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Post No. 2,096  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 Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times; Sun's & Sat'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 14,514.11 down 25.03 or 0.17% from Thursday's close of 14,539.14. For the week the Dow is up 117.04 or 0.81% from last Friday's close of 14,397.07. For the year the Dow is up 10.76% Of the Dow components 10 gained, UnitedHealth was unchanged and 19 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up $1.74 and percentage-wise was Bank of America up 3.84%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $1,.29 and percentage-wise was JPMorgan down 1.9%.

IBD pB8 "Small caps keeping gains, but Nasdaq takes a hit" by Paul Whitfield says stocks struggled against lackluster economic news Fri but still closed the week with minor gains. Friday's action was down in rising volume on expirations and the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

WSJ pB1 "Investros tap brakes on stocks" by E.S. Browning, Alexandra Scaggs says afer a streak of 10 straight gains the sent the Dow to a record investors pushed the sell button. Home Depot fell $1.19, Walmart lost 72 cents. JPMorgan was the biggest Dow loser down 98 cents after it was criticized by a Senate panel report. Bank of America was the biggest Dow gainer rising 46 cents after the Fed approved its proposed capital plans.

Sat NYT pB7 "Dow ends 10 day climb as JPMorgan leads dip" by Reuters says the major stock indexes slipped Fri. A decline in JPMorgan weighed ont he market. The Fed told JPMorgan and Goldman they must fix flaws in how they determine capital payouts to sharehodlers though the central bank approved their plans for share buybacks & dividends. A Senate report criticized JPMorgan over the London Whale trades.

FT p11 "Stress test results weigh on JPMorgan and boost BofA" by Anora Mahmudova says bankign stocks were in focus as the Fed released its Comprehensive Capital and Analysis Review. Bank of America rose after it received approbal for a $5 bil buyback plan.


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 15.79 down from Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.99 (year ago it was 14.81); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 12.97 up from Friday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.69 (year ago it was 12.83) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.45 unchanged from Friday'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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,889.97 down.3.26 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,893.23. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63 down 11 cents from Thursday's average of $63.11. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.22 (DIS/UNH) down 2 cents from Thursday's meddian closing price of $56.24. The lowest volume was Travelers 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 lost $326 ($189,323 - $188,997).

3/15/13 Friday 4:10 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks retreated Friday, halting the longest advance by the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.17% in more than 16 years and containing the S&P 500 SPX -0.16% just as it neared its record close. "The market is looking for any excuse to take a breather. We've been heading up for a time, so this is just a pause," said Richard, or Chip, Cobb, a portfolio manager at BMT Asset Management in Bryn Mawr, Pa. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 25.03 points, or 0.2%, to 14,514.11, leaving it up 0.8% from the week-ago finish. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.16% fell 2.51 points, or 0.2%, to 1,560.72, leaving it 4.43 points from its record-high close and with a weekly rise of 0.6%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.30% shed 9.86 points, or 0.3%, to 3,249.06, posting a weekly rise of 0.1%.

Sunday's & 0Saturday's Dow News & Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket

AT&T TNYSE: Sun NT p23 "Iam M. Ross, a President at Bell Labs, dies at 85" by Douglas Martin says Ross was the head of Bell Labs which for much of the 20th centure was maomong the world's largest research isntiutions whose mission was to help AT&T cope with everything from digital communication to squirrels chewing phone lines  In '84 its mission greatly changed after AT&T spun off its local phone companies to settkle a  fed atnitrust suit allowing AT&T to compete with businesses like IBM.

WSJ pB1 "AT&T hints asset sales may occur" by Anton Troianovski says AT&T may sell its multibillion dollar portfolio of cellphone towrs & its stake in the Latin American phone company owned by Carlos Slim if necessary to keep paying its dividend or buying back stock.

Alcoa AANYSE:  No mentions found.

American Express AXPNYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BACNYSE: Barron's p18 "BofA, Wells top Fed's approval list" by Christopher C. Williams has a table listing the results of the recent stress tests by the Fed and includes Bank of America & JPMorgan sayings as the Fed approves their capital plans soon there will be mroe buybacks & dividends in '13.

WSJ pB1 "Investros tap brakes on stocks" by E.S. Browning, Alexandra Scaggs says afer a streak of 10 straight gains the sent the Dow to a record investors pushed the sell button. Home Depot fell $1.19, Walmart lost 72 cents. JPMorgan was the biggest Dow loser down 98 cents after it was criticized by a Senate panel report. Bank of America was the biggest Dow gainer rising 46 cents after the Fed approved its proposed capital plans.

Sat NYT pB7 "Dow ends 10 day climb as JPMorgan leads dip" by Reuters says the major stock indexes slipped Fri. A decline in JPMorgan weighed ont he market. The Fed told JPMorgan and Goldman they must fix flaws in how they determine capital payouts to sharehodlers though the central bank approved their plans for share buybacks & dividends. A Senate report criticized JPMorgan over the London Whale trades.

FT p11 "Stress test results weigh on JPMorgan and boost BofA" by Anora Mahmudova says bankign stocks were in focus as the Fed released its Comprehensive Capital and Analysis Review. Bank of America rose after it received approbal for a $5 bil buyback plan.

Boeing BANYSE: NYT pA3 "Boeing discloses fixes for Lithium-ion batteries" by jad Mouawad says Boeing officials for the first time disclosed detailed fixes for the batters & the changes include better insulation between the 8 cells in the battery, gentler charging to minimize stress & a new titanium venting system. The batteriws will be sealed in a steel box which would contain any smoke & fire.

Barron's p16 "Week Review" says Boeing sees its grounded 787's resuming flights in weeks.

WSJ pB3 "Boeing boosts chief Jim McNerney's pay 20%" by Doug Cameron, Andy Pasztor says he will get $27.5 mil for '12 as its jet deliveries surpassed Airbus for the fist time in a decade.

Caterpillar CATNYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVXNYSE: FT p9 "Chevron steps on the gas down under" by Neil Hume says CEO John Watson on Tues hosted its annual get together with industry analysts in NYC and said Chevron is investing $80 bil in Australia northwest liquefied natural gas projects.

CiscoCSCONASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KONYSE: AJC pA13 "Coke, Home Depot join Sandy rebuilding effort" says Home Depot and Coca-Cola will help Sandy victims. Home Depot will open a satellite storm recovery store and Coke will unveil a special commemorative bottle.

Disney DISNYSE: AJC pA13 "Downtown Disneyunveils expansion plans" says Disney World unveiled plans for a major expansion of the Dowtown Disney shopping destingation to be renamed Disney Springs.

DuPont DDNYSE:No mentions found.

Exxon XOMNYSE:No mentions found.

GENYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE: WSJ pB16 "A Galaxy far, far away from Google" by Rolfe Winkler says Samsung launched its new smartphone, the Galaxy S4. Samsung wants to blaze a mroe independent trail from Google, maker of the Android oeprating system that powers Samsung's line of popular smartphones. The Android ecosystem is similar to the PC ecosystem. Like Microsoft, Google provides an op system that hardware makers install on their devices. But Microsoft doesn't have a hardware partner with such a big market share. Samsung is 7 times as large as the collection of second tier Andorid handset makers that have about 4% each. Only a few points of market share separate Hewlett-Packard from Lenovo from Dell in PCs.

Home Depot HDNYSE: WSJ pB1 "Investros tap brakes on stocks" by E.S. Browning, Alexandra Scaggs says afer a streak of 10 straight gains the sent the Dow to a record investors pushed the sell button. Home Depot fell $1.19, Walmart lost 72 cents. JPMorgan was the biggest Dow loser down 98 cents after it was criticized by a Senate panel report. Bank of America was the biggest Dow gainer rising 46 cents after the Fed approved its proposed capital plans.

Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS: Barro's p29 "Memory stocks are booming but don't expect it to last" by Tiernan Ray says the only firms trumpeting some magical resurgence of the PC market later this year are Microsoft & Intel.

IBMIBMNYSE: Sun NT p23 "Iam M. Ross, a President at Bell Labs, dies at 85" by Douglas Martin says Ross was the head of Bell Labs which for much of the 20th centure was maomong the world's largest research isntiutions whose mission was to help AT&T cope with everything from digital communication to squirrels chewing phone lines In '84 its mission greatly changed after AT&T spun off its local phone companies to settkle a fed atnitrust suit allowing AT&T to compete with businesses like IBM.

WSJ pB16 "Overheard" says IBM spent over a million dollars to renovate an office for former CEO Sam Palmisano.

JPMorgan JPMNYSE: NYT pBus3 "JPMorgan's follies, for all to see" by Gretchen Morgenson discusses the $6.2 bil trading fiasco at JPMorgan.

WSJ pB1 "Senate puts whale on the grill" by Scott patterson, Dan Fitzpatrick, FT p10 "Dimon and his lieutenants caught in the spotlight over risk management", Barron's p16 Week review "The big lie?", IBD pA1 "Senate probes Whale execs", NYT pB1 "JPMorgan executives face withering questions at Senate hearing" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, AJC A12 "Mistakes were made JPMorgan exec says" by Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times, say Ima Drew, ousted head of JPMorgan Chase unit behind the $6 bil London Whale losses told a Senate panel last week that her oversight was diligent but her staff gave incomplete or misleading info on the derivative trades. A Senate report said the bank ignored internal controls and hid loses.

Barron's p18 "BofA, Wells top Fed's approval list" by Christopher C. Williams has a table listing the results of the recent stress tests by the Fed and includes Bank of America & JPMorgan sayings as the Fed approves their capital plans soon there will be mroe buybacks & dividends in '13.

WSJ pB1 "Investros tap brakes on stocks" by E.S. Browning, Alexandra Scaggs says afer a streak of 10 straight gains the sent the Dow to a record investors pushed the sell button. Home Depot fell $1.19, Walmart lost 72 cents. JPMorgan was the biggest Dow loser down 98 cents after it was criticized by a Senate panel report. Bank of America was the biggest Dow gainer rising 46 cents after the Fed approved its proposed capital plans.

Sat NYT pB7 "Dow ends 10 day climb as JPMorgan leads dip" by Reuters says the major stock indexes slipped Fri. A decline in JPMorgan weighed ont he market. The Fed told JPMorgan and Goldman they must fix flaws in how they determine capital payouts to sharehodlers though the central bank approved their plans for share buybacks & dividends. A Senate report criticized JPMorgan over the London Whale trades.

FT p11 "Stress test results weigh on JPMorgan and boost BofA" by Anora Mahmudova says bankign stocks were in focus as the Fed released its Comprehensive Capital and Analysis Review. Bank of America rose after it received approbal for a $5 bil buyback plan.

Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCDNYSE:No mentions found.

Merk MRKNYSE: Barron's p13 "Animal spirits" by Kopin Tan says Pfizer recently spun out its animal health unit which makes drugs & vaccines for livestock and pets and raised $2.2 bil for the unit, Zoetis. Zoetis competes with units of Merck and Eli Lilly.

MicrosoftMSFTNASDAQ-GS: Barro's p29 "Memory stocks are booming but don't expect it to last" by Tiernan Ray says the only firms trumpeting some magical resurgence of the PC market later this year are Microsoft & Intel.

WSJ pB16 "A Galaxy far, far away from Google" by Rolfe Winkler says Samsung launched its new smartphone, the Galaxy S4. Samsung wants to blaze a mroe independent trail from Google, maker of the Android oeprating system that powers Samsung's line of popular smartphones. The Android ecosystem is similar to the PC ecosystem. Like Microsoft, Google provides an op system that hardware makers install on their devices. But Microsoft doesn't have a hardware partner with such a big market share. Samsung is 7 times as large as the collection of second tier Andorid handset makers that have about 4% each. Only a few points of market share separate Hewlett-Packard from Lenovo from Dell in PCs.

Pfizer PFENYSE: Sun NYT pSports 1 "After the mile" by Jere Longman is a lengthy story about the downfall of top runner Tim Danielson who is charged with murdering his ex-wife.  The article suggests that his defense may be balmed on Pfizer's Chantix.  More than 2,700 lawsuits have been filed against Pfizer alleging Chantix cuased suicidal thoughts, aggressive & erratic behavior, depression and loss of memory.  In recent month, Pfizer has settled 2 high profile test cases while maintianing that the drug was safe to use. Chantix was an antismoking medication.

Barron's p13 "Animal spirits" by Kopin Tan says Pfizer recently spun out its animal health unit which makes drugs & vaccines for livestock and pets and raised $2.2 bil for the unit, Zoetis. Zoetis competes with units of Merck and Eli Lilly.

Procter & Gamble PGNYSE: No mentions found.

MMMNYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRVNYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth UNHNYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedTechnologies UTXNYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZDualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMTNYSE: WSJ pB1 "Investros tap brakes on stocks" by E.S. Browning, Alexandra Scaggs says afer a streak of 10 straight gains the sent the Dow to a record investors pushed the sell button. Home Depot fell $1.19, Walmart lost 72 cents. JPMorgan was the biggest Dow loser down 98 cents after it was criticized by a Senate panel report. Bank of America was the biggest Dow gainer rising 46 cents after the Fed approved its proposed capital plans.

AJC pA11 "Group files suit to halt Walmart supercenter" says a community group in Decatur, Ga. is fighiting this Walmart.
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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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