Sunday, April 19, 2015

4/19/15 Sun/Sat IBM & Verizon Reports on Tues; Microsoft Reports Thurs.


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,147 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  Monday's  Barron's & Investor's Business Daily; the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall Street Journal & Financial Times: & Sunday's & 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 17826.30 down 279.47 or 1.54%  from Thursday's close of 18105.77. For the week the Dow was down 231.35 or 1.28% from lost Friday's close of 18057.65. For the year the Dow is up .02%. Of the Dow components   all 30   declined. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise was 3M down $4.18 and percentage-wise was American Express down 4.4%.

IBD pB9 "Bears rip major indexes, but some leaders calm" by Paul Whitfield says  fast selling clobbered the major stock indexes Friday, ratcheting up the pressure on the uprend as Friday's action was down in rising vol and the current outlook is uptrend under pressure.

WSJ pB5 "US stocks crumble, ending lower for week" by Corrie Driebusch says US stocks fell sharply amid a selloff in global equities and a flurry of subpar US corp earnings.  Weakness in 1Q corp earnings  weighed on the market.

Sat. NYT pB3 "Shares fall in markets around the world as bullish sentiment seems to dissolve" by Peter Eavis says signs of complacency were evidence before stocks markets around the world tumbled Friday.  Bloomberg terminals failed for 2 and 1/2 hours  GE reported results that showed its industrial operations were performing solidly.  American Express fell 4.4% after it reported earnings on Thurs.  JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reported impressive 1Q results this week.

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 0.14985889030177.  Monday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.03  down  from Friday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.52 (last year it was 16.15).  Monday's P/E estimate is 16.12 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 16.18 (year ago it was 14.87) and  Monday's dividend yield is 2.28 up from  Friday's dividend yield of 2.25  (last year it was 2.19). The Dow's all-time high was 18288.63 on March 2,  2015. 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 numerator is 2671.43 down 41.88 from Thursday's average numerator of 2713.31.   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 (0.14985889030177) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.67  change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $89.08 down $1.46 from Thursday's closing average of $90.44.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $85.10 (CAT/XOM) down 54 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $85.64 (CAT/XOM).  The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume was GE.

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 $4,188  ($271,331 - $267,143).

4/17/15 Fri. 4:46 pm MarketWatch by  Anora Mahmudova and Barbara Kollmeyer says U.S. stocks sold off on Friday as a confluence of intensifying Greek default fears and new stock-market regulation from China put investors on edge. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered their worst one-day point decline in more than three weeks and ended the week with losses after two consecutive weekly gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.54% dropped 279.67 points, or 1.5%, to 17,826.10 and ended the week 1.3% lower. The blue-chip average turned negative for the year. Also helping push the Dow lower was American Express Co. AXP, -4.44% which slipped 4.4% on Friday after the payment-card company said its results were hurt by a stronger dollar.The carnage was equally intense in the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.52% which ended the session down 75.98 points, or 1.5%, to 4,931.81, losing 1.3% over the week.
The S&P 500 index SPX, -1.13%  closed 23.83 points, or 1.1%, lower at 2,081.16 and recorded a 1% loss over the week.Recent gains in European equity markets and high valuations of U.S. stock indexes also made them vulnerable to a pullback, according to some analysts.Donald Ellenberger, senior portfolio manager at Federated Investors, said concerns over Greece and its ability to pay its debt are behind the selloff in risky assets such as equities.“Investors have piled into German bunds and credit spreads widened. But it was news from China’s regulators that triggered selling, as a lot of investors were sitting on gains after a run-up in equity markets,” Ellenberger said.Early morning fretting in China also helped stoke worries.

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

American Express: Barron's pM2 "Charting" charts American Express saying the strong US dollar and loss of key custoemrs pushed quarterly rev down ore than 12% & its '15 earnings will be flat at best.

Sat. NYT pB3 "Shares fall in markets around the world as bullish sentiment seems to dissolve" by Peter Eavis says signs of complacency were evidence before stocks markets around the world tumbled Friday.  Bloomberg terminals failed for 2 and 1/2 hours  GE reported results that showed its industrial operations were performing solidly.  American Express fell 4.4% after it reported earnings on Thurs.  JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reported impressive 1Q results this week.

Apple:  Barron's p19 "Week preview" says on Tuesday IBM reports earnings with consensus estimates of $2.81 eps vs. $2.68 a year ago, Verizon reports on Tues with est. of 95 cents per share versus a year ago of 91 cents, on Thursday Microsoft posts quarterly results and on Friday 4/24 this was supposed to be the initial date for Apple's watch to be in stores but now it appears it will only be available online.

WSJ pB4 "Apple in talks with Canadian banks" by Rita Trichur, Daisuke Wakabayashi, NYT pB5 "Doing banking on Apple Watch will be limited, for now" by Ann Carrns, marking the start of its int'l expansion of Apple Pay.

Sat. AJC pA9 "Sales of Apple Watch will remain online only", WSJ pD1 "The Apple Watch's long shadow" by Kevin Sintumuant say 1 mil placed orders for the watch on 4/10.

Boeing: WSJ pB1 photo caption  "No fly zone: push to organize workers at Boeing plant falls flat"  & "pB3 Union cancels Boeing vote"  by Jon Ostrower says Boeing fended off a union challenge as tis largest union canceled a vote aimed at 3,175 employees in S. Carolina.

Caterpillar:

Chevron:

Cisco:

Coke: WSJ pB1 "Coca-Cola is betting on China yet again" by Prudence Ho, Mike Esterl says Coke agreed to buy China Cuiangwant Beverages Holdings Ltd. in its first attempt to buy a mainland firm after a high profile rejection by Beijing of its bid for a maker of juices and nectars 6 years ago.

Disney:  NYT pB1 "The way of Lucasfilm's force" by Brooks Barnes says Disney's studio, Lucasfilm, has long honed a strategy of catering to fans.

DuPont:

Exxon:

GE: WSJ pB1 "GE takes its lumps as strategy shifts" by Ted Mann, Chelsey Dulaney, IBD pA1 "GE Q1 earnings, sales decline, on cheap crude, pricey dollar" by Gillian Rich, NYT pB1 "Refocuisng, GE reports growth in industrial businesses" by Steve Lohr, me from the part of GE that it will retain fell 5% to $3.1 bil.  Adjusted earnings per share fell 6% to 31 cents, a penny better than expectations.  Rev fell 12% to $29.4 bil, below the $34.4 view.

Sat. NYT pB3 "Shares fall in markets around the world as bullish sentiment seems to dissolve" by Peter Eavis says signs of complacency were evidence before stocks markets around the world tumbled Friday.  Bloomberg terminals failed for 2 and 1/2 hours  GE reported results that showed its industrial operations were performing solidly.  American Express fell 4.4% after it reported earnings on Thurs.  JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reported impressive 1Q results this week.

Goldman Sachs:  IBD pB2 "Banks earn on trading, cutting" says the 9th biggest story last week was the 1Q's volatile markets meant stronger trading revenue for JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, which beat forecasts.

Sat. NYT pB3 "Shares fall in markets around the world as bullish sentiment seems to dissolve" by Peter Eavis says signs of complacency were evidence before stocks markets around the world tumbled Friday.  Bloomberg terminals failed for 2 and 1/2 hours  GE reported results that showed its industrial operations were performing solidly.  American Express fell 4.4% after it reported earnings on Thurs.  JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reported impressive 1Q results this week.

Home Depot:

Intel:  IBD pB2 "Intel net rises as sales flatten" says the 6th biggest story last week was that Intel's 1Q EPS rose 8% to 41 cents.

IBD pA5 "Chipmakers strive to end password era" by Michael Perrault says Intel is leading the way to push sensors, 3D, infrared for facial, fingerprint IDs.

WSJ pA1 "turning 50, tech axiom Moore's law shows age" by Don Clark, WSJ pA11 "The promise at technology's powerful heart" by Michael S. Malone says Moore's Law turns 50 which was invented by Intel's Gordon Moore.

IBM: Barron's pM3 "Soft earnings and jitters produce a selloff" by Vito J. Racanelli says IBM has been out of favor for a while and is the Dow's worst performer fo the 3 and 1/2 years ended 3/15 down 8% versus the Dow's 63% rise.

Barron's p19 "Week preview" says on Tuesday IBM reports earnings with consensus estimates of $2.81 eps vs. $2.68 a year ago, Verizon reports on Tues with est. of 95 cents per share versus a year ago of 91 cents, on Thursday Microsoft posts quarterly results and on Friday 4/24 this was supposed to be the initial date for Apple's watch to be in stores but now it appears it will only be available online.

JPMorgan:  IBD pB2 "Banks earn on trading, cutting" says the 9th biggest story last week was the 1Q's volatile markets meant stronger trading revenue for JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, which beat forecasts.

Sat. NYT pB3 "Shares fall in markets around the world as bullish sentiment seems to dissolve" by Peter Eavis says signs of complacency were evidence before stocks markets around the world tumbled Friday.  Bloomberg terminals failed for 2 and 1/2 hours  GE reported results that showed its industrial operations were performing solidly.  American Express fell 4.4% after it reported earnings on Thurs.  JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs reported impressive 1Q results this week.

Johnson & Johnson:

McDonald's:

Merck:  IBD pB12 "Bristol's Opdivo scores again in trials" by Amy Reeves says Merck is expected to file for FDA approval in lung cancer treatment.

Microsoft: Barron's p19 "Week preview" says on Tuesday IBM reports earnings with consensus estimates of $2.81 eps vs. $2.68 a year ago, Verizon reports on Tues with est. of 95 cents per share versus a year ago of 91 cents, on Thursday Microsoft posts quarterly results and on Friday 4/24 this was supposed to be the initial date for Apple's watch to be in stores but now it appears it will only be available online.

Nike:

Pfizer:

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

United Technologies:

UnitedHealth:  IBD pB2 "UniedHealth beats Q1 views" says a big story this week was UnitedHealth posted a 13% rev rise.

Verizon:  IBD pA1 "Verizon gets skinny but will it be a fit for pay tv viewers?" by Patrick Seitz, NYT pB3 "Verizon to offer service letting customers pick and choose channels" by Emily Steel n selecting video entertainment, but it is still a long way from a la carte channel picking.

Barron's p19 "Week preview" says on Tuesday IBM reports earnings with consensus estimates of $2.81 eps vs. $2.68 a year ago, Verizon reports on Tues with est. of 95 cents per share versus a year ago of 91 cents, on Thursday Microsoft posts quarterly results and on Friday 4/24 this was supposed to be the initial date for Apple's watch to be in stores but now it appears it will only be available online.

Visa:

Walmart:

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AXP▼ NYSE
AAPL▼ NASDAQ-GS
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
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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

Apple: Tim Cook (Cupertino, CA)

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 M. 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 Steve Easterbrook (Oak Brook, Ill)

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

Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)

Nike NKE 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)

UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 3/22/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Apple AAPL $733.34
2. Exxon Mobil XOM $354.62
3. Microsoft MSFT 351.78
4. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 284.72
5. Wal-Mart WMT 268.87
6. GE 255.65
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 229.36
8. Procter & Gamble PG 228.84   
9. Pfizer PFE 209.91
10.  Verizon VZ 205.94
11.  Chevron CVX 201.24
12. Disney 184.28
13. Coke KO 177.49
14. Merck MRK 166.26
15. IBM 160.99
16.  Home Depot HD 153.44 
17. Cisco CSCO 145.18
18. Intel INTC 144.28
19. UnitedHealth UNH 113.62
20.  Boeing BA 108.83 
21.  United Technologies UTX 108.37
22. 3M MMM 105.68 
23. McDonald' s MCD 93.28   
24. Nike NKE 88.10
25. Goldman Sachs GS 87.21
26. American Express AXP 84.29
27. DuPont DD 67.31
28. Caterpillar CAT 49.21
29. Visa V 42.35
30. Travelers TRV 35.26
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/22/15  for the prior 90 day period:

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

American Express AXP:
3/16/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. thru 2/15/15
3/11/15 8K re: increase of quarterly dividend & repurchase of up to $6.6 of shares
3/2/15 8K re: issuance of preferred shares
2/24/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/17/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months thru 1/15
2/12/15 8K re: end of exclusive deal w/Costco
1/21/15 8K re: 4Q & FY '14 earnings
1/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off delinq. stats. for 3 mos ended 12/31/14.

Apple AAPL:
3/13/15 8K re: amdmt. to employee stock purchase plan
2/9/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/28/15 8K re: change to fin'l stmts due to change of reporting
1/28/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: Qtr. ended 12/27/14
1/22/15 2 14A Proxies re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders on 3/10/15 at 9 am at HG at Cupertino, CA

Boeing BA:
3/13/15 14A Def. Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 4/27/15 at 9 am at Field Museum, Chicago
2/20/15 8K re: issuance of senior notes
2/12/15 10K & 1/28/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/10/15 8K re: retirement of Linda Z. Cook from Board
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

Caterpillar CAT:
3/19/15 8K re: sales thru 2/15
2/19/15 8K re: sales thru 1/15
2/17/15 & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/26/15 8K re: 3 mos ended 12/31/14 retail sales stats

Chevron CVX:
3/3/15 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
2/20/15 10K & 1/30 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/3/15 8K re: election of Jeanette L. Ourada, Corp. VP & Comptroller
1/30/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

Cisco CSCO:
3/19/15 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/18/15 & 2/11/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 1/24/15

Coke KO:
3/2/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders 11 am, Cobb Galeria Centre, Atlanta
3/10/15 & 3/3/15 8Ks re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
2/25/15 10K & 2/10/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/20/15 8K re: retirement from Board of James D. Robinson & Peter V. Ueberroth
2/18/15 8K re: Amdmt to employee stock option plans

Disney DIS:
3/13/15 8K re: voting results of 3/12 Annual Shareholders Mtg
2/11/15 Def14A re: shareholder proposals
2/5/15 8K re: Agreement for COO Thomas O. Stagg
2/3/15 10Q & 2/3/15 8K re: Qtr ended 12/27/14
1/16/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders at 10 am 3/12/15 at Palace of Fine Arts, SF

DuPont DD:
3/17/15 - 3/19/15 Def. Proxy 14A re: Trian's proposal to add Directors
2/5/15 8K re: election to Board of Edward D. Breent & James L. Gallogly
2/5/15 10K & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/27/15, 1/15/15, 1/14/15, 1/13/15, 1/9/15 (five) 14A Proxy: re: Nelson Peltz's Trian's proposal to break-up DuPont
1/12/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

ExxonMobil XOM:
3/10/15 8K re: 3/4/15 analyst meeting
3/6/15 8K re: issuance of Floating rate Notes
2/25/15 10K & 2/24/15 8K & 2/2/15 8K re: 10K for FY ended 12/31/14

GE:
3/10/15 def. 14A Proxy re: Shareholder Mtg 4/22/15 10am at Cox Conv. Ctr. Oklahoma City
2/27/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/11/15 8K re: Amdmt By-laws re: proxy access by 3% holders
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

Goldman Sachs GS:
3/11/15 8K re: revised '15 Capital Plan
3/9/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Claes Dahlback
2/23/15 10K & 1/16/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/15
2/8/15 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
1/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/16/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

Home Depot HD:
2/24/15 8K re: FY & Qtr ended 2/1/15
1/16/15 8K re: replacement of Chairman of Board Francis S. Blake with Craig A. Menear

Intel INTC:
3/12/15 8K re: 1Qtr guidance
2/13/15 10K & 1/15/15 8K re: FY ended 12/27/14
1/15/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/27

IBM:
3/19/15 Def. Proxy  14A Stockholders Annual Mtg at 10 am 4/.28/15 at Statehouse Conv. Ctr., Little Rock, Ark & nomination of Alex Gorsky, CEO, Johnson & Johnson & Peter R. Voser to Board
2/24/15 10K & 1/20/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/5/15 8K re: issuance of debt securities
1/30/15 8K re: compensation amounts for execs for 2014
1/21/15 & 1/20/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/7/15 8K re: exec promotions and amendment to bylaws to increase Board to 14 & election of Peter R. Voser to Bd

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
3/20/15 8K & 3/6/15 8K re: redemption of Bear Stearn Notes
3/6/15 8K re: release of '15 Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test results
2/27/15 8K re: redemption of Capital securities
2/25/15 8K re: 2/24/15 Investor Day Conf.
2/24/15 10K for FY ended 12/31/14
2/17/15 8K re: redemption of notes
2/12/15 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares
1/23/15 8K re: closing of note offering

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
3/11/15 Def. 14A Proxy for Annual shareholder Mtg a 10:30 am on 4/23/15 at State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ
3/2/15 8K re: sale of Cordis Business for $1.99 bil to Cardinal Health
2/24/15 10K for FY ended 12/28/14
1/20/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/28/14 fin'l results

McDonald's MCD:
3/20/15 8K re: stock award to execs
3/9/15 8K re: Feb. global sales
3/3/15 8K & 2/3/15 8K re: election of Stephen Easterbrook as CEO
2/24/15 10K for FY ended 12/31/14
2/10/15 8K re: Global sales for Jan.
2/4/15 8K re: TRC mini-tender offer
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results

Merck MRK:
2/27/15 10K & 2/4/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/10/15 8K re: issuance of Floating rate Notes

Microsoft MSFT:
2/12/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/26/15 10Q & 1/26/15 8K re: fin'l results for qtr ended 12/31/14

Nike NKE:
3/19/15 8K for Qtr ended 2/28/15
2/12/15 8K re: election & retirement of VPs
1/7/15 10Q & 12/2214 8K re: results of qtr ended 11/30

Pfizer PFE:
3/12/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: 4/23/15 Annual Shareholder Mtg at Short Hills, NJ
2/27/15 10K & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/15
2/10/15 8K re: $5 bil share buyback program
2/6/15 8K re: purchase of Hospira, Inc.
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:
2/19/15 8K re: Consumer analysts Group conf. on 2/19/15
2/10/15 8K re: appointment of ex-Home depot CEO Frank S. Blake to Board
1/27/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/13/15 8K re: quarterly div. of 0.6436 cents payable 2/17 to record holders as of close of business

3M MMM:
2/23/15 8K purchase of Polypore's separation Media business
2/12/15 10K & 1/27/15 8K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/31/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

Travelers TRV:
2/12/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
1/22/15 8K re: qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results

United Technologies UTX:
3/13/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Shareholders on 3/2/15 2pm at PGA Nat'l Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
3/1/13/15 8K re: repurchase of $2.6 bil of stock
2/5/15 10K for FY ended 12/31/15
3/12/15 8K re: reviewing possible spin-off of Sikorsky Aircraft Business
1/26/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/23/15 8K re: separation agreement for ex-CEO Louis Chenevert
1/15/15 8K re: departure of exec Alain M. Bellemare

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
3/6/15 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare Conf on 3/10 in Miami
2/17/15 8K re: exec. comp. changes
2/10/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/6/15 8K re: Leenik Global Healthcare Conf. on 2/11
1/21/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
3/12/15 8K & 2/26/15 8K & 2/25/15 8K 2/12/15 8K re: results of exchange offer
2/23/15 10K re: FY ended 12/31/14
2/18/15 8K re: EVP changes
2/5/15 8K re: election of Mark T. Bertolini to Board
2/5/15 8K re: sale of assets, purchase of wireless towers & $5 bil stock buybacks
1/30/15 8K re: results of bidding for AWS-3 spectrum licenses in FCC auction
1/22/15 & 1/16/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/14/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Robert W. Lane

Visa V:
2/27/15 8K & two 1/29/15 8Ks: re: amd. by-laws to allow 4 for 1 stock splits
2/2/15 8K re: exec. changes
1/29/15 10Q & 1/29/15 8K re: 1Qtr ended 2/31/14 fin'l results
1/29/15 8K, 1/21/15 Proxy & 1/14/15 Proxy  re: amendment of Cert of Incorp. for stock split
1/28/15 8K re: dividend of 48 cents payable 3/3 for record holders on 2/13

WalMart WMT:
2/19/15 8K re: 4Q results
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart

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