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Post No. 2,581 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 a summary of Dow 30 components'  recent SEC filings.

A  read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's &  Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal &  Financial Times; & Saturday's   New York Times &  Atlanta Journal & 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 closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 16321.71 up 49.06 or 0.30%  from Thursday's close of 16272.65. For the week the Dow was up 218.41 or 1.36% from last Friday's close of 16103.30. For the year the Dow is down 1.54%. Of the Dow components   21   gained, Intel was unchanged  and  8    declined.  The  biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth Group up $1.25 or 1.64%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down 36 cents     and percentage-wise was AT&T down 0.93%.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2541.55 up 17.64   from  Thursday's closing numerator of 2533.91. 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 pB5 "Stocks soared in February" by Matt Jarzemsky, Tomi Kilgore says a broad gauge of the US stock market, the S&P, hit a fresh record, but jitters over the situation in Ukraine took some steam out of the rally.

IBD pB8 "Stocks give back gains; Russia's move feeds fear" by Paul Whitfield says stocks reversed off intraday highs Fri as an afternoon sell off chipped at morning gains as Friday's action was mixed in rising vol & the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

FT p11 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says overall US equity markets rose moderately at the end of the week as consumer confidence improved despite the poor weather.  A separate reading of US GDP which revised quarterly growth lower, had been mostly anticipated by investors.


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 16.05 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.00    (last year it was 15.48).  Monday's P/E estimate is 14.55 up from  Friday's P/E estimate of 14.50  (year ago it was 12.53) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.18 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.17  (last year it was 2.51). 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 $84.72 up 26 cents  from Thursday's average closing price of $84.46. The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.74     (PG/DIS) up  40 cents  from Thursday's median closing price of $79.34    (PG/DIS). The lowest volume was Travelers  and the highest volume was Verizon  .

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 $1,764  ($254,155 - $253,391).

2/28/14 Fri. 4:10   pm MarketWatch by William L. Watts says finished the week and the month with solid gains, even as Friday's rally gave way to choppy trading alongside rising concerns over the situation in Ukraine. Stocks were initially boosted by better-than-expected Chicago PMI and consumer-sentiment reports and shrugged off a sharp cut in the estimate of fourth-quarter U.S. economic growth that nonetheless matched expectations. The S&P 500SPX +0.28% was up 5.16 points, or 0.3%, at 1,859.53, well off its session highs, but still at a new record close. The benchmark index gained 1.3% for the week and 4.3% for the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.30% rose 49.06 points, or 0.3%, to 16,321.71, gaining 1.4% on the week and nearly 4% over the month. The Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP -0.25% closed lower, losing 10.81 points, or 0.3%, to 4,308.12, but still was 1.1% higher on the week and up 5% for the month.

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

AT&T: WSJ pB14 "T-Mobile's shine dims Sprint's deal hopes" by  Miriam Gottfried says any deal between T-Mobile, the No. 4 US carrier, would bring intense regulatory scrutiny.  In '11 AT&T's bid for T-Mobile was rejected on antitrust grounds.  T-Mobile added a net 2 mil of the most lucrative subscribers in '13, ore than any other US carrier other than Verizon.

Barron's p17 "Verizon has the edge in the wireless wars" by Andrew Bary says Wall St has grown concerned about rising competition in US wireless, creating an opportunity for investors in Verizon's shares whose 4.5% dividend yield looks safe.  AT&T's P/E is 12.1 with a dividend yield of 5.7%.  Verizon's p/e is 13.6.

Barron's p36 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says the top 10 largest dividend payers accounted for almost $1 in every $10 of the global income pie and the group includes ExxonMobil, AT&T and GE.  A quarter of big consumer oriented firms, Home Depot, Kimberly-Clark, Nordstrom & Kohl's sweetened their quarterly common dividends last week.

American Express:  Sat. NYT pB1 "Now may be a good time to bail out of frequent-flier programs" by Ron Lieber says delta's best customer by far is American Express which is under contract with delta to buy $675 million worth of Delta miles each year to give away to its credit card customers.

Boeing:

Caterpillar:  Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Tuesday 3/4 Caterpillar holds a meeting with analysts at a construction industry conference in Las Vegas & on Wednesday ExxonMobil meets with analysts.

Chevron:  Barron's p20 "An exceptional oil play" by Avi Salzman says big oil producers such as Chevron are cutting back on capital spending with some of the decrease seen coming from offshore projects.

Cisco:  Barron's p25 "Report from Barcelona: Wireless gear makers gird for battle" by Tiernan Ray  Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO urged telcos to think about traffic on the network as a natural resource replete with insights about consumers that can be mined.  Also last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, John Chambers, Cisco CEO talked about how the Internet of everything would be serviced with Cisco equipment.  Qualcomm is the top wireless chip vendor for '12 in both volume and dollar terms followed by MediaTek and in third place Intel.

Coke:  Sat. NYT pB1 "For Coke, challenge is staying relevant" by James B. Stewart says for year Coca-Cola has been the world's No. 1 brand, but last year Apple and Google overtook it.   There is public concern over obesity due to sugar soft drinks.  Last week Coke reported declining sales of soda in the N. Amer. market along with disappointing sales growth globally, alarming investors.  60% of tis rev comes from the sale of soft drinks, mostly Coke & Diet Coke.

Disney:  WSJ pC4 "Sitting pretty at the box office" says Frozen is the first Disney princess movie to crack the top 20 in overall domestic box office receipts.

DuPont:

Exxon:  Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Tuesday 3/4 Caterpillar holds a meeting with analysts at a construction industry conference in Las Vegas & on Wednesday ExxonMobil meets with analysts.

Barron's p36 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says the top 10 largest dividend payers accounted for almost $1 in every $10 of the global income pie and the group includes ExxonMobil, AT&T and GE.  A quarter of big consumer oriented firms, Home Depot, Kimberly-Clark, Nordstrom & Kohl's sweetened their quarterly common dividends last week.

WSJ pA5 "Alaska sea otters now recovered after 1989 Valdez spill" by AP says a fed study of Prince William Sound sea otters affected by crude oil spilled from the exxon valdez ahs concluded that they have returned to prespill numbers a quarter century after the spill.

GE: Barron's p36 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says the top 10 largest dividend payers accounted for almost $1 in every $10 of the global income pie and the group includes ExxonMobil, AT&T and GE.  A quarter of big consumer oriented firms, Home Depot, Kimberly-Clark, Nordstrom & Kohl's sweetened their quarterly common dividends last week.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pB1 "Bond issuance under scrutiny" by Justin Baer, Katy Burne says the SEC has opened an inquiry into the way Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other banks divvy up new bond issues among investors and specifically Goldman Sach's issuance of a record setting $49 bil of bonds last Sept for Verizon Communications.

FT p11 "Roge Goldman tweeter unmasked" by Tracy Alloway says the tweeter about Goldman wasn't really an employee.

Home Depot:  Sat. AJC pA9 "Home Depot promotes 2 in-house executives"  by Leon Stafford says Craig Menear has been named pres of U.S. retail operations and Mark Holified is now evp of supply chain & product dev.

Barron's p36 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley A. Lazo says the top 10 largest dividend payers accounted for almost $1 in every $10 of the global income pie and the group includes ExxonMobil, AT&T and GE.  A quarter of big consumer oriented firms, Home Depot, Kimberly-Clark, Nordstrom & Kohl's sweetened their quarterly common dividends last week.

Intel:   Barron's p25 "Report from Barcelona: Wireless gear makers gird for battle" by Tiernan Ray  Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO urged telcos to think about traffic on the network as a natural resource replete with insights about consumers that can be mined.  Also last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, John Chambers, Cisco CEO talked about how the Internet of everything would be serviced with Cisco equipment.  Qualcomm is the top wireless chip vendor for '12 in both volume and dollar terms followed by MediaTek and in third place Intel.

IBM:  Barron's p14 "Week review" says last week JPMorgan and IBM announced big job cuts.

  Barron's p25 "Report from Barcelona: Wireless gear makers gird for battle" by Tiernan Ray  Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO urged telcos to think about traffic on the network as a natural resource replete with insights about consumers that can be mined.  Also last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, John Chambers, Cisco CEO talked about how the Internet of everything would be serviced with Cisco equipment.  Qualcomm is the top wireless chip vendor for '12 in both volume and dollar terms followed by MediaTek and in third place Intel.

JPMorgan:  Barron's p14 "Week review" says last week JPMorgan and IBM announced big job cuts.

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's:  IbD pA1 "fast casual chains eating rivals' lunch" by Ciaran McEvoy say sit down eateries find diners no longer wait or pay for quality fare.  McDonald's and other traditional fast food restaurants are growing faster than full service but less than fast casual

Merck:

Microsoft:

Nike:

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

United Technologies:

UnitedHealth:

Verizon:   WSJ pB1 "Bond issuance under scrutiny" by Justin Baer, Katy Burne says the SEC has opened an inquiry into the way Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and other banks divvy up new bond issues among investors and specifically Goldman Sach's issuance of a record setting $49 bil of bonds last Sept for Verizon Communications.

WSJ pB14 "T-Mobile's shine dims Sprint's deal hopes" by  Miriam Gottfried says any deal between T-Mobile, the No. 4 US carrier, would bring intense regulatory scrutiny.  In '11 AT&T's bid for T-Mobile was rejected on antitrust grounds.  T-Mobile added a net 2 mil of the most lucrative subscribers in '13, ore than any other US carrier other than Verizon.

Barron's p17 "Verizon hasa the edge in the wireless wars" by Andrew Bary says Wall St has grown concerned about rising competition in US wireless, creating an opportunity for investors in Verizon's shares whose 4.5% dividend yield looks safe.  AT&T's P/E is 12.1 with a dividend yield of 5.7%.  Verizon's p/e is 13.6.

Visa:

Walmart:  Barron's pM14 "Research reports" edited by Paul Farrell says on 2/24 UBS did a report on Walmart with a buy saying consumers will continue to seek out value in the off price channel but UbS is tempering their expectations given the challenging retail climate, particularly for apparel, which accounts for 60% of Walmart's total sales.


Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change  % Change  Share Volume  Market

T$31.930.30 ▼0.93%42,953,700NYSE
AXP$91.280.99 ▲1.1%4,616,003NYSE
BA$128.920.36 ▲0.28%4,321,643NYSE
CAT$96.970.27 ▲0.28%4,948,494NYSE
CVX$115.330.36 ▼0.31%6,792,625NYSE
CSCO$21.80.12 ▼0.55%40,496,068NASDAQ-GS
KO$38.20.13 ▲0.34%15,576,537NYSE
DIS$80.810.33 ▲0.41%6,928,672NYSE
DD$66.620.62 ▲0.94%4,618,983NYSE
XOM$96.270.43 ▲0.45%12,468,840NYSE
GE$25.470.03 ▼0.12%28,225,854NYSE
GS$166.451.07 ▲0.65%4,268,148NYSE
HD$82.030.06 ▲0.07%7,143,997NYSE
INTC$24.76unch  unch 23,143,244NASDAQ-GS
IBM$185.170.10 ▼0.05%4,605,754NYSE
JPM$56.820.13 ▲0.23%18,399,519NYSE
JNJ$92.120.76 ▲0.83%9,515,397NYSE
MCD$95.150.07 ▲0.07%5,046,761NYSE
MRK$56.990.33 ▲0.58%11,723,654NYSE
MSFT$38.310.45 ▲1.19%38,546,253NASDAQ-GS
NKE$78.30.28 ▲0.36%3,400,366NYSE
PFE$32.110.12 ▼0.37%27,134,438NYSE
PG$78.660.47 ▲0.6%8,373,670NYSE
MMM$134.730.39 ▲0.29%3,142,734NYSE
TRV$83.840.01 ▼0.01%2,255,229NYSE
UTX$117.020.41 ▲0.35%3,206,949NYSE
UNH$77.271.25 ▲1.64%6,128,570NYSE
VZ$47.580.08 ▲0.17%60,792,838DualListed
V$225.940.34 ▼0.15%3,461,306NYSE
WMT$74.70.14 ▲0.19%7,357,822NYSE

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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 & amp; 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; amp; Consumer Health instead of Amy Schulman who leaves Pfizer (she was GC) & promotion of Susan Silberman to Pres. & amp; 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; 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.