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Post No. 2,653 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 recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

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


The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed  Thursday at 16558.87 down 21.97 or 0.13%  from Wednesday's close of 16580.84.   For the year the Dow is down 0.11%.  Of the Dow components 7   gained and  23  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Visa up $3.48 and percentage-wise was  Merck up 1.81%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was IBM down $2.94 or 1.5%.

WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips retreat from record run" by Chirs Dieterich says the Dow pulled back a day after closing at a record in a relatively quiet session ahead of Fri's employment report.  DirectTV is charted under Good News saying AT&T approached it about a possible acquisition.

FT p19 "Wall street" by eric Platt says US equity markets inched higher ahead of today's non-farm payrolls report, which will shed light on hiring trends after a brutal winter.

NYT pB9 "Three day rally ends, despite positive news" & AJC pA13 "Small losses for Dow, S&P" by AP says stocks edged lower Thurs due to the latest round of company earnings, a survey on manufacturing and news on the job market.  Dish rose on news that they may merge with AT&T.

IBD pB2 "Nasdaq stalls, but leaders show some signs of life" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kept to a right range Thurs with the indexes unable to make much progress. Income stocks and blue chips are the issues stirring.  Recent breakouts include Procter & gamble, 3M, Exxon and Walmart.  Thursday's action was flat to up in mixed trade.  The current outlook is market in correction.  Caterpillar recently hit a new high but have yet to re establish fast growth in rev or earnings.


As of the open    the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 16.16 down from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.17 (last year it was 16.26).  Friday's P/E estimate is 14.70  unchanged from Friday's P/E estimate of 14.70 (year ago it was 13.15) and Friday's dividend yield is 2.16 up from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.15   (last year it was 2.41). The Dow's all-time high was 16,580.84 on April 30,  2014. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.



Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 2578.48 down  3.42 from  Wednesday's closing numerator of 2581.90.  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  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.95 down 11 cents  from Wednesday's average closing price of $86.06.  The median closing price of  Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $79.63   (DIS/WMT). The lowest volume was   Nike and the highest volume was Pfizer.


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 lost $342  ($258,190 -$257,848).

5/1/14 Thursday 4:32   pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova says the U.S. stock market ended Thursday’s choppy trade generally lower as traders stuck to the sidelines ahead of the key jobs report due Friday morning.                                       
The benchmark S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average broke their three-day run as investors assessed a slew of mixed economic reports and earnings results. The Nasdaq Composite defied the trend and closed higher for the third straight day.                                         
Consumer spending and ISM reports were better than expected, while jobless claims and construction spending missed forecasts.                                        
The S&P 500 SPX -0.01%  ended the day less than a point lower at 1,883.68. The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA -0.13%  lost 21.97 points, or 0.1%, to 16,558.87, retreating from the record closing level reached on Wednesday. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.31%  added 12.9 points, or 0.3% to 4,127.45.
Nicholas Colas, chief market strategist at ConvergEx Group, a global brokerage company based in New York, described the markets as ‘faith-based’.
“Markets are mirroring the economy and investors are putting a lot of faith in big improvements in the second half,” Colas said.           A hint of “spring snapback” was present in consumer spending data. Spending by American households accelerated in March, rising by the most since August 2009, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.                                        
U.S. manufacturing companies expanded in April at the fastest pace since the end of last year, a survey from the Institute for Supply Management showed.
The number of people filing for state unemployment benefits rose for the second straight week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Still, some economists dismissed it as seasonality.
“This report screams ‘Easter seasonal adjustments,’ so we are inclined to ignore it. What matters is where claims settle over the next few weeks, as the Easter hit fades,” wrote Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
Outlays for U.S. construction projects rose 0.2% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $942.5 billion, led by private residential projects, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday.
The jobs report, the most important measure of the U.S. economy, is scheduled to be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Friday.

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

AT&T:  AJC pA13 "Small losses for Dow, S&P" by AP says stocks edged lower Thurs due to the latest round of company earnings, a survey on manufacturing and news on the job market.  Dish rose on news that they may merge with AT&T.

WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips retreat from record run" by Chirs Dieterich says the Dow pulled back a day after closing at a record in a relatively quiet session ahead of Fri's employment report.  DirectTV is charted under Good News saying AT&T approached it about a possible acquisition.

WSJ pC8 "AT&T's direct route to cable fray" by Miriam Gottfired, WSJ pB1 "DirectTV shows a need for AT&T" by Shalini Ramachandran, AJC pA12 "Report: AT&T wants to buy DirecTV" by Chirsotpher Seward, IBD pA2 "AT&T"  say AT&T reached out to DirectTV about a possible acquisition.  but buying Dish would come with a lot of wireless spectrum.  Verizon may also buy Dish.

WSJ pB5 "T-Mobile tallies big increase in users" by Thomas Gryta, ben fox Rubin says that having more scale through a merger would allow it to better compete with AT&T and Verizon.

WSJ pA11 "Net neutrality: good for Google, not to consumers" by G. Keith Cambron discusses how AT&T would price services in the '70s and would charge businesses more than residences.


American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  IBD pB2 "Nasdaq stalls, but leaders show some signs of life" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kept to a right range Thurs with the indexes unable to make much progress. Income stocks and blue chips are the issues stirring.  Recent breakouts include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Exxon and Walmart.  Thursday's action was flat to up in mixed trade.  The current outlook is market in correction.  Caterpillar recently hit a new high but have yet to re establish fast growth in rev or earnings.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  AJC pA11 "Coke's pay plan rapped" by Leon Stafford, Russell grantham says Warren Buffett believes Coke's comp plan is excessive.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  NYT pB3 "Exxon MObil profit falls for a fourth straight quarter" by Clifford Krauss, AJC pA12 "Production, refining issues hurt Exxon", WSJ pB1 "Exxon sticks with Russia" by Daniel Gilbert, "IBD pA2 "Exxon, Conoco top on natgas"  say Exxon is pushing ahead with its plans to drill in Russia's Arctic seas, its biggest chance to discover oil and gas.  Exxon earned $9.1 bil in 1Q on rev of $10.77 bil vs. same period last year of profit of $9.5 bil on rev of $108.36 bil.

FT p11 "Exxon and Conoco profits boosted by US freeze" by Ed Crooks says this year's cold winter in the US pushed up natural gas prices and helped ExxonMobil's earnings.

IBD pB2 "Nasdaq stalls, but leaders show some signs of life" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kept to a right range Thurs with the indexes unable to make much progress. Income stocks and blue chips are the issues stirring.  Recent breakouts include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Exxon and Walmart.  Thursday's action was flat to up in mixed trade.  The current outlook is market in correction.  Caterpillar recently hit a new high but have yet to re establish fast growth in rev or earnings.

GE:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  NYT pB3 "Merck said to be near closing deal with Bayer" by David Gelles, IBD pA2 "Merck" say Merck is close to a deal to sell its consumer unit to Bayer for $14 bil.  Sanofi, Procter & Gamble and Novartis were also interested in the division.

Microsoft:  WSJ pB5 "Microsoft fixes flaw in browser" by Danny Yadron, UsAT p2B "Microsoft issues Explorer fix" by Elizabeth Weise say Microsoft offered a fix for a major security hole in its browsing software that includes help for users of an outdated op system, a break from the firm's past statements.

UsAT p1B "5 things Ford's new CEO needs to do" by James r. Helaey says Microsoft's Syynch that underlies Ford's voice command system "stinks" and needs to be fixed.

IBD pA4 "Tablets slump; Q1 shipments off 36% vs. Q4" by Patrick Seitz says Microsoft's Windows devices   have gained traction thanks to sleeper hits like the Asus T100 whose low cost and 2 in 1 form factor appeals to those looking for something that's "good enough."

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  FT p2 "Pfizer set to increase offer for UK rival" by Andrew Ward, Elizabeth Rigby, Ed Hammon" FT p7 "Addiction to deals reveals the depth of pharma's ills" by David Shaywitz, FT p15 "Drugs companies hit fever pithc over M&A" by Andrew Ward, Ed Hammond, Scheherazade Daneshku, FT p18 "Pifzer bid has put fizz into the pound" by Delphine Strauss say Pfizer will sweeten its offer for Astra Zeneca.

Procter & Gamble: IBD pB2 "Nasdaq stalls, but leaders show some signs of life" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kept to a right range Thurs with the indexes unable to make much progress. Income stocks and blue chips are the issues stirring.  Recent breakouts include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Exxon and Walmart.  Thursday's action was flat to up in mixed trade.  The current outlook is market in correction.  Caterpillar recently hit a new high but have yet to re establish fast growth in rev or earnings.

NYT pB3 "Merck said to be near closing deal with Bayer" by David Gelles says Merck is close to a deal to sell its consumer unit to Bayer for $14 bil.  Sanofi, Procter & Gamble and Novartis were also interested in the division.

3M: IBD pB2 "Nasdaq stalls, but leaders show some signs of life" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kept to a right range Thurs with the indexes unable to make much progress. Income stocks and blue chips are the issues stirring.  Recent breakouts include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Exxon and Walmart.  Thursday's action was flat to up in mixed trade.  The current outlook is market in correction.  Caterpillar recently hit a new high but have yet to re establish fast growth in rev or earnings.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

 Verizon: WSJ pC8 "AT&T's direct route to cable fray" by Miriam Gottfired says AT&T reached out to DirectTV about a possible acquisition.  but buying Dish would come with a lot of wireless spectrum.  Verizon may also buy Dish.

WSJ pB5 "T-Mobile tallies big increase in users" by Thomas Gryta, ben fox Rubin says that having more scale through a merger would allow it to better compete with AT&T and Verizon.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart: IBD pB2 "Nasdaq stalls, but leaders show some signs of life" by Paul Whitfield says stocks kept to a right range Thurs with the indexes unable to make much progress. Income stocks and blue chips are the issues stirring.  Recent breakouts include Procter & Gamble, 3M, Exxon and Walmart.  Thursday's action was flat to up in mixed trade.  The current outlook is market in correction.  Caterpillar recently hit a new high but have yet to re establish fast growth in rev or earnings.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol  Last Sale  Change  % Change  Share Volume  Market
T$35.580.12 ▼ 0.34%27,827,059NYSE
AXP$86.820.61 ▼ 0.7%4,678,301NYSE
BA$128.460.56 ▼ 0.43%2,803,722NYSE
CAT$105.070.33 ▼ 0.31%2,969,919NYSE
CVX$124.940.58 ▼ 0.46%6,377,910NYSE
CSCO$23.010.10 ▼ 0.43%17,436,685NASDAQ-GS
KO$40.780.01 ▼ 0.02%15,381,987NYSE
DIS$79.560.22 ▲ 0.28%6,482,497NYSE
DD$66.760.56 ▼ 0.83%3,546,844NYSE
XOM$101.411 ▼ 0.98%11,153,604NYSE
GE$26.770.12 ▼ 0.45%25,778,105NYSE
GS$160.370.55 ▲ 0.34%2,077,002NYSE
HD$79.330.18 ▼ 0.23%3,934,440NYSE
INTC$26.450.24 ▼ 0.9%19,741,109NASDAQ-GS
IBM$193.532.94 ▼ 1.5%3,675,823NYSE
JPM$55.720.26 ▼ 0.46%12,737,498NYSE
JNJ$100.530.76 ▼ 0.75%6,585,164NYSE
MCD$100.960.42 ▼ 0.41%3,530,645NYSE
MRK$59.621.06 ▲ 1.81%11,721,115NYSE
MSFT$400.40 ▼ 0.99%28,751,640NASDAQ-GS
NKE$72.920.03 ▼ 0.04%2,405,351NYSE
PFE$31.150.13 ▼ 0.42%41,481,588NYSE
PG$82.340.21 ▼ 0.25%5,302,342NYSE
MMM$140.811.72 ▲ 1.24%3,996,252NYSE
TRV$90.830.25 ▲ 0.28%2,752,928NYSE
UTX$116.81.53 ▼ 1.29%4,120,539NYSE
UNH$74.950.09 ▼ 0.12%4,596,226NYSE
VZ$47.220.49 ▲ 1.05%22,778,815DualListed
V$206.093.48 ▲ 1.72%3,566,773NYSE
WMT$79.70.01 ▼ 0.01%5,094,253NYSE
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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 (Redmond, WA)


Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)


Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)


Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (Cincinnati, OH)


3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)


Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)


UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)


United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)


Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)


Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)


Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 4/17/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $433.94
2. Microsoft MSFT 332.11
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 279.95
4. GE 266.48
5. WalMart WMT 250.78
6. Chevron CVX 236.12
7.  Procter & Gamble PG 221.68
8. JPMorgan Chase JPM 209.13
9.  IBM 197.87
10. Verizon VZ 197.
11. Pfizer PFE 193.08
12. AT&T T 187.65
13. Coke KO 179.41
14. Merck MRK 166.06
15.  Disney DIS 140.15
16. Intel INTC 134.44
17. Visa V 131.76
18. Cisco CSCO 119.56
19. United Technologies UTX 108.52
20. Home Depot HD 106.49
21. McDonald's MCD 99.24 
22. Boeing BA 95.1 
23. American Express AXP 91.44
24. 3M MMM 91.27
25. UnitedHealth UNH 74.96
26. Goldman Sachs GS 73.58
27. Caterpillar CAT 65.59
28. Nike NKE 65.016
29. DuPont DD 62.14
30. Travelers TRV 30.54

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/17/14:

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

AT&T T:
3/31/14 8K re: closing of sale of Flotating Rate Global Notes due '17
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 ended 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



American Express AXP:
4/16/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 3/31/14
3/27/14 Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders 5/12 at  9 a.m. at AXP HQ in NYC
3/26/14 8K re: dividend of 26 cents per share & buyback of up to $4.4 bil of common shares in '14
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




Boeing BA:
3/14/14 Proxy 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


Caterpillar CAT:
3/20/14 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 2/14
 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



Chevron CVX:
4/10/14 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 5/28 at Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Midland, Tx at 8 am
4/9/14 8K re: Interim update for 1Q
3/28/14 8K re: increase in comp. to exec officers
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



Cisco CSCO:
3/26/14 8K re: adoption of pre-arranged exec stock trading plans
3/11/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Floating 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



Coke KO:
4/15/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/3/14 & 3/28/14 Proxy material re: issue of exec. comp.
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 year 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:
3/20/14 8K re: amdmt to cert. of incorp.
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




DuPont DD:
/17/14 8K re: results for qtr ended 3/31
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:
4/11/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg on 5/28 at Myerson Symphony Ctr, Dallas, Tx at 9:30 am
3/24/14 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: '13 Fin'l & Operating Rev
3/20/14 8K re: issuance of Float Rate Notes
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

GE:
4/17/14 8K re: 1Q results
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:
4/17/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/4/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg at 5/16 at GS Office, Irving Tx at 9:30 am
3/26/14 8K re: revised '14 capital plan submitted to Fed. Res. Bd.
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.



Home Depot HD:
4/7/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg 5/22 Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, Ga. at 9:00 am
3/27/14 10K for year ended 2/2/14
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:
4/15/14 8K re: 1Q results
4/7/14 8K re: changes to operating segments reports
4/3/14 Proxy re: Stockholder Mtg on 5/22 at 8:30 am at Intel HQ, Santa Clara, CA
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




IBM:
4/17/14 & 4/16/14 8K re: 1Q earnings presentation
4/3/14 Proxy re: add't'l info
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 earnings presentation


JPMorganChase JPM:
4/11/14 2 8Ks re: 1Q results
4/9/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg at JPM Offices on 5/20/14 at Tampa, Fl at 10:00 am
3/26/14 8K re: dividend of 40 cents per share & buyback of $6.5 bil of common stock
3/20/14 8K results of '14 Dodd-Frank Act Stress Tests
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
4/15/14 8K re: results of 1Q ended 3/30/14
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




McDonald's MCD:
4/11/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg on 5/22/14 at 8 am at MCD HQ at Oak Brook, Ill
3/21/14 8K re: retirement of COO Tim Fenton & global mgmt. restructure
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




Merck MRK:
4/14/14 Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg on 5/27 at 9 am at Bridgewater Marriott, Bridgewater, NJ
3/27/14 8K re: departure of EVP/CEO Peter N. Kellogg
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


Microsoft MSFT:
3/20/14 8K re: resignation from Bd. of Dirs. of Stephen J. Luczo
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




Nike NKE:
4/7/14 10Q & 3/25/14 & 3/20/14 8Ks re: Year ended 2/28/14
1/7/1410Q  & 12/23/14 8K & 12/19/13 8K re: 4Q ended 11/30/13



Pfizer PFE:
4/11/14 & 4/2/14 Proxy re: add't'l info
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


Procter & Gamble PG:
4/9/14 8K re: sale of Pet Food biz to Mars for $2.9 bil
4/7/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents  on common & preferred shares
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



3M MMM:
4/15/14; 3/27/14; & 3/26/14 Proxy re: Stockholder Mtg on 5/13/14 at 10:00 am at Austin Conv. Ctr. at Austin, Tx
4/8/14 8K re: imminent danger order issued and then lifted for Greystone Plant at Wauscu, Wisc.
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



Travelers TRV:
4/11/14 Proxy re: shareholder Mtg on 5/27 at 1 pm at Hartford Marriott Downtown, Hartford, Ct.
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:
4/8/14 Proxy re: add'l info
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



UnitedHealth Group UNH:
4/17/14 8K re: 1Q results
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 Sachs Healthcare Conf.


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
4/11/14 Proxy re: add'l info
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 Vodafone'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




Visa V:
3/1/314 8K re: resignation of Elizabeth Buse, EVP Solutions
3/7/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CFO
3/5/14 8K re: presentation at Morgan Stanley tech, Media & Telecom Conf 3/5
1/30/14 10Q for qtr ended 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

WalMart WMT:
4/7 8K re: issuance of euro Notes due '22
3/21/14 10K for FY ended 1/31/14
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


SO LONG, THAT'S ALL