Friday, February 14, 2014

2/14/14 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 16154.39 up 126.8 or 0.79%

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Post No. 2,565 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 as of January 27, 2014  and a summary of Dow 30 components'  recent SEC filings as of January 27, 2014.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 16154.39 up 126.8 or 0.79 %  from Thursday's close of 16027.59.  For the week the Dow was up 360.31 or 2.28%.  Of the Dow components   27  gained  and   3   declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  ExxonMobil up $2.68 or 2.93%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Verizon down 80 cents or 1.69%.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2515.50 up 19.75   from  Thursday's closing numerator of 2495.75. 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.


As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 15.73 up from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.63  (last year it was 15.37).  Friday's P/E estimate is14.09 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 14.09  (year ago it was 12.54) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.62 up from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.18 (last year it was 2.62). 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  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $83.85 up 66 cents  from Thursday's average closing price of $83.19. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $76.85     (WMT/HD) up 37 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $76.48    (WMT/HD). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Cisco.

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 $1,975  ($251,550 -$249,575).

2/14/14 Fri. 4:28   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says US stocks ended the week with the best gains this year, sending the Nasdaq Composite to the highest level since July 2000.                                      Investors shrugged off a surprise drop in industrial production data and focused on a mildly better-than-expected consumer sentiment gauge and earnings reports.                                         
The S&P 500 index SPX +0.48%  closed 8.80 points, or 0.5%, higher at 1,838.63 and gained 2.3% over the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.79%  closed 126.80 points, or 0.8%, higher at 16,154.39 and recorded a 2.3% weekly gain. All but three Dow members gained on Friday. The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP +0.08%  rose for the seventh consecutive session after a volatile start, adding 3.35 points, or 0.1%, to 4,244.03. The tech-heavy index gained 2.9% over the week. Economic data on Friday was mixed. Earlier, a surprise drop in industrial production in January, with the cold weather knocking manufacturing and mining output, dampened the mood.     However, consumer sentiment was unchanged in February, with a preliminary reading slightly above consensus expectations, according to reports from the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters.                                      
“The big question surrounding U.S. equity markets at the moment is the true strength of the domestic economy,” wrote Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx Group, a global brokerage company based in New York.                                        
“The half-empty-glass crowd feels the answer is somewhere around 1.5% GDP growth. Half-full adherents say it is closer to 3%. Something called ‘Winter’ seems to be getting in the way of a clear read at the moment, even if seasonal vagaries are as much a part of February as last minute calls to the florist,” Colas said.
In the corporate space, Cliffs Natural Resources /quotes/zigman/527698/delayed/quotes/nls/clf CLF -0.09%  shares advanced 5.8% after the firm said late Thursday it appointed a new CEO and beat earnings estimates. Cliffs Natural announced that Gary Halverson will lead the firm a day after activist investor Casablanca Capital LP put forward a different candidate.
Campbell Soup Co.    CPB -1.00%  shares rallied 5% after the company’s quarterly earnings topped expectations.
                    
Trulia falls on wider fourth-quarter loss.
Trulia TRLA -0.27%  tumbled 18% after the online real-. Shares of Zillow Inc. another online real-estate listing service, fell 10% and triggered Nasdaq’s short-sale circuit breaker at about 2 p.m.
Weight Watchers International Inc. WTW -27.73%  slumped 28%. The company on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of 54 cents a share and forecast 2014 earnings of $1.30 a share to $1.60 a share, sharply lower than analysts’ estimate of $2.72 a share.                                        
Agilent Technologies Inc.                             -7.16%   was down 8% after reporting its earnings late Thursday. The diversified testing-equipment company said its first-quarter earnings rose, but the company’s profit forecast was short of analyst expectations.
VF Corp. VFC -0.62%  slid 5.1% after its earnings results came in below expectations.
In other financial markets, European stocks close higher after economic-growth data for the euro zone showed a pickup in pace. Gross domestic product for the currency union advanced 0.3% quarter-on-quarter in the final three months of last year, with Italy ending its two-year recession.
Asia markets closed mostly higher. The dollar dropped against most major currencies, while most metals prices rose and oil prices fell.

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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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:


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

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 16027.59 up 63.65 or 0.40 %  from Wednesday's close of 15963.94. For the year the Dow is down 3.3 %. Of the Dow components  23   gained  and  7  declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.60 and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth Group up 1.38 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was Cisco down 58 cents or 2.54%.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2495.75 up 9.91  from  Wednesday's closing numerator of 2485.84. 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 pC4 "Stocks take a swing back into rally mode" by Alexandra Scaggs says after a one day pause, stocks renewed their rally of the past week despite another round of weak US economic reports.  Cisco fell 58 cents  after it narrowly beat adjusted earnings per share forecasts but reported a drop in fiscal 2Q rev and is charted under Bad News.

NYT pB10 "Robust profits offset weak retail sales" by AP says the stock market rose on Thurs. as higher earnings from several big firms such as Goodyear and CBS, helped investors shrug off discouraging news about jobs & retail spending.

IBD pB2 "IBD 50, small caps lead as uptrend seeks traction" by Paul Whitfield says stocks posted solid gains in mixed vol Thurs as the new uptrend tried to establish traction.  The current outlook is confirmed uptrend.



The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $83.19 up 23 cents  from Wednesday's average closing price of $82.86. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $76.48     (WMT/HD) up 36 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $76.12    (WMT/HD). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Cisco.

If Thursday 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 $991   ($249,575 - $248,584).

2/13/14 Thurs. 4:483 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says US stocks closed higher on Thursday as investors focused on upbeat earnings and deal news and shrugged off weak economic data. The Nasdaq Composite rose for the sixth consecutive session, its longest winning streak in two months.
Weaker-than-expected retail sales in January and a surprise uptick in weekly jobless claims set a gloomy tone at the market open, but indexes quickly reversed losses and moved higher.

SPX 1,829.83, +10.57, +0.58%

S&P 500
The S&P 500 SPX +0.58%  closed 10.57 points, or 0.6%, higher at 1,829.83, with all 10 main sectors gaining. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.40%  added 63.65 points, or 0.4%, to 16,027.59. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.94%  rose 39.38 points, or 0.9%, to 4,240.67. “Initial reaction to weak retail sales and jobless claims is being replaced with fundamentals. Some of today’s earnings and deal news are providing support,” said Chris Gaffney, senior market strategist at EverBank. “The economic data were certainly disappointing, but trends do not indicate a slide to recession. Besides, Yellen has reassured investors that the Fed will stay accommodative and there will be no tightening this year.”Sales at U.S. retailers fell sharply in January and December turned out to be worse than initially reported, offering more evidence that the economy may have softened toward the end of the year.Initial jobless claims rose by 8,000 to 339,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch expected claims to fall slightly to 330,000. The four-week moving average was 336,750, an increase of 3,500.Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen’s scheduled appearance before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday was postponed due to a snowstorm. It wasn’t clear that the snowstorm did much to clip volumes, however. While volume for NYSE-listed stocks, at 3.2 billion, was the lowest since January 6, volume for Nasdaq-listed shares was the most since Feb. 3.Investors focused on deal news and a mixed bag of earnings.Time Warner Cable TWC -0.06%  climbed 7% on news that Comcast CMCSA +0.29%  will buy TWC for $45.2 billion in a deal that would combine the two biggest U.S. cable operators. Comcast shares fell 4.1%. Shares of Charter Communications Inc. CHTR -6.29%  fell 6.3%; the rival cable operator had waged a month-long battle to buy Comcast.Shares in Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT +11.46%  rallied 11% after the company reported a larger fourth-quarter profit and beat estimates.Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -0.40%  fell 2.5% after the networking-equipment company late Wednesday said its fiscal second-quarter profit fell. Read: Cisco CFO: ‘There’s been a slowdown, and it’s very abrupt’
Key stocks to watch include Whole Foods Market ,Angie's List and Generac Holdings Inc. Photo: AP
Also late Wednesday, Whole Foods Market Inc. WFM +0.04%  said its fiscal first-quarter earnings rose , but the high-end supermarket chain lowered its fiscal 2014 earnings-per-share outlook, sending the shares down 7.2%.Shares of PepsiCo Inc. PEP -2.21%  fell 2.2% even as the company topped forecasts for its core earnings. The company also said it would boost its annualized dividend by 15% and it planned to increase share buybacks in 2014 to around $5 billion.In other financial markets, the mood was mostly downbeat. The dollar declined and oil prices were lower. Gold prices rose, however. European stock markets fell and Asian bourses closed in negative territory.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB3 "Boeing plans new tactics to sell 777" by Jon Ostrower says Boeing needs to convince customers to buy existing versions of the 777 even though they will soon be outmoded due to the new 777X, which mis ore fuel efficeint and will start deliveries around 2020. 

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: WSJ pC4 "Stocks take a swing back into rally mode" by Alexandra Scaggs says after a one day pause, stocks renewed their rally of the past week despite another round of weak US economic reports.  Cisco fell 58 cents  after it narrowly beat adjusted earnings per share forecasts but reported a drop in fiscal 2Q rev and is charted under Bad News.

WSJ pC8 "Margin cloud casts shadow over Cisco" by Dan Gallagher says Cisco's stock has risen 13% in the 2 months ahead of its disappointing results which were no surprise.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pB4 "Goldman misses out as deal adviser" by Dana Cimilluca, Dana Mattiolo says Goldman was the banker for Charter's now thwarted pursuit of Time Warner.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Nike: No mentions found.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth Group: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Visa: No mentions found.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AXPNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
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) (to be succeeded by Satya Nadella)


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 1/27/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $414.66
2. Microsoft MSFT 299.08
3. WalMart WMT 260.40
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 253.76
5. GE 253.64
6. Chevron CVX 239.93
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 221.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 213.30
9. IBM 193.17
10. Pfizer PFE 192.23
11. AT&T T 176.53
12. Coke KO 171.03
13. Merck MRK 153.49
14. Visa V 137.68
15.  Verizon VZ 136.48
16. Disney DIS 126.96
17. Intel INTC 122.88
18. Cisco CSCO 117.63
19. Home Depot HD 111.17
20.United Technologies UTX 104.41
21. Boeing BA 103.22
22. McDonald's MCD 93.60
23. American Express AXP 92.06
24. 3M MMM 86.82
25. Goldman Sachs GS 75.51
26. UnitedHealth UNH 72.13
27.Nike NKE 63.67
28. Caterpillar CAT 58.09
29. DuPont DD 55.79
30. Travelers TRV 29.9632.20


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/27/14:

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

AT&T T:
 1/22/14 8K re: certain fin'l items for 4Q
12.18/13 8K re: sale of AT&T's incumbent local exchange opers in Ct. to Frontier Comm. for $ 2 bil
12/16/13 8K re: redemption of shares of Perpetual Cumulative Pref. Stock held by subsidiaries
12/12/13 8K re: amendments to '11 Incentive Plan re: triggers of benefit acclerations
12/11/13 8K re: amendment to $5 bil credit agreement
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


American Express AXP:
1/16/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/14 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 12/31/13
12/24/13 8K re: settlement with bank regulators re: credit card add-on products
12/19/13 8K re: settlement of class action filed by US merchants
12/16/13 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 11/30/13
 11/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for each of the 3 months ended 10/31/13


Boeing BA:
12/19/13 8K re: promotion of Dennis A. Muilenberg from CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security to COO of Boeing & promotion of Raymond L. Conner to Boeing Vice-Chair & CEO of Beoing Comm'l Airplanes & technical amendments to By-laws
12/16/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend and add'l $10 bil for stock repurchase program
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:
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results 12/31/13
1/24/14 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 12/13
12/23/13 8K re: restructuring of Gosseliers, Belgium ops
12/19/13 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 11/13
12/11 8K re: mandatory retirement of David R. Goode, Charles D. Powell & Joshua I. Smith from Board & amendment to by-laws
 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


Chevron CVX:
 1/9/14 8K re: interim update for 4Q
12/13/13 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Board & amendment to By-laws
 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:
12/23/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
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


Coke KO:
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane
 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:
1/24/14 Def. Proxy (& Prelim 12/23/13) re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 3/18/14 at 10 am Keller Aud., Portland, OR
12/23/13 8K re: election of Jack Dorsey to Board
12/9/13 8K re: Medium-Term Note Program
 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: separation 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

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

GE:
 1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results
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


Goldman Sachs GS:
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & year end results for 12/31/13.
 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:
 1/16/14 8K re: results for 4Qtr & fiscal year ended 12/28/13
12/9/13 8K re: amdmt to '07 Annul Pref. Cash Bonus Plan for Exec Officers
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:
1/23/14 8K re: sale of x86 server portfolio to Lenovo
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q earnibgs presentation
1/21/14 8K re: fin'l results for period ending 12/31/13
12/13/13 8K re: consulting contract with retiring Mark Loughridge, SVP
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

JPMorganChase JPM:
1/24/14 8K re: grant of restricted stock units to CEO Jamie Dimon
1/22/14 8K re: issuance of fixed to floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock
1/14/14 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/7/14 8K re: settlement with various regulations relating to Madoff fraud
1/3/14 8K re: election of Michael A. Nead to Board
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q 7 fiscal year ended 12/29/13 results
1/17/14 8K re: sale to Carlyle Group of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics unit
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


McDonald's MCD:
 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales
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


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:
1/23/14 10Q & 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q ended 12/31/13
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


Nike NKE:
1/7/1410Q  & 12/23/14 8K & 12/19/13 8K re: 4Q ended 11/30/13
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:
12/28/13 8K re: retirement of M. Anthony Burns from Board
12/19/13 8K re: amdmt of By-laws
12/17/13 8K re: promotion of Albert Bourla to Group VP, Vaccine, ONcology & Consumer Health instead of Amy Schulman who leaves Pfizer (she was GC) & promotion of Susan Silberman to Pres. & GM Global Vaccines
11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13


Procter & Gamble PG:
1/24/14 10Q & 1/24/14 2 8Ks re: results for fiscal year ended 12/31/13
1/14/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to Code of Regulations
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; 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


3M MMM:
12/17/13 8K re: declaration of dividend & update of its 5 year plan ('13 - '17)
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:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13
10/22/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 9/30/13


United Technologies UTX:
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to B-Laws re: forum to adjudicate certain disputes
10/25/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results


UnitedHealth Group UNH:
 1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
1/3/14 8K re: presentation at Goldman Scahs Healthcare Conf.
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/10/13 8K re: issuance of shares to purchase Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
12/10/13 Proxy re: Special Mtg of Shareholders re: Vodafone  1/28/14 10 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
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


Visa V:
 12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockhodlers 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
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

WalMart WMT:
 12/10/13 8K re: promotion of David Cheesewright to Pres. & CEO Walmart Int'l
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

THAT'S All.

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