Sunday, November 3, 2013

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Post No. 2,429 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  recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.


A read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's & Investor's News Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal &  Financial Times; & Sunday's & Saturday's  New York Times &  Atlanta Journal & amp; 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.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 15615.55 up 69.8 or 0.45% from Thursday's close of 15545.75. For the week the Dow was up 45.27 or 0.29% from last Friday's close of 15570.28. For the year the Dow is up19.17 %. Of  the Dow components  25   gained  and  5  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing up $2.53 or 1.94% .  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Chevron down $1.95 or 1.63 %.

IBD pB8 "Stocks quiet but history says an advance is likely" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kicked off Nov wih small gains inf ading volume as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Sat. WSJ pB5 "Blue Chips advance 4th week in a row" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks gained due to a handful of better than expected reports on manufacturing activity around the globe.

Sat. AJC pA18 "Nov. stocks start up" by AP says the market started Nov on a strong note due to an expansion in US manufacturing last month.

FT p11 "Wall Street" by Jason Abbruzzese says the Dow rose as earnings news was in focus for much of the week with some of the largest US firms reporting.

Sat NYT pB6 "News on output gives Nov a good start"  by AP says the stock market Nov on a strong note due to an expansion in US manufacturing last month.


As of the open  of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6   of  Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Monday's   trailing P/E ratio is  17.50 up  from Friday's  trailing P/E of 17.42  (last year it was 14.31);  Monday's   P/E estimate is  14.70 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 14.65  (year ago it was 12.37) and Monday's  dividend yield is 2.14 down from Friday's  dividend yield of 2.14  (last year it was 2.59). The Dow's all-time high was 15,680.35   on October 29, 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 2431.59 up 10.87   from Thursday's closing numerator of 2420.72. 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 (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of   Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $81.05 up 41 cents from Thursday's average closing price of 80.69.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $77.03 (HD/WMT) down 29 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $77.32 (HD/WMT).  The lowest volume was  Travelers and the highest volume was GE.


If  Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,087   ($243,159 - $242,072).

MarketWatch 11/1/13 Fri. 4:41 pm by Victor Reklaitis says  U.S. stocks gained on Friday after a solid manufacturing report, leading to a fourth straight up week for the S&P 500 and Dow industrials.
The S&P 500 SPX +0.29% rose 5.10 points, or 0.3%, to close at 1,761.64. Industrials and utilities performed best among S&P 500 sectors, while energy and materials were the laggards. The benchmark index edged up 0.1% for the week.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.45% climbed 69.80 points, or nearly 0.5%, to finish at 15,615.55. Chevron Corp. CVX -0.01% slid 1.6% and fared worst among blue chips after its earnings report. The Dow advanced 0.3% for the week.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.06%  tacked on 2.34 points, or less than 0.1%, to 3,922.04. The tech-heavy index was hurt by a 0.5% drop for Apple Inc. AAPL -0.01% , which began selling its new iPad Air in its retail stores on Friday.For the week, the Nasdaq lost 0.5%, snapping a two-week 
After a worrying slowdown in the first half of the year, China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose to 51.4 in October from 51.1 in September. Shuang Ding of Citibank tells the WSJ's Aaron Back why the government's 7.5% growth target should be within reach this year.The Institute for Supply Management said U.S. manufacturing remained strong in October. The ISM index climbed to 56.4% — the highest level since April 2011 — from 56.2% in September. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected a 55% reading.“The report confounds expectations of a decline on account of the government shutdown, corroborates the earlier Chicago reading and justifies the [Federal Reserve’s] recent failure to signal deepening fears surrounding fiscal woes,” said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak, in emailed comments.Stocks had climbed to session highs after the ISM report, with the Dow up more than 100 points, then pared much of those gains. But stocks recovered and closed not far off session highs.“The market is correcting a little bit, but it’s correcting on an intraday basis,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. He said it could be a good sign for the rest of November that stocks rallied into the close, noting the market might have some bumpy days but continue its bull run.The main indexes closed out October with sizable gains, such as a 4.5% monthly advance for the S&P 500. The benchmark index is up 23.5% in 2013 to date.With the S&P 500 and Dow not far off from their record closes on Tuesday, some market strategists have expressed wariness. Uri Landesman, president of the $1.25 billion hedge fund Platinum Partners, said stock prices don’t account for a number of risks, including the potential for weaker earnings reports, softer economic data, more Washington drama and geopolitical risks.“The market’s kind of ignoring all of those things,” he said in an interview on Friday.Landesman said he saw some strength in Friday’s manufacturing report, but he’s worried about parts of the U.S. economy that aren’t participating in the recovery. The Fed has kept stimulus measures and that isn’t ultimately a positive factor, he added. “The market’s eventually going to understand that the fact that the Fed is still here is a bad thing, not a good thing,” he told MarketWatch.On Thursday, a report on Chicago-area business conditions beat expectations. In another manufacturing report Friday, Markit’s “final” manufacturing purchasing managers’ index for October increased to 51.8 from an initial “flash” reading of 51.1.In other financial markets, European stock indexes closed mostly lower, while Asian stocks ended mixed, after an official gauge of Chinese factory activity last month showed signs of weakness for smaller manufacturers. That gauge and a competing indicator both showed expansion, but some analysts weren’t optimistic about the details.Oil prices dropped and gold lost ground.The dollar DXY +0.58%  rallied against other major currencies, especially the euro.

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

AT&T:  IBD pA5 "Sprint set to pick p the pace in 4G wireless race" by Reinhardt Krause, Barron's p31 "A star is born: T-Mobile takes the stage" by Tiernan Ray  say Spring is trying to overtake AT&T and Verizon.

Barron's p41 "CEO spotlight Lowell McAdam, Verizon Communications" by Dyan machan says AT&T is  about a year, and Sprint and T-Mobile US, two years behind Verizon's 4th generation LTE or Long Term Evolution network.

American Express: Barron's p23 "Discover the company behind the card" by Jack Hough says Discover was formed in '85 by Sears and grew by offering lower fees than Visa and Mastercard to merchants.   Last year credit card balances grew slowly at American Express and shrank at JPMorgan, Bank of America & Citigroup.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  IBD pA2 "Refining slump hurts Chevron", AJC pA17 "chevronr ev up but income drops 6%" , NYT pB2 "chevron earnings sag on poor refining results" by AP, FT p8 "Chevront he latest to suffer big drop in refining profitability" by Ed Crooks say 3Q EPS was $2.57 matching year ago but missing analyst estimates of $2.71 as wear refining results & higher operating costs offset higher oil and gas production and prices.  Rev dipped slightly to $58.5 bil from $58.04 a year ago.

IBD pA12 "Chevron vindicated in Ecuador"  says Chevron was the victim of a corrupt Third World gov.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  Sun. AJC pD1 "Coke products you wont' see, drink" by Leon Stafford says Coke offers bottles in Cloumbia made of ice.  Coke's N. American volume grew 2% in 3Q this year, while it was up 9% in China, 6% in India, 5% in the Pacific & 4% in Eurasia and Africa so Coke uses tactics to boosts sales outside the US.

Barron's p39 "Why three big stocks look like bargains" by Lawrence C. Strauss, says Donald A. Yacktman, Pres. of his asset management firm likes Procter & Gamble and Coke because risk wise they are like undervalued AAA bonds, profitable, with slow unit growth and a nice dividend.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  Sun NYT pBU 7 "Comments" are reader's response to an Oct. 27 article "Goldman, Buying Redemption" about the recent philanthropy efforts of Goldman Sachs and it has increased in the wake of the fin'l crisis to  $241.3 mil in '12.

FT p1 "forex probe widens to three continents" by Daniel Schafer, Croline Binham says JPMorgan are being investigated into possible manipulation of foreign exchange markets and Goldman Sachs is looking at its own practices.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM: Barron's p44 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says IBM on Tues added another $15 bil to its stock buyback program.  It has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends since 1916.

Barron's p34" Good things come to . . ." by Reshma Kapadia is an interview with Don Kilbride, Portfolio Mgr with Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund whose top ten holdings include the following 6 Dow firms in order of size of portfolio: McDonald's (3%), Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson at 2.4%.

JPMorgan:  IBD pA2 "JPMorgan: Gov't probe widens", WSJ pB2 "Probe expands into JPMorgan hiring" by Dan Fitzpatrick, NYT pB1 "US inquiry broadens into Bank's Asia hiring" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg, Ben Protess say the Dept. fo Justice and others are investigating JPMorgan's hiring practices in Hong Kong.

IBD pA1 "Citi, JPMorgan under scrutiny" says banks, including JPMorgan' are in a grrowing global inquiry re: manipulation of the global currencies market.

Barron's p23 "Discover the company behind the card" by Jack Hough says Discover was formed in '85 by Sears and grew by offering lower fees than Visa and Mastercard to merchants.   Last year credit card balances grew slowly at American Express and shrank at JPMorgan, Bank of America & Citigroup.

Johnson & Johnson:  Barron's p34" Good things come to . . ." by Reshma Kapadia is an interview with Don Kilbride, Portfolio Mgr with Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund whose top ten holdings include the following 6 Dow firms in order of size of portfolio: McDonald's (3%), Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson at 2.4%.

McDonald's:   Barron's p34" Good things come to . . ." by Reshma Kapadia is an interview with Don Kilbride, Portfolio Mgr with Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund whose top ten holdings include the following 6 Dow firms in order of size of portfolio: McDonald's (3%), Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson at 2.4%.

Merck:   Barron's p34" Good things come to . . ." by Reshma Kapadia is an interview with Don Kilbride, Portfolio Mgr with Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund whose top ten holdings include the following 6 Dow firms in order of size of portfolio: McDonald's (3%), Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson at 2.4%.

Microsoft:   Barron's p34" Good things come to . . ." by Reshma Kapadia is an interview with Don Kilbride, Portfolio Mgr with Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund whose top ten holdings include the following 6 Dow firms in order of size of portfolio: McDonald's (3%), Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson at 2.4%.

Nike:  Barron's pM13 "Research Reports" edited by Paul Farrell says a report by Morgan Stanley on Nike was issued on 10/29 with an "overweight" while it was trading at $75.91 & gives it an $85 price target.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:   Barron's p39 "Why three big stocks look like bargains" by Lawrence C. Strauss, says Donald A. Yacktman, Pres. of his asset management firm likes Procter & Gamble and Coke because risk wise they are like undervalued AAA bonds, profitable, with slow unit growth and a nice dividend

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  Barron's p41 "CEO spotlight Lowell McAdam, Verizon Communications" by Dyan Machan, Barron's p31 "A star is born: T-Mobile takes the stage" by Tiernan Ray  say AT&T is  about a year, and Sprint and T-Mobile US, two years behind Verizon's 4th generation LTE or Long Term Evolution network.

Walmart:   Barron's p34" Good things come to . . ." by Reshma Kapadia is an interview with Don Kilbride, Portfolio Mgr with Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund whose top ten holdings include the following 6 Dow firms in order of size of portfolio: McDonald's (3%), Microsoft, Walmart, IBM, Merck, and Johnson & Johnson at 2.4%.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
GSNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
NKENYSE
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
UNHNYSE
VZDualListed
VNYSE
WMTNYSE
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

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


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


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)


Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)


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)


Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)


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)


Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)


Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 10/22/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $385.89
2. Microsoft MSFT 288.72
3. GE 263.93
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 260.16
5. WalMart WMT 248.42
6. Chevron CVX 232.13
7. Procter & Gamble PG 220.14
8 .JPMorgan Chase JPM 203.50
9.  Pfizer PFE 202.80
10. IBM 190.30 
11. AT&T T 187.24
12. Coke KO 172.91
13. Verizon VZ 146.65
14. Merck MRK 136.30
15.  Visa V 129.10
16. Disney DIS 123.19
17. Cisco CSCO 121.12
18. Intel INTC 119.97
19. Home Depot HD 107.05
20.United Technologies UTX 97.12
21. McDonald's MCD 95.28
22. Boeing BA 92.12
23. American Express AXP 86.85
24. 3M MMM 84.69
25. Goldman Sachs GS 72.91
26. UnitedHealth UNH 70.50
27.Nike NKE 67.43
28.Caterpillar CAT 57.45
29. DuPont DD 55.40
30. Travelers TRV 32.27


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 10/22/13:


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


AT&T T: 10/21/13 8K re: contract to sell/lease 9,700 towers to Crown Castle Int'l for $4.85 bil
9/27/13 8K re: increase of # of directors from 13 to 14 & election of Beth E. Mooney to Board
9/10/13 8K re: purchase of spectrum from Verizon
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of 6.62% debentures due 10/15/34
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K & 7/23/13 8K re: results for quarter ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: retirement from Board of Dr. Gilbert F. Amelia
7/12/13 8K re: AT&T agreeing to buy Leap Wireless


American Express AXP: 10/16/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for qtr ended 9/30/13
9/25/13 8K re: creation of a jv with Certares for business travel unit
9/16/13 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 months ended 8/31/13
8/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 7/31/13
7/29/13 10Q & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/13
7/25/13 8K re: amdmt to sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off statgs for 3 mos. ended 6/30/13


Boeing BA: 7/24/13 10Q & 8K re: results for qtr. ended 6/30/13
 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

Caterpillar CAT: 10/22/13 8K re: retail sales of machinery
10/9/13 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: majority voting for uncontested election of directors
9/30/13 8K re: price increases
 9/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats for period ended 8/13
9/17/13 8K re: credit agrmt up to $3  bil led by Citibank
8/20/13 8K re: dealer stats for July '13
8/2/13 10Q & 7/24/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/23/13 8K re: June '13 dealer stats


Chevron CVX: 10/9/13 8K re: interim update for 3Q
 8/7/13 10Q & 8/2/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 7/10/13 8K re: 2Q interim update
6/24/13 8K re: issuance of notes
6/4/13 8K re: approval by stockholders of Long Term Incentive Plan

Cisco CSCO: 9/30/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholder meeting 11/19 at Cisco in San Jose, CA
 9/10/13 10K for fiscal year ended 7/27/13
8/15/13 8K re: firing of 4,000 employees
8/14/13 8K re: FY '13 & 4Q results

Coke KO: 10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results
 7/25/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K 2Q ended 6/28/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: election of Ana Botin to Board


Disney DIS: 10/8/13 8K re: amendment to bylaws to eliminate paper share certificates
10/2/13 8K re: new employment contract for Alan N. Braverman EVP, GC & Sec'y for annual salary of $1.4 mil
 8/6/13 10Q & 8/6/13 8K re: 3Q ended 6/29/13 results
 7/1/13 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract to 6/30/16


DuPont DD: 10/22/13 & 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13
  9/3/13 8K re: election of Patrick J. Ward to Board of Dires.
8/13/13 8K re: adoption of Sr. Exec. Severance Plan
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/31/13 results


ExxonMobil XOM: 8/6/13 10Q & 8/1/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


GE: 10/18/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/16/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 10.7 mil shares
 9/13/13 8K re: election of James E. Rohr to Board of Dires.
7/26/13 10Q & 7/19/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/14/13 8K re: election of Keith S. Sherlin, CEO GE Capital


Goldman Sachs GS: 10/21/13 8K re: retirement of J. Michael Evans as Vice Chair/Head of Growth Markets
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/1/13 8K re: exercise by Berkshire Hathaway of warrants for 13,062,594 shares
 8/8/13 10Q & 7/16 8K re: qr. ended 6/30/13
7/19/13 8K re: opinion of counsel re: $2.5 bil Notes due '18

Home Depot HD: 9/20/13 8K re: election of Helena B. Boulkes to Board of Dirs.
9/10/13 8K re: closing of sale of $3.25 bil notes
8/28/13 10Q re: qtr. ended8/4/13
8/20/13 8K re: 2Q results


Intel INTC: 10/15/13 2 8Ks re: results for qtr ended 9/28/13
7/29/13 & 7/18/13 & 7/17/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/29/13
 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



IBM: 10/17/13 8K & 10/16/13 8K re: results for 3Q ended 9/30/13
9/10/13 8K re: sale of outsourcing services business to SYNNEX
 7/31/13 8K re: underwriting contracts for notes5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
7/31/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K & 7/17/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results


JPMorganChase JPM: 10/16/13 8K re: settlement w/CFTC by payment of $100 mil fine
10/11/13 8K re: sale of Sr. Medium Term Notes of an indeterminate amount
10/14/13 & 10/11/13 8Ks re: 3Q results
  9/20/13 8K re: election of Linda B. Bammann to Board of Dirs. & amdmt to bylaws
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with Comptroller of Currency and Consuemr Fin'l Protection Bd. re:
credit card allegations
9/19/13 8K re: consent decrees with SEC & UK FCA & payment of $920 mil re: London Whale loss
9/10/13 8K re: fin'l services investor conf.presentation
8/21/13 8K re: closing of sale of $750 mil of 5.62% sub. notes due '43
8/21/13 8K re: sale of subordinated Notes
8/7/13 10Q re: 6/30/13 results
8/1/13 8K re: redemption of Non0cumulative Pref. Stock, Series J


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 10/15/13 8K re: election of ex0FDA Commissioner Mark B. McClellan as director
10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results ended 9/29/13
 8/20/13 8K re: closing of purchase of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8/1/13 10Q & 7/16/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/20/13 8K re: agreement to buy Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for its late state prostate drugs


McDonald's MCD: 10/21/13 8K re: 3Q results
  9/18/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
9/10/13 8K re: Aug. '13 sales
7/31/13 10Q & 7/22/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
7/19/13 8K re: dividend of 77 cents pe share payable 9/17/13 to record holders on 9/3/13
 6/10/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Investor Release


Merck MRK: 10/1/13 8K re: global restructuring program and lay-offs of 8,500 employees
 8/7/13 10Q  & 7/30/13 8K re: results as of 6/30/13
 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


Microsoft MSFT: 10/8/13; 10/7/13 & 10/3/13 Proxy Materials re: annual shareholders meeting on 11/19 in Bellevue, Washington
9/26/13 8K re: adoption of Senior Exec. Severance Benefit Plan
9/26/13 8K re: realignment to become a devices & services company
 9/23/13 8K re: amendment of exec comp. plans
9/20/13 8K re: realignment of structure to become a devices & service company
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Nokia handset business
8/30/13 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit to Board of Dires.
8/23/13 8K re: retirement of CEO Steven A.Ballmer within 12 months
7/30/13 10K & 7/18/13 8K re: results for year ended 6/30/13
 7/11/13 8K re: resignation of Pres. of Office Div. Kurt DelBene
7/3/13 8K re: retirement of Steve Sinofsky from Windows Div.

Nike NKE: 10/7/13 10Q, 9/30/13 8K & 9/26/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 8/31/13
9/24/13 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders on 9/19/13
 7/30/13 Proxy for 9/19/13 AnnualMeeting of Shareholders
7/23/13 10K for year ended 5/31/13


Pfizer PFE:  9/30/13 8K re: election of Shantanu Narayen, Pres. & CEO of Adobe Systems to Board of Directors
8/9/13 10Q & 7/30/13 8K re; 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/3/13 8K re: issuance of $4 bil of notes


Procter & Gamble PG: 10/11/13 8K re: voting results of annual shareholders meeting 10/8/13
10/8/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividends
  9/16/13 8K re: changes to global  Business Unit Structure & Segment earnings
9/4/13 8K re: presentation at Barclays Back to School Conference
8/23/13 8K re: Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 in Cincinnati
 8/15/13 8K re: sale of Floating Rate Notes due '63
 Pre-14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/8/13 at Aronoff Center in Cincinnati
7/9/13 8K re: declaration of dividend of $0.6015 on Common & Conv. Call A Pref. payable 8/15 to 7/19 record holders


3M MMM: 8/27/13 8K re: $150 mil credit agreement with HSBC Bank
8/13/13 8K re: election to Board of Thomas K. Brown  increase from 11 to 12
8/1/13 10Q & 7/25/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


Travelers TRV:  10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13
8/1/13 8K re: underwriting contracts re: issuance of 4.6% Sr. Notes due '43
7/23/13 10Q & 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


United Technologies UTX: 10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/26/13 8K re: formation of UTC Building & Industrial Services by combining Otis Elevator & UTC Climate, Controls & Security to be headed by Geraud Darnis as Pres/CEO
 9/6/13 8K re: new Pres. at Pratt & Whitney: Paul Adams succeeds David Hess
8/28/13 8K re: redemption of Goodrich 3.6% notes due '21
7/26/13 10Q & 7/23/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 6/18/13 8K re: Ohio Fed. Ct. awarding $473 mil to U.S. re: False Claims Act re: overcharging by Pratt & Whitney on F100's
5/24/13 8K re: redemption of $1 bil 1.2% notes due 6/1/13


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/9/13 8K re: investor presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Health Care conf.
8/5/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: 2Q ended 6/30/13 results
 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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
10/8/13 Proxy; 10/8/13 S-8 & 10/3/13 8K re: approval by shareholders to buy Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless, registration of shares to be issued to Vodafone, & $12 bil credit facility to fund the purchase
 9/16/13 8K re: saleof $49 bil of notes
9/5/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson to Board of Dires.
9/5/13 8K re: election of Kathyrn A. Tesija to Board of Dirs.
9/3/13 8K re: purchase of Vodafone's indirect 45% interest in Verizon Wirelss
7/25/13 10Q & 7/18/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 6/30/13
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




Visa V: 9/17/13 8K & 9/12/13 8K & 7/26/13 8K re: adoption of exec pre-arranged trading plans for execs: William Sheedy, Byron H.Pollitt, Jr. & Elizabeth Buse
7/24/13 10Q for quarter ended6/30/13


WalMart WMT: 10/21/13 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/13
10/1/13 8K re: issuance of 1.95% Notes due 2018
8/15/13 9/5/13 10Q for qtr. ended 7/31/13
8K re: 2Q ended 7/31/13 results
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


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