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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times; Sunday's & Saturday's New York Times & Atlanta Journal 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 14909.60 down 114.89 or 0.76% from Thursday's close of 15024.49. For the week the Dow was up 110.2 or 0.74% from last Friday's close of 14799.4. For the year the Dow is up 13.8%. Of the Dow components 3 gained and 27 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot up $1.20 or 1.57%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM down $4.62 or 2.36%.
IBD pB8 "Volume surges near close; indexes stay under 50 day" by Paul Whitfield says stocks sold off ahrd in the final 20 minutes of trade Fri keeping both major indexes below their 50 day average as the action was mixed in higher vol and the market is still in a correction.
Sat. WSJ pB5 "Dow sinks but ends volatile 3 months up 2.3%" by Matt jarzemsky says the Dow slid on Fri. capping a quarter marked by heightened volatility as investors positioned themselves for an era of less Fed res support for fin'l markets.
Sat. NYT pB4 "A calm close to a volatile month" & Sat. AJC pA10 "Stocks fall in quiet end to month" by Bernard Condon, AP says after flitting between tiny gains & losses most of Fri, the market closed mostly lower, a peaceful end fro the most volatile month in nearly 2 years.
As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B11 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's closing trailing P/E ratio is 16.29 down from Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 16.42 (last year it was 14.19); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 13.42 up from Friday's opening P/E estimate of 13.35 (year ago it was 12.19) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.45 up from Friday's opening dividend yield of 2.45 (last year it was 2.67). The Dow's all-time high was 15,409.39 on May 28, 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 1941.47 down 14.96 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1956.43. 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 $64.71 down 50 cents from Thursday's average of $65.21. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.32 (DIS/UNH) down 59 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $64.91. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.
If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,496 ($195,643 - $194,147).
Friday MarketWatch 4:40 by Victor Reklaitis & Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks
rose during the second quarter, but ended June with losses as investors started
to come to terms with the potential slowdown in the Federal Reserve’s monetary
stimulus program.For the second quarter, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
rose 2.3%, the S&P 500 gained 2.4% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 4.2%.On Friday, the Dow DJIA -0.76% and the S&P
500 SPX -0.43% ended lower,
while the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.04% eked out a
small gain.The S&P 500 ended Friday down 6.92 points, or 0.4%,
at 1,606.28, leaving it up 0.9% for the week and down 1.5% in June.The Dow dropped 114.89 points, or 0.8%, Friday to end at
14,909.60, leaving it up 0.7% for the week and down 1.4% in June.International Business Machines Corp. IBM -2.32% performed worst
among blue chips Friday, sliding 2.3%. Stifel Nicolaus said rival Accenture
PLC’s ACN -10.30% disappointing
quarterly report late Thursday was negative for IBM.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.04% rose 1.38
points, or 0.04%, to end at 3,403.25 Friday, leaving it up 1.4% for the week and
down 1.5% in June.In recent weeks, investors have been preoccupied with
when the Fed may start pulling back monetary stimulus as the economy improves
further.Early Friday, Federal Reserve Gov. Jeremy Stein suggested
the central bank’s first tapering move could come in
September, although he only used the month as a hypothetical start date in a
speech to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: Barron's p23 "Dividends aren't dead" by Grace L. Williams says INtel is keeping their share in the PC market and may elbow their way into lower energy mobile devices, tablets, handsets & communication devices. They develop chips that can last for 12 hours. Microsoft is not losing their grip on the enterprise segment. AT&T and Verizon are liked by some investors due to the fixed clost nature of the telecom business.
Alcoa: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
American Express: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Bank of America: Barron's p17 "Six stocks that could double in 5 years" by Jack Hough says Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard are among six stocks that could beat the market decisively.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Boeing: Barron's p11 "The market starts taking its medicine" by Kopin Tan says the Dow's biggest 2Q gainers were Microsoft, Boeing and Cisco suggesting that few see a looming recession just yet.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies has Boeing at 26 and it wasn't on last year's list.
Caterpillar: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Chevron: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Chevron as 32 down from 23.
Cisco: Barron's p11 "The market starts taking its medicine" by Kopin Tan says the Dow's biggest 2Q gainers were Microsoft, Boeing and Cisco suggesting that few see a looming recession just yet.
Barron's p18 "It's time to focus on growth stocks" by Lawrence C. Strauss says 2 portfolio managers, Ned Dewees & Sarat Sethi with Douglas C. Lane & Associates say Google is being lumped togetehr with big mature tech firms such as Microsoft and Cisco, that aren't growing and "Have been inthe penalty box for a decade."
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Cisco at 47 down from 42.
Coke: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Disney: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
DuPont: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
Exxon: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Exxon at 17 down from 12.
GE: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists GE at 58 down from 54.
Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p31 "Why BlackBerry's call was so disappointing" by Tiernan Ray says Hewlett-Packard shut down Palm after it bought it.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
Home Depot: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Home Depot at 14 up from 24.
Intel: Barron's p23 "Dividends aren't dead" by Grace L. Williams says INtel is keeping their share in the PC market and may elbow their way into lower energy mobile devices, tablets, handsets & communication devices. They develop chips that can last for 12 hours. Microsoft is not losing their grip on the enterprise segment. AT&T and Verizon are liked by some investors due to the fixed clost nature of the telecom business.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Intel at 20 down from 10.
IBM: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshireat No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
JPMorgan: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshireat No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Johnson & Johnson: IBD pA2 "EMA backs J&J drug in Europe" says S. Korean Celltrion Inc. and Hospira Inc. got backing from the European Medicines Agency to sell biosimilar copies of Remicade, Johnson & Johnson's top selling arthritis therapy. J&J has extended Remicade's patent protection to Feb. '15 in the majority of European Union nations.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
McDonald's: Sun NYT pBus1 "The Unstoppable climb in CEO pay" by Gretchen Morgenson lists the top CEO pay for 2012 and notes McDonald's James A. Skinner got a $33 million dollar golden parachute.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Merck:Sun NYT pBus1 Breaking the seal on drug research" by Katie Thomas discusses how big pharma does not release results of studies that are not favorable to their drugs.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Merck at 41 up from 44.
Microsoft: Barron's p11 "The market starts taking its medicine" by Kopin Tan says the Dow's biggest 2Q gainers were Microsoft, Boeing and Cisco suggesting that few see a looming recession just yet.
Barron's p18 "It's time to focus on growth stocks" by Lawrence C. Strauss says 2 portfolio managers, Ned Dewees & Sarat Sethi with Douglas C. Lane & Associates say Google is being lumped togetehr with big mature tech firms such as Microsoft and Cisco, that aren't growing and "Have been inthe penalty box for a decade."
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Microsoft at 61 down from 19.
Pfizer: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Pfizer at 49 down from 52.
Sat. AJC pA11 "Pfizer OKs new $10B share buyback program" says Pfizer declared a 24 cent regular quarterly dividend pyable on 9/4 to 8/2 shareholders of record.
Procter & Gamble: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
3M: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists 3M at 7 down from 6.
Travelers: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
United Technologies: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists United Technologies at 15 up from 17.
UnitedHealth Group: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
Verizon: Barron's p23 "Dividends aren't dead" by Grace L. Williams says INtel is keeping their share in the PC market and may elbow their way into lower energy mobile devices, tablets, handsets & communication devices. They develop chips that can last for 12 hours. Microsoft is not losing their grip on the enterprise segment. AT&T and Verizon are liked by some investors due to the fixed clost nature of the telecom business.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Verizon Communications unchanged at 57.
Walmart: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
WSJ pB4 "Pulisher drops Paula Deen Book; a magazine to continue" by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Lee Hawkins says Walmart has stopped selling Paula Deen products.
Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: Barron's p23 "Dividends aren't dead" by Grace L. Williams says INtel is keeping their share in the PC market and may elbow their way into lower energy mobile devices, tablets, handsets & communication devices. They develop chips that can last for 12 hours. Microsoft is not losing their grip on the enterprise segment. AT&T and Verizon are liked by some investors due to the fixed clost nature of the telecom business.
Alcoa: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
American Express: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Bank of America: Barron's p17 "Six stocks that could double in 5 years" by Jack Hough says Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard are among six stocks that could beat the market decisively.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Boeing: Barron's p11 "The market starts taking its medicine" by Kopin Tan says the Dow's biggest 2Q gainers were Microsoft, Boeing and Cisco suggesting that few see a looming recession just yet.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies has Boeing at 26 and it wasn't on last year's list.
Caterpillar: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Chevron: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Chevron as 32 down from 23.
Cisco: Barron's p11 "The market starts taking its medicine" by Kopin Tan says the Dow's biggest 2Q gainers were Microsoft, Boeing and Cisco suggesting that few see a looming recession just yet.
Barron's p18 "It's time to focus on growth stocks" by Lawrence C. Strauss says 2 portfolio managers, Ned Dewees & Sarat Sethi with Douglas C. Lane & Associates say Google is being lumped togetehr with big mature tech firms such as Microsoft and Cisco, that aren't growing and "Have been inthe penalty box for a decade."
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Cisco at 47 down from 42.
Coke: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Disney: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
DuPont: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
Exxon: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Exxon at 17 down from 12.
GE: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists GE at 58 down from 54.
Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p31 "Why BlackBerry's call was so disappointing" by Tiernan Ray says Hewlett-Packard shut down Palm after it bought it.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
Home Depot: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Home Depot at 14 up from 24.
Intel: Barron's p23 "Dividends aren't dead" by Grace L. Williams says INtel is keeping their share in the PC market and may elbow their way into lower energy mobile devices, tablets, handsets & communication devices. They develop chips that can last for 12 hours. Microsoft is not losing their grip on the enterprise segment. AT&T and Verizon are liked by some investors due to the fixed clost nature of the telecom business.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Intel at 20 down from 10.
IBM: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshireat No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
JPMorgan: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshireat No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Johnson & Johnson: IBD pA2 "EMA backs J&J drug in Europe" says S. Korean Celltrion Inc. and Hospira Inc. got backing from the European Medicines Agency to sell biosimilar copies of Remicade, Johnson & Johnson's top selling arthritis therapy. J&J has extended Remicade's patent protection to Feb. '15 in the majority of European Union nations.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
McDonald's: Sun NYT pBus1 "The Unstoppable climb in CEO pay" by Gretchen Morgenson lists the top CEO pay for 2012 and notes McDonald's James A. Skinner got a $33 million dollar golden parachute.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
Merck:Sun NYT pBus1 Breaking the seal on drug research" by Katie Thomas discusses how big pharma does not release results of studies that are not favorable to their drugs.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Merck at 41 up from 44.
Microsoft: Barron's p11 "The market starts taking its medicine" by Kopin Tan says the Dow's biggest 2Q gainers were Microsoft, Boeing and Cisco suggesting that few see a looming recession just yet.
Barron's p18 "It's time to focus on growth stocks" by Lawrence C. Strauss says 2 portfolio managers, Ned Dewees & Sarat Sethi with Douglas C. Lane & Associates say Google is being lumped togetehr with big mature tech firms such as Microsoft and Cisco, that aren't growing and "Have been inthe penalty box for a decade."
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Microsoft at 61 down from 19.
Pfizer: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Pfizer at 49 down from 52.
Sat. AJC pA11 "Pfizer OKs new $10B share buyback program" says Pfizer declared a 24 cent regular quarterly dividend pyable on 9/4 to 8/2 shareholders of record.
Procter & Gamble: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
3M: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists 3M at 7 down from 6.
Travelers: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
United Technologies: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists United Technologies at 15 up from 17.
UnitedHealth Group: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies does not include the following 6 Dow firms: Alcoa, Caterpillar, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Travelers and UnitedHealth Group.
Verizon: Barron's p23 "Dividends aren't dead" by Grace L. Williams says INtel is keeping their share in the PC market and may elbow their way into lower energy mobile devices, tablets, handsets & communication devices. They develop chips that can last for 12 hours. Microsoft is not losing their grip on the enterprise segment. AT&T and Verizon are liked by some investors due to the fixed clost nature of the telecom business.
Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanell's list of 100 companies lists Verizon Communications unchanged at 57.
Walmart: Barron's Cover Story "World's most respected companies" by Vito J. Racanelli says Berkshire Hathaway is No. 1 followed by Disney, then Apple. Coke moves up to No. 5 from 8. Other Dows in the top 8 and IBM and McDonald's, which fell to 8th from 3rd and IBM fell to 10th from 2nd. Berkshire at No.l 1, owns significant stake in others high on the list such as American Express 19; Procter & Gamble 21: and Walmart 23. Johnson & Johnson moved up from 32 to 13. JPMorgan was the best bank up from 49 to 45. Bank of America is No.l 92. Caterpillar dropped off the list as its stock plunged almost 20% from its high on fears of slowing Asian & European sales.
WSJ pB4 "Pulisher drops Paula Deen Book; a magazine to continue" by Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Lee Hawkins says Walmart has stopped selling Paula Deen products.
Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AA NYSE
AXP NYSE
BA NYSE
BAC NYSE
CAT NYSE
CSCO NASDAQ-GS
CVX NYSE
DD NYSE
DIS NYSE
GE NYSE
HD NYSE
HPQ NYSE
IBM NYSE
INTC NASDAQ-GS
JNJ NYSE
JPM NYSE
KO NYSE
MCD NYSE
MMM NYSE
MRK NYSE
MSFT NASDAQ-GS
PFE NYSE
PG NYSE
T NYSE
TRV NYSE
UNH NYSE
UTX NYSE
VZ Dual Listed
WMT NYSE
XOM NYSE
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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 A. G. Lafley (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 6/15/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402.75
2. Microsoft MSFT 287.28
3. WalMart WMT 245.32
4. GE 243.20
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 238.50
6. Chevron CVX 233.16
7. IBM 224.20
8. Procter & Gamble PG 213.86
9. Pfizer PFE 205.54
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 200.81
11. AT&T T 193.20
12. Coke KO 179.66
13. Verizon VZ 146.12
14. Merck MRK 144.79
15. Bank of America BAC 140.90
16. Cisco CSCO 128.75
17. Intel INTC 123.88
18. Disney DIS 114.90
19. Home Depot HD 111.88
20. McDonald's MCD 98.67
21. United Technologies UTX 86.43
22. American Express AXP 80.17
23. Boeing BA 77.26
24. 3M MMM 76.63
25. UnitedHealth UNH 65.08
26. Caterpillar CAT 55.14
27. DuPont DD 48.49
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 47.71
29. Travelers TRV 30.92
30. Alcoa AA 8.68
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 6/15/13:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T: 5/24/13 8K re: redemption of debentures
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
Alcoa AA: 5/30/13 8K re: Moody's downgrade of debt rating from Baa3 to Ba1 & from negative to stable
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of 65 Notes due 7/15/13
5/20/13 8K re: shut down of 2 smelters in Quebec
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
American Express AXP: 5/22/13 & 5/17/13 8Ks re: issuance of $1.85 bil of notes
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 shareholders 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
Bank of Am BAC: 5/29/13 8K re: issuance of 40,000 shaes of Series U Preferred Stock
5/28/13 8K re: redemption of Perpetual Preferred Stock
5/8/13 8K re: voting results from 5/8 Stockholders 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
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: 6/12/13 8K re: 15% increase in dividend from 8 cents to 60 cents payable 8/20 to record holders 7/22
5/20/13 8K re: 3 months dealer stats Feb through April 2013
5/17/13 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
Chevron CVX: 6/4/13 8K re: approval by stockholders of Long Term Incentive Plan
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: Stockholders 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: 6/12/13 8K re: executives' adoption of pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/7/13 8K re: Cisco payment to Tivo of $294 mil to settle patent dispute that includes Google & AARIS Group
5/21/13 10Q for qtr ended 4/27/13
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: 6/3/13 8K re: voting results of 5/29/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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
GE: 6/14/13 8K re: election of Keith S. Sherlin, CEO GE Capital
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: 6/6/13 10Q & 5/22/13 8K re: qtr ended 4/30/13
5/29/13 8K re: resignation of John H. Mammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson from BoD and temporary reduction of Board members from 11 to 9
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: 5/29/13 8K re: shareholder approval of Amended Restated '05 Stock Incentive Plan
5/29/13 10Q & 5/21/13 8K re: qtr ended 5/5/13
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: 5/21/13 8K re: Brian M. Krzanich became CEO on 5/16
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: 6/10/13 8K re: amendment to Cert. of Incorp. to allow shareholder action by written consent
6/4/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: investor conference presentation
5/23/13 8K re: results of 5/21/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
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
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: 6/10/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Investor Release
5/28/13 8K re: voting results of 5/23/13 Annual Shareholders Meeting
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: 5/30/13 8K re: voting results of 5/28/13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/22/13 8K re: accelerated stock repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs
5/20/13 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
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: 5/20/13 8-K/A approval of CFO Amy Hood's compensation
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: 6/3/13 8K re: issuance of $4 bil of notes
5/29/13 8K re: blackout of insider purchase of shares due to Zoetis exchange offer
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: 6/12/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: presentation at Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference
6/5/13 8K re: grouping of Global Business Units into 4 industry based sectors
5/24/13 8K re: A.G. Lafley rejoining as CEO replacing Bob McDonald
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: amendment to Annual Report re: realignment of business groups and certain accounting revisions
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: 6/12/13 8K re: $1 bil revolving bank credit agreement
6/10/13 8K re: purchase of Dominion of Canada General Insurance for $1.1 bil
5/24/13 8K re: voting results of 5/22/13 Annual shareholders meeting
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: 6/6/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/3/13 Annual Shareholders Mtg
5/29/13 8K re: Reg FD disclosure re: Bernstein 29th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference
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: 5/24/13 8K re: redemption of $1 bil 1.2% notes due 6/1/13
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: 6/10/13 8K re: election of Anthony T. Skiadas, 44, Sr. VP & Controller
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
WalMart WMT: 6/7/13 10Q & 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30
6/2/13 8K re: Voting results of 6/7 Annual shareholder meeting
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meeting 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
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