Tuesday, June 12, 2012

6/12/12 Tues am Johnson & Johnson to Sell Unit; Pays $2.2 bil Risperdal Settlement



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A read of the print editions of Tuesday'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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average   The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 12,411.23 down 142.97 or 1.14% from Friday's close of 12,554.20.  For the year the Dow is up 1.59%. Of the 30 Dow components  4 gained and  26 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing up 17 cents and percentage-wise was  Verizon up 0.28%.  The biggest decliner dollar-wise  was IBM down $2.63 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 4.03%.

WSJ pC4 "For unsteady stocks, another twist" by matt Jarzemsky says the Dow followed its biggest wekkly gain of the  year with a steep slide, snapping a 4 day winning streak as fin'l & commodity stocks sank.  Bank of America dropped 28 cents, the biggest % decline of the Dow.

Fin Times p24 "State streetl ifted by talks over Goldman hedge fund unit deal" by Kandy Wong says US equities suffered heavy losses and descended throughout the day to close at a session low.  JPMorgan dropped 2.6 as CEO Dimon is expected to testify before Congress this week.  Bank of America lost 3.7%.  Verizon rose 0.3% and AT&T was up 0.1%.  Johnson & Johnson lost 1.4% due to it paying a $2.2 bil settlement.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stocks execute negative reversal as volume rises" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks erased early gains & closed near their session lows Mon sustaining sizale losses as the sell off accelerated in the last 15 minutes of trading.  Mallanox which makes network itnerconnection prodcuts rose on news of a deal with Intel.  Action was negative reversal for the market in higher volume as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

USA Today p4B "Stocks retreat as optimism over Spain's bailout dwindles" by Bloomberg says stocks fell Mon paring gains from last week's big rally as optimism over Spain's bailout plan gave way to skepticism it will succeed in halting the debt crisis.

NYT pB1 "Rally fizzles after relief about bialout yeilds to fears" by Chris Hauser says market enthusiasm over the Spanish bank bailout did not last even a day.  After strong Asian trading seemed to roll on to Europe on Mon morning and then to the US by afternoon most European indexes were flat and Wall St closed the session down.



As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.68 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.83 (year ago it was 13.60); today's P/E estimate is 11.75 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 11.75 (year ago it was 12.01) and today's dividend yield is 2.70 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.70 (last year it was 2.50). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,639.88 down  18.90 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,658.78. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.66 down $0.22 from Friday's average closing price of $54.88. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.01 (HD/DD) up $3.72 from Friday's median closing price of $53.73. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday 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) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,890 ($165,878 - $163,988 ).


MarketWatch Monday 4:29 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks  slid sharply Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing lower for the first session in five, as investors fretted coming events, including elections in Greece. “It’s a market that is looking to the next thing. It could be Greece, and it could be further economic data. It’s a market waiting for possible Fed or European bank easing,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at HInsdale Associates.


After a 96-point rise early in the session, the Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA -1.14%  slid 142.97 points, or 1.1%, at 12,411.23.The S&P 500 Index SPX -1.26%  declined 16.73 points, or 1.3%, at 1,308.93, with technology shares leading the losses. Telecom was the best performing of its 10 sectors..Apple Inc. AAPL -1.58%  shares turned lower, closing down 1.6%, after the technology maker unveiled its latest computers and software tools at its developer conference in San Francisco. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -1.70%  slipped 48.69 points, or 1.7%, at 2,809.73.For every two stock advancing four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where more than 740 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 3.5 billion.Crude futures CLN2 -3.54%  fell under $83 a barrel; the dollar DXY +0.29%  stood steady against other global currencies and Treasury yields fell, with the benchmark 10-year10_YEAR -0.13%  down to 1.589%.“While this aid has little chance of stimulating Spain’s deeply recessionary economy, it does reduce the threat of a new wave of financial contagion emanating from the euro-zone debt crisis,” wrote David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, in emailed comments.During the weekend, Spain asked for as much as 100 billion euros in European rescue funds for its stricken banking sector. Also there is the prospect of Greece exiting the euro after elections June 17.“However, a more important hurdle to financial stability will come with next Sunday’s Greek election,” he said.European officials have talked about steps including limiting the amount of withdrawals from automated bank machines should Greece opt out of the euro, Reuters reported, citing European Union officials.The finance officials stressed the discussions are so they can be prepared for any outcome, rather than on any expectation that Greece would exit the currency union.


Tuesday's Dow New followed by Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:


AT&TFin Times p24 "State street lifted by talks over Goldman hedge fund unit deal" by Kandy Wong says US equities suffered heavy losses and descended throughout the day to close at a session low.  JPMorgan dropped 2.6 as CEO Dimon is expected to testify before Congress this week.  Bank of America lost 3.7%.  Verizon rose 0.3% and AT&T was up 0.1%.  Johnson & Johnson lost 1.4% due to it paying a $2.2 bil settlement.  


Alcoa:  No mentions found.


American Express:    No mentions found


Bank of AmericaWSJ pC10 "In the US Banks face a different seort of debt dilemma" by David Reilly says long term debt at JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi and Wells fell 12% between end of '09 and 1Q '12 as they are not so quick to renew them due to low interest rates.

 WSJ pC4 "For unsteady stocks, another twist" by matt Jarzemsky says the Dow followed its biggest wekkly gain of the  year with a steep slide, snapping a 4 day winning streak as fin'l & commodity stocks sank.  Bank of America dropped 28 cents, the biggest % decline of the Dow.

 Fin Times p24 "State street lifted by talks over Goldman hedge fund unit deal" by Kandy Wong says US equities suffered heavy losses and descended throughout the day to close at a session low.  JPMorgan dropped 2.6 as CEO Dimon is expected to testify before Congress this week.  Bank of America lost 3.7%.  Verizon rose 0.3% and AT&T was up 0.1%.  Johnson & Johnson lost 1.4% due to it paying a $2.2 bil settlement.  



Boeing:  IBD pA2 "boeing sees strong 737 orders" says Boeing expects to have 1,000 orders for its 737s by the end of the year up from 450 since it unveiled its more fuel efficient model in Sept.


Caterpillar:  No mentions found


Chevron:  No mentions found


Cisco:  No mentions found


Coke:  No mentions found


Disney:  USA Today p10B "Nutrition advocates turning sour on sugar" by Nanci Hellmich says last week Dsiney said it would eliminate ads for sugar laden foods on its TV channels, radio station & website by '15.


DuPont:  No mentions found


Exxon:  No mentions found


GE:  No mentions found


Hewlett-Packard:


Home Depot:


Intel: IBD pA2 "Intel chooses Mellanox's tech"  &  Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "Stocks execute negative reversal as volume rises" by Victor Reklaitis say stocks erased early gains & closed near their session lows Mon sustaining sizale losses as the sell off accelerated in the last 15 minutes of trading.  Mallanox which makes network itnerconnection prodcuts rose on news of a deal with Intel.  Action was negative reversal for the market in higher volume as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "Apple product unveilings feature MacBooks, maps" by Pat Seitz says Apple's new notebooks include the latest Intel chips.  Ajpple execs took shots at rival PC makers who are trying to compete with Apple note books with ultrabooks running Microsoft's Windows operating system.  




IBM:  No mentions found


JPM:  WSJ pA1 "JPMorgan kenw of risks" by Dan Fitzpatrick says some top execs were alerted to risky trading practices by London traders 2 years before the huge botched $2 bil. trade.


WSJ pC10 "In the US Banks face a different seort of debt dilemma" by David Reilly says long term debt at JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi and Wells fell 12% between end of '09 and 1Q '12 as they are not so quick to renew them due to low interest rates.


Johnson & Johnson: IBD pA2 "Johnson & Johnson",  AJC pA10 "Settlement over drug may top $2 bil" say Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay as much as $2.2 bil to setttle US probes of the marketing of Risperdal antipsychotic drug & other medications along would a misdemeanor plea and criminal penalty of up to 4600 mil.  Also accord would settle civil claims that J&J paid kickbacks.  This would be 2nd largest settlement claim after Pfizer's '09 to resolve marketing claims dealing with Bextra painkiller and other drugs.

WSJ pB3 "J&J to sell wrist-fracture treatment as aprt of Synthes deal" by Ben Fox Rubin says Johnson & Johnson will sell its sytem for surgically treating serious wrist fractures to Biomet as a condition of its $21.3 bil bid for medical device make synthes. 

  Fin Times p24 "State street lifted by talks over Goldman hedge fund unit deal" by Kandy Wong says US equities suffered heavy losses and descended throughout the day to close at a session low.  JPMorgan dropped 2.6 as CEO Dimon is expected to testify before Congress this week.  Bank of America lost 3.7%.  Verizon rose 0.3% and AT&T was up 0.1%.  Johnson & Johnson lost 1.4% due to it paying a $2.2 bil settlement.  


Kraft:  No mentions found


McDonald's:  No mentions found


Merck:  No mentions found


Microsoft:  No mentions found


Pfizer AJC pA10 "Settlement over drug may top $2 bil" says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay as much as $2.2 bil to setttle US probes of the marketing of Risperdal antipsychotic drug & other medications along would a misdemeanor plea and criminal penalty of up to 4600 mil.  Also accord would settle civil claims that J&J paid kickbacks.  This would be 2nd largest settlement claim after Pfizer's '09 to resolve marketing claims dealing with Bextra painkiller and other drugs.

WSjpA13 "Emails reveeal how the White House bought big pharma" reveals emails between Pfizer ex-CEO Jeff Kindler and lobbyists regarding dealings with the Obama admin.  Also related editorial: WSJ pA12 ObamaCare's secret history".


Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found


3M:  No mentions found


Travelers:  No mentions found


United Technologies:  No mentions found


Verizon:   Fin Times p24 "State street lifted by talks over Goldman hedge fund unit deal" by Kandy Wong says US equities suffered heavy losses and descended throughout the day to close at a session low.  JPMorgan dropped 2.6 as CEO Dimon is expected to testify before Congress this week.  Bank of America lost 3.7%.  Verizon rose 0.3% and AT&T was up 0.1%.  Johnson & Johnson lost 1.4% due to it paying a $2.2 bil settlement.  


Walmart:  USA Today p1B "NYC pension funds sue Walmart."AJC pA10 "Pension funds sue Walmart execs" says a group of NYC pension funds is suing current and former Walmart execs for mishandling the bribery scandal.


Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:



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


Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)

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

Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)

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)

Hewlett-Packard HPQ Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)

Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

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

Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)

McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (Oak Brook, Ill)

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

Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)

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

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 5/16/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:


1. Exxon Mobil XOM $382.5 [4.5]

2. Microsoft MSFT 253.5 [8.5]

3. IBM 229.5 [1]

4. WalMart WMT 202 [3.5]

5. Chevron CVX 200 [2]

6. AT&T T 195.5 [6]

7. GE 195 [10.5]

8.Procter & Gamble PG 174.5 [3]


9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 174.5 [3]

10. Coke KO 173 [2]

11. Pfizer PFE 167 [7.5]

12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 138 [4]

13. Intel INTC 134 [5]

14. Verizon VZ 116.5 [3]

15. Merck MRK 115 [3]

16. McDonald's MCD 92.5 [1]

17. Cisco CSCO 89 [5.5]

18. Disney DIS 80.5 [2]

19. Bank of America BAC 78.5 [10.5]

20. Home Depot HD 74 [1.5]

21. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]

22. Kraft KFT 69 [2]

23. American Express AXP 67 [1]

24. Caterpillar CAT 60.5 [.5]

25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]

26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]

27. DuPont DD 47 [1]

28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 44 [2]

29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]

30. Alcoa AA 9 [1]


Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/12:



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



AT&T T: 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

4/24/12 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

3/12/12 Proxy Materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/27/12 at 9 a.m. at Grand American Hotel, Salt lake City, Utah

Alcoa AA: 5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting

5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report

4/16/12 8K re: 1Q Earnings call transcript

4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results

3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA


American Express AXP: 5/15/12 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats thru 4/30

5/3/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders results

5/1/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/18/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/16/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 3/31

3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at 4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares

3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC

3/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 2/29

3/13/12 8K re: Comprehensive Capital Plan




Bank of Am BAC: 5/9/12 8K re: results of Annual Shareholders meeting

5/4/12 8K re: change of presentation of fin'l info

5/3/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/23/12 Proxy material for 5/9 Annual Meeting

4/19/12 8K 1Q results

4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments

3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock




Boeing BA: 5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 11

4/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago




Caterpillar CAT: 5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31

4/25 8K re: 3/12 dealer stats

4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/23/12 Proxy re: 6/13/12 Annual Stockholders Meeting at San Antonio, Tx

4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.

4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas

3/20/12 8K re: dealer stats thru 2/12




Chevron CVX: 5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations

4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting og stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA

4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update

3/29/12 8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.



Cisco CSCO : 5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results

3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans

3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil




Coke KO: 5/15/12 Proxy re: special meeting of stockholders to approve stock split to be held at Atlanta on 7/10/12 to get invited email: shareownerservices@na.ko.com by 5/21

3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes

3/8/12 Proxy materials re Annual meeting of shareowners 4/15/12 9:30 am Cobb Galeria, Atlanta




Disney DIS: 5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan




DuPont DD: 5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

4/24/12 10Q re: quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/17/12 Proxy re: voting recommendations

4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del

3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.




ExxonMobil XOM: 5/11/12 proxy re: voting recommendations

5/3/12 10Q ended 3/31

4/26/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas

3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website

3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting




GE: 5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil & increase of stock buyback program

5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31

4/30/12 8K amending emmployee incentive plan

4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results


4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott

4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade

3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11




Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11

3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12

3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes




Home Depot HD: 5/15/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta



Intel INTC: 5/11/12 8K re: Reg FD disclosure of webcast

5/7/12 8K re: 90 cents a share dividend

5/4/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockhodles meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA

2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory




IBM: 5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes

5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials

4/26/12 8K re: Annual stockholders meeting results

4/24/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 3/31

4/18/12 8K re: sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions Business to Toshiba TEC

4/18/12 & 4/17/12 8Ks re: 1 Qtr results

3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.





JPMorganChase JPM: 5/15/12 8K re: retirement of Chief Inv. Office Ina Drew succeeded by Matthew E. Zames

5/10/12 10Q re: qtr ende 3/31

4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results

4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl

4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website

3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'

3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak

3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program

3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation




Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 5/8/12 8K re: sale of DePuy Orthopaedics to Biomet

5/7/12 10Q re: qtr ended 4/1

4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of stockholders

4/20/12 add'l proxy material
4/19/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws splitting the offices of Chairman & CEO

4/17/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO

4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ

3/28/12 8K re: new format for sales results





Kraft KFT: 5/14/12 proxy material re Annual meeting

5/4/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

5/3/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Ill.

3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business

3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.

3/14/12 8K re: revolving credit agreement




McDonald's MCD: 5/8/12 8K re: April sales

5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/20/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/16/12 8K re: election of Tim Fenton as COO

4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.

3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson

3/8/12 8K re: Feb. '12 sales results

3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.




Merck MRK: 4/27/12 10Q re Qr ended 3/31

4/27/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results

4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ

3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson




Microsoft MSFT: 5/3/12 8K re: election of Steve Luczo to Board, he is CEO of Seagate Tech

4/19/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re 1 Qtr results



Pfizer PFE: 5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1

5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/27/12 8K re: results of annual meeting of shareholders

4/23/12 8K re: ale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil

44/16/12 add't'l proxy material

3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ




Procter & Gamble PG: 5/4/12 8K e: resentation of info re: Snack Business as a discontinued operation

4/27/12 10Q for qtr ended 3/31

4/27/12 2 8Ks re: 3 qtr results

4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27




3M MMM: 5/10/12 & 5/412 8Ks re: adoption of exec pre-arranged stock trading plans

5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan

5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/17/12 8K re: duties of Lead Inependent Director


3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn




Travelers TRV: 4/19/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ended 3/31

4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott


United Technologies UTX: 4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/13/12 8K re: retriement of charles Lee from Board of Dirs.

3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC

3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition




Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/9/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting

4/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31

4/19/12 8K re: 1 qtr results

4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.




WalMart WMT: 4/16/12 proxy material re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 6/1 at 7 am at U. of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark.

3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12 END

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