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Post No. 2,152  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 April 1, 2013 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 1, 2013.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's and Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times; & Sunday's & Saturday's New York Times & Atlanta Journal Constitution yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 14,547.61 up 10.37 or 0.07% from Thursday's close of 14,537.14. For the year the Dow is up 11.01%. For the week the Dow is down 317.45 or 2.14% from last Friday's close of 14,865.06. Of the Dow components 24 gained and 6 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was American Express up $2.13 and percentage-wise was Microsoft up 3.39%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM down $17.19 cents or 8.3%.

IBD pB8 "Stock indexes rise Friday; volume sends limp signal" by Paul Whitfield says stocks rose Fri but the nasdaq & S&P 500 couldn't avoid their biggest weekly percentage losses in several months. IBM's 8% dive in fast trade following its earnigns miss weighed heavily on the Dow. About five Dow components rose for each that fell Fri but IBM's plunge was too much to overcome. Friday's action saw indexes recover some while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

Sat. WSJ "Blue Chips take a plunge in the week" by Jonathan Cheng, Matt Jarzemsky says Friday's gain ends rough patch with multinat'ls losing favor; Sea World IPO is bright spot. Disappointing earnings reports from GE, IBM and McDonald's are casting doubt on a widely held belief among investors that US based multinat'ls are well positioned.

NYT pB4 "Wall St rebounds, lifted by technology earnings" by AP says strong earnings from 2 tech giants, Microsoft & Google< helped the stock market recover some of its losses on Fri.


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 15.84 down from Friday's P/E ratio of 16.12 (year ago it was 14.55); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 13.05 down from Friday' s opening P/E estimate of 13.15 (year ago it was 12.32) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.48 up from Friday's opening dividend yield of 2.44 (last year it was 2.54). The Dow's all-time high was 14,865.14 on April 11, 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 1,894.33 up 1.36 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,892.97. 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 $63.14 up 4 cents from Thursday's average of $63.10. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $61.40 (DIS/UNH) up 56 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $59.84. 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 made $136 ($189,297 - $189,433).

4/19/13 Friday 4:17 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks ended higher Friday, trimming weekly losses, while shares of International Business Machines Corp. fell sharply, pressuring the Dow Jones Industrial Average.“Earnings are front and center, and to date they’ve been a little on the disappointing side, but I look for expectations to improve, in part because we’ll get results from consumer discretionary,” said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management. “Near-term technicals are probably driving the market, with the S&P 500 50-day moving average about where we are now,” he added of the 1,540 level.If the S&P 500 maintains above that 1,540 support, it would be “a constructive sign; if it breaks it, then there is more downside in front of us,” Sandven said.On Friday, the former scenario was in play.
The S&P 500 index SPX+0.88% added 13.65 points to 1,555.26, with telecommunications and consumer staples leading gains and technology and energy hit among its 10 major sectors.
The S&P 500 was off 2.1% for the week, its biggest such hit since November, while the Dow industrials lost 2.1% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 2.7% on the week. After spending much of the session in the red, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.07% added 19.60 points to 14,547.51, slammed in large part by IBM IBM+0.01%, which dropped 8.1% a day after the computer-services provider missed Wall Street forecasts for quarterly revenue and earnings. IBM was poised for its worst daily percentage drop since Aug. 31, 1998. Shares of Microsoft Corp. MSFT-0.05% climbed 3.3% after the software maker reported third-quarter income that topped Wall Street’s projections. General Electric Co. GE-4.06% fell 4.1% after the jet-engine manufacturer reported profit in line with estimates. McDonald’s Corp. MCD-1.95% slid after the fast-food chain reported first-quarter profit that missed estimates. Several companies report earnings next week but few will be as closely watched as Apple's earnings. Polya Lesova reports. The technology-laden Nasdaq Composite COMP+1.25% advanced 36.69 points to 3,206.05, a day after robust earnings from Microsoft and Google Inc. GOOG+4.43% , with the latter late Thursday reporting a double-digit increase in net revenue from its core Internet business.SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. SEAS+24.15%rallied 24% in the theme-park operator’s market debut.“The market has been a little tough this week. Starting last Friday, things started to get a little rocky, with earnings misses. So IPOs fight to get a little return,” said Jonathan Crane, chairman of KeyBanc Capital Markets’ equity underwriting committee and co-manager on the Seaworld IPO.For every share falling nearly three rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where 911 million shares traded.Composite volume surpassed 3.5 billion.On the New York Mercantile Exchange, commodity prices rose, with crude-oil futuresCLK3+0.18% finishing the day up 28 cents at $88.01 a barrel, down 3.6% from the week ago close.
Gold futuresGCM3+0.63% rose slightly on Friday, but ended the week with a loss of 7.1%.
The dollar DXY+0.26% held a mild edge against other global currencies including the yen USDJPY+1.41%.Longer-term Treasury prices slid, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR+0.77% at 1.703%.“Investor appetite for yield remains high, with 55% of the S&P 500 paying dividends in excess of the 10-year Treasury’s 1.7%,” said Sandven.Friday also marks one of the more volatile weeks on Wall Street in recent memory, with the Dow industrials making triple-digit moves on each of the first three days.The wide swings are in part due to the more than 70 S&P 500 companies that reported quarterly earnings, with results varying. “Terrorism doesn’t help; people get a little nervous about things,” said KeyBanc’s Crane, referring to news related to the Boston Marathon bombings, with one suspect killed by authorities and another reportedly still at large.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing: NYT pB1 "Boeing fix for battery is approved by FAA" by Christopher Drew, Jad Mouawad, WSJ pB1 "How Boeing rescued the 787" by Andy Pasztor, AJC pA12 "Boeing 787 gets ok to fly again" by Joan Lowy, AP say Boeing shifted strategies in order to give the FAA greater assurances for batteries.

IBD pA1 "FAA: Boeing 787s to fly soon" says the FAA will lift the 3 month 787 grounding this coming week.

Barron's p12 "Week review" says GE warned that Europe's economy softened in 1Q and IBM missed profit estimates for the first time since '05, on a hardware rev drop. Bank of America's earnings disappointed. Boeing won approval from the FAA to resume 787 flights after fixing a battery.

IBD pA2 "Boeing", AJC pA13 "Weak demand slows production of 747-8" say Boeing will production of tis 747 jets from 2 per month to 1.75 due to lower demand for large planes.

Caterpillar: Barron's "Week Preview" says on Monday Caterpillar reports results. On Wed GE has its annual shareholders meeting.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: WSJ pB5 "Peltz builds big stake in PepsiCo, Mondelez" by Mike Esterl says Pepsi soda suffered a mid single digit percentage decline in 1Q as it lost market share to Coke.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon: Barron's p14 "have Apple shares hit bottom?" by Kotin Tan says ExxonMobil reclaimed the crown from Apple as the world's biggest company.

GE: WSJ pB4 "GE posts higher net, but warns on Europe" by Bob Sechler, IBD pA1"GE sales dip in q!; Honeywell EPS solid" by James Detar, "GE falls on ind'l sales", NYT pB2 "GE reports a 16% rise in quarterly profit" by Steve Lohr, AJC pA13 "Engine sales boost GE's profit for quarter" say GE just met EPS forecasts while rev fell to $35.01 bil. EPS rose 16% anid costs cuts. Sales edged up to $9.33 bil but missed views.

Barron's p12 "Week review" says GE warned that Europe's economy softened in 1Q and IBM missed profit estimates for the first time since '05, on a hardware rev drop. Bank of America's earnings disappointed. Boeing won approval from the FAA to resume 787 flights after fixing a battery.

Barron's "Week Preview" says on Monday Caterpillar reports results. On Wed GE has its annual shareholders meeting.

Sat. WSJ "Blue Chips take a plunge in the week" by Jonathan Cheng, Matt Jarzemsky says Friday's gain ends rough patch with multinat'ls losing favor; Sea World IPO is bright spot. Disappointing earnings reports from GE, IBM and McDonald's are casting doubt on a widely held belief among investors that US based multinat'ls are well positioned.

Hewlett-Packard: NYT pB1 "The case of HP's obstinate director" by James B. Stewart says shareholders repudiated three directors but only two left. Ray Lane had to be pressured by the CEO and other board members to give up the Chairmanship.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM: WSJ pB4 "IBM takes a beating" by Spencer E. Ante says due to posting a 1% dip in profit and a 5% drop in rev late Thursday, IBM failed to meet Wall St. expectations as it had done for the prior 31 quarters.

IBD pB8 "Stock indexes rise Friday; volume sends limp signal" by Paul Whitfield says stocks rose Fri but the nasdaq & S&P 500 couldn't avoid their biggest weekly percentage losses inseveral months. IBM's 8% dive in fast trade following its earnigns miss weighed heavily on the Dow. About five Dow components rose for each that fell Fri but IBM's plunge was too much to overcome. Friday's action saw indexes recover some while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

Barron's p12 "Week review" says GE warned that Europe's economy softened in 1Q and IBM missed profit estimates for the first time since '05, on a hardware rev drop. Bank of America's earnings disappointed. Boeing won approval from the FAA to resume 787 flights after fixing a battery.

Barron's pM6 "Charting" charts IBM saying it had a rare quarterly earnings miss in part due to the sliding yen and deals that didn't close.

Sat. WSJ "Blue Chips take a plunge in the week" by Jonathan Cheng, Matt Jarzemsky says Friday's gain ends rough patch with multinat'ls losing favor; Sea World IPO is bright spot. Disappointing earnings reports from GE, IBM and McDonald's are casting doubt on a widely held belief among investors that US based multinat'ls are well positioned.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: NYT pB4 "McDonald's profit rises, but year over year sales fall" by AP WSJ pB5 "McDonald's logs weak sales, pushes discounts" by Julie Jargon, Annie Gasparro, AJC pA13 "McDonald's expects sales to keep dipping" say for 1Q earnings were $1.27 bil just above year earlier earnings of $1.267 bil. Rev rose 0.9% to $6.61 bil. It will continue to sacrifice profit margins with low price menu items. Weak economies around the globe have fewer consumers eating out.

Sat. WSJ "Blue Chips take a plunge in the week" by Jonathan Cheng, Matt Jarzemsky says Friday's gain ends rough patch with multinat'ls losing favor; Sea World IPO is bright spot. Disappointing earnings reports from GE, IBM and McDonald's are casting doubt on a widely held belief among investors that US based multinat'ls are well positioned.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: NYT pB4 "Wall St rebounds, lifted by technology earnings" by AP says strong earnings from 2 tech giants, Microsoft & Google< helped the stock market recover some of its losses on Fri.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: Barron's p37 "P&G payout up for 57th straight year" by Shirley A. Lazo says PG boosted its dividend 7% to 60.15 cents a share from 56.2 cents for a 3% yield.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

TNYSE

AANYSE

AXPNYSE

BACNYSE

BANYSE

CATNYSE

CVXNYSE

CSCONASDAQ-GS

KONYSE

DISNYSE

DDNYSE

XOMNYSE

GENYSE

HPQNYSE

HDNYSE

INTCNASDAQ-GS

IBMNYSE

JPMNYSE

JNJNYSE

MCDNYSE

MRKNYSE

MSFTNASDAQ-GS

PFENYSE

PGNYSE

MMMNYSE

TRVNYSE

UNHNYSE

UTXNYSE

VZDualListed

WMTNYSE
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA) (has announced retirement in May '13)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 4/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.73
2. WalMart WMT 246.37
3. GE 240.41
4. Microsoft MSFT 239.6
5. IBM 237.72
6. Chevron CVX 230.73
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 227.9
8. Procter & Gamble PG 210.5
9. Pfizer PFE 207.48
10. AT&T T 201.49
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 180.51
12. Coke KO 180.23
13. Verizon VZ 140.48
14. Merck MRK 133.59
15. Bank of America BAC 131.79
16. Cisco CSCO 111.41
17. Intel INTC 108
18. Home Depot HD 103.20
19. Disney DIS 102.55
20. McDonald's MCD 99.97
21. United Technologies UTX 85.64
22. American Express AXP 74.52
23. 3M MMM 73.35
24. Boeing BA 64.92
25. UnitedHealth UNH 58.64
26. Caterpillar CAT 56.97
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 46.35
28. DuPont DD 45.93
29. Travelers TRV 31.82
30. Alcoa AA 9.11

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 3/13/13& 3/5 8Ks re: closing of sale of global notes
3/1/13 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4/26/13 Cheyenne, WY
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

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: 3/25/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to 150 mil shares and qtr div of 20 cents payable 5/10 to record holders as of 4/5
3/18/13 Proxy re: annual mtg of sharehodlers 4/29/13 at NYC HQ
3/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats Dec. thru Feb. '13
3/14/13 8K re: buback of up to $4bil of shares & qtr div. of 23 cents
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


Bank of Am BAC: 3/28/13 Proxy re: Anual mtg of stockhodlers 5/8/13 Charlotte Marriott, N.C.
3/15/13 8K re: Mukesh D. Ambani retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/14/13 8K re: Red ok'd capital plan
3/5/13 8K re: error in 10K consents
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

Boeing BA: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
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

Caterpillar CAT: 3/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 12/12
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


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)


Cisco CSCO: 3/26/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
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

Coke KO: 3/21/13 8K re: transfer of Indian & SW Asian business units to Pacific segments
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 annual shareholder meeting at Cobb Galleries, Atlanta
3/5/13 8K re: closing of sale of $500 mil floating rate notes due '15
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: 3/20/13 8K re: $1.5 bil 364 day credit agreement
3/8/13 8K re: change to exec bonus plan
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

DuPont DD: 3/26/13 8K re: settlement with Monsanto of patent litigation
3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/24 Stockholders Meeting at DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
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: 3/26/13 8K re: financial presentation
3/12/13 8K re: analyst meeting
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

GE: 3/20/13 8K re: bonsues to execs
3/19/13 8K re: closing of sale of GE's 49% interest in Comcast
3/18/13 8K re: selection of Jan R. Hauser as VP, Controller]
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 Annual Shareholder mtg at Morial Conv. Ctr, New Orlean
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockhodlers meeting on 3/20
3/12 Proxy materials
3/11/13 10Q for qtr ended 1/31/13
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

Home Depot HD: 3/28/13 10K for year ended 2/3/13
3/6/13 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13

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


IBM: 3/11/13 Proxy re 4.30/13 annual meeting of stockholders at Von Braun Ctr., Huntsville, Al
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


JPMorganChase JPM: 3/22/13 Proxy re: 5/21/13 annual shareholders mtg at Highland Oaks Campus, Tampa
3/15/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to $6 bil and payment of 30 cent dividend on 3/19
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 3/13/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Shareholder mtg at Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
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

McDonald's MCD: 3/13/13 8K re: decrease of global sales by 1.5% in Feb.
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


Merck MRK: 3/7/13 8K re: Peter S. Kim retirement as Pres. Merck Research Labs
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

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


Pfizer PFE: 3/14/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Annual mtg of shareholders, Hilton Short Hills, NJ
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



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: 3/27/13 Proxy re: 5/14/13 Shareholder Mtg. at Rivercentre, St. Paul, Min
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

Travelers TRV: 3/21/13 8K re: Lawrence G. Graev retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/21/13 Proxy re 5/22/13 Shareholder Mtg, Marriott, Hartford, Ct.
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

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 3/11/13 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare conference presentation
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

United Technologies UTX: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual meeting of shareholders, Oglethorpe Aud, Savannah, Ga.
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 3/18/13 Proxy re: 5/2/13 Annual Mtg of shareholders, Doubletree, Tulsa, OK
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)


WalMart WMT: 3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
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