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by Dan Kolber
Post No. 2,983 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 Dec. 20 and a summary of recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 12/20.
A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Wall Street 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 Tuesday's closing stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 17983.07 down 55.16 or 0.31% from Monday's close of 18038.23. For the year the Dow is up 8.5%. Of the Dow components 4 gained, American Express was unchanged and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealthcare up 52 cents or 0.51%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was and percentage-wise was Caterpillar down $1.12 or 1.2%.
WSJ pC4 "U.S. stocks fall; utilities lead decliners" by Saumya Vaishampayan, Alexandra Scaggs says US stocks fell but were on track to notch another year of gains fueled by a brightening economic outlook. US stocks followed European & Asian stocks lower due to political turmoil in Greece.
IBD pB5 "Indexes end near lows; distribution tags Nasdaq" by Ken Shreve says major averages ended with moderate losses Tues. as the action was down in mixed trade and the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.
NYT pB8 "Worries about Greece take a toll on the markets" by AP says lingering concern about the political future of Greece pushed stock amrkets modestly lower on Tues.
As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio was 16.88 down from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.93 (last year it was 17.07). Wednesday's P/E estimate was 15.93 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 15.93 (year ago it was 15.25) and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.41 up from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.40 (last year it was 2.05). The Dow's all-time high was 18053.71 on December 26, 2014. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.
Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2800.25 down 8.58 from Monday's numerator of 2808.84. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.
The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $93.34 down 29 cents from Monday's average closing price of $93.63. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $93.64 (XOM/MCD) down 35 cents from Monday's median closing price of $93.99 (CAT/AXP). The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume was GE.
If Tuesday 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 $859 ($280,084 - $280,025).
12/30/14 Tues. 4:35 pm MarketWatch by Victor Reklaitis & Sara Sjolin says U.S. stocks closed with moderate losses Tuesday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average back below 18,000 for the first time in about a week. Energy-sector stocks were among the day’s worst performers even as the U.S. oil benchmark stabilized, however briefly, a little above recent lows. Adding to the negative tone, a consumer-confidence figure jumped less than expected. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.49% pulled back 10.22 points, or 0.5%, to finish at 2,080.35, a day after scoring its 53rd record close of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.31% shed 55.16 points, or 0.3%, to 17,983.07, undercutting 18,000 after first clearing that mark on Dec. 23. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.61% lost 29.47 points, or 0.6%, to end at 4,777.44. All three main indexes endured their biggest drops in two weeks. The S&P is on pace for a yearly gain of 12.6% while the Dow is showing an 8.5% advance and the Nasdaq a 14.4% rise. Jeff Kravetz, regional investment director at U.S. Bank Wealth Management, said he didn’t see any major driver for Tuesday’s moderate drop. “It’s just normal volatility at the end of the year,” he told MarketWatch, adding that his team expects mid- or high-single digit percent gains for U.S. stocks in the new year. Trading was light on the second-to-last day of 2014, as many investors remain away on year-end breaks. The day was the 12th slowest day of the year, as measured by total composite volume. U.S. markets will be open for a full day on Wednesday.
Crude oil’s crash has spurred analysts to cut their earnings-per-share estimates for energy-sector companies, even as the slide helps consumers and other industries save money. Sam Stovall, U.S. equity strategist at S&P Capital IQ, said in a note Tuesday that “sliding 2015 earnings estimates offer an additional concern,” but his shop still expects stocks will gain next year. He said “should this oppressive obsession with oil prove overdone, the EPS trend will likely reverse course, making our year-end 2015 S&P 500 price advance of 7% again more realistic.” Tuesday’s economic news: A key U.S. consumer confidence index climbed to 92.6 in December from a revised 91.0 in November, below a post-recession high of 94.1 set in October and under the 93.8 projected by economists polled by MarketWatch. The Case-Shiller home-price index indicated that prices declined for a second straight month. But after seasonal adjustments, prices among 20 cities rose 0.8% in October — the strongest result in seven months — compared with a 0.2% increase in September. CRT Capital Group’s Ian Lyngen in an email Tuesday described the housing report as “overall, a better-than-expected release.” Movers and shakers: Southwestern Energy Co. SWN, -6.78% and another energy name, Range Resources Corp. RRC, -4.20% were the S&P 500’s two biggest losers, finishing down 6.8% and 4.2%, respectively. Southwestern said late Monday that it’s boosting its capital spending next year, while peers are cutting back as energy prices plunge. The U.S. oil benchmark rose Tuesday after showing a drop of 50% from its June 2014 peak, but the European crude benchmark fell again. Civeo Corp. CVEO, -52.60% closed down a whopping 52.6% after the company, which provides accommodations for energy workers, warned late Monday of lower-than-expected revenue due to cutbacks by energy companies. Other markets: European equity markets finished with losses, as upcoming Greek snap elections brought back fears of Greece leaving the eurozone. Asian stocks closed mainly lower, with Japan’s Nikkei losing 1.6% on its last trading day of the year. The Japanese coalition government agreed to tax reform that will cut the country’s corporate tax rate in an effort to spur economic growth. Gold prices rose, while the dollar softened DXY, -0.27% against most major currencies. The euro EURUSD, +0.02% was little changed against the dollar, trading around a more-than-two-year low following the renewed worries about Greece.
Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
AT&T: No mentions found.
American Express: No mentions found.
Boeing: No mentions found.
Caterpillar: No mentions found.
Chevron: No mentions found.
Cisco: No mentions found.
Coke: No mentions found.
Disney: NYT pA1 "What made college ball more like pros? $7.3 billion, for a start" by Marc Tracy, Tim Rohan says the NFL, a $10 bil a year enterprise, is struggling to compete with college football. ESPN will pay $7.3 bil over 12 years to telecast 7 games a year - 4 major bowl games, 2 semifinal bowl games and the Nat'l championship game.
DuPont: No mentions found.
Exxon: No mentions found.
GE: No mentions found.
Goldman Sachs: WSJ pC2 "Goldman pay flat for top UK staff" by Saabira Chaudhuri says Goldman's top UK employees were paid an average of $4.7 mil in '13 same as prior year.
Home Depot: No mentions found.
Intel: No mentions found.
IBM: No mentions found.
JPMorgan: WSJ pC2 "Banks paid big as regulators got tougher" by James Sterngold says in Nov 6 banks including JPMorgan agreed to pay a total of $4.3 bil to US< UK & Swiss regulators for foreign exchange price manipulation.
Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.
McDonald's: No mentions found.
Merck: No mentions found.
Microsoft: WSJ pD1 "The tech to rock your 2015" by Geoffrey A. Fowler, Joanna Stern says Microsoft will release Windows 10 in the fall.
Nike: No mentions found.
Pfizer: No mentions found.
Procter & Gamble: IBD pA4 "Amazon looking to spank competition" by Doug Tsuruoka says Amazon diapers are competing with Procter & Gamble's and others.
3M: No mentions found.
Travelers: No mentions found.
United Technologies: No mentions found.
UnitedHealthcare: No mentions found.
Verizon: No mentions found.
Visa: No mentions found.
Walmart: WSJ pB1 "For Walmart in Mexico, bodega format trumps big box" by Amy Guthrie says Walmart has been opening mini grocery stores in Mexico called Bodega Aurrera Express and has 900.
WSJ pA4 "Idaho two year old kills mon in accidental shooting" by AP says this happened at a Walmart store.
Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
| Symbol | Last Sale | Change | % Change | Share Volume | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| AXP | NYSE | ||||
| BA | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| CAT | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| CVX | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| CSCO | ▼ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| KO | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| DIS | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| DD | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| XOM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| GE | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| GS | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| HD | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| INTC | ▼ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| IBM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| JPM | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| JNJ | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| MCD | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| MRK | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| MSFT | ▼ | NASDAQ-GS | |||
| NKE | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| PFE | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| PG | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| MMM | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| TRV | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| UTX | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| UNH | ▲ | NYSE | |||
| VZ | ▼ | DualListed | |||
| V | ▼ | NYSE | |||
| WMT | ▲ | NYSE |
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 Craig Menear (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 Greg Hayes (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 12/20/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:
1. Exxon Mobil XOM $396.52
2. Microsoft MSFT 392.85
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 295.45
4. Wal-Mart WMT 274.49
5. GE 257.28
6. Procter & Gamble PG 248.73
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 231.48
8. Chevron CVX 213.49
9. Pfizer PFE 201.24
10. Verizon VZ 195.12
11. Coke KO 183.75
12. Intel INTC 175.85
13.AT&T T 173.97
14. Merck MRK 169.86
15. Visa V 164.40
16. Disney DIS 157.51
17. IBM 156.87
18. Cisco CSCO 142
19. Home Depot HD 134.33
20. 3M MMM 106.04
21. United Technologies UTX 105.38
22. UnitedHealth UNH 98.37
23. American Express AXP 96.71
24. McDonald's MCD 90.72
25. Boeing BA 89.99
26. Goldman Sachs GS 87.52
27. Nike NKE 81.71
28. DuPont DD 66.40
29. Caterpillar CAT 55.52
30. Travelers TRV 35.05
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/20/14:
Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments
AT&T T:
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom
10/24/14 8K re: completion of sale of Ct. wireline operations to Frontier Comm
3 8Ks (10/22; 10/22 & 9/30/14) re: 3Qtr result
American Express AXP:
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares
10/28/14 10Q & 10/15/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 9/30/14
Boeing BA:
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback
10/31/14 8K re: issuance of senior notes
10/22/14 10Q & 10/22/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: credit agreements
Caterpillar CAT:
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan
10/31/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sales to retail and OEM
10/14/14 8K re: retirement of Group Presidents Stuart Levenick & Steven Wunning
Chevron CVX:
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14
Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg
10/29/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/26/14
10/1/14 8K re: Guidelines for '14 Equity Plan
Disney DIS:
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14
10/3/14 8K re: CEO Robert Iger's amended employment contract
DuPont DD:
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan
10/28/14 CEO letter to shareholders
10/28/14 & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
GE:
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
Goldman Sachs GS:
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/23/14 8K re: legal opinion re: debt issuance
Home Depot HD:
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system
10/20/14 8-K/A re: promotion of Craig A. Menear to CEO
10/14/14 8K re: resignation of Marvin R. Ellison, EVP
Intel INTC:
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook
10/29/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3rd Qtr ended 9/27/14
IBM:
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan
10/28/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/20) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: closing of Lenovo's purchase of IBM's x86 server business
10/20/14 8K re: sale of IBM's global comm'l semiconductor tech business to Globalfoundries
JPMorgan Chase JPM:
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
11/3/14 & 2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '19
10/2/14 8K re: cyberattack
10/2/14 8K re: adjustment of warrant price
Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil
10/30/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
10/2/14 8K re: agreement to purchase Alios Biopharma
McDonald's MCD:
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/22/14 8K re: raising quarterly div. by 5% to 85 cents payable 12/15 to record holders 12/1
9/9/14 8K re: global sales decreased 3.7% in Aug.
Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/27/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/15/14 8K re: issuance of notes
10/2/14 8K re: completion of sale of Consumer Care Business to Bayer for 414.2 bil
Microsoft MSFT:
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg
10/23/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/21/14 & 10/20/14 & 10/20/14 Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Mtg at 12/3/14 at 8 am at Meydenbauer ctr., Bellevue, WA
Nike NKE:
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14
10/7/14 10Q & 9/30/14 8K & 9/25/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 8/31/14
9/23/14 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
Sec. 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 9/18/14 at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Or.
Pfizer PFE:
11/6/14 10Q for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
Procter & Gamble PG:
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes
10/24/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/24) 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: voting results of 10/14 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
10/14/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents payable 11/17 to record holders on 10/24/14
3M MMM:
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes
10/30/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
Travelers TRV:
10/21/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/10/14 2 8Ks re: realignment of 2 of 3 business segments
United Technologies UTX:
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO
10/24/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
UnitedHealth Group UNH:
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK
10/28/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
Visa V:
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 11/21/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14
10/29/14 8K re: 4Qtr & full year ended 9/30/14 results
10/22/14 8K re: 1/28/15 Annual Stockholders Mtg & dividend of 48 cents payable 12/2 to record holders on 11/14/14
WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board
10/30/14 8K re: Closing of Walmart Seiyu stores in Japan
10/17/14 8K re: issuance of notes
THE END FOR NOW
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