Saturday, March 22, 2014

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Post No. 2,613 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 3/19/14  and a summary of Dow 30 components'  SEC filings as of 3/19/14.


A  read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business; the combined Saturday and Sunday 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 closed Friday at 16302.77 down 28.28 or 0.17%  from Thursday's close of 16331.05. For the week the Dow was up 237.1 or 1.48%  from last Friday's close of 16065.67.  For the year the Dow is down 1.65%. Of the Dow components  14  gained  and  16 declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Johnson & Johnson up $1.81 or 1.92%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Nike down $4.06 or 5.12%.

WSJ pB5 "S&P 500 rises 1.4% in week; biotech sector tumbles" by Dan Strumpf says Firday was a quadruple witching witht he simultaneous expiration of futures & options on indexes & individual stocks which typically leads to ramp up in volume in the final hour of trading.  Stocks' early gains fri were erased largely by a selloff in biotech stocks.

FT p13 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says Visa led the Dow after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that allowed banks to charge retailers as much as 21 cents to process debit card transactions.

NYT pB2 "Health care shares pull down indexes" & Sat. AJC pA10 "Health care news erases rally" by AP says stocks closed slightly lower fri erasing an early gain, after being dragged down by health care firms.

IbD pB8 "Stock indexes knife lower; medicals lead the bleeding" by Paul Whitfield says stocks battled to a dismal finish Fri as the indexes lost ground in fast trade as Friday's action was down in big volume due to quadruple witching day.  the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.



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 16.03 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.05  (last year it was 15.90).  Monday's P/E estimate is 14.85 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 14.52   (year ago it was 12.90) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.18 up  from Friday's dividend yield of 2.10   (last year it was 2.45). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2538.60 down 4.40  from  Thursday's closing numerator of 2543.  This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.62 down 15 cents  from Thursday's average closing price of $84.77. The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.68  (NKE/HD) up 24 cents   from Thursday's median closing price of $79.68    (NKE/HD). The lowest volume was 3M  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 lost $440  ($254,300 - $253,860).

3/20/14 Thurs. 4:07   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says U.S. stocks reversed early gains and finished Friday lower but still recorded modest weekly gains. The main indexes marched higher in the morning, with the S&P 500 hitting a new intraday record of 1,883.97, but gains dissipated by afternoon, as stocks were hit by gyrations due to the so-called quadruple witching day, or expiration of options.
The S&P 500 SPX -0.29%  ended the day 5.61 points, or 0.3%, lower at 1,866.40. The benchmark index recorded a weekly gain, rising 1.4% for the week.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.17%  added 28.28 points, or 0.2%, to 16,302.77. The blue-chip index gained 1.5% over the past five trading days.
he Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.98%  finished the day 42.50 points, or 1%, lower at 4,276.79, with the biotech stocks hit the hardest on the index . iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF fell 4.7%. Friday’s losses dented the tech-heavy index’s weekly gain to 0.7%.“Today’s action in the market was mostly technical. Perhaps, investors had second thoughts about the events in Russia. Typically, on the days when options expire, gyrations can cause selloffs,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital.
Stocks had fallen Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen suggested the central bank could begin raising interest rates about six months after it ends its bond-buying program. However, they mostly recovered on Thursday on the back of upbeat manufacturing data from the Philadelphia’s Federal Reserve.Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota, the sole dissenter on the FOMC, released a statement on Friday in which he criticized the Fed’s new guidance, saying it “weakens the credibility of FOMC’s commitment to target 2% inflation” and “fosters policy uncertainty and thereby suppresses economic activity.”Other Fed speakers on Friday included St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, as well as former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.Fed Gov. Jeremy Stein is scheduled to speak on ‘incorporating financial stability considerations into a monetary policy framework’ at 7:20 p.m. Eastern.
Among individual stocks, Unwired Planet UPIP +2.58% , an intellectual property company focused on the mobile industry, soared 49% after news that Chinese computer-maker Lenovo Group Ltd. HK:0992 -0.12%  was buying 21 of its patent families for $100 million.CommScope Holding Co. Inc. COMM +3.20%  jumped 10% after the telecommunications-gear maker raised its guidance for the current quarter in its earnings report. The company said it expects to earn between 43 cents and 47 cents per share on revenue of $900 million to $925 million.Shares of Nike Inc. NKE -0.02%  were down 5.1% after the company late Thursday reported fiscal third-quarter adjusted profit above analysts’ forecasts. Sales increased 13%, but the sneaker giant warned that a stronger dollar will remain a drag on earnings.Symantec Corp. SYMC -0.11% slid 13% after the security-software maker fired Chief Executive Steve Bennett late Thursday and replaced him with board member Michael Brown.Darden Restaurants Inc. DRI +2.76%  rose 2.8% even as the firm said profit and sales fell compared with a year earlier. Darden is spinning off its Red Lobster chain.
In other financial markets, the dollar pulled back after rising on Thursday on the back of Yellen’s dollar-supportive interest-rate comments. The weaker greenback provided support for oil and metals, which moved broadly higher. Asian markets closed mostly in the black, and European markets followed them higher early on Friday.

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

AT&T:

American Express:   WSJ pB2 "How banks fare" by Dan Fitzpatrick American express, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are listed in a table with their score as they were among the 29 big banks that passed the regulators' stress test.

Boeing:

Caterpillar:  FT p10 "Caterpillar probed over US tax avoidance claims" by Neil Munshi, Vanessa Houlder, James Polii says Caerpillar has become the subjec tof a US Senate probe into allegations that it avoided taxes through a complex int'l structure.

Chevron:

Cisco:  Barron's pM13 "Research reports" edited by Paul Farrell says Barlcays gave "equal weight" rating on Cisco on March 27th.

Coke:

Disney:

DuPont:

Exxon:

GE:

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pB2 "How banks fare" by Dan Fitzpatrick American express, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are listed in a table with their score as they were among the 29 big banks that passed the regulators' stress test.

FT p1 "Workaholic ex-bankers impose their long-hours culture on new colleagues" by Emma Jacobs says working at Goldman Sachs means long hours.

Home Depot:

Intel:

IBM:

JPMorgan:  Barron's pS1 "Barron's Special report World's best CEOs"  cover story by Andrew Bary lists only one Dow CEO, Jamie Dimon.

WSJ pB2 "How banks fare" by Dan Fitzpatrick American express, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are listed in a table with their score as they were among the 29 big banks that passed the regulators' stress test.

FT p11 "Mercuria in  $3.5bn deal for JPMorgan commodities unit" by Xan Rice says Mercuria, the swiss firm, bought JPMorgan's physical commodities biz for $3.5 bn.

Johnson & Johnson:  Barron's p25 "A healthy market for health care" by Johanna Bennett discusses a new biotech cancer drug, Imbruvica from Pharmacylcis and Johnson & Johnson,

McDonald's:

Merck:

Microsoft:  Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Thursday 3/37/14 Microsoft will debt its Office suite of programs for the Apple iPad.

IBD pA2 "Xbox One's price cut again" says Microsoft's new video game console's price was cuty by Walmart and Best Buy ending Sony's pricing advantage over Xbox.

Barron's p29 "The best opportunity for Microsoft shareholders in years" by Tiernan Ray says CEO Nadella is poised to take Microsoft in a bold new direction.

Nike:

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

United Technologies:

UnitedHealth:

Verizon:

Visa:  FT p13 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says Visa led the Dow after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that allowed banks to charge retailers as much as 21 cents to process debit card transactions.

NYT pB3 "Appeals court upholds current fees on debit card purchases" byTtara Siegel Bernard says banks and the Fed Reserve were dealth a victory Fri when a fed appeals court ruled that the amount banks collect from retailers  when consumers swipe debit cards can be remain as is.  A photo of a Visa card appears.

Walmart:  IBD pA2 "Xbox One's price cut again" says Microsoft's new video game console's price was cuty by Walmart and Best Buy ending Sony's pricing advantage over Xbox.  

Sat. AJC pA8 "Walmart's tool gives competitors' prices" by Anne D'Innocenzio, AP says Walmart has rolled out an online tool that allows shoppers to compare its prices on 80,000 food & household products to those of its competitor.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:


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

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:
AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)


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


Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)


Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)


Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)


Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)


Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)


Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)


DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)


ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)


GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)


Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)


Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)


Intel INTC Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)


IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)


JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)


Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)


McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)


Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)


Microsoft MSFT 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 Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 3/9/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $409.31
2. Microsoft MSFT 325.76
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 266.23
4.  GE 255.84
5. WalMart WMT 243.21
6. Chevron CVX 222.80
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 218.39
8. Procter & Gamble PG 216.34
9. Pfizer PFE 203.81
10. Verizon VZ 194.10
11. IBM 193.56
12.AT&T T 172.38
13. Coke KO 169.56
14. Merck MRK 166.83
15.  Visa V 143.15
16. Disney DIS 142.71
17. Intel INTC 124.03
18. Cisco CSCO 111.42
19. Home Depot HD 110.84
20.United Technologies UTX 105.02
21. American Express AXP 96.73
22. McDonald's MCD 96.10
23. Boeing BA 92.72
24. 3M MMM 87.91
25. Goldman Sachs GS 78.56
26. UnitedHealth UNH 78.49
27.Nike NKE 70.76
28. DuPont DD 62.08
29. Caterpillar CAT 61.52
30. Travelers TRV 29.61


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/19/14:

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

AT&T T:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes to purchase LEAP
3/11/14 Proxy re Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 4/25/14 9 am, Rivermill Event Centre, Columbus, GA
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/21/14 10K for year eneded 12/31/13
1/29/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: 4Q earnings release
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


American Express AXP:
3/17/14 8K re: jv agreement with Certares re: Global Business Travel Division
3/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 2/28/14
2/25/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/18/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/14
1/16/14 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



Boeing BA:
3/14/14 Porxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/28/14 10:00 am, Field Museum, Chicago
3/11/14 8K re: amendments to Supp. Exec. Retirement Plan
4/28/14 8K re: selection of Robert E. Verbeck as VP Finance
2/27/14 8K re: grants of restricted stock units to execs
2/14/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: 4Q results
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


Caterpillar CAT:
 2/20/14 8K re: retail sales info
2/18/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results &  12/31/13 results
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; amp; amp; amp; Joshua I. Smith from Board & amendment to by-laws


Chevron CVX:
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/31/14 8K re: grants of stock options to execs
1/31/14 8K re: 4Q and year end results
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


Cisco CSCO:
3/11/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Flotating Rate Notes
2/26/14 8K re: public offering of Senior Notes
2/20/14 10Q & 2/12/14 8K re: qtr. ended 1/25/14
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


Coke KO:
3/7/14 8K re: public offering of $1 bil Floating Rate Notes due '15
3/7/14 Proxy Statement re: Shareholder Meeting 4/23/14 12:30 pm Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/27/14 10K for yeare ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: Kathy Walker replacing Gary Fayad as EVP/CFO & retirement from BoD of Donald F. McHenry & Jacob Wallenberg
2/19/14 8K re: amendment of Restricted Stock Award Plan
2/18/14 8K re: results of 4Q & year
2/6/14 8K re: agreement with Green Mt. Coffee Roaster
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane



Disney DIS:
3/18/14; 3/4/14; & 2/3/14 Add'l proxy materials 
2/5/14 10Q & 2/5/14 8K re: Qtr ended 12/28/13
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



DuPont DD:
3/14/14 Proxy Stockholders Mtg 4/23/14 10:30 am, DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
3/10/14 8K re: guidance for 2014
2/5/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: 4Q results


ExxonMobil XOM:
3/11/14 8K re: presentation at analyst meeting
2/26/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: oil reserves info
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

GE:
3/11/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
3/5/14 Proxy Annual Shareholders Meeting 4/23/14 10 am Sheraton, Chicago
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results


Goldman Sachs GS:
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/3/14 8K re: election of Peter Oppenheimer to Bod
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/12/14 8K re: public offering of debt
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


Home Depot HD:
2/28/14 8K re: election of Craig A. Menear, Pes. US Retail
2/25/14 8K re: results for fiscal year and qtr ended 2/2/14



Intel INTC:
2/14/14 10K for year ended 2/28/13
2/3/14 8K re: comp structure for execs & employees
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




IBM:
3/10/14 Proxy Stockholder Mtg 4/29/14 10 am Osborn Conv. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL
2/25/14 8K 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/11/14 8K re: public offering of debt
2/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's customer care process outsourcing business to SYNNEX
1/31/14 8K re: exec comp. structure
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


JPMorganChase JPM:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Pref. Stock
3/5/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
2/27/14 8K re: Investor Day Presentation
2/6/14 8K re: sale of Pref. Stock
2/5/14 8K re: payment of $614 mil to settle mortgage case brought by US Atty SDNY, FHA, HUD & VA
1/30/14 8K sale of Pref. Stock
1/28/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
3/12/14 Proxy -  Shareholder Meeting 4/24 10 am Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/29/13
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



McDonald's MCD:
3/13/14 8K re: presentation at Merrill Lynch Consumer Retail Conf. in NYC 3/12
3/10/14 8K re: Feb. sales
2/24/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/14/14 8K re: exec awards under cash performance unit plan
2/10/14 8K re: Jan sales
1/31/14 8K re: payout structure for '14 Target Incentive Plan for Execs
1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales



Merck MRK:
2/28/14 8K re: amdmt of Bylaws so 15% of shareholders can call a meeting
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/5/14 8K re: retirement of John Canan, Sr. VP Finance
2/5/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Microsoft MSFT:
3/12/14 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit, Pres. ValueAct Capital, to BoD
2/4/14 8K re: election of Satya Nadella as CEO
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



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



Pfizer PFE:
3/13/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/24/14 8:30 am Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: results for 4Q and year
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; 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:
2/28/14 8K re: A.G. Lafley's pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/14/14 8K re: exercise of stock options by cEO A.G. Lafley
2/11/14 8K re: company guidance
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



3M MMM:
3/5/14 8K re: realignment of business segments
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
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


Travelers TRV:
3/17/14 8K re: cahnge of date of Annual Shareholders Meeting from 5/28 to 5/27/14 at Hartford, Ct., Mariott Downtown
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/6/14 8K re: election of Philip T. Ruegger III to Bod
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13


United Technologies UTX:
3/14/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/28 2 pm Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC
2/6/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
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:
3/7/14 8K re: presentation at Barclays Global Healthcare Conf. Miami 3/11
2/28/14 8K re: presentation at Raymond James INv. Conf. Orlando 3/4
2/12/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
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


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
3/17/14 Proxy - Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/1/14 10:30 am, Sheraton, Phoenix, AZ
3/10/14; 2/1/14; 1/30/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: closing of the purchase of Vadafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
3/7/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend & repurchase program of up to 100 mil shares
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/24/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
2/12/14 8K re: closing of sale of Notes
2/11/14 8K re: exec comp.
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



Visa V:
3/1/314 8K re: resignation of Elizaeth Buse, EVP Solutions
3/7/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CFO
3/5/14 8K re: presentation at Morgan Stanley techm, Media & Telecom Conf 3/5
1/30/14 10Q for qtr endfed 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: results of 1/29/14 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
1/29/14 8K re: declaration of dividends
12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockholders 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA

WalMart WMT:
2/20/14 8K re: 4Q results
2/13/14 8K re: amendment to bylaws to allow 10% of sharehodlers to call a meeting
1/31/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
1/29/14 8K re: election of C. Douglas McMillan as Pres/CEO
1/29/14 8K/A re: compensation for EVP David Cheesewright
 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

ADIOS.

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