Wednesday, January 22, 2014

1/22/14 Wed. am Verizon Buys Intel's TV Unit

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Post No. 2,538 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 Dec. 9, 2013 and a summary of Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of Dec. 9, 2013.


A read of the print editions of  Wednesday's Wall Street Journal,  Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily,  New York Times,  Atlanta Journal & amp; 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 Tuesday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 16414.44 down 44.12 or 0.27%  from Friday's close of 16458.56.  For the year the Dow is down 0.98%. Of the Dow components 12   gained and  18  declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  was Boeing up $1.21 and percentage-wise was Coke up 1.63 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Goldman Sachs down $3.08 or 1.75%.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2555.99 down 6.87  from  Friday's closing numerator of 2562.86. 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.

WSJ p C4 "Stocks mixed after profit reports" by Kiatlyn Kiernan says US stocks finished mixed as the latest batch of earnings news fialed to give the market a fresh sense of direction.  Travelers and Verizon led declines in the Dow after reporting results Tues.  Travelers declined $1.47 despite beating 4Q earnings and rev expectations amid price increases & few claims costs a year after Sandy.  Verizon dropped 65 cents after it swung to a 4Q profit as it continues to benefit from subscriber growth.

FT p21 "Alcoa leads gainers as hpes for global aluminium brighten" by Eric Platt says Verizon shares fell 3% after it said it would prucahse an internet tv biz from Intel.  Overall, US marekts started the week lower, adding to the year's losses & shrugging off higehr growth targets from the IMF.

AJC pA9 "Indexes mixed on earnings" by AP says the stock market was mixed on Tues.  The Dow fell after a weak outlook from health care giant Johnson & Johnson.  Verizon dropped after reporting earnings.

IBD pB4 "Stocks shake off midday weakness, but Dow lags" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the market seesawed but managed to close mostly higher Tues as leading stocks showed some spunk.  tueday's action saw indexes reverse higher as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  The Dow slid as Travelers, Verizon & Johnson & Johnson fell after announcing quarterly results. After the close IBM weighed in with mixed results and shares slipped in extended trading.


As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.61 down from Tuesday's trailing P/E of 17.04 (last year it was 15.17). Wednesday's P/E estimate is 14.82 unchanged from Tuesday's closing P/E estimate of 14.82 (year ago it was 12.28) and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.09 up from Friday's closing dividend yield of 2.08 (last year it was 2.61). The Dow's all-time high was 16,576.66 on December 31, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.20down 23 cents from Friday's average closing price of $85.43. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $78.15 (WMT/HD) down 45 cents from Friday's median closing price of $78.60    (WMT/HD). The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume was GE.


If Tuesday 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 $687    ($256,286 - $255,599).

 MarketWatch 1/21/14 Tues. 4:07 pm by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks closed mostly higher on Tuesday amid thinner-than-usual volumes. Disappointing results from Verizon Communications, Inc. VZ -1.34% and The Travelers Companies, Inc. TRV -1.71% weighed on the Dow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.27% closed 44.12 points, or 0.3%, lower at 16,414.44. The S&P 500 SPX +0.28% finished the day up 5.10 points, or 0.3%, to 1,843.80, breaking a two-day losing streak. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.67% was the best performing index, gaining 28.18 points, or 0.7%, to 4,225.76, its highest level since Sep 1, 2000. The gains in the index were driven by a rally in Apple, Inc., APPL +19.38% its heaviest-weighted component.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.


Boeing:  No mentions found.


Caterpillar:  No mentions found.


Chevron:  No mentions found.


Cisco:    FT p17 "Pressure builds for groups to put their cash hoards to work" lists companies with the alrgest cash holdings, 3Q '13 and lists Microsoft, Verizon, Cisco and Pfizer.


Coke:  No mentions found.


Disney:  No mentions found.


DuPont:  No mentions found.


Exxon:  No mentions found.


GE:  No mentions found.


Goldman Sachs:    WSJ pC3 "JPMorgan exits from China IPOs" by Prudence Ho says JPMorgan pulled out of the $1 bil ipo of a Chinese chemical firm and won't seek a role in the IPO of another Chinese deal due to increased scrutiny from US investigators re: its hiring practices in China.  Goldman Sachs was also involved i the IPO.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.


Intel:    FT p16 "Verizon to acquire Intel's battling internet TV unit" by Paul Taylor, NYT pB2 "Verizon palns to buy Intel media division to expand its television services" by Brian X. Chen, Quentin Hardy, AJC pA8 "Verizon buys Intel's TV unit" by Ryan Nakshima, AP says someday the full lineup of channels from Verizon's FiOS TV service will be on your phone.  That's the goal after Verizon said it is buying Intel Media, a division of Intel Corp. that's been preparing to launch a service that streams TV over the Internet.  Intel Media employs 350 people.  No purchase price was announced.

IBM:  IBD pA4 "IBM revenue again misses; hardware falls" by Brian Deagon, IBD pA1 "IBM revenue falls yet again", AJC pA8 "IBM posts higher net income", WSJ pB1 "Identity crisis: Does IBM love itself or hate itself?" by Dennis K. Berman say IBM earned $6.19 bil or $5.73 per share up from $5.83 bil or $5.13 per share a year ago.  Rev fell 5.5% to $27.7 bil from $29.3 bil.  Analysts expected earnings of $5.99 per share on rev of $28.27 bil.

 IBD pB4 "Stocks shake off midday weakness, but Dow lags" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the market seesawed but managed to close mostly higher Tues as leading stocks showed some spunk.  tueday's action saw indexes reverse higher as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  The Dow slid as Travelers, Verizon & Johnson & Johnson fell after announcing quarterly results. After the close IBM weighed in with mixed results and shares slipped in extended trading.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC3 "JPMorgan exits from China IPOs" by Prudence Ho, FT p1 "JPMorgan quites IPO amid probe into Chinese princeling hirings" by Paul J Davies, IBD pA2 "JPMorgan drops China IPO, NYT pB3 "JPMorgan is said to drop out of another offering in China" by Neil Gough  say JPMorgan pulled out of the $1 bil ipo of a Chinese chemical firm and won't seek a role in the IPO of another Chinese deal due to increased scrutiny from US investigators re: its hiring practices in China.  Goldman Sachs was also involved i the IPO.

FT p15 "JPMorgan rainmaker to retire" by Linda Saigol says Klaus Diederichs a 34 year veteran of JPMorgan is retiring.

WSJ pA1 "Banks sit out riskier deals" by Gillian Tan says regulatory pressures are pushing JPMorgan & other big banks to pass on certain deals.

Johnson & Johnson:  USAT p4B "Story stocks", AJC pA8 "Johnson & Johnson's 4Q profit rises 19%", IBD pA1 "J&J cautious on 2014 views", WSJ pB4 "J&J plans to reduce cots by $1 bil" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, Tess Stynes say JNJ's 4Q profit was $3.52 bil or $1.23 per share up from $2.57 bil or 91 cents a share a year earlier.  Rev totaled $18.36 bil up 4.5% from $17.56 bil a year ago.

AJC pA9 "Indexes mixed on earnings" by AP says the stock market was mixed on Tues.  The Dow fell after a weak outlook from health care giant Johnson & Johnson.  Verizon dropped after reporting earnings.

FT p16 "J&Jj's drug launches prove to be ingredient for solid growth" by Andrew Ward says J&J has nurtured one of the most fruitful research and development pipelines in the industry, with 13 prescriptiond rugs launched since '09.  

IBD pB4 "Stocks shake off midday weakness, but Dow lags" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the market seesawed but managed to close mostly higher Tues as leading stocks showed some spunk.  tueday's action saw indexes reverse higher as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  The Dow slid as Travelers, Verizon & Johnson & Johnson fell after announcing quarterly results. After the close IBM weighed in with mixed results and shares slipped in extended trading.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.


Merck:  No mentions found.


Microsoft:  FT p17 "Pressure builds for groups to put their cash hoards to work" lists companies with the alrgest cash holdings, 3Q '13 and lists Microsoft, Verizon, Cisco and Pfizer.

Nike: No mentions found.

Pfizer:  FT p17 "Pressure builds for groups to put their cash hoards to work" lists companies with the alrgest cash holdings, 3Q '13 and lists Micrsoft, Verizon, Cisco and Pfizer.

Procter & Gamble:

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: IBD pA2 "Travelers momentum in doubt" says Travelers earned $2.68 a share in 4Q up 72 cents a year earlier due to fewer storms and otehr disasters.  That beat forecasts for $2.16.  Rev rose 5% to $5.63 bil above views for $5.46 bil.

WSJ p C4 "Stocks mixed after profit reports" by Kiatlyn Kiernan says US stocks finished mixed as the latest batch of earnings news fialed to give the market a fresh sense of direction.  Travelers and Verizon led declines in the Dow after reporting results Tues.  Travelers declined $1.47 despite beating 4Q earnings and rev expectations amid price increases & few claims costs a year after Sandy.  Verizon dropped 65 cents after it swung to a 4Q profit as it continues to benefit from subscriber growth.

 IBD pB4 "Stocks shake off midday weakness, but Dow lags" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the market seesawed but managed to close mostly higher Tues as leading stocks showed some spunk.  tueday's action saw indexes reverse higher as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  The Dow slid as Travelers, Verizon & Johnson & Johnson fell after announcing quarterly results. After the close IBM weighed in with mixed results and shares slipped in extended trading.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth Group: No mentions found.

Verizon:  FT p16 "Verizon to acquire Intel's battling internet TV unit" by Paul Taylor, NYT pB2 "Verizon palns to buy Intel media division to expand its television services" by Brian X. Chen, Quentin Hardy, AJC pA8 "Verizon buys Intel's TV unit" by Ryan Nakshima, AP says someday the full lineup of channels from Verizon's FiOS TV service will be on your phone.  That's the goal after Verizon said it is buying Intel Media, a division of Intel Corp. that's been preparing to launch a service that streams TV over the Internet.  Intel Media employs 350 people.  No purchase price was announced.

IBD pA4 "Verizon suscriber additions slow in Q4" by Reinhardt Krause, IBD pA1 "Verizon FiOS tv growth light" say Verizon's 4Q eps rose 47% to 66 cents beating views by a penny.  Rev grew 3.4% to $31.07 bil just topping views.

IBD pA4 "FCC still alive as net neutrality authority" by Reinhardt krause says Verizon and other ISPs will still be regulated by the FCC.   AT&T in Jan announced a plan to let firms with wireless apps for the data charges users of those apps ring up.

AJC pA9 "Indexes mixed on earnings" by AP says the stock market was mixed on Tues.  The Dow fell after a weak outlook from health care giant Johnson & Johnson.  Verizon dropped after reporting earnings.

WSJ p C4 "Stocks mixed after profit reports" by Kiatlyn Kiernan says US stocks finished mixed as the latest batch of earnings news failed to give the market a fresh sense of direction.  Travelers and Verizon led declines in the Dow after reporting results Tues.  Travelers declined $1.47 despite beating 4Q earnings and rev expectations amid price increases & few claims costs a year after Sandy.  Verizon dropped 65 cents after it swung to a 4Q profit as it continues to benefit from subscriber growth.

 IBD pB4 "Stocks shake off midday weakness, but Dow lags" by Juan Carlos Arancibia says the market seesawed but managed to close mostly higher Tues as leading stocks showed some spunk.  tueday's action saw indexes reverse higher as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.  The Dow slid as Travelers, Verizon & Johnson & Johnson fell after announcing quarterly results. After the close IBM weighed in with mixed results and shares slipped in extended trading.

FT p17 "Pressure builds for groups to put their cash hoards to work" lists companies with the alrgest cash holdings, 3Q '13 and lists Microsoft, Verizon, Cisco and Pfizer.
  
Visa: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Tuesday'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 (to be replaced on Feb. 2014 by Doug McMillon) (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 12/9/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $418.68
2. Microsoft MSFT 323.10
3. GE 275.09
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 266.45
5. WalMart WMT 260.40
6. Chevron CVX 237.20
7. Procter & Gamble PG 230.45
8 .JPMorgan Chase JPM 212.40
9. Pfizer PFE 204.67
10. IBM 192.70
11. AT&T T 182.75
12. Coke KO 178.40
13. Merck MRK 144.81
14. Verizon VZ 141.86
15. Visa V 128.62
16. Disney DIS 124.96
17. Intel INTC 123.93
18. Cisco CSCO 113.46
19. Home Depot HD 112.08
20.United Technologies UTX 102.02
21. Boeing BA 101.21
22. McDonald's MCD 95.24
23. American Express AXP 92.10
24. 3M MMM 86.56
25. Goldman Sachs GS 76.88
26. UnitedHealth UNH 74.22
27.Nike NKE 70.97
28. DuPont DD 56.85
29. Caterpillar CAT 54.78
30. Travelers TRV 32.20


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/9/13:


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


AT&T T: 12/6/13 8K; 11/20/13 8K; 11/14/13 8K & 11/5/13 all re: the tender offer of $3.3 bil of Notes
11/27/13 8K re: sale of $1.6 bil of 2.37% Global Notes due '18
11/25/13 8K re: sale of $1.0 bil of 3.82% Global Notes due '20
11/13/13 8K re: sale of $2 bil Euros of Global Notes
11/1/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 10/23/13 re: results of 3Qtr ended 9/30/13
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


American Express AXP: 11/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for each of the 3 months ended 10/31/13
10/29/13 10Q re: qtr ended 9/30/13
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


Boeing BA: 10/31/13 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day evolving credit agreement and a $2.3 bil 5 year revolving credit agreement
10/23/13 10Q & 10/23/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Caterpillar CAT: 11/20/13 8K re: supplemental info re: retail sales of machines & power systems
11/1/13 10Q & 10/23/13 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 9/30/13
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


Chevron CVX: 11/8/13 10Q & 11/1/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/9/13 8K re: interim update for 3Q

Cisco CSCO: 12/4/13 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for EVP & Chief Dev. Officer
11/22/13 10Q re: 1 Qtr ended 10/26/13
11/20/13 8K re: amendment of '05 Stock Incentive Plan
11/13/13 8K re: 1 Qtr results & $15 bil increase in share buyback program
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

Coke KO: 11/1/13 8K re: completion of public offering of $3.25 bil of notes
10/24/13 8K & 10/24/13 10Q re: qtr ended 9/27/13 & transfer of India & South West Asia units from Eurasia & Africa operating segment to Pacific operating segment
10/15/13 8K re: 3Q results



Disney DIS: 11/20/13 & 11/7/13 8K re: fiscal year ended 9/28/13
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


DuPont DD: 11/6/13 8K and 10/25/13 8K re: sepration of Performance Chemicals segment
10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
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.


ExxonMobil XOM: 11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13


GE: 11/15/13 8K re: IPO of 20% of N. American Retail Finance business
11/1/13 10Q re 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/18/13 8K re: 3Qtr 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.



Goldman Sachs GS: 12/2/13 8K re: approval by regulators of '13 Capital Plan
11/29/13 8K re: $1 bil Flaoting Rate Notes due '23
11/15/13 8K re: $1 bil Floating rate Notes due '18
11/15/13 8K re: Moody's downgrade of Goldman debt
11/7/13 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/13
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


Home Depot HD: 11/27/13 10Q & 11/19/13 8K re: quarter ended 11/3/13
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


Intel INTC: 11/22/13 8K re: Investor Meeting
10/28/13 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/28/13
10/23/13 8K re: departure of David Perlmutter, EVP & GM, Architecture Group
10/15/13 2 8Ks re: results for qtr ended 9/28/13



IBM: 11/20/13 8K re: 750 mil Euro issuance of debt securities
11/7/13 8K re: retirement of Mark Laughridge, SVP & CFO, Finance & Enterprise Transformat'n
11/6/13 8K re: 2.5 bil Euro sale of debt securities
11/1/13 8K recommendation against mini-tender offer by third parties
10/29/13 10Q Qtr ended 9/30/13
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


JPMorganChase JPM: 11/20/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $13 bil to settle with the President's Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) Work Group of the Fin'l Fraud Enforcement Task Force
11/18/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $4.5 bil with 21 inst'l investors re: RMBS claims
11/1/13 10Q for quarter ended 9/30/13
10/25/13 8K re: $5.1 Bil settlement with FHFA re: MBS
10/23/13 8K re: closing of public offering of $500 mil 5.62% sub. notes due '43
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 12/4/13 8K re: sale of $3.5 bil Floating Rate notes
11/19/13 8K re: settlement of $2.5 Bil for DePuy hip system claims
11/4/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/29/13
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


McDonald's MCD: 11/14/13 8K re: sale of 3 mil shares of Ckommon Stock
11/14/13 8K re: Investor Release re: future growth
11/8/13 8K re: 10/13 sales
10/30/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/21/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/18/13 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
9/10/13 8K re: Aug. '13 sales


Merck MRK: 11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/1/13 8K re: global restructuring program and lay-offs of 8,500 employees


Microsoft MSFT: 12/6/13 8K re: issuance ofover $5 bil of notes un Euros & US Dollars
11/26/13 8K re: restructuring to a devices & services company
11/20/13 8K re: voting results of '13 Annual Meeting of Sahreholders on 11/19/13
10/24/13 10Q & 10/24/13 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/13
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

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



Pfizer PFE: 11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13
9/30/13 8K re: election of Shantanu Narayen, Pres. & CEO of Adobe Systems to Board of Directors


Procter & Gamble PG: 11/5/13 8K re: close of sale of 750 mil Euros 2% Notes due '21
11/4/13 8K close of sale of $2 bil Notes
10/28/13 8K re: reorganizing of Global Business Unit into: Global Beauty, Global Health & Grooming, Blogal Fabric & Home Care, & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Global Baby, Feminine & amp; amp; Family Unit
10/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 9/30/13
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


3M MMM: 11/19/13 3 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for CEO and other execs
10/31/13 10Q & 10/24/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/24/13


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: 10/25/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
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


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 12/2/13 8K re: Annual Investors Conference to be held 12/3 in NYC
11/7/13 10Q re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/17/13 8K re: 3Q results
9/9/13 8K re: investor presentation at Morgan Stanley Global Health Care conf.


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 11/7/13 8K re: election of Shellye Archambeau as Dir.
10/24/13 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/13
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


Visa V: 11/25/13 8K re: Gary P. Coughlan not running for re-election to Board
11/22/13 10 K & 10/30/13 8K re: FY 9/30/13
10/23/13 8K re: '14 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 1/29/14
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


WalMart WMT: 12/6/13 10Q & 11/14/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/31/13
11/28/13 8K re: repalcement of CEO Mike Duke with C. Douglas McMillon effective 2/1/13
11/22/13 8K re: election of Pamela C. Craig to Board
10/21/13 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/13
10/1/13 8K re: issuance of 1.95% Notes due 2018


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