Friday, March 22, 2013

3/22/13 Fri pm Dow Closes at 14,512.03 up 90.54 or 0.63%

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Post No. 2,106  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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 14,512.03 up 90.54 or 0.63% from Thursday's close of 14,421.49. For the week the Dow is down 2.08 or or 0.01 %  from last Friday's close of 14,514.11. Of the Dow components 22 gained, Alcoa was unchanged and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth up 60 cents or 1.09%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  3M down $1.48 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 3.23%.

As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 15.75 down from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.11 (year ago it was 14.60); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.97 unchanged from Thursday' s P/E estimate of 12.97 (year ago it was 12.83) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.47 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.45 (last year it was 2.50). 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 1,889.70 up 11.79 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,877.91. 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 $62.69 up 39 cents from Thursday's average of $62.60. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.62 (DIS/UNH) down 9 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $55.71. 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 $1,179 ($188,970 - $187,791).

3/22/13 Friday 4:13 pm MarketWatch by Wallace Witkowsi says U.S. stocks finished higher Friday, but logged slight losses for the week, boosted by investor optimism over the Cyprus crisis and positive earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.63% rose 90.54 points, or 0.6%, to close at 14,512.03, but the blue-chip index was down less than 0.1% for the week. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.72% advanced 11.09 points, or 0.7%, to close at 1,556.89, a loss of 0.2% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.70% rose 22.40 points, or 0.7%, to close at 3,245.00, a loss of 0.1% for the week.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

 SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket

AT&T TNYSE

Alcoa AANYSE

American Express AXPNYSE

 Bank of America BACNYSE

 Boeing BANYSE

Caterpillar CATNYSE

Chevron CVXNYSE

 Cisco CSCONASDAQ-GS

Cple KONYSE

Disney DISNYSE

 DuPont DDNYSE

Exxon XOMNYSEGENYSE

Hewlett-Packard  HPQNYSE

Home Depot  HDNYSE

Intel  INTCNASDAQ-GS

 IBM IBMNYSE

 JPMorgan JPMNYSE

Johnson & Johnson  JNJNYSE

McDonald's MCDNYSE

Merck MRKNYSE

Microsoft MSFTNASDAQ-GS

Pfizer PFENYSE

Procter & Gamble PGNYSE

 3M MMMNYSE

Travelers TRV NYSE

UnitedHealth  UNHNYSE

United Technologies UTXNYSE

Verizon VZDualListed

Walmart WMTNYSE


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The following are excerpts from Fri. morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 14,421.49 down 90.24 or 0.62% from Wednesday's close of 14,511.73. For the year the Dow is up 10.05%. Of the Dow components 7 gained and 23 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon up 23 cents or 0.47%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $2.57 and percentage-wise was Cisco down 3.83 %.

WSJ pC4 "Tech sector, eurozone woes drag on stocks" by Kaitlyn Kiernan, Alexandra Scaggs says stocks slumped due to uncertainty about the bailout of Cyprus banks & technology shares weakness. Intel fell 14 cents after Citigroup analysts lowered their estimates for the current & next quarter and cut the stock price target, citing weaker than expected PC demand.

NYT pB8 "Sahres fall on Cyprus fears and Oracle's Weak sales" & AJC pA11 "Oracle, Cyprus stall rally" by AP say stocks closed lwoer Thurs after Oracle's weak sales weighed down big US tech firms and traders worried that Cyprus may not avoid bankruptcy.

FT p24 "Tech sector knocked after Oracle earnings prove lacklustre" by Michael Mackenzie, Vivianne Rodrigues says US equities resumed declines Thurs after the S&P traded near a record high in the previous session with sentiment hit by weak earnings & guidance from Oracle & as attention focused on eurozone uncertainty.

IBD pB2 "Nasdaq takes hard hit but indexes still near highs" by Paul Whitfield says Thursday's action was down in mixed vol while the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,877.91 down 11.75 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,889.66. 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 $62.60 down 39 cents from Wednesday's average of $62.99. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.71 (DIS/UNH) down 19 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $55.90. The lowest volume was 3M 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 lost $1,175 ($188,966 - $187,791).

3/21/13 Thursday 4:09 pm MarketWatch by Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, pressured by weak euro-zone economic data, escalating worries over the banking crisis in Cyprus as well as disappointment with Oracle Corp's ORCL-9.69% quarterly earnings. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.62% declined 90.24 points, or 0.6%, to 14,421.49 and the S&P 500 index SPX-0.83% slumped 12.91 points, or 0.8%, to 1,545.80. The Nasdaq Composite index COMP-0.97% dropped 31.59 points, or 1%, to 3,222.60. Shares of software maker Oracle slumped nearly 10% after the company's earnings disappointed investors.

Friday's Dow News and Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Last SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket

AT&T TNYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AANYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXPNYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BACNYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BANYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CATNYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVXNYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCONASDAQ-GS: IBD pA2 "Cisco & Juniper downgraded", USAT "Lowers" say shares of Cisco fell after FBR Capital lowered its price target to 17 from 22 sahying the market for routers and witches has hit a dead end and it will have to offset weaker demand for those porducts & boost software and services rev.

Coke KONYSE: AJC pA10 "No kosher for Passover Coke in Cal" says this is due to manufacturing changes made in Ca.

IBD pA2 "Coca Cola will cut 750" says 750 josts will be cut with about 1/4 in Atlanta. Coke has 75,000 global workers.

Disney DISNYSE: WSJ pC8 "Pay TV can huff it can puff but it can't blow costs down" by Miriam Gottfired says Verizon is proposing that its FiOS TV division pay networks based on the number of people wo watch their channels. Disney's ESPN gets $4.04 per subscriber for all pay TV subscribers but under the Verizon plan it would get paid only when people watched.

WSJ pB5 HP's Lane isn';t out of the woods" by Joann S. Lublin says three directors, including Chair Ray Lane won their seats on the Board but were close to the 55% showing that preceded Disney's CEO Michael Eisner's decision to sep down as chair ten years ago.

DuPont DDNYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOMNYSE: No mentions found.

GE GENYSE: WSJ pB3 "Blackstone, GE Capital weighed bid for Dell unit" by Sharon Terlep, Kate Linebaugh says the wo discussed jointly buying Dell's fin'l services biz and talks are fluid.

Hewlett-Packard HPQNYSE: WSJ pB5 HP's Lane isn';t out of the woods" by Joann S. Lublin says three directors, including Chair Ray Lane won their seats on the Board but were close to the 55% showing that preceded Disney's CEO Michael Eisner's decision to sep down as chair ten years ago.

FT p14 "HP to boost dividend after directors survive AGM" by Chris Nuttal says it will be a 10% dividend increase.

Home Depot HDNYSE: WSJ pB1 "Plywood becomes hot item as housing amrket recovers" by Cameron McWhirter says Home Depot and Lowe';s are selling a lot of it.

Intel INTCNASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC4 "Tech sector, eurozone woes drag on stocks" by Kaitlyn Kiernan, Alexandra Scaggs says stocks slumped due to uncertainty about the bailout of Cyprus banks & technology shares weakness. Intel fell 14 cents after Citigroup analysts lowered their estimates for the current & next quarter and cut the stock price target, citing weaker than expected PC demand.

IBM IBMNYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPMNYSE: FT p15 "Two numbers count with Dimon's fate in balance at JPMorgan" by Tracy Alloway says JPMorgan lost $6.2 bil by the London whale" deriviates trades and $6.8 bil was returned to shareholders during the same period last year. JPMorgan's reputation in Washington has suffered.

Johnson & Johnson JNJNYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCDNYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRKNYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFTNASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFENYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PGNYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMMNYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRVNYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth UNHNYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTXNYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZDualListed: WSJ pC8 "Pay TV can huff it can puff but it can't blow costs down" by Miriam Gottfired says Verizon is proposing that its FiOS TV division pay networks based on the number of people wo watch their channels. Disney's ESPN gets $4.04 per subscriber for all pay TV subscribers but under the Verizon plan it would get paid only when people watched.

Walmart 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 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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