Thursday, August 2, 2012

8/2/12 Thurs. am Kraft Reports Today


Post No. 1,756 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 recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.



A read of the print editions of  Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times,   Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution &amp Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,976.13 down 32.55 or 0.25% from Tuesday's close of 13,008.68. For the year the Dow is up 6.41%. Of the 30 Dow components 12 gained, JPMorgan was unchanged and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was was Chevrons up  90 cents and percentage-wise was Travelers up .89%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was  Caterpillar down $1.56 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 3.18%.

WSJ pC4 "Dow takes wild ride o a loss" by Jon Cheng says stocks finished  lower as investros were whipsawed by the latest Fed policy statement and a raft of trading irregularities.  Leading the declines were utilities & ind'ls.  Hewlett-Packard led the Dow decliners falling 58 cents while Caterpillar, Bank of America & American Express each lost 1.5% or more.

USA Today p3B "Stocks fall after technical problems conflicting news" by AP says the stock amrket was yanked around by technical problems, an ambiguous statement from the Fed and mixed reports on US firms.  

NYT  pA1 "Trading surge shakes markets as stocks zigzag" by Nathaniel Poppe says an automated stock trading program flooded the market with millions of trades spreading turmoil across Wall St & drawing renewed attention to the gfragility & instability of the nation's stock markets.

IBD pB2 "Major indexes slip again amid NYSE trading glitch" by David Saito-Chung says stocks retreated for the 3rd straight session Wed after the central US bank held off on any new monetary measures to stimulate the economy.  Wednesday's action was down in mixed trade.  Current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

Fin times p22 "Comcast leads telecoms sector higher on cable revenues boost" by Martha Poon says US equities turned negative after the Fed signalled it would provide no   further easing following its latest policy meeting.  Bank stocks were mixed as Bank of America was 1.6% lower and JPMorgan was unchanged.


As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.15 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.21  (year ago it was 13.34);  today's P/E estimate is 12.45 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.45 (year ago it was 12.57) and today's dividend yield is 2.59 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.58 (last year it was 2.55). 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.


Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,714.53 down 4.30 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,718.83. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.15 down 14 cents from Tuesday's average closing price of $57.29. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.80 (HD/DD) down 14 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $50.94 (HD/DIS. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday 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 $430 ($171,883 - $171,453).

Wed. 4:58  pm MarketWatch.com by Kate Gibson says US stocks fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held pat on monetary policy and paved the way to further stimulus, with investors bracing for a gathering of European central bankers.“Today’s announcement was priced in; the markets got exactly what they expected. The fireworks are tomorrow,” Jim Russell, chief equity strategist for U.S. Bank Wealth Management, said of expected stimulus from the European Central Bank after its meeting Thursday.The union’s poorest members, who once looked to joining the euro as a symbol of prestige, are now shunning the currency.The U.S. central bank refrained from further easing moves, but noted economic activity had decelerated somewhat during the first half of the year. “We feel that is an important acknowledgment by the Fed. We want the Fed to see what we are seeing, it opens up their ability to address with monetary policy, aggressively with scale,” said Russell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.25%  retreated 32.55 points, or 0.3%, to 12,976.13.
The S&P 500 index SPX -0.29%  lost 4 points, or 0.3%, to 1,375.32, with energy the best performing and utilities the worst of its 10 major industry sectors.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.66%  fell 19.31 points, or 0.7%, to 2,920.21.Decliners outpaced advancers roughly nine to five on the New York Stock Exchange, where composite volume topped 4.3 billion. Nasdaq’s composite volume edged past 1.7 billion.Early trading was marked by unusual volumes and large swings in many large-cap stocks. NYSE Euronext’s NYX -2.16%  New York Stock Exchange said it was probing trades in 140 stocks, including Citigroup Inc. C -1.29%  , Bank of America Corp. BAC -1.63% , Ford Motor Co. F -1.63%  and American International Group Inc. AIG -1.38%  . It eventually said it would cancel trades in six smaller cap stocks. Shares of market-maker Knight Capital Group Inc. KCG -32.82%  , which said a technology glitch led to routing problems for about 150 stocks, ended down 33%.  Compared to the Fed, the expectation bar is far higher for Thursday’s European Central Bank meeting in the wake of comments last week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande echoed ECB President Mario Draghi in pledging to do whatever it takes to protect the euro. “We got a very constructive and positive reaction from the markets on Thursday and Friday last week, and now the markets are expecting follow-through,” said Russell of U.S. Bank Wealth Management.Investors sent stocks lower after the Federal Reserve held back from announcing any new stimulus measures. Paul Vigna has details on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.“If we don’t get it, the markets are possibly set up for disappointment,” he said. “That is frankly why on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, [the markets] have done nothing but go sideways.”Art Hogan, equity strategist at Lazard Capital Markets LLC, said: “They’ll have to produce something; promising to do whatever is needed and that it will be enough is a difficult act to follow.” He was referring to statements last week by ECB President Mario Draghi.Wednesday U.S. economic reports included better-than-expected data on the labor market, which boosted optimism ahead of the government’s nonfarm payrolls data due on Friday. ADP Employer Services said companies added 163,000 jobs in July compared to a revised 172,000 in June. “The interesting one would be the ADP employment change, ISM [the Institute for Supply Management] was a little lower, but nothing surprising,” said Matt Lloyd, chief investment strategist at Advisors Asset Management.For Lloyd, an uncertain climate has curbed hiring, but the underlying trends are largely positive, with average hours worked rising. Companies are using a “flexible labor pool, where they aren’t hiring that much, but working employees longer,” he said.Lazard’s Hogan said: “ADP was better than expected, but it also was last month and we still got a bad nonfarm payrolls report.”The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index remained under the 50% level for a second month. That was a cause for concern for Mickey North Rizza, vice president of strategic services at supply management consultant BravoSolution: “Portions of the industry are doing fairly well, and others are not. Everything is in a holding pattern.”

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express: WSJ pC4 "Dow takes wild ride o a loss" by Jon Cheng says stocks finished  lower as investros were whipsawed by the latest Fed policy statement and a raft of trading irregularities.  Leading the declines were utilities & ind'ls.  Hewlett-Packard led the Dow decliners falling 58 cents while Caterpillar, Bank of America & American Express each lost 1.5% or more.

Bank of America:WSJ pC4 "Dow takes wild ride o a loss" by Jon Cheng says stocks finished  lower as investros were whipsawed by the latest Fed policy statement and a raft of trading irregularities.  Leading the declines were utilities & ind'ls.  Hewlett-Packard led the Dow decliners falling 58 cents while Caterpillar, Bank of America & American Express each lost 1.5% or more.

 Fin times p22 "Comcast leads telecoms sector higher on cable revenues boost" by Martha Poon says US equities turned negative after the Fed signalled it would provide no   further easing following its latest policy meeting.  Bank stocks were mixed as Bank of America was 1.6% lower and JPMorgan was unchanged.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:WSJ pC4 "Dow takes wild ride o a loss" by Jon Cheng says stocks finished  lower as investros were whipsawed by the latest Fed policy statement and a raft of trading irregularities.  Leading the declines were utilities & ind'ls.  Hewlett-Packard led the Dow decliners falling 58 cents while Caterpillar, Bank of America & American Express each lost 1.5% or more.

Chevron:  WSJ pB3 "chevron, Transocean halted in Brazil for month" by Jeff Fick says Chevron and Transocean were orded to halt their activities in 30 days.

Cisco:  IBD pA4 "Videoconferencing leaders Cisco, Polycom facing more competition, slowing growth" by Pete Barlash says technical challenges rise as more employees are using mobile devices to connect in this article about the 2 big videoconference vendors.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  WSJ pB1 "For retired GE exec $89,000  a month not towork" by kate Linebaugh says this si how much John Krenicki will get untill '22.

Hewlett-Packard:  NYT pB6 "Hewlett-Packard wins suit against Oracle" by Reuters,WSJ pB4 "HP one ps rival oracle with victory in legal battle'  by Ben Worthen say a Cal. state judgeruled that Oracle has to develop software for some servers sold by Hewlett-Packard.

WSJ pC4 "Dow takes wild ride o a loss" by Jon Cheng says stocks finished  lower as investros were whipsawed by the latest Fed policy statement and a raft of trading irregularities.  Leading the declines were utilities & ind'ls.  Hewlett-Packard led the Dow decliners falling 58 cents while Caterpillar, Bank of America & American Express each lost 1.5% or more.

Home Depot:

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan: Fin times p22 "Comcast leads telecoms sector higher on cable revenues boost" by Martha Poon says US equities turned negative after the Fed signalled it would provide no   further easing following its latest policy meeting.  Bank stocks were mixed as Bank of America was 1.6% lower and JPMorgan was unchanged.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

Kraft:  WSJ pC1 "Kraft's coming split a tale of too many costs" by Spencer Jakab says Kraft's 2Q results today is due and Kraft is expected to update plants to split into separate grocery & snacks businesses.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB8 "Burger King beats McDonald's on new menu's strength" by Annie Gasparro says Buker King's 2Q earnings rose 60% and outpaces McDonald's which had same store US sales rise 3.6%.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  WSJ pB6 "Dreaming of jumping on super fast network" by Emily Maltby says Google is building a high speed data network in Kansas but may expand into other markets that Verizon Comm. hasn't entered with its FiOS  service.

Walmart:   No mentions found.


Wednesday'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
HPQNYSE
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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