359).

MarketWatch Wednesday 2/20/13 3:39 by Kate Gibson says   U.S. stocks on Wednesday fell the most in two weeks as investors considered varied views from Federal Reserve officials on the longevity of the central bank’s asset-purchase program. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.77% shed 91.21 points, or 0.7%, to 13,944.4, with Caterpillar Inc. CAT -2.49% shares among those hit as the manufacturer of construction and mining equipment reported global sales fell in the first quarter. MarketWatch's Polya Lesova reports Dell, Herbalife and Boeing are likely to drive market activity on Wednesday. Retreating some from highs last reached in October 2007, the S&P 500 indexSPX -1.24% shed 16.55 points, or 1.1%, to 1,514.39, with materials the heaviest weight among its sectors. The S&P 500 is up 6.2% so far this year, lifted by the Fed’s easing policy, better-than-anticipated earnings and after politicians managed to reach a budget deal. Minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s January meeting released Wednesday had some Fed members expressing concern about the $85 billion a month in asset purchases. “As we found out last month, we don’t have a uniform voice coming from the Fed,” said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. Interest rates could remain exceptionally low “well into 2014, but how much we spend on purchases could be scaled back at any time,” said Hogan of the Fed’s monthly spending on assets.
However, potential changes to the Fed’s monetary policy are “less bothersome than some things on the horizon,” said Hogan, listing the March 1 deadline for massive cuts in government spending, known as sequestration, and the outcome of Italian elections. After closing at a 12-year high Tuesday, the Nasdaq CompositeCOMP -1.53% on Wednesday slipped 40.36 points, or 1.3%, to 3,173.21.
Gold prices fell 1.6%, with the futures contract for February deliveryGCG3 -2.56% losing $26 to $1,577.60 an ounce. Among individual stock moves, Boeing Co. BA +0.17% rose 0.4% a day after engineers approved the plane maker’s contract offer, deflating a labor dispute. Apple Inc.AAPL -2.42% fell 2.4% after supplier Foxconn Technology Group froze hiring at its biggest factory in Shenzhen. Toll Brothers Inc. TOL -9.05% shed 7.9% after the luxury-home builder reported earnings beneath expectations. “Weakness in gold and Apple has been the norm of late but when you throw in the home builders and a couple of suppliers into the mix, you get a broad decline,” remarked Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus & Company Inc. The price of gold, which touched $1,750 an ounce in December, is now around $1,600 - and falling. Polya Lesova joins Markets Hub.
For every stock on the rise nearly three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 496 million shares traded as of 3:25 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume approached 3.2 billion. Figures from the Commerce Department had builders breaking ground in January on the most homes in more than four years and permits for construction ahead climbing. Housing starts fell to a 890,000 rate, below expectations. The rise in permits suggests “the January decline in starts will be temporary, and as the year progresses, housing starts will continue to push higher,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. A separate report from the Labor Department had the producer-price index rising 0.2% in January after a 0.3% decline the month before. Office Depot Inc. ODP -16.73% and OfficeMax Inc.OMX -7.00%  will join in a $1.2 billion all-stock deal, the companies said Wednesday, confirming an accord mistakenly announced ahead of its completion.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times,, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 14,035.67 up 53.91 or 0.39% from Friday's close of 13,981.76. For the year the Dow is up 7.11%. Of the Dow components  22  gained and 8 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron up 96 cents  and percentage-wise was Cisco  up 2.24%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down 60 cents and percentage-wise was Alcoa down 2.58%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks ride deal talks to Oct '07 levels" by Matt Jarzemsky says fresh corp deal news & an upbeat reading on German investor confidence emboldened US stock investors, sending major benchmarks to 5 year highs. United Health dropped 66 cents after a gov agency proposed reimbursing insurance firms for Medicare Advantage, a health care plan for seniors at a lower rte than some expected.

NYT pB9 "Talk of a retailer merger cheers markets"  & AJC pA9 "Merger talks boost indexes" by AP says talk of more deal making sent the stock market higher putting the Dow within reach of its all time high.

FT p22 "OfficeMax soars as talk of tie-up with rival retailer finds favour" by Anora Mahmudova says equity markets have eprformed well so far in '13 due to reduced headline & macro risks, better than expected corp earnings & early signs that economic growth is improving.

IBD pB4 "Indexes hit fresh peaks; more leaders break out" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks started off the holiday shortened week on a positve note, rallying into the close to end with decend gains as volume decreases.  The current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,827.67 up 7.02    from Friday's closing numerator of 1,820.65. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the increase in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $60.92 up 33 cents from Friday's average of $60.69. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.18 (DIS/UNH)down  28   cents from Friday's median closing price of $56.46. The lowest volume was Travelersand the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $702 ($182,767-$182,065).

MarketWatch Tuesday 2/19/13 4:18 by Wallace Witkowski & amp; Poly Lesova says U.S. stock

Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa:  USAT p4B lists Alcoa as one of the Losers saying it crumpled in metal sell-off.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC3 "BofA rewards CEO for revival in '12" by Christian Berthelsen, Shayndi Raice says BofA awared CEO Brian Moynhian $12 mil in salary and bonus for '12 valuting him past JPMorgan's CEO James Dimon as the best paid US fin'l exec.

Boeing:  WSJ pB7 "Swelling found in a Dreamliner battery's cells" by Reuters says the All Nippon Airways lithium-ion battery that had problems showed slight swellling.

WSJ pB1 "New Dreamliner headache: parking space" by Christine Negroni says Boeing is making a 787 per week and are parking them on airfields.

Caterpillar:     No mentions found.

Chevron:  WSJ pB9 "Deep water oil's lasting allure" by Ben Lefebvre says Chevron is betting on finding crude in the deepest waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the Lower Tertiary.

Cisco:     No mentions found.

Coca-Cola:  AJC pA7 "Coca-Cola ehart and soul to retire" by Leon Staffrord says top exec Ingrid Saunders Jones is retiring.

Disney:   No mentions found.

DuPont:     No mentions found.

Exxon: WSJ pB4 "Exxon reserves topped output" by Angel Gonzalez, Tess Stynes says Exxon added slightly more oil and gas to its reserves tha it produced in '12, with most of the new reserves coming from oil rich assets in N. Amer.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:    No mentions found.

IBM:    No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC2 "hearing possible on Whale loss" by Scott Patterson, Daniel Fitzpatrick says there may be Senate hearings on the big trading loss.

FT p17 "Blavatnik accuses JPMorgan over losses"  by Tom Braithwaite says Len Blavatnik, a billionaire investors is suing JPMorgan for $100m in trading losses claiming "negligence."

 WSJ pC3 "BofA rewards CEO for revival in '12" by Christian Berthelsen, Shayndi Raice says BofA awared CEO Brian Moynhian $12 mil in salary and bonus for '12 valuting him past JPMorgan's CEO James Dimon as the best paid US fin'l exec.

Johnson & Johnson:   No mentions found.

McDonald's:  FT p12 "McDonald's" says only 40% of McDonald's locations are in the US  in this article about minimum wage.

Merck:     No mentions found.

Microsoft:  USAT p2B "Microsoft Outlook takes aim at Google's Gmail" says Microsoft is spending $30 mil on an ad campaign.

IBD pA2 "Microsoft's Gates gets candid"  says Microsoft made a mistake with its mobile strategy.

Pfizer:    No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:     No mentions found.

3M:     No mentions found.

Travelers:     No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: WSJ pB3 "Health insurers stumble amid Medicare proposal" by Jon Kamp, WSJ pC4 "Stocks ride deal talks to Oct '07 levels" by Matt Jarzemsky sas fresh corp deal news & an upbeat reading on German investor confidence emboldened US stock investors, sending major benchmarks to 5 year highs. United Health dropped 66 cents after a gov agency proposed reimbursing insurance firms for Medicare Advantage, a health care plan for seniors at a lower rte than some expected.

United Technologies:    No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Walmart:   No mentions found.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA) (has announced retirement in May '13)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 2/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $410.52
2. WalMart WMT 235.81
3. GE 236.31
4. IBM 229.80
5. Chevron CVX 228.01
6. Microsoft MSFT 223.95
7. Procter & Gamble PG 207.39
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 205.57
9. Pfizer PFE 203.43
10. AT&T T 198.18
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182.15
12. Coke KO 168.37
13. Verizon VZ 127.53
14. Merck MRK 127.17
15. Bank of America BAC 126.21
16. Cisco CSCO 110.59
17. Intel INTC 106.09
18. Home Depot HD 100.63
19. Disney DIS 96.74
20. McDonald's MCD 96.33
21. United Technologies UTX 80.77
22. 3M MMM 69.78
23. American Express AXP 66.20
24. Caterpillar CAT 65.11
25. UnitedHealth UNH 57.83
26. Boeing BA 56.57
27. DuPont DD 44.77
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 32.07
29. Travelers TRV 30.15
30. Alcoa AA 9.60

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 2/1/13:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 1/25/13 8K re: agreement to buy spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 bil
1/24/13 2 8Ks & 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q results
12/18/12 8K re: issuance of long term Global Notes
12/17/12 8K re: sales of 1 bil in Euros of 3.5% of Global Notes due 2032
12/12/12 8K re: extension of $5 bil revolving credit agreement
12/11/12 8K re: closing of sale of $4bil of Global Notes
12/4/12 8K re: underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20
11/20/12 8K re: Announcemnt of reference yield of notes & results of exchange offer
11/2/12 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/12


Alcoa AA: 1/14/13 8K & 1/9/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/9/13 8K re: William F. Oplinger becoming CFO effective 4/1/13
10/25/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/15/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings call
10/10/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River

American Express AXP: 1/17/13 8K & 1/10/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/13 8K re: delingq. 7 write-of stats 3 mos. ended 12/31/12
12/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-of stats for 3 months ended 11/30/12
12/12/12 8K re: results of notes exchange offer
11/28/12 8K results of private exchange offer
11/27/12 8K re: terms of privte exchange offer
11/15/12 8K re: write-off credit stats Aug., Sept., Oct
11/13/12 8K re: announcement of private offer


Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/13 8K re: Robert W. Scully retiring from Bd. of Dirs.
1/23/13 8K re: stocks options to certain directors
1/17/13 & 1/7/13 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results

Boeing BA: 1/30/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/23/13 8K re: suspension of SEC reporting for Boeing Capital Corp. sub.
1/17/13 8K re: FAA grounding of 787s
1/11/13 8K re: review of safety of 787
12/19/12 8K re: award of stock options to execs
12/17/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & resumption of share buyback program
10/24/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/24/12 8K re: 3Q rsults
10/17/12 8K re: two $2.3 bil credit agreements


Caterpillar CAT: 1/28/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
1/18/13 8K re: goodwill impairment of Chinese acquisition
12/20/12 8K re: supplemental info re: sales of machines & power systems
12/17/12 8K re: retirement from Bd. of Eugene V. Fife due to mandatory retirement age
11/20/12 8K re: 3 months dealer stats
11/6/12 8K re: executive compensation for Group Pres.
11/6/12 Prospetus for exchange offer of debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q eneded 9/30


Chevron CVX: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)
12/5/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil of notes
11/6/12 10Q Qtr. ended 9/30/12
11/2/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: 3Q interim results
10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board


Cisco CSCO: 2/1/13 8K re: election of Gregory Q. Brown, CEO of Motorola to Bd. of Dirs.
1/8/13 8K re: contract with Wim Elfrink, EVP
12/21/12 & 12/19/12 8Ks re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
11/20/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: Qtr. ended 10/27
11/16/12 8K re: amdmt to exec. comp. plan
10/4/12 8K re: appointment of Gary B. Moore as Pres & other exec appointments


Coke KO: 10/25/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/28
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
9/14/12 8K re: exec changes


Disney DIS: 1/18/13 Proxy re: annual shareholders meeting 3/6/13 in Phoeniz, Arizona
1/11/13 8K re: stock plan for directors
11/29/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil Global Notes
11/21/12 10K & 11/8/12 8K re: results year ended 9/29
10/30/12 8K re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm


DuPont DD: 1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
10/23/12 10Q & 8K & 10/9 8K all re: 9/30 Q results
9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil


ExxonMobil XOM: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results
12/4/12 8K re: grant of bonus to CEO tillerson of $4.5 mil
11/30/12 8K re: retirement of SVP D.D. Humphreys
11/6/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
11/2/12 8K re: elecgtion of CEO of Xerox, Ursula M. Burns to Bd
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results


GE: 1/18/13 8K re: 4Q results
12/13/12 8K re: revised segment fin'l info for prior 2 qtrs.
11/7/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/19/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: Offering of $7 bil of notes (closing)


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 1/31/13 Proxy re: annual stockholders meeting 3/20/13, Mt. View, CA
12/27/12 10K for year ended 10/31/12
11/20/12 8K re: results year ended 10/31
10/3/12 8K e: earnings outlook for '13 fiscal year

Home Depot HD: 11/21/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: 4Q ended 10/28
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Ron L. Sargent from BOD
9/21/12 8K re: election of mark Vadon to Board
8/22/12 10Q for qtr ended 7/29/12
8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement


Intel INTC: 1/18/13 & 1/17/13 8Ks re: 4Q and 2012 results
12/14/12 8K re: issuance of $175 mil of 4.2% due 2042
12/11/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
12/6/12 & 12/4/12 8Ks re: issuance of $6 bil of Notes
12/4/12 8K re: adoption of FASB standard
11/19/12 8K re: retirement of Paul S. Otellini at May Annual Mtg. of Shareholders
10/31/12 10Q & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 9/29 Q results

IBM: 21/13 8K re: exec comp for officers
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q earnings call transcript
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/4/13 8K re: retirement of Michael E. Daniels, SVP
11/16/12 8K re: sale of 1.375% Notes
11/5/12 8K re: bae salary of $1.5 mil for CEO Virginia Rometty
10/30/12 & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 3Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 8K reL election of Virginia M. Rometty to Chrmn of Bd.


JPMorganChase JPM: 1/25/13 8K re: closing of sale of notes
1/16/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/16/13 8K re: internal report re: trading loss
1/9/13 8K re: leaving of James E. Staley, Chrm. of Corporate & Inv. Banking Unit
12/5/12 8K re: Mark W. O'Donovan is now Controller
12/4/12 8K re: slides from U.S. fin'l services inv. conf.
12/4/12 8K re: reorganization
11/21/12 8K re: Marianne Lake is now CFO, other appointments
11/8/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 1/22/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q & 2012 results and earnings call
12/3/12 8K re: CEO Alex Gorsky replaces Bill Weldon as Chiar of BOD eff. 12/28
11/9/12 8K re: Eugene Washington is on BOD
11/9/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30


McDonald's MCD: 1/31/13 8K re: quarterly cash dividend
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/13/12 8KA & 12/11/12 re global sales
12/4/12 8K & 11/15/12 8K re: Jeff Stratton succeeds Janice Fields as Pres. of McDonald's USA
11/9/12 8K re: global sales decreased 1.8% in Oct.
11/1/12 10Q & 10/19 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30


Merck MRK: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
11/29/12 8K re: Amendment to Control seperation Benefits Plan
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
10/26/12 8K re: 3Q results


Microsoft MSFT: 1/24/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 12/31/12
11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results
10/17 & 10/10 & 10/9 Proxy materials re: 11/28 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at Bellevue, Wash
10/9/12 8K re: retirement of Reed Hastings from Bd & other Bd. changes


Pfizer PFE: 1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
8/14/12 8K re: purchase of marketing rights to OTC Nexium from AstraZeneca
8/9/12 10Q & 7/31/12 8K re: results of 2 Qtr ended 7/1/12



Procter & Gamble PG: 1/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 12/31/12
1/8/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents a share
1/8/13 8K re: election of Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's to BoD replacing Jon Rodgers
10/25/12 10Q & two 8Ks 10/25 re 1Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 re: '12 Annual Shareholder Mtg results
10/9/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents per share payable on 11/15 to 10/19 record holders
10/9/12 re: CEO's speech at Shareholder Mtg



3M MMM: 1/24/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/12/12 8K re: fin'l outlook for 2013 and eps estimate
11/1/12 10Q &
10/23 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/3/12 8K re: $1.5 bil revolving credit agreement
10/1/12 8K re: contract to purchase Ceradyne Inc. for $35 per share


Travelers TRV: 1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/5/12 8K re: estimate of losses due to Hurricane Sandy
10/18/12 10Q &
10/18 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30/12


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil
11/26/12 8K re: annual inv. conf.
11/2/112 Bd. & officer changes
10/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 9/30
10/2212 8K re: underwriting agreement to sell over $3.4 bil of notes
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: purchase of 90% of Brazil firm Amil Participacoas for $4.9 bil in cash
9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference


United Technologies UTX: 1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/17/12 8K re: completion of sale of ind'l products biz for $3.46 to finance purchase of Goodrich which closed earlier in the year
10/26/12 & 10/23/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/11 8K/A re: Goodrich purchase
9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 1/25/13 8K re: sale of spectrum to AT&T
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results (& 1/18/13 & 1/7/13 4Q updates)
12/10/12 8K re: purchase of single premium annuity contract
from Prud'l to settle $7.5 bil of pension liabilities
12/8/12 8K re: election of EVP Merchandizing
11/13/12 8K re: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless disgtri buted $18.5 bil to the two owners, Verizon Communications & Vodaphone
11/8/12 8K re: disclsoure of Wells Fargo Tech, Media & telecom Conf.
11/2/12 8K re: tenderoffer for $1.25 bil of its notes
11/2/12 8K re: Agreements ith CWA & IBEW for new 3 year congtracts covering 43,000 workers


WalMart WMT: 12/4/12 10Q & 11/15/12 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31
9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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