Sunday, February 24, 2013

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Post No. 2,061  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.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times; & Sunday's & Saturday's  New York Times &   Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 14,000.57 up 119.95 or 0.86% from Thursday's close of 13,880.62. For the year the Dow is up 6.84%  For the week the Dow is up 118.81 0.85% from last Friday's close of 13,881.76. Of the Dow components 26 gained and 41 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up $2.10 or 12.28%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth down 77 cents or 1.39%.

IBD pB8 "Stocks close losing week with gains in light trade" by Paul Whitfield says stocks took a rest after 2 days of sharp selling as the indexes notched gains in quiet volume.  The current outlook is uptrend under pressure. 

Sat. WSJ pB5 "Stocks get back in black" by Matt Jarzemsky says the Dow had its 3rd triple digit point gain of the year as Hewlett-Packard & AIG rallied on earnings & a reading on German business confidence topped expectations.  Hewlett-Packard gained $2.10 leading the Dow after it reported a quarterly profit that topped analysts' views and gave a better than expected forecast.

Sat. NYT pB7 "Wall Street halts slide, but ends week mixed" by AP  & AJC pA10 "Dow reverses two-day slide" by AP say stocks rose on Fri as strong earnings from big firms lifted the Dow but the broader S&P posted its first weekly loss of the year.

FT p11 "Walmart gains in buoyant consumer staples secgtor" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks recorded their first losign week of the new year after the Fed revealed divided views on quantitative easing.  Walmart the worlds largest retailer by rev said its sales in recent weeks had cooled after an increase in payroll taxes.  Stronger than expected results from hewlett-Packard buoyed investors' confidence.


As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6  of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's closing trailing P/E ratio is 15.54 up from Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.16 (year ago it was 14.53); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 12.54 up from Friday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.50 (year ago it was 12.45) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.53 down from Friday's opening dividend yield of 2.53 (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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,823.10 up 15.62 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,807.48. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $60.77 up 52 cents from Thursday's average of $60.25. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.36 (DIS/UNH) down 35 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $54.71. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday 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 $1,562 ($182,310 - $180,748).

MarketWatch Friday 2/22/13 2:39 by Kate Gibson & Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks rallied on Friday after better-than-expected results from personal-computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. and an upbeat report on German business confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.86% rose 95 points, or 0.7%, to 13,975.58 in afternoon trade, with H-P /HPQ+12.28% leading the gains a day after the company projected a second-quarter profit and reported quarterly revenue that topped estimates. Shares of H-P surged more than 14%, accelerating gains in afternoon trade. Wall Street also found support from a survey of German business executives showing sentiment in February rose to its highest reading since April. Recovering some of the losses sustained during the past two sessions—its worst two-day drop since early November—the Standard & Poor’s indexSPX+0.88% climbed 9.5 points, or 0.6%, to 1,512.04. Materials and technology led gainers among its 10 major industry groups. “The general advice is to watch for a shorter-term correction, but recognize we may not be there yet. This market may not be ready yet to give up the ghost,” said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank. McCain is among the market strategists who believe equities are in need of a pullback to digest recent gains, saying a return by the S&P 500 /SPX+0.88% to 1,400 or below would be reasonable, and which would allow the benchmark index to move on to yearly gains of 10% to 15%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.97% gained 23 points, or 0.7%, to 3,153.79. Around 385 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange as of 2:50 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume exceeded 2.4 billion. The exchange-traded fundsDIA+0.94% SPY-0.09% QQQ+1.01% that track the benchmark indexes also gained. The underlying trend for equities in the U.S. and globally is anticipating what monetary authorities will be doing, according to McCain and other market strategists. “We’re back to reading Federal-Reserve tea leaves, trying to figure the amount of money they are going to pump in both here and overseas,” said McCain. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke brushed off talk the central bank’s ultra-easy monetary policy is creating asset bubbles, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing unnamed people who went to a meeting Bernanke held this month with dealers and investors. Bernanke’s reported comments to the 15-member Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee dismiss a key concern coming out of the minutes of the last Fed meeting, namely varying views that hinted “our Fed is going to ease up on its easing,” said McCain, who discounted such a move anytime this year. Bernanke will testify on monetary policy to Congress next week. Friday’s rise follows two straight days of declines that had the Dow industrials losing 155.05 points, or 1.1%, its biggest two-day drop since late December. The Dow is currently on track to finish the week unchanged, erasing weekly losses. For the week, the S&P 500 is off 0.5% and the Nasdaq has lost 1.2%. A weekly drop would halt the S&P 500’s winning streak at seven consecutive weeks, its longest such stretch since the one that ended Jan. 14, 2011.

Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  BRNS p30 "Winners and losers in the next Smartphone war" by Tiernan Ray says LTE networks are being built out by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA in the US at a cost of billions of dollars.  Broadcom and Nvidia and Intel are starting to offer their own base-band chips, but they have a learning curve to navigate before they will be a threat to Qualcomm.

IBD pA6 "Sprint's near term future in two words: busy, messy" by Reinhardt Krause says Sprint is the nation's No. 3 wireless phone  firm behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T and trails both in 4G LTE coverage.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  IBD pA2 "United grounds 787s till June", AJC pA8 "Boeing proposes 787 battery fix" by Joan Lowy, Joshua Freed, AP says Boeing's plan calls for revamping the lithium ion batteries.

WSJ pB3 "FAA: 787 can't return until fire risks fixed" by Jon Ostrower, Sat. NYT pB2 "FAA sets terms for Boeing's battery fixes on the 787" by Christopher Drew, Jad Mouawad say the FAA is reviewing Boeing's proposal to fix the batteries.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  BRNS p21 "Black gold in the great white north" by Andrew Bary says Chevron yields 3.1% and Exxon yields 2.6%.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  BRNS p7 "From Shanghai with love" by Randall W. Forsyth says Coke was a target of computer storying.  Before hewlettt-Packard reported better thane xpected earnings there seemed to be some suspicious buying.

Sun. AJC pD3 "Signs hint CEO pay rising" by Russell Grantham  has a table that list Georgia's CEO's payment from '07 - '11 for Home Depot's Frank Blake, Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Enterprises' John Brock.

Sat. AJC pA9 "Humanitarian tapped for Coca-Cola board" says Dr. Helene Gayle is CEO of CARE.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  BRNS p21 "Black gold in the great white north" by Andrew Bary says Chevron yields 3.1% and Exxon yields 2.6%.

BRNS p44 "Fund of information" by Jack Willoughby says GE, ExxonMobil and IBM are on the list of top shorts in case things go bad.

GE:  BRNS p44 "Fund of information" by Jack Willoughby says GE, ExxonMobil and IBM are on the list of top shorts in case things go bad.

Hewlett-Packard:  BRNS pM6 "Charting the market" charts Hewlett-Packard saying earnings & rev fell in the Jan qtr by 16% & 6% respectively but beat company forecasts so maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.

BRNS p7 "From Shanghai with love" by Randall W. Forsyth says Coke was a target of computer storying.  Before hewlettt-Packard reported better thane xpected earnings there seemed to be some suspicious buying.

 Sat. WSJ pB5 "Stocks get back in black" by Matt Jarzemsky says the Dow had its 3rd triple digit point gain of the year as Hewlett-Packard & AIG rallied on earnings & a reading on German business confidence topped expectations.  Hewlett-Packard gained $2.10 leading the Dow after it reported a quarterly profit that topped analysts' views and gave a better than expected forecast.

FT p11 "Walmart gains in buoyant consumer staples secgtor" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks recorded their first losign week of the new year after the Fed revealed divided views on quantitative easing.  Walmart the worlds largest retailer by rev said its sales in recent weeks had cooled after an increase in payroll taxes.  Stronger than expected results from hewlett-Packard buoyed investors' confidence.

Home Depot: Sun. AJC pD3 "Signs hint CEO pay rising" by Russell Grantham  has a table that list Georgia's CEO's payment from '07 - '11 for Home Depot's Frank Blake, Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Enterprises' John Brock.

Sat. AJC pA8 "Home Depot, Lowe's shares get shot in arm" by Christopher Seward says Home Depot rose nearly 2%  as analysts at Oppenheimer raised their stock rating on Home Depot and Lowe's to outperform from perform.

Intel:   BRNS p30 "Winners and losers in the next Smartphone war" by Tiernan Ray says LTE networks are being built out by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA in the US at a cost of billions of dollars.  Broadcom and Nvidia and Intel are starting to offer their own base-band chips, but they have a learning curve to navigate before they will be a threat to Qualcomm.

IBM:   BRNS p44 "Fund of information" by Jack Willoughby says GE, ExxonMobil and IBM are on the list of top shorts in case things go bad.

JPMorgan:  BRNS p17 "Week preview" says on Tuesday JPMorgan holds its annual investor daya nd its shares typically outperform or perform in line with the bank stock index a month later, says Barclays.

Johnson & Johnson:  NYT pB2 "Johnson & Johnson confirms inquiry into hip devices", AJC pA9 "Feds probe J&J on hip implant marketing"  say fed prosecutors are investigating J&J's practices in marketing a line of hip replacements recalled in '10 because many had to be repalced within a few years.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  AJC pA9 "Microsoft's Azure service suffers outage"  says the service went down before 4 pm Fri and prevented Azure customers from accessing files kept in Microsoft's data center.  No caused was revealed.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:   BRNS p30 "Winners and losers in the next Smartphoen war" by Tiernan Ray says LTE networks are being built out by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA in the US at a cost of billions of dollars.  Broadcom and Nvidia and Intel are starting to offer their own base-band chips, but they have a learning curve to navigate before they will be a threat to Qualcomm.

 IBD pA6 "Sprint's near term future in two words: busy, messy" by Reinhardt Krause says Sprint is the nation's No. 3 wireless phone  firm behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T and trails both in 4G LTE coverage.

Walmart:  BRNS p16 "Week review"  says Walamrt cautioned same store sales in the current quarter would be falt with a year ago due to restored payroll tax.

BRNS p49 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says Coke and Walmart increased their quarterly common payouts Thurs.  Coke has 51 straight years of dividend increases.

 FT p11 "Walmart gains in buoyant consumer staples sector" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks recorded their first losign week of the new year after the Fed revealed divided views on quantitative easing.  Walmart the worlds largest retailer by rev said its sales in recent weeks had cooled after an increase in payroll taxes.  Stronger than expected results from hewlett-Packard buoyed investors' confidence.

Friday'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
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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