Tuesday, February 25, 2014

2/25/14 Tues. am Ford Drops Microsoft for BlackBerry for In Car Systems

http://www.dowjonesmonitor.com/

Post No. 2,573 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.


A  read of the print editions of  Tuesday'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 Monday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 16207.14 up 103.84 or 0.64%  from Friday's close of 16103.30. Of the Dow components   21  gained  and  9    declined. For the year the Dow is down 2.23%. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise was   Visa up $2.83 and percentage-wise was  UnitedHealth Group up 2.98%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise    and percentage-wise wasVerizon down $1.04 or 2.2 %.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2523.71 up 16.18   from  Friday's closing numerator of 2507.54. 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 "Record eludes stocks" by Dan Strumpf says stocks rallied with the S&P 500 closing just shy of a record as investors continued to shrug off a mixed bag of economic data & corp earnings. Microsoft was charted under Bad News as Rod said it would sue BlackBerry software for in car multimedia dropping Microsoft.

NYT pB7 "S&P ends up after hitting intraday high" by Reuters says Humana & UnitedHealth Group ranked amond the S&P's biggest percentage gainers as UnitedHealth rose 3%.

USAT p1B "Stocks top highs,  hint at upswing" by Adam Shell says the big question is whether the US stock market is poised to break out to the upside in a style similar to last year's mega bullish run or more grudgingly.

IBD pB2 "Nasdaq, S&P 500 back off after scoring new highs" by Vincent Mao says stocks hit new highs Mon as monday's action was up but off highs in higher volume as the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

FT p21 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says UnitedHealth advanced 3%.  Verizon's share volatility is expected to continue.  Blackberry rose after saying its messaging service will be available to Microsoft's Windows phone.


As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6  of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 15.94 up from Monday's trailing P/E ratio of 15.84    (last year it was 15.30).  Tuesday's P/E estimate is14.50 unchanged from  Monday's P/E estimate of 14.50  (year ago it was 12.54) and Tuesday's dividend yield is 2.20 unchanged from Monday's dividend yield of 2.20  (last year it was 2.60). 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  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.12 up 56 cents  from Friday's average closing price of $83.58. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $77.85     (HD/NKE) up 74  cents from Friday's median closing price of $77.11    (HD/NKE). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Verizon  .

If Monday 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 $1,618   ($252,371 - $250,754).

2/24/14 Mon. 4:58   pm MarketWatch by Victor Reklaitis says US stocks climbed on Monday, boosted by M&A activity, an upbeat German confidence report and bets that the S&P 500’s foray into new high ground could spur further buying.The main indexes finished with solid gains, although they ended well off their session highs as buying momentum faded. The S&P 500 SPX +0.62%   had been on pace to score a record closing high but didn’t deliver, with gains erased in the last hour of trading.The benchmark index rose 11.46 points, or 0.6%, to finish at 1,847.71 — just below its Jan. 15 record close at 1,848.38. It had been up more than 22 points intraday. Humana Inc. HUM -0.27%   closed up 10.6%, performing best among S&P 500 components.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.65% gained 105.83 points, or 0.7%, to end at 16,209.13, led by UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH +2.98% , which jumped 3%. Shares in Humana and UnitedHealth, both health insurers, rallied following a JPMorgan note saying Medicare Advantage reimbursements will drop less than expected next yearThe Nasdaq added 29.56 points, or 0.7%, to close at 4,292.97, nabbing its highest close since April 2000.

SPX 1,847.61, +11.36, +0.62%

S&P 500 turns positive for year
“You had a pretty positive number out of Germany,” said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial, referring to the latest Ifo survey on German business confidence.“The deal flow is also beginning to gain momentum, and that’s very positive for markets,” she added.RF Micro Devices RFMD +21.00% said Monday that it will merge with TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. TQNT +26.11%  in an all-stock deal. RF Micro closed up 21%, while TriQuint surged 26%.Jos. A. Bank JOSB +9.06%  shares rose 9.1% after Men’s Wearhouse Inc. MW +7.54%  upped its offer for its rival to $63.50 a share. The amended offer is conditioned on Jos. A. Bank terminating its recent agreement to buy Eddie Bauer. Men’s Wearhouse shares rose 7.5%.Monday’s deal news follows other recent M&A events, including Facebook Inc.’s FB +0.23%   purchase of WhatsApp, Comcast Corp.’s CMCSA +0.02%  plan to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. TWC -0.98%   and Actavis PLC’s ACT +1.81%  agreement to buy Forest Laboratories Inc. FRX -0.36%  
Krosby said the announced deals can have a “halo effect,” spurring some investors to think they’re going to see more deals in other sectors.Some market analysts have said they see limited gains for stocks in the near term, citing resistance for the S&P 500 as the benchmark index trades around its record level.
“Every time you get to these levels there’s always a back and forth,” Krosby told MarketWatch. She said at some point, something will push the S&P 500 to a new record close, or it won’t be able to break out.

Tuesday's Dow News followed by Monday's Closing Dow Numbes

AT&T:  WSJ pC1 "T-Mobile's costly call is a wrong number" by Spencer Jakab T-Mobile is not faring well against the larger rivals, AT&T and Verizon.

WSJ pB5 "Software triumphs in AT&T's new network" by Thomas Gryta says AT&T will build its sprawling network with cheaper off the shelf equipment and will broaden its suppliers to keep it from being locked in to any one vendor such as Cisco.  Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up with Intel.

USAT p1B "Samsung unviels galaxy S5" by Edward C. Baig says AT&T, Verizon, Sprint & T-Mobile will carry the new Samsung Galaxy S5 in April.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:   WSJ pA5 "Weapons proposal brightens contractors' outlook" by Doug Cameron says Pratt & Whtney, a unit of UTX, and GE, are working to develop engines that cut fuel consumption by 25%.  Boeing is developing a new aerial tanker.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  IBD pA3 "Rockefeller gushed cash" by Daniel Allott profiles John Davison Rockefeller whose Standard Oil was the origin of Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Amoco.

Cisco:  WSJ pC4 "Cisco's new debt offering draws a crowd" by Mike Cherney says Cisco sold $8 bil in bond Mon, the largest offering this year  and the biggest since Verizon's $49 bil  deal in Sept.

 WSJ pB5 "Software triumphs in AT&T's new network" by Thomas Gryta says AT&T will build its sprawling network with cheaper off the shelf equipment and will broaden its suppliers to keep it from being locked in to any one vendor such as Cisco.  Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up with Intel.

IBD pA1 "Palo Alto networks touts client wins vs. big rival Cisco" by Brian Deagon says a new breed of security software firms are picking up market share from the likes of Cisco.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  NYT pB3 "TV networks ask Supreme Court to shut down service that streams shows" by Leslie Kaufman, WSJ pB3 "broadcastes warn of limits to free tv" by Amol Sharma, Shalini Ramachandran say Disney and others are apppealing to the Sup. Ct. regarding Aereo.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:    IBD pA3 "Rockefeller gushed cash" by Daniel Allott profiles John Davison Rockefeller whose Standard Oil was the origin of Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Amoco.

GE:  IBD pA2 "GE expands energy R&D" says GE committed $10 bil to its ecomagination budget through '20.

Goldman Sachs:  NYT pA1 "Goldman tattletale exposed (he was never in the elevator" by Andrew Ross Sorkin says a rogue employee who had an audience of over 600,000 Twitter followers may not have been truthful.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pB5 "Software triumphs in AT&T's new network" by Thomas Gryta says AT&T will build its sprawling network with cheaper off the shelf equipment and will broaden its suppliers to keep it from being locked in to any one vendor such as Cisco.  Alcatel-Lucent is teaming up with Intel.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's: USAT p2B "Taco Bell chimes in with breakfast options" by Bruce Horovitz,  AJC pA7 "Taco Bell takes aim at McDonald's with breakfast" by Candice Choi say Taco Bell will introduce the waffle taco & Starbucks will introduce a revamped morning sandwich.

IBD pA2 "McDonald's rethinks early fare" says McDonald's is mulling extended breakfast hours past 10:30 am.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB6 "Ford plans to dump Microsoft from its cars" by Mike ramsey, USAT p2B "Ford dumps Microsoft for BlackBerry system" by Chris Woodyard,  WSJ pC4 "Record eludes stocks" by Dan Strumpf say stocks rallied with the S&P 500 closing just shy of a record as investors continued to shrug off a mixed bag of economic data & corp earnings. Microsoft was charted under Bad News as Rod said it would sue BlackBerry software for in car multimedia dropping Microsoft.

WSJ pB1 "Icahn targets Silicon Valley directors' club" by Greg bensinger, David benoit says there may have been a conflict when Marc Andreessen was involved in the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft.

 FT p21 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says UnitedHealth advanced 3%.  Verizon's share volatility is expected to continue.  Blackberry rose after saying its messaging service will be available to Microsoft's Windows phone.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  IBD pB9 "HIgh hopes for Pfizer's pipeline" by Ken Shreve says with a market cap over $200 bill Pfizer has a lot in its pipeline and last week Pfizer announced good results for blood thinner drug, Eliquis.

IBD pA2 "Pfizer drug stops pneumonia" says Pfizer's vaccine Prevenar 13 prevented pneumonia ia a big study of 85,000 subjects.

Procter & Gamble:  WSJ pB5 "Unilever, P&G wage shampoo price war" by Peter Evans says Unilever's Dove, TRESemme and VO have been taking market share from L'Oreal & Procter & Gamble.

WSJ pB5 "P&G to sell "Concierge" health care business" by Amy Or says P&G will try to sell MDVIP, a personalized health care operator catering to wealthy people.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  WSJ pA5 "Weapons proposal brightens contractors' outlook" by Doug Cameron says Pratt & Whtney, a unit of UTX, and GE, are working to develop engines that cut fuel consumption by 25%.  Boeing is developing a new aerial tanker.

UnitedHealth Group: NYT pB7 "S&P ends up after hitting intraday high" by Reuters says Humana & UnitedHealth Group ranked amond the S&P's biggest percentage gainers as UnitedHealth rose 3%.

 FT p21 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says UnitedHealth advanced 3%.  Verizon's share volatility is expected to continue.  Blackberry rose after saying its messaging service will be available to Microsoft's Windows phone.

Verizon:  WSJ pB4 "Verizon Communications carrier expects revenue to improve this year" by Everdeen Mason, AJC pA8 "Verizon expects margin and revenue increases" say Verizon said its will expand its profit margins & increase rev this year after it completes buying the 45% stake in its wireless div from Vodafone.

 WSJ pC4 "Cisco's new debt offering draws a crowd" by Mike Cherney says Cisco sold $8 bil in bond Mon, the largest offering this year  and the biggest since Verizon's $49 bil  deal in Sept.

WSJ pC1 "T-Mobile's costly call is a wrong number" by Spencer Jakab T-Mobile is not faring well against the larger rivals, AT&T and Verizon.

 USAT p1B "Samsung unviels galaxy S5" by Edward C. Baig says AT&T, Verizon, Sprint & T-Mobile will carry the new Samsung Galaxy S5 in April.

USAT p4B "Story stocks" lists Verizon saying its shares are near year's low on earnings call day.

IBD pA2 "Verizon says no to buybacks" says Verizon ruled out stock buybacks for 2 to 3 years.

FT p21 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says UnitedHealth advanced 3%.  Verizon's share volatility is expected to continue.  Blackberry rose after saying its messaging service will be available to Microsoft's Windows phone.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:   No mentions found.

Monday'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

******************


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)


***************************
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


****************************************
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 & amp; amp; 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 & amp; amp; 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; 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.

No comments: