3/15/13 Fri. am Fed OKs American Express Share Buyback but not Bank of America or JPMorgan

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Post No. 2,093  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 as of 3/1/13 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 3/1/13.

A read of the print editions of Friday'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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 14,539.14 up 83.86 or 0.58% from Wednesday's close of 14,455.28. For the year the Dow is up 10.95%. Of the Dow components 23 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $3.74 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 2.86%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar down 58 cents and percentage-wise was Home Depot down 0.73%.

WSJ pC1 "S&P 500 takes its own shot" by Jonathan Cheng says the Dow's rally is a record breaking 10 days as the Dow rode good news in the labor market which hasn not seen a single losing session so far in March. 

NYT pB8 "Jobless news lifts shares; Dow rises for 10th day" by Reuters says the market was up due to data showing the labor market's recovery was improving.  10 of the Dow's stocks hit at least 52 week highs including Disney.  IBM hit a high of $215.80 up $3.74.

FT p24 "IBM joins srried ranks of stocks on quick march to record highs" by Anora Mahmudova says IBM hit an all time high Thurs joining some 73 stocks reaching record peaks in the past week.  IBM is the most heavily weighted component in the Dow.  American Express hit a record high Tues at $65.76.

IBD pB2 "Stocks post solid gains, as pace of trade picks up" by Paul Whitfield says stocks posted moderate gains Thurs as volume picked up on major exchanges.  The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.


As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6  of  Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081.  Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 15.99 up   from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.94   (year ago it was 14.83); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.69 unchanged from Thursday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.69 (year ago it was 12.39) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.45 unchanged  from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.45 (last year it was 2.47). The Dow's all-time high was 14,539.14 on March 14, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,893.23 up 10.92 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,882.31. 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 change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.11 up 37 cents from Wednesday's average of $62.74. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.24 (DIS/UNH) up 33 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $55.91. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday 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 $1,092 ($189,323 - $188,231).


3/14/13 Thursday 4:09 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, with the S&P 500 index SPX +0.56% finishing within 2 points of its all-time closing high and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.58% extending gains into a 10th session, its longest win streak since late 1996. "What's driving the market is central bankers of the world pumping liquidity into the system," said Martin Leclerc, chief investment officer at Barrack Yard Advisors. The Dow industrials gained 83.86 points, or 0.6%, to 14,539.14. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.56% rose 8.71 points, or 0.6%, to 1,563.23. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.43% advanced 13.81 points, or 0.4%, to 3,258.93.

Friday's Dow News is below after each Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket

AT&T T$36.86 0.26 0.71%19,311,377NYSE:  IBD pA2 "Analyst: AT&T mulls tower sale" says AT&T may sell its 14,5000 cellphone towers for over $5 bil. 

Alcoa AA$8.55 0.01 0.12%12,736,623NYSE:  No mentions found.

American Express AXP$65.38 0.08 0.12%3,665,094NYSE:  WSJ pC1 "Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan hit" by Michael R. Crittenden, Shayndi Raice, Suzanne Kapner says the Fed dealt a blow to these 2 banks citing weaknesses in their stress test that could hamper their paying more dividends and doing share buybacks. The Fed approved a reduced repurchase plan from American Express.

FT p24 "IBM joins srried ranks of stocks on quick march to record highs" by Anora Mahmudova says IBM hit an all time high Thurs joining some 73 stocks reaching record peaks in the past week. IBM is the most heavily weighted component in the Dow. American Express hit a record high Tues at $65.76.

Bank of America BAC$12.135 0.075 0.62%86,239,618NYSE:  WSJ pC16 "JPMorgan, Goldman swallow a dose of the Fed's reserve" by David Reilly, NYT pB1 "Fed faults 2 big banks over plans for capital" by Peter Eavis, WSJ pC1 "Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan hit" by Michael R. Crittenden, Shayndi Raice, Suzanne Kapner says the Fed dealt a blow to these 2 banks citing weaknesses in their stress test that could hamper their paying more dividends and doing share buybacks. The Fed approved a reduced repurchase plan from American Express.

WSJ pC3 "Wells CEO's pay tops peers" by Shayndi Raice compares the comp of CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of america and other banks.

Boeing BA$84.62 0.13 0.15%5,011,955NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Boeing fixes to be extensive" by Andy Pasztor, Jon Ostrower says the challenge of making & installing fixes to the 787 are more extensive that many had expected.

WSJ pA1 "Employers balst fees from new health law" by Janet Adamy says  Boeing says a $63 fee will apply to 405,000 of its workers.

CAT$88.7 0.58 0.65%7,282,033NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX$120 1.64 1.39%7,429,365NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO$21.59 0.015 0.07%40,255,919NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO$39.0 20.43 1.11%14,415,204NYSE:  AJC pA12 "Zaxby's renews deal with Coca-Cola" by Christopher Seward says Coke will have its contract renwed to be the primary soft drink at Zaxby's 570 stores  in 13 states.

Disney DIS$57.75 0.41 0.72%5,877,556NYSE:  NYT pB8 "Jobless news lifts shares; Dow rises for 10th day" by Reuters says the market was up due to data showing the labor market's recovery was improving. 10 of the Dow's stocks hit at least 52 week highs including Disney. IBM hit a high of $215.80 up $3.74.

DD$49.92 0.33 0.67%4,515,005NYSE:  WSJ pC16 "Streaming may damp tv profits" by Miriam Gottfried says Disney gets 3% of its operating income from subscription video on demand.

Exxon XOM$89.83 0.57 0.64%13,626,866NYSE: No mentions found.

GE$23.690 .20 0.85%34,324,743NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ$21.93 0.61 2.86%24,170,744NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD$70.24 0.52 0.73%6,253,551NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC$21.65 0.005 0.02%28,625,015NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM$215.8 3.74 1.76%5,457,547NYSE:  NYT pB8 "Jobless news lifts shares; Dow rises for 10th day" by Reuters says the market was up due to data showing the labor market's recovery was improving. 10 of the Dow's stocks hit at least 52 week highs including Disney. IBM hit a high of $215.80 up $3.74.

FT p24 "IBM joins srried ranks of stocks on quick march to record highs" by Anora Mahmudova says IBM hit an all time high Thurs joining some 73 stocks reaching record peaks in the past week. IBM is the most heavily weighted component in the Dow. American Express hit a record high Tues at $65.76.

JPMorgan JPM$51 0.84 1.67%23,922,222NYSE: WSJ pC16 "JPMorgan, Goldman swallow a dose of the Fed's reserve" by David Reilly, NYT pB1 "Fed faults 2 big banks over plans for capital" by Peter Eavis,     WSJ pC1 "Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan hit" by Michael R. Crittenden, Shayndi Raice, Suzanne Kapner says the Fed dealt a blow to these 2 banks citing weaknesses in their stress test that could hamper their paying more dividends and doing share buybacks.  The Fed approved a reduced repurchase plan from American Express.

WSJ pA1 "Senate slams bank on Whale" by Dan Fitzpatrick, Scott Patterson, Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ pA12 "The Washington Whale",  FT p1 "JPMorgan under fire for London whale saga" by Tom Braithwaite, Shahlien Nasiripour, FT p15 "Hedge fund chief finds lesson in rap" by Dan McCrum, Tom Braithwaite,  say a Senate investigatory panel says JPMorgan misled regulators and investors & ignored risks in big trades.

WSJ pC3 "Wells CEO's pay tops peers" by Shayndi Raice compares the comp of CEOs of JPMorgan, Bank of america and other banks.

JJohnson & Johnson NJ$79.1 0.55 0.7%10,030,713NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD$99.31 0 .07 0.07%3,609,796NYSE:  WSJ pB6 "A McDonald's franchisee exits" by Julie jargon says the McDonald's franchise who allegedly mistreaded foreign students in Harrisburg, PA has agreed to sell his restaurants. 

Merck MRK$44.27 0.32 0.72%25,674,736NYSE:  WSJ pB1 "Diabetes drugs scrutinized" by Thomas M. Burton, AJC pA11 "Diabetes drugs' risks probed" by Matthew Perrone, AP say a review of drugs from Merck and other pharma firms show that top selling diabetes drugs could lead to pancreatic disease.

Microsoft MSFT$28.135 0.22 0.79%55,656,844NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

PPfizer FE$28.11 0.09 0.32%27,631,382NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG$77.39 0.59 0.77%8,028,034NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM$106.0 2 0.93 0.88%2,190,817NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV$82.36 0.24 0.29%2,069,468NYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth UNH$54.73 0.25 0.46%5,034,479NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX$93.45 0.37 0.4%3,245,274NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ$48.48 0.54 1.13%10,536,827DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT$73.22 0.43 0.58%6,297,346NYSE:  IBD pB6 "retail gaint Walmart ups cash dividend" by Vincent Mao says last month Walmart raised its annualzied dividend by 18% to $1.88 a share for fiscal '14 from $1.59 a share.
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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 3/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402.61
2. GE 242.37
3. WalMart WMT 239.61
4. Microsoft MSFT 234.12
5. IBM 227.26
6. Chevron CVX 227.10
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 214.40
8. Procter & Gamble PG 208.94
9. Pfizer PFE 201.66
10. AT&T T 197.75
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 186.19
12. Coke KO 172.95
13. Verizon VZ 133.57
14. Merck MRK 129.60
15. Bank of America BAC 122.23
16. Cisco CSCO 111.07
17. Intel INTC 104.01
18. Home Depot HD 102.10
19. Disney DIS 99.89
20. McDonald's MCD 96.06
21. United Technologies UTX 82.62
22. 3M MMM 71.60
23. American Express AXP 68.90
24. Caterpillar CAT 59.85
25. Boeing BA 58.44
26. UnitedHealth UNH 54.85
27. DuPont DD 44.93
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 39.35
29. Travelers TRV 30.50
30. Alcoa AA 9.03

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/12/13 8K re: closing of sale of various Notes
2/4/12 8K re: the increased of the Board of Dirs from 12 to 13 & election of Micahel B. McCalister to Bd.
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

Alcoa AA: 3/1/12 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/13 at Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh
2/19/13 & 2/15/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
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

American Express AXP: 2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/22/13 8K re: election of Anne Lauvergeon & Samuel J. Palmisano (former IBM CEO) as Dirs.
2/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for the 3 months ending 1/31/13
2/6/13 8K re: semin-annual presentation to Fin'l Community
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: 2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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

Boeing BA: 2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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

Caterpillar CAT: 2/20/13 8K re: Jan. dealer stats.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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: 3/1/13 8K re: resignation of Chuck Hagel as Dir. to become Sec'y of Defense
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/4/13 8K re: compensation to officers
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


Cisco CSCO: 2/19/13 10Q & 2/13/13 8K re: 2 Qtr ended 1/26/13 results
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

Coke KO: 2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/21/13 8K re: retirment of Donald R. Keough & James B. Williams as Directors
2/20/13 8K re: stock option plan for execs
2/12/13 8K results for year & 4Q ended 12/31/12

Disney DIS: 2/26/13 Proxy re: supplemntal info re: what a great job CEO Robert Iger is doing
2/14/13 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/5/13 10Q & 2/5/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 12/29/12 results
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

DuPont DD: 2/7/13 8K re: closing of sale of Performance Coating biz to Carlyle Group of $4.9 bil cash
1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/27/13 Iran Notice
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/19/13 8K re: replacement reserves for 2012
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q results for year ended 12/31/12
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: 2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/15/13 8K re: increase of number of Directors from 18 to 19 & election of Francisco D. Souza , CEO of Cognizant Technologies, as Director
2/12/13 8K re: sale of GE's 49% interest in NBC Universal to Comcast for $12 bil cash & 4 bil stock
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/21/13 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 1/31/13 results
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

Home Depot HD: 2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13
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

Intel INTC: 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12
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

IBM: 2/28/13 2 8Ks re: investor briefing
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: underwriting of Notes
2/1/13 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

JPMorganChase JPM: 2/28/13 8K re: Investor Day presentation
2/28/13 Iran Notice
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/5/13 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares
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: 2/25/13 8K re: charge to net income due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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

McDonald's MCD: 2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: comp for officers
2/8/13 8K re: sales decrease of 1.9% in Jan
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: 2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: paying $215 mil to settle class action lawsuits related to ENHANCE Study
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

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: 2/28 & 3/1/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
2/28/13 Iran Notice
1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
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

3M MMM: 3/1/13 8K re: realignment of 3M's business groups and effect on results
2/14/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/6/13 8K re: election of Muhtar Kent, Coke CEO, as Director
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 &

Travelers TRV: 3/1/13 10K/A & 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/5/12 8K re: estimate of losses due to Hurricane Sandy

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 2/28/13 8K re: sale of Notes
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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

United Technologies UTX: 2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson, Pres & CEO of Walgreen, as Director
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: 2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
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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