Wednesday, July 25, 2012

7/25/12 Wed amAT&T's Profits Up: DuPont's Net Down 3%


Post No. 1,743 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 July 23, 2012 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings also as of July 23, 2012.



A read of the print editions of Wednesday'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 Tuesday at 12,617.32 down 104.14 or 0.82% from Monday's close of 12,721.46.  For the year the Dow is up 3.27%.  Of the 30 Dow components 4 gained and 26 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise   and percentage-wise was JPMorgan Chase up 29 cents or 0.84%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down $1.65  and percentage-wise was Cisco down 5.91%.

WSJ pC4 "Dow marks triple-digit-loss three-peat" by Jonathan Cheng says Europe's woes are hitting US firms as the Dow fell again.  Telecom stocks led the broadbased market declines after AT&T missed rev estimates.  DuPont was down 97 cents after its' quarterly rev fell short of expectations and gave a soft forecast for full year earnings.  Cisco was the biggest decliner after saying it would lay off 1,300 employees.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks fall as trade rises; market back in correction" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks sustained significant losses Tues as investors took in more negative news from Europe & this earnings season.  The action was down in higher turnover while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.  AT&T, DuPont & Texas Instruments fell hard after they posted quarterly profits that beat expectations but rev that fell short continuing a trend in this earnings season.

Fin Times p20 "Pressure on education providers as DeVry plunges on poor outlook" by Martin Poon says Wall Street was nervous as all sectors closed in negative territory led by telecoms, materials & energy stocks.  AT&T beat estimates but the stock fell 2.12%.

NYT pB6 "With little good news Wall St pulls back" by AP says a parade of grim news from weak corp earnings to a pullback at US factories to the deepening European debt crisis sent investors fleeing stocks again on Tues.  AT&T and Whirlpool both fell short of analyst eestimates foe arnings and rev.  Cisco fell 6% after it said it would cut staff and was the Dow's biggest decliner.

USA Today p4B "Earnings news, Europe woes extend stocks' losing streak" by AP says a parage of grim news from weak corp earnigns to a publlback at US factories to spreading fault lines in Europe's debt crisis sent investors fleeing stocks for a 3rd straight session on Tues.  DuPont reported rev that missed Wall St expectations and its stock fell 97 cents.


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 0.132129493. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.06 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.19 (year ago it was 14.31); today's P/E estimate is 12.35 unchanged from Tuesday's P/E estimate of 12.35  (year ago it was 12.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.66 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.64 (last year it was 2.42). 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.


Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,667.12  down 13.66 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,680.88. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.57 down 0.46 from Monday's average closing price of $56.03. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.68 (HD/DIS) up $0.74 from Monday's median closing price of $49.94 (HD/DD. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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) and sold at the close you would have lost $1,366 ($168,088 - 166,712).

MarketWatch Tues. 4:13 MarketWatch.com by Laura Mandaro say US stocks Tuesday sank on concerns about Greece debt, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.82% to its third straight triple-digit loss. That was the first such loss streak since early September. The Dow fell 104.14 points, or 0.8%, to 12,617.32, led by a 5.9% drop in Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO -5.91% . The S&P 500 SPX -0.90% lost 12.21 points, or 0.9%, to 1,338.31. Telecoms led losses for all 10 S&P 500 sectors. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.94% lost 27.16 points, or 0.9%, to 2,862.99. Heavyweight Apple Inc. AAPL -0.48% fell 0.5% ahead of late Tuesday results. A Reuters report that European Union officials believe Greece will have to restructure about $242 billion in debt sent stocks skidding midday.

Wednesday's Dow News followed by Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  WSJ pB9 "AT&t gets a boost from increased Smartphone use" by Thomas Gryta, IBD pA4 "AT&T's record wireless margins lift Q2" by Reinhardt Krause, NYT pB2 "AT&T posts higher profit and holds on to its subscribers" by Brian Chen, AJC pA11 "AT&T less customer churn pays off" by Kristi Swartz  say AT&T's 2Q rose 8.7% as its wireless div reported its most profitable quarter ever.  Like Verizon, AT&T said a a majority of its wireless customers under contract now own a smartphone.    AT&t had a profit of $3.9 bil or 66 cents a share up from $3.59 bil or 60 cents a year ago.  Rev was up 0.3% to $31.58 bil. 

WSJ pC4 "Dow marks triple-digit-loss three-peat" by Jonathan Cheng,  says Europe's woes are hitting US firms as the Dow fell again.  Telecom stocks led the broadbased market declines after AT&T missed rev estimates.  DuPont was down 97 cents after its' quarterly rev fell short of expectations and gave a soft forecast for full year earnings.  Cisco was the biggest decliner after saying it would lay off 1,300 employees.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "AT&T beats Verizon on iPhones" says AT&T activated 3.7 mil iPhones in Q2 while Verizon Wireless added 2.7 mil.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks fall as trade rises; market back in correction" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks sustained significant losses Tues as investors took in more negative news from Europe & this earnings season.  The action was down in higher turnover while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.  AT&T, DuPont & Texas Instruments fell hard after they posted quarterly profits that beat expectations but rev that fell short continuing a trend in this earnings season. 

Fin Times p20 "Pressure on education providers as DeVry plunges on poor outlook" by Martin Poon says Wall Street was nervous as all sectors closed in negative territory led by telecoms, materials & energy stocks.  AT&T beat estimates but the stock fell 2.12%.

 NYT pB6 "With little good news Wall St pulls back" by AP says a parade of grim news from weak corp earnings to a pullback at US factories to the deepening European debt crisis sent investors fleeing stocks again on Tues.  AT&T and Whirlpool both fell short of analyst eestimates foe arnings and rev.  Cisco fell 6% after it said it would cut staff and was the Dow's biggest declienr.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  Inv. Bus. Daily pA5 "Can credit card processor buck head winds and grow? by Marily Alva says unlike American Express and bank card issuers, Visa and MasterCard don't take on credit risk, they process transactions over their networks.

Bank of America:   No mentions found.



Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  WSJ pB10 "More cross Caterpillar picket line" by james hagerty says after 3 months a strike by Caterpillar workers at Jolit, Ill has become a war of attrition as the number of union members crossing the picket line gradually rises.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  WSJ pC14 "Cisco faces new virtual challenger" by Rolfe winkler says Cisco's shares fell 6% tues after VMware a jv partner of cisco's said it would buy software start-up Nicira for $1.3 bil.

WSJ pC4 "Dow marks triple-digit-loss three-peat" by Jonathan Cheng says Europe's woes are hitting US firms as the Dow fell again.  Telecom stocks led the broadbased market declines after AT&T missed rev estimates.  DuPont was down 97 cents after its' quarterly rev fell short of expectations and gave a soft forecast for full year earnings.  Cisco was the biggest decliner after saying it would lay off 1,300 employees. Cisco is charted under Bad News.

 NYT pB6 "With little good news Wall St pulls back" by AP says a parade of grim news from weak corp earnings to a pullback at US factories to the deepening European debt crisis sent investors fleeing stocks again on Tues.  AT&T and Whirlpool both fell short of analyst eestimates foe arnings and rev.  Cisco fell 6% after it said it would cut staff and was the Dow's biggest declienr.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont: Fin Times p13 "Agriculture unit flourishes for DuPont" by Hal Weitzman, AJC pA12 "DuPont earnings fall on weak folumes"  say  DuPont's 2Q net income was $1.18 bil or $1.25 a share down from $1.22 bil or $1.29 a year earlier.  Rev was $11.28 bil up from $10.26 bil last year and broadly in line with Wall St expectations.  DuPont said it expected full year profits at the lower end of a range of $4.20 to $4.40 a share.

WSJ pC4 "Dow marks triple-digit-loss three-peat" by Jonathan Cheng says Europe's woes are hitting US firms as the Dow fell again.  Telecom stocks led the broadbased market declines after AT&T missed rev estimates.  DuPont was down 97 cents after its' quarterly rev fell short of expectations and gave a soft forecast for full year earnings.  Cisco was the biggest decliner after saying it would lay off 1,300 employees.

 Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks fall as trade rises; market back in correction" by Victor Reklaitis says stocks sustained significant losses Tues as investors took in more negative news from Europe & this earnings season.  The action was down in higher turnover while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.  AT&T, DuPont & Texas Instruments fell hard after they posted quarterly profits that beat expectations but rev that fell short continuing a trend in this earnings season.

 USA Today p4B "Earnings news, Europe woes extend stocks' losing streak" by AP says a parage of grim news from weak corp earnigns to a publlback at US factories to spreading fault lines in Europe's debt crisis sent investors fleeing stocks for a 3rd straight session on Tues.  DuPont reported rev that missed Wall St expectations and its stock fell 97 cents.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC1 "Risks at JPMorga spotted" by David Enrich says a year before the big London trading loss Bank of England officials were concerend about risks at JPMorgan.

USA Today p1B "Briefly" says JPMOrgan agreed to pay $100 mil to settle a lawsuit by clients who claim the bank improperly raised minimum payments on credit card bills.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  Daily Report p3 "P&G sues maker of tooth-whitening products" by Vicgtoria Slind-Flor says Procter & Gamble sued a manufacturer of private label products, Team Technologies, Inc., for patent infringement related to tooth whitening products.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:    WSJ pB9 "AT&t gets a boost from increased Smartphone use" by thomas Gryta says AT&T's 2Q rose 8.7% as its wireless div reported its most profitable quarter ever.  Like Verizon, AT&T said a a majority of its wireless customers under contract now own a smartphone.    AT&t had a profit of $3.9 bil or 66 cents a share up from $3.59 bil or 60 cents a year ago.  Rev was up 0.3% to $31.58 bil. 

 Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "AT&T beats Verizon on iPhones" says AT&T activated 3.7 mil iPhones in Q2 while Verizon Wireless added 2.7 mil.

Walmart:  WSJ pB1 "Walmart lines up against credit card fee settlement" by Andrew Johnson, USA Today p1B "Walmart opposes card fee deal say Walmart urged merchants tor eject a multibillion dollar settlement reached by Visa and Mastercard in lawsuits filed by retailers over credit card processing fees.  Walmart said the proposed settlement does not structurally change the market.


Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
KFTNASDAQ-GS
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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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 Donald 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 7/23/12 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 $397.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 245.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 244 [3.5]
4. IBM 220 [1]
5. Chevron CVX 212.5 [2]
6. GE 212 [10.5]
7. AT&T T 206.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 186.5 [3]
9. Pfizer PFE 176.5 [7.5]
10. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
11. Coke KO 173 [2.5]
12. Merck MRK 131.5 [3]
13. JPMorgan Chase JPM 130.5 [4]
14. Intel INTC 126.5 [5]
15. Verizon VZ 126 [3]
16. McDonald's MCD 91 [1]
17. Cisco CSCO 86 [5.5]
18. Disney DIS 85.5 [2]
19. Home Depot HD 78 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 76 [10.5]
21. Kraft KFT 69.5 [2]
22. United Technologies UTX 67 [1]
23. American Express AXP 64 [1]
24. 3M MMM 62 [.5]
25. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
26. Caterpillar CAT 53 [.5]
27. DuPont DD 45.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 36 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 8.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 7/23/12:

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

AT&T T: 6/29/12 8K re: election of Scott F. Ford as Director
6/14/12 8K re: sale of approx. $2 bil of notes
6/7/12 8K re completion of sale of AT&T Advertising Solutions to Cerebrus
5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
5/2/12 8K re: Results of Annual Stockholders Meeting

Alcoa AA: 7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report


American Express AXP: 7/20/12 8K re: election of David L. Vasella (Chairman of Bd. of Novartis) as Director
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/16/12 8K re: cedt stats through 6/30/12
6/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats 3/31, 4/30 & 5/31/12
6/13/12 8K re: fin'l presentation of Vice-Chair Edward Gilligan
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


Bank of Am BAC: 7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/25/12 8K re: repurchase of notes
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



Boeing BA: 6/26/12 8K re: selection of Raymond L. Conner to replace Jim Albaugh as Pres/CEO of Boeing Comm'l Airplanes
5/3/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws reducing number of directors from 12 to 114/25/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/25/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results


Caterpillar CAT: 6/26/12 8K re: safety problems at Wyoming mine
6/25/12 8K re: underwriting agreement re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
6/20/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 5/12
6/18/12 8K re: amended by-laws re: date of annual stockholders meeting
6/14/12 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Bd. of Dirs.
6/13/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div to 52 cents payable 8/20 to 7/20 record holders
5/17/12 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 4/12
5/7/12 10Q for 1 Qtr ended 3/31


Chevron CVX: 7/11/12 8K re: guidance for 2Q
6/4/12 8K re: voting results from annual stockholders meeting
5/27/12 proxy re: recommendation to vote against all stockholder proposals
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/3/12 Proxy material re: voting recommendations


Cisco CSCO : 6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan
5/23/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/28/12
5/9/12 8K re: 3 Qtr results


Coke KO: 7/17/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/10/12 8K re: approval of shareholders for stock split
5/25/12 Proxy material re: 7/10 Special stockholders meeting
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


Disney DIS:6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement
5/8/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
5/8/12 8K re: 1 Qtr results


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

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/1/12 8K re: voting results from annual shareholders meeting
5/16/12 proxy re: exec compensation
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


GE: 7/20/12 8K re: 2Q results
6/12/12 8K re: election of Manjin Dekkers to Board of Dirs.
5/23/12 10Q/A amend 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/12
5/16/12 8K re: dividend of $475 mil from GECC to GE & increase of stock buyback program
5/9/12 10Q/A & 5/4/12 10Q for Qtr ended 3/31
4/30/12 8K amending employee 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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


Home Depot HD: 5/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/29/12
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of 5/17 annual shareholders meeting
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: 7/18/12 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
7/9/12 8K re; purchase of 10% of ASML for $2.1 bil
5/22/12 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting
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



IBM: 7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
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



JPMorganChase JPM: 7/13/12 8K re: 2Q results
7/13/12 8K re: restatement of 1Q results
6/13/12 8K re: CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before US Senate Comm on Banking
6/12/12 8K re: redemption of $9 bil in Trust Preferred Capital Securities
5/18/12 8K re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders' results
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 7/20/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder deriv case in US Dist CT NJ
7/17/12 8K re: 2Q results
6/14/12 8K re: completion of Synthes purchase for $19.7 cash/stock
6/12/12 8K re: repurchase of shares from Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan
6/8/12 8K re: special charge of $600 mil related to legal charges related to Risperdal, Invega & Naterecor
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



Kraft KFT: 7/18/12 & 7/17/12 & 7/2/12 8Ks re: successful exchange of notes
6/18/12 8K re: Exchange Offer
6/8/12 8K re: on 6/26 KFT to trade on NASDAQ not NYSE
5/31/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
5/24/12 8K re: amendment of bylaws to do away with share certificates as of 6/15
5/22/12 8K re: 5 year revolving credit contract
5/18/12 8K re: favorable IRS ruling on tax-free nature of spin-off
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.


McDonald's MCD: 7/23/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/20/12 8K re: various amendments to By-laws
6/18/12 8K re: stocks options to Donald Thompson CEO as of 7/1
6/11/12 8K re: May '12 sales
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan
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.



Merck MRK: 5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders
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


Microsoft MSFT: 7/19/12 8K re: 4Q & full year results
7/2/12 8K re: write-down to Online Services Div
6/18/12 8K re: Amendment to By-laws re: timing of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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: 5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
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: sale of Nutrition business to Nestle for $11.85 bil



Procter & Gamble PG: 7/18/12 8K re: Board proclaims support for CEO Bob McDonald
7/10/12 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents per share
6/20/12 8K re: Deutsche Bank Conference Reg. FD disclosures
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


3M MMM: 6/26/12 8K re: issuance of $1.25 bil of notes
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 Independent Director


Travelers TRV: 7/19/12 10Q & 7/19/12 8K re: results of quarter ender 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/23 Annual Meeting of Shareholders


United Technologies UTX: 6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes
4/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31
4/24/12 8K re: 1 qtr results
4/13/12 8K re: retirement 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: 7/19/12 Form S-3 re: registration of 29,750,000 shares
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results
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: 6/4/12 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
6/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/30/12
5/17/12 8K re: operating results & guidance
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. END

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