Thursday, May 23, 2013

5/23/13 Thurs. am Hewlett-Packard's Earnings Fall 32%

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Post No. 2,196  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 May 16 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings also as of May 16.


A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times,  Investor's Business Daily,  New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal Constitution& Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 15,307.17 down 80.41 or 0.52% from Tuesday's close of 15,387.58. For the year the Dow is up 16.81%. Of the Dow components   7 gained and    23 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Home Depot up 93 cents and percentage-wise was Pfizer up 1.81%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise   was IBM down $1.66 and percentage-wise was Cisco down 2.79%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks change their mind on Bernanke, end down" by Alexandra Scaggs sayus earier in the day the Dow was up nearly 155 points.

 AJC pA15 "Stocks ret4reat on Fed fears" by AP says after surging early in the day stocks fell due to minutes of a Fed meeting that said stimulus could be scaled back as early as next month.

NYT pB7 "Worries over stimulus drag Wall St lower" by Reuters says the S&P had its biggest decline in 3 weeks after the Fed policy meeting showed some officials want to cut back on large scale asset purchases as early as June.

FT p26 "Target veers off coruse as it cuts profit forecasts after weak results" byArash Massoudi says an afternoon sell off knocked US stocks back from intraday record highs due to Fed's lack of commitment to monetary stimulus.  Hewlett-packard rose ahead of its results.

IBD pB2 "Market rocked again by heavy prof'l selling" by David Saito-Chung says Tuesday's action saw broad reversal lower as volume rises sharply and the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6  of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 19.29 unchanged from yesterday's   trailing P/E ratio of 19.29 (last year it was 14.85); today's closing P/E estimate is 15.02 unchanged from Wednesday's  P/E estimate of 15.02 (year ago it was 12.50) and today's closing dividend yield is 2.06 unchanged   from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.06 (last year it was 2.13). The Dow's all-time high was 15,387.58 on May 21, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1993.24 down 10.47 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 2,003.71. 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  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $66.44 down 35 cents from Tuesday's average of $66.79.  The median closing price of  Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.93  (DIS/UNH) down 42 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $64.35. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday 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 $1,047  ($200,371 - $199,324).

5/22/13 Wednesday 4:38  pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says US stocks slid Wednesday, reversing gains after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting and comments from the Fed chief suggested the central bank may begin tapering its bond-buying program in coming months.
Stocks had a wild ride during the session, as investors digested congressional testimony by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and the release at 2 p.m. Eastern of the minutes from the Fed’s April 30-May 1 meeting.The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index SPX -0.83% slumped 13.81 points, or 0.8%, to 1,655.35, after rising as high as 1,687.18.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.52%  dropped 80.41 points, or 0.5%, to 15,307.17 after rising as much as 155 points earlier in the session and falling more than 121 points. It was the biggest intraday point swing for the Dow since February.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.11%  fell 38.82 points, or 1.1%, to 3,463.30.Paul Vigna and Kathleen Madigan take a look at Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony, and, Jonnelle Marte looks at who will really benefit from the IRS scandal. Photo: Getty Images.
All three benchmarks logged their steepest point and percentage losses since May 1, according to FactSet data.In the morning, stocks had rallied after the release of Bernanke’s prepared remarks, in which he said that premature tightening in policy could strangle the economic recovery.However, in the question-and-answer session, lawmakers tried to nail down when the Fed may taper its bond-buying program, with one official asking if it could occur before Labor Day. Bernanke responded by saying that the Fed could take a step down in the pace of asset purchases in the “next few meetings.” That comment led stocks to pare gains and push the market lower by early afternoon. Read MarketWatch’s coverage of the Fed chief’s testimony.Losses for stocks accelerated as the Fed released minutes showing that a “number” of officials were willing to taper bond buying as soon as their next meeting in June, though there was no consensus on the policy-making panel about the best time to do so.The Fed’s bond-buying program is one of the major factors underpinning the rally in stock prices and its end could trigger a correction. On Tuesday, two other Fed officials had provided some soothing commentary had provided some soothing commentary about sticking with the bond-buying program,helping to lift stocks to record highs.Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets LLC, said Bernanke’s prepared remarks seemed “dovish,” but his answers to lawmakers’ questions caused stocks to cut their gains.“You got into the Q&A and it’s a hard thing to articulate,” Hogan said. “The Fed is in a position where they know at some point they will have to start reining in monetary policy, but they know the time is not now.”All 10 sectors of the S&P 500 traded in negative territory, with utilities and energy posting the biggest declines. First Solar Inc. FSLR -5.81%  was the biggest decliner in the S&P 500, dropping nearly 6%.Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY +5.31% was a big winner among health-care stocks, rising 5.3% on a bullish note from a Citigroup analyst.On the earnings front Wednesday, Lowe’s Cos. LOW +1.22%  gained 1.2%. The home-improvement retailer posted worse-than-expected quarterly results, but encouraging comments from the company boosted the stock.Target Corp. shares TGT -4.01%  fell 4%, as the big-box retailer’s quarterly report disappointed as well. But home builder Toll Brothers Inc. TOL +2.94%  advanced nearly 3% as its revenue came in well above forecasts.Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -2.79%  dropped 2.8%, making it the biggest decliner in the Dow.Banking group J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM +1.15%  and home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. HD +1.25%  were among the few gainers in the Dow industrials.Also in the Dow, Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +0.57%  gained 0.6% ahead of the release of quarterly results. After the close of the regular session, the PC maker reported a drop in fiscal second-quarter profit. But its shares rallied more than 10% as adjusted results and the company’s outlook surpassed Wall Street’s expectations.

Thursday's Dow News followed by Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  AJC pA14 "AT&T, Verizon tied for No. 1 in metro services" by Christopher Seward says AT&T and Verizon are tied in delivering overall data in the metro Atlanta area.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB8 "Boeing earmarks cash for investors" by Jon Ostrower, IBD pA1 "Boeing will return cash, citing lower R&D costs" by Gillian Rich say Boeing said it will return to shareholders 80% of free cash generated by its bulging aircraft order book by trimming capital and development spending and potentially boosting production rates.

IBD pA2 "Boeing: 777X interest is high" says the new plane will be lighter and more fuel efficient than current models.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon:  AJC pA14 "Exxon Mobil accused of anti-gay bias" says this allegation  is related to handling job applications and the complaint was filed with the Ill. Dept of Human Rights by a gay rights group.

GE: WSJ pB3 "GE weights selling off large parts of finance business" by Kate Linebaugh, Bob Sechler, FT p15 "GE looks to list consumer finance unit to focus on ind'l biz" by Ed Crooks say its fin'l biz by itself would be the nation's fifth largest bank and GE may sell off large parts of it due to investors' s desires to see it shrink.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pB1 "H-P shares surge amid signs of improvement" by Shira Ovide, NYT pB10 "Earnings exceed forecasts at a diminished HP" by Quentin Hardy, IBD pA4 "Hewlett-Packard stock soars on Q2 profit, upbeat outlook" by Pete Barlass, USAT p1B "CEO: HP's on track" by Jon Swartz, AJC pA14 "HP's slump deepens as earnings fall 32%" say HP earned $1.1 bil or 55 cents per share for 2Q down 32% from $1.6 bil or 80 cents last year.  Rev was $27.6 bil down from $30.7 bil and $400 mil below analyst projections.

 FT p26 "Target veers off coruse as it cuts profit forecasts after weak results" byArash Massoudi says an afternoon sell off knocked US stocks back from intraday record highs due to Fed's lack of commitment to monetary stimulus.  Hewlett-packard rose ahead of its results.

Home Depot:  WSJ pB6 "Lowe's earnigns increase despite flat rev" by karen Talley, Saabira Chaudhuri says Lowe's 1Q earnings rose 2.5% but it stilll is lagging considerably behind Home Depot.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  NYT pB1 "After a vote Dimon moves to mend bank's fences" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Susanne Craig says what I hope is the last word on this over-covered story.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's:  USAT p1B "At McDonald's it's all about Millennials now" by Bruce Horovitz says McDonald's has no choice but to target them since they spend $247 bil annually at restaurants.

Merck:  WSJ pB3 "Panel backs Merck sleep drug" by Jennifer Corbett Dooren says an FDA advisory panel endorsed suvorexant to treat insomnia.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Pfizer: WSJ pB2 "Pfizer to spin off its stake in Zoetis" by Peter Loftus,  IBD pB6 "Bristol-Myers, Pfizer spark Pharma rally" by Alan R. Elliott, IBD pA2 "Pfizer to spin off rest of Zoetis", USAT p4B "Story stocks" & "Gainers" say Pfizer was up 2% after it said it wold sell its remaining sake in animal pharmaceutical maker Zoetis, 20% of which it spun off in Fed.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealthcare: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: AJC pA14 "AT&T, Verizon tied for No. 1 in metro services" by Christopher Seward says AT&T and Verizon are tied in delivering overall data in the metro Atlanta area.

Walmart:  NYT pB3 "Walmart hries former Bush aide as chief image maker" by Stephanie Clifford, AJC pA14 "Walmart hires Hill & Knowlton exec" say Walmart named Dan Bartlett as  exec VP of corp affairs.

Wednesday'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 Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)

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 5/16/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.29
2. Microsoft MSFT 284.61
3. WalMart WMT 258.46
4.  GE 240.61
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 245.80 
6. Chevron CVX 238.03
7.  IBM 226.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 219.04
9. Pfizer PFE 206.77
10. AT&T T 200.41
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 194.14
12. Coke KO 191.33
13. Verizon VZ 152.15
14. Bank of America BAC 144.62
15. Merck MRK 139.66
16. Cisco CSCO 127.38
17. Intel INTC 119.63   
18. Disney DIS 119.51
19. Home Depot HD 113.52
20. McDonald's MCD 101.55
21. United Technologies UTX 88.37
22. American Express AXP 79.55
23. 3M MMM 76.86
24. Boeing BA 74.69
25. UnitedHealth UNH 63.56
26. Caterpillar CAT 57.40
27. DuPont DD 50.93
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 41.51
29. Travelers TRV 32.83
30. Alcoa AA 9.23

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/13:

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

AT&T T: 5/15/13 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes due '43
5/3/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 4/23/13 re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting on 4/25/13
4/11/13 8K re: reclassification of revenue items
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.

Alcoa AA: 5/9/13 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
5/8/13 8K re: approval of Stock Incentive Plan
4/18/13 10Q;  4/11/3 8K & 4/9/13 8K all re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 5/3/13 annual meeting of stockholders
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


American Express AXP: 5/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months through 4/30/13
5/7/13 8K re: retirement of CFO Daniel T. Henry
5/2/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Sahreholder Meeting
4/30/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend from 20 cents to 23 cents per share
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/15/13 8K re: election of Edward P. Gilligan, Pres.
4/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months through 3/31
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


Bank of Am BAC: 5/8/13 8K re: voting resutls from 5/8 Stockhodlers Meeting
5/7/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
5/6/13 8K re: settlement of lawsuit with MBIA
4/1/13 8K re: redemption of certain securities
3/28/13 Proxy re: Annual mtg of stockholders 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

Boeing BA: 5/3/13 8K re: issuance of floating rate senior notes due '14
4/30/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 shareholders meeting held 4/29
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/22/13, 4/16 & 3/15/13 Proxy materials re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


Caterpillar CAT: 5/7/13 8K re: settlement re: litigation arising from acquisition of ERA Mining (China)
5/2/13 10Q & 4/22/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/19/13 8K re: March dealer stats
4/10/13 8K re: retirement of G. Vittecoq, VP
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


Chevron CVX: 5/2/13 10Q; 4/26/13 8K; 4/10/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/11/13 & 4/2/13 Proxy materials re: Stockhodler meeting on 5/29
4/2/13 8K re: salary increase for CEO and other execs
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: 5/15/13 8K re: 3Q ended 4/27 results
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.

Coke KO:  5/15/13 8K re: amendment of by-laws to allow calling of special shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/16/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/29 results
4/4/13 Proxy re: 4/24 shareholder meeting
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: 5/7/13 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/30 results
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


DuPont DD: 4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 stockholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 3/31 results
4/4 proxy materials
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


ExxonMobil XOM: 5/13/13; 5/10; 4/12 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
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: 5/8/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 shareholders meeting
4/8/13 Proxy materials for shareholders meetings
3/20/13 8K re: bonuses 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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 4/4/13 8K re: resignations of directors John H. Hammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson
3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockholders 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


Home Depot HD: 4/8/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Cobb Galleria, Atlanta
4/5/13 8K re: issuance of 2.7% Sr. Notes due '23 & '43
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: 5/8/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 8K re: election of Brian M. Krzanich as CEO Z& Renee J. James as pres. effective 5/16
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17 8K & 4/16 8K re: results of  1st quarter ended 3/30
4/3/13 Proxy materials for 5/16 stockholders meeting at Santa Clara, Cal.
 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12



IBM: 5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: retirement of SVP HR J. Randall MacDonald
4/30/13 10Q & 4/19/13 & 4/18/13 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/3/13 Proxy materials
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


JPMorganChase JPM: 5/16/13 Proxy materials for 5/21 shareholders meeting
5/15/13 8K re: sale of 1.6% notes due '18
5/8/13 10Q & 4/12 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31 results
5/2/13 8K re: sale of 4.25% notes due '18
4/23/13 8K re: sale of notes
5/1/13 8K re: sale of notes
4/29/13 8K re: resignation of co-C Frank J. Bisignano
4/9/13 8K re: redemption of securities
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 5/3/13 10Q & 4/16 8K reL: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25 shareholders meeting
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


McDonald's MCD: 5/8/13 8K re: April sales
5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: adjustment to sales results
3/31/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/12/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Oak Brook, Ill
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


Merck MRK: 3/31/13 10Q & 5/1/13 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 Proxy material for 5/28 shareholders meeting at Bridgewater, NJ
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: 5/13/13 8K re: election of Amy Hood as CFO
5/1/13 8K re: sale of Euro notes
4/18/13 8K re: resignation of CFO Peter Klein
4/18/13 10Q & 4/18 8K re: results of Qtr ended 3/31
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: 5/10/13 10Q & 4/30/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25/13 shareholders meeting
4/3/13 Proxy material
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




Procter & Gamble PG: 5/14/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24 2 8Ks re: 3Q ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.6015 cents per share
2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation

3M MMM: 5/16/13 8K re: realignment of business groups
5/15/13 8K re: voting results of 5/14 stockholders meeting
5/7/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
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

Travelers TRV: 4/23/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy for 5/22 shareholders meeting at Hartford, Ct.
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


UnitedHealth Group UNH:  5/6/13 10Q & 4/18/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/24/13 Proxy materials for 6/3 shareholders meeting in Boston
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

United Technologies UTX: 4/30/13 8K re: results of shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 4/29 annual shareholders meeting
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



Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/13/13 8K re: distribution of $7 bil to Wireless Comm and Vodafone by Verizon Wireless
5/7/13 8K re: voting results of 5/2 annual mtg of shareholders
4/25/13 10Q & 4/13/13  8K re results of quarter ended 3/31
4/2/13 8K re: ruors of purchase of Vodaphone's interest in Verizon Wireless
4/1/13 & 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: 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30 results
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meetings at Fayetteville, Ark.
4/10/13 8K re: sale of notes
3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
THAT'S ALL FOLKS

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