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Post No. 2,108  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 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 14,512.03 up 90.54 or 0.63% from Thursday's close of 14,421.49. For the year the Dow is up 10.74%. 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%.

IBD pB8 "Stocks make headway as Nasdaq volume rises" by Paul Whitfield says stocks posted solid gains Fri with Nasdaq volume rising despite a tough comparison as Friday's action was up in mixed volume and the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

FT p11 "Stocks rally on talks to avoid Cyprus meltdown" by Dave Shellock says global equities ended the week on a mildly positive note & the euro rallied as all eyes remained on whether Cyprus would manage to avoid fin'l meltdown

Sat. WSJ pB6 "Dow shakes off Europe drama and gains" by Matt jarzemsky says US stocks gained ground Fri nearly erasing the week's losses for the Dow as investors started to look past the latest eurozone debt tumult.

Sat NYT pB6 "In the middle of a climb, the amrkets take a breather" by AP says strong company earnings lifted stocks on Wall St on Fri & investors saw a chance to add to their holdings after declines earlier in the week.

As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B5 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's closing trailing P/E ratio is 15.90 down from Friday's openining P/E ratio of 16.11 (year ago it was 14.64); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 12.90 down from Friday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.97 (year ago it was 12.65) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.45 down from Friday's opening 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.

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

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket

AT&T T$36.43 0.28 0.77%23,784,216NYSE: IBD pA14 "Arising tide of wireless telecom" by Patrick Seitz says AT&T announced in Nov.that it would spend $14 bil within 3 years on its network and 4G rollout.

Sat. NYT B1 "Backer of an open Internet steps down as FCC chief" by Edward Wyatt says the resignation on Fri of Juliu Genachowski after 4 years as chair of the FCC will be a challenge for Obama to keeping his promise of a free and open Internet.  Genachowski successfully opposed the propsed merger of AT&T & T-Mobile.

Alcoa AA$8.45 unch unch 10,503,677NYSE:  No mentions found.

American Express AXP$66.22 0.81 1.24%3,730,324NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC$12.56 0.01 0.08%99,953,618NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA$84.82 0.49 0.58%2,830,808NYSE: Sat. AJC pA10 "Boeing is scolded over 787 remarks" by Joshua Freed, AP says Boeing's comments about the smodlering batteries on its 787 have annoyed the NtSB because the investigation is not over re: the 2 battery incidents. Boeing said there were no fires in the batteries themselves but the NTSB has not ruled that out.

Caterpillar CAT$87.48 0.65 0.75%5,088,472NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX$121.18 0.84 0.7%5,104,531NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO$20.75 0.09 0.43%39,673,023NASDAQ-GS: IBD pA5 "Sequester seen loweing US tech sales growth" by Brian Deagon say Cisco Systems, a traditional bellwether of IT spending and networking gear lead, was downgraded Wed by FBR Capital as was Junipr due to weaker spending on routing and switching gear. Cisco will have to transition to more software & services sales.

Barron's pM11 "A two way play on the bull or bear" by Steven M. Sears says it may be smart to buy puts on potential sector tech leaders such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft.

Coke KO$40.04 0.03 0.07%15,828,518NYSE:  WSJ pB7 "Low quality stocks have zoomed.  Time to shift gears?" by Mark Hulbert says Walmart is a classsic example of a high quality copany hyaving turned an impressive profit even during the worst day s of the '08 credit crunch.  It has little long term debt and a dividend yield of 2.6%.  Bit it has been a laggard behind the overall market since '09 although it has done well during the recent bull market. Other good stocks besides Walmrt are Coke and Johnson & Johnson each of which has a S&P quality rating of Single A or higher, average dividend yield of 2.6%.

Disney DIS$56.78 0.47 0.83%5,451,480NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD$49.27 0.09 0.18%4,876,055NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM$89.29 1.12 1.27%10,599,733NYSE: Barron's pS1 "World's best CEOs" by Andrew Bary says JPMorgan's CEO jamie Dimon is a returning CEO on this list while retirred McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner is off the list as is Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO due to weaker returns and production of Exxon.

GE$23.37 0.08 0.34%29,919,870NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ$23.04 0.72 3.23%27,858,938NYSE: Barron's p26 "FP's shares ahve soared but a real turnaround looks iffy" by Tiernan Ray says Hewlett-Packard's sahres are no longer a falling knife as it has risen 62% this year but it still faces many serious issues as half its rev comes from 2 divions: PCs & printers both of which are in long term decline.

Barron's pM11 "A two way play on the bull or bear" by Steven M. Sears says it may be smart to buy puts on potential sector tech leaders such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft.

Home Depot HD$69.56 0.61 0.88%5,187,577NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC$21.33 0.29 1.38%30,283,157NASDAQ-GS: Barron's pM11 "A two way play on the bull or bear" by Steven M. Sears says it may be smart to buy puts on potential sector tech leaders such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft.

IBM IBM$212.08 0.18 0.08%2,990,798NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM$48.78 0.43 0.89%21,056,283NYSE:  Sat NYT pB3 "JPMorgan board confirms dual role for top exec" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg says JPMorgan won't be splitting the roles of Chairman & CEO.

Barron's pS1 "World's best CEOs" by Andrew Bary says JPMorgan's CEO jamie Dimon is a returning CEO on this list while retirred McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner is off the list as is Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO due to weaker returns and production of Exxon.

FT p9 "Spotlight on Dimon after JPMorgan whale trades" by Tracy Alloway says Dimon has come under scrutiny after the US senate hearing into the London whale derivatives trades.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ$79.74 0.73 0.92%6,780,692NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Low quality stocks have zoomed. Time to shift gears?" by Mark Hulbert says Walmart is a classsic example of a high quality copany hyaving turned an impressive profit even during the worst day s of the '08 credit crunch. It has little long term debt and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bit it has been a laggard behind the overall market since '09 although it has done well during the recent bull market. Other good stocks besides Walmrt are Coke and Johnson & Johnson each of which has a S&P quality rating of Single A or higher, average dividend yield of 2.6%.

McDonald's MCD$99.27 0.74 0.75%4,088,861NYSE:  Barron's pS1 "World's best CEOs" by Andrew Bary says JPMorgan's CEO jamie Dimon is a returning CEO on this list while retirred McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner is off the list as is Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO due to weaker returns and production of Exxon.

Merck MRK$43.9 0.11 0.25%9,881,000NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT$28.25 0.14 0.5%28,517,673NASDAQ-GS:  Barron's pM11 "A two way play on the bull or bear" by Steven M. Sears says it may be smart to buy puts on potential sector tech leaders such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft.

Pfizer PFE$28.38 0.27 0.96%22,920,014NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG$77.27 0.06 0.08%5,803,543NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM$106.42 1.48 1.41%2,377,065NYSE: IBD pB12 "3M delivers rising payouts, steady growth" by Vincent Mao says income stocks tend to be large, mature big cap firms with slower growth. 3M fits the bill. Last month 3M raised its quarterly dividend by 8% to 63.5 cents a share and has raised its dividend for 55 straight years.

Travelers TRV $83.69 0.06 0.07%2,347,142NYSE: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth UNH$54.46 0.60 1.09%5,366,327NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX$93.59 1.16 1.26%3,163,453NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ$49.02 0.22 0.45%9,381,070DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT$74.28 1.15 1.57%7,192,601NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Low quality stocks have zoomed. Time to shift gears?" by Mark Hulbert says Walmart is a classsic example of a high quality copany hyaving turned an impressive profit even during the worst day s of the '08 credit crunch. It has little long term debt and a dividend yield of 2.6%. Bit it has been a laggard behind the overall market since '09 although it has done well during the recent bull market. Other good stocks besides Walmrt are Coke and Johnson & Johnson each of which has a S&P quality rating of Single A or higher, average dividend yield of 2.6%.

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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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