Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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Post No. 1,877 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.

THE MARKET DID NOT OPEN MONDAY DUE TO HURRICANE SANDY. & WILL BE CLOSED AGAIN TODAY, TUESDAY.


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 Friday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,107.21 up 3.53 or 0.03% from ThurSday's close of 13,103.68. For the week the Dow was down 236.3 or 1.77% from last Friday's close of 13,343.51. Of the Dow components 13 gained and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.67 and percentage-wise was Intel up 1.2%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Procter & Gamble down 63 cents and percentage-wise was Bank of America down 1.3%.

IBD pB2 "Market awaits resumption of trading, profit reports" by Vincent Mao says the stock market closed Monday as Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast & caused an unscheduled close of trading for the first time since 9/11/01.  The major stock exchanges will also be closed Tuesday in what would mark the first weather related consecutive day closure since 1888.  The bond market, which closed early Monday, will not open for trading Tuesday.  Markets are expected to repopen Wed.  Monday's closure which coincided with he 83rd anniversary of the 1929 market crash left investors to ponder the risks dragging the market which is in a correction.  Last week a number of giants such as 3M, DuPont and United Technologies gave weak guidance.  Caterpillar lowered its '12 outlook again due to weaker than expected global economic conditions.

NYT pB7 "Gas and oil futures rise as investors take cover" by Reuters says gas & heating oil futures gained on Mon while US Treasuries also rose as economic worries over Hurricane Sandy fueled safe haven buying in thin trading as the storm began to batter the East Coast.

WSJ pC4 "On Wall St, it's business as unusual" by E.S. Browning et al says traders and analysts pushed to the sidelines by Sandy spent Monday trying to limit damage to their portfolios and keep an eye on assets such as oil & int'l stocks that are still chainging hands.


As of the close of of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.95 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.94 (year ago it was 13.20); Monday's P/E estimate is 12.35 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.59 (year ago it was 12.59) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.59 unchanged from Friday's dividend yield of 2.59 (last year it was 2.53). 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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,706.77 up 0.07 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,706.70. 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 increase for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the increase in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.89 unchanged up from Thursday's average of $56.89. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.93 (DIS/UNH) down 27 cents from yesterday's median closing price of 53.20. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 made $70 ($170,677 - $170,670).

Tuesday's Dow News:

AT&T: IBD pA4 "Microsoft calls on iPhone users to switch" by Patrick Seitz, IBD pA2 "Microsoft" say Microsoft promised to encourage more and better apps for its new Windows 8 phone as it positions it against the more popular Apple.  Windows Phone 8 is launching "killer hardware" from HTC, Nokia and Samsung and will be available from AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile in America.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Bank of America:   No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar: IBD pB2 "Market awaits resumption of trading, profit reports" by Vincent Mao says the stock market closed Monday as Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast & caused an unscheduled close of trading for the first time since 9/11/01.  The major stock exchanges will also be closed Tuesday in what would mark the first weather related consecutive day closure since 1888.  The bond market, which closed early Monday, will not open for trading Tuesday.  Markets are expected to repopen Wed.  Monday's closure which coincided with he 83rd anniversary of the 1929 market crash left investors to ponder the risks dragging the market which is in a correction.  Last week a number of giants such as 3M, DuPont and United Technologies gave weak guidance.  Caterpillar lowered its '12 outlook again due to weaker than expected global economic conditions.

Chevron:   No mentions found.

Cisco:  WSJ pB6 "Tely Labs" says Cisco still dominates the videoconferencing industry despite new entrants.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont: IBD pB2 "Market awaits resumption of trading, profit reports" by Vincent Mao says the stock market closed Monday as Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast & caused an unscheduled close of trading for the first time since 9/11/01.  The major stock exchanges will also be closed Tuesday in what would mark the first weather related consecutive day closure since 1888.  The bond market, which closed early Monday, will not open for trading Tuesday.  Markets are expected to repopen Wed.  Monday's closure which coincided with he 83rd anniversary of the 1929 market crash left investors to ponder the risks dragging the market which is in a correction.  Last week a number of giants such as 3M, DuPont and United Technologies gave weak guidance.  Caterpillar lowered its '12 outlook again due to weaker than expected global economic conditions.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: NYT pB2 "Analyzing big data is returning an edge to Microsoft" by Quentin hardy says next eyar's version of Excel and a new version of Outlook will be able to comb very large amoutns of data.  Microsoft and others are injecting Big Data into its products.  Later this year, Hewlett-Packard will showcase printers that connect to the Internet and store documents which can later be searched.  IBM is augments its software and consulting.

WSJ pB1 "HP wants its edge back" by Ben Wrothen says Hewlett-Packard plans to unveil a new line of printers for businessse Tues.   In '11, HP spent 2.6% of rev on R&D, $3 bil, while IBM spent 5.8%.

Home Depot:  NYT pB1 "Home retailers rpepare for after the deluge" by Stephanie Clifford", WSJ pC8 "Overheard" say Walamrt, Home Depot and others were rpepared for the storm by moving high demand goods like generators to stores in the storm's path.

Intel: Fin Times p9 "Microsoft and Apple confront a tough new tech world" by Jason Pontin says Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system is the most dramatic gamble by a tech firm since Intel abandoned the memory market to make semiconductors in the 80's.

IBM: NYT pB2 "Analyzing big data is returning an edge to Microsoft" by Quentin hardy says next eyar's version of Excel and a new version of Outlook will be able to comb very large amoutns of data.  Microsoft and others are injecting Big Data into its products.  Later this year, Hewlett-Packard will showcase printers that connect to the Internet and store documents which can later be searched.  IBM is augments its software and consulting.

 WSJ pB1 "HP wants its edge back" by Ben Wrothen says Hewlett-Packard plans to unveil a new line of printers for businessse Tues.   In '11, HP spent 2.6% of rev on R&D, $3 bil, while IBM spent 5.8%.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB8 "New menu helps Burger King" by Julie Jargon et al in '10 3G Capital Mgmt took Burger King private, ditched the King mascot and its irreverent ads and started becoming more like McDonald's with a new menu of snack wraps, salads & smoothies.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pB6 "CEO's mission for Microsoft" by shira Ovide", WSJ pB6 "Microsoft releases new mobile sooftware" by Ian Sherr et allFin Times p9 "Microsoft and Apple confront a tough new tech world" by Jason Pontin says Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system is the most dramatic gamble by a tech firm since Intel abandoned the memory market to make semiconductors in the 80's.

IBD pA4 "Microsoft calls on iPhone users to switch" by Patrick Seitz, IBD pA2 "Microsoft", USA Today p3B "Microsoft unveiles phone breakthroughs" by Byron Acohido  say Microsoft promised to encourage more and better apps for its new Windows 8 phone as it positions it against the more popular Apple.  Windows Phone 8 is launching "killer hardware" from HTC, Nokia and Samsung and will be available from AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile in America.

NYT pB2 "Analyzing big data is returning an edge to Microsoft" by Quentin hardy says next eyar's version of Excel and a new version of Outlook will be able to comb very large amoutns of data.  Microsoft and others are injecting Big Data into its products.  Later this year, Hewlett-Packard will showcase printers that connect to the Internet and store documents which can later be searched.  IBM is augments its software and consulting.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M: IBD pB2 "Market awaits resumption of trading, profit reports" by Vincent Mao says the stock market closed Monday as Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast & caused an unscheduled close of trading for the first time since 9/11/01.  The major stock exchanges will also be closed Tuesday in what would mark the first weather related consecutive day closure since 1888.  The bond market, which closed early Monday, will not open for trading Tuesday.  Markets are expected to repopen Wed.  Monday's closure which coincided with he 83rd anniversary of the 1929 market crash left investors to ponder the risks dragging the market which is in a correction.  Last week a number of giants such as 3M, DuPont and United Technologies gave weak guidance.  Caterpillar lowered its '12 outlook again due to weaker than expected global economic conditions.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

United Technologies: IBD pB2 "Market awaits resumption of trading, profit reports" by Vincent Mao says the stock market closed Monday as Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast & caused an unscheduled close of trading for the first time since 9/11/01.  The major stock exchanges will also be closed Tuesday in what would mark the first weather related consecutive day closure since 1888.  The bond market, which closed early Monday, will not open for trading Tuesday.  Markets are expected to repopen Wed.  Monday's closure which coincided with he 83rd anniversary of the 1929 market crash left investors to ponder the risks dragging the market which is in a correction.  Last week a number of giants such as 3M, DuPont and United Technologies gave weak guidance.  Caterpillar lowered its '12 outlook again due to weaker than expected global economic conditions.

Verizon:  WSJ pB6 "Verizon, Nokia partner" by Sven Grundberg, IBD pA2 "Verizon", AJC pA10 "Verizon to sell Nokia phone say Verizon Wireless will start selling Nokia's new Lumia 820 & 920 smartphones in early Nov which could help it gain market share back from Ajjpple & Samsung.

 IBD pA4 "Microsoft calls on iPhone users to switch" by Patrick Seitz, IBD pA2 "Microsoft" say Microsoft promised to encourage more and better apps for its new Windows 8 phone as it positions it against the more popular Apple.  Windows Phone 8 is launching "killer hardware" from HTC, Nokia and Samsung and will be available from AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile in America.

Walmart:   NYT pB1 "Home retailers rpepare for after the deluge" by Stephanie Clifford" says Walamrt, Home Depot and others were rpepared for the storm by moving high demand goods like generators to stores in the storm's path.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
TNYSE
AANYSE
AXPNYSE
BACNYSE
BANYSE
CATNYSE
CVXNYSE
CSCONASDAQ-GS
KONYSE
DISNYSE
DDNYSE
XOMNYSE
GENYSE
HPQNYSE
HDNYSE
INTCNASDAQ-GS
IBMNYSE
JPMNYSE
JNJNYSE
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
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)

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)

UnitedHealthUNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

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 10,4/12 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 $426.5 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 252 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 251 [3.5]
4. GE 242.5 [10.5]
5. IBM 240.5 [1]6. Chevron CVX 230 [2]
7. AT&T T 221 [6]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 191.5 [3]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 191 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 189.5 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 172.5 [4.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 159 [4]
13. Merck MRK 140.5 [3]
14. Verizon VZ 134.5 [3]
15. Intel INTC 112.5 [5]16. Cisco CSCO 100 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 94.5 [2]
18. Home Depot HD 93 [1.5] 19. McDonald's MCD 92 [1]
20. Bank of America BAC 101.5 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 71.5 [1]
22. American Express AXP 66 [1]
23. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
24. UnitedHealth UNH 60 [1]
25. Caterpillar CAT 56 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 52.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 46.5 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 29.5 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 26.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 9.5 [1]

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 10/4/12:

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

Alcoa AA: 10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River
7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results


American Express AXP: 10/1/12 8K re: settlement re: U.S. card practices with regulators
9/17/12 8K re: delinq & write-off stats for June, July & Aug
8/15/12 8K re: dlinq. & write0off stats for months of May, June, and July
8/8/12 8K re: presentation from semi-annual Fin'l Community Meeting
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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: credt 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


Bank of Am BAC: 9/28/12 8K re: settlement re: $1.6 bil regarding Merrill Lynch purchase
8/23/12 8K re: 4 new directors: Sharon Allen, Jack Bovender, Linda Hudson & David Yost
8/10/12 8K re: retirement of Vice Chiar Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 8K re: 2Q results




Boeing BA: 8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments
7/25/12 10Q and 8K re: 2nd quarter results ended 6/30/12
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


Caterpillar CAT: 9/28/12 8K re: price increases
9/21/12 8K re: Aug. dealer stats
9/17/12 8K re: credit agreement for $100 mil
9/7/12 S-4; 8/28/12 8K & 8/20/12 8K all re: exchange offer for debentures

8/17/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/10/12 8K re: debenture exchange
8/6/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/27 8K re: debenture exchange
7/24/12 8K re: 3 mos. dealer states
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


Chevron CVX: 10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board
8/2/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: 2 Qtr. results ended 6/30/12
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 : 10/4/12 8K re: appointment of Gary B. Moore as Pres & other exec appointments
9/26/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/15/12 at Santa Clara,CA
9/19/12 8K re: departure of Jerry Yang from Board
9/12/12 10K for year ended July 28 '12
8/15/12 8K re: 4Q and FY '12 earnings
8/2/12 8K re: appointment to Bd. of CEO of salesforce.com Marc Benioff and Kristina M. Johnson, CEO of enduring Hydro, LLC
6/27/12 8K re; execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
6/13/12 8K re: director's pre-arranged stock trading plan


Coke KO: 9/14/12 8K re: exec changes
8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split
7/1 8K re: new operating structure
7/27/12 8K re: Amendment to Articles of Incorp. to increase auth. shares & 2 for 1 stock split
'7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/29/12
7/17/12 8K re; 2Q results
7/10/12 8K re: approval of shareholders for stock split


Disney DIS: 8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12
6/11/12 8K re: $2.25 bil 5 year credit agreement


DuPont DD: 9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil
7/24/12 8K and 7/24/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
5/1/12 8K re: Annual meeting of stockholders results

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12
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


GE: 7/30/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12
7/30/12 8K re: election of John J. Brennan to Bd., he is Chairman Emeritus of Vanguard
7/23/12 8K re: resignation of John Krenicki as Vice Chair & exec officer at year end
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



Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/3/12 8K e: earnings outlook for '13 fiscal year
9/10/12 10Q & 8/22/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/31/12
8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12



Home Depot HD: 9/21/12 8K re: election of mark Vadon to Board
8/22/12 10Q for qtr ended 7/29/12
8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement


Intel INTC: 9/12/12 8K re: closed pruchase of ASWML Holding for $3.1 bil
9/7/12 8K re: lowering 3Q rev outlook
8/1/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/18/12 2 8Ks re: 2Q results
7/9/12 8K re; purchase of 10% of ASML for $2.1 bil



IBM: 9/25/12 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as Chair of Board
8/1/12 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's Retail Store Solutions biz to Toshiba Tec
7/31/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 1.875% notes due '22
7/19/12 & 7/18/12 8Ks re: 2Q results



JPMorganChase JPM: 9/24/12 8K re: offering of $3 bil of 3.25% Note due '22
9/19/12 8K re: clsoing of 2.9% Notes due '17
8/27/12 8K re: isswuance of 5.5% non-cumulative Pref shares, Series O
8/20/12 8K re: closing of $2.5 bil 2% Notes due '17
8/9/12 10Q for period ended 6/30/12
7/27/12 8K re: exec changes
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12
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



McDonald's MCD: 9/28/12 8K re: adoption of accoutning standard
9/24/12 8K re: quarterly cash div
9/12/12 8K re: sales increase of 3.7% in Aug.
8/9/12 8K re: July '12 sales
8/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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



Merck MRK: 9/13/12 8K re: closing of sale of notes
8/7/12 10Q & 7/27/12 8K re: results of second quarter ended 6/30/12
5/25/12 8K re: voting results of 5/22 Annual meeting of shareholders


Microsoft MSFT: 9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board
7/26/12 10K for year ended 6/30/12
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

Pfizer PFE: 8/14/12 8K re: purchase of marketing rights to OTC Nexium from AstraZeneca
8/9/12 10Q & 7/31/12 8K re: results of 2 Qtr ended 7/1/12
5/23/12 8K re: exec promotions
5/10/12 10Q for quarter ended 4/1
5/1/12 8K re: 1 qtr results



Procter & Gamble PG: 9/21/12 14A proxy re: candidate for Board
9/6/12 8K re: FD disclosure re: Barcaly's Back to School consumer conf.
8/24/12 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 10/9/12 in Cincinnati
8/16/12 Form 8-A & 8/16 & 8/14/12 8Ks re sales of notes
8/8/12 10K and 8/3/12 2 8Ks all re: fourth quarter results for year ended 6/30/12
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


3M MMM: 10/3/12 8K re: $1.5 bil revolving credit agreement
10/1/12 8K re: contract to purchase Ceradyne Inc. for $35 per share
8/29/12 K re: $150 mil credit agreement
8/2/12 & 7/26/12 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/26/12 8K re: sale of notes
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


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.

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12


United Technologies UTX: 9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board
7/31/12 8K re: purchase of Silver II for $3.46 bil
7/26/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: results of 2nd qtr ended 6/30/12 & closing of Goodrich purchase and board and exec changer
6/18/12 8K re: issuance of equity unites
6/1/12 8K re: issuance of $9.8 bil of notes


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
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


WalMart WMT: 9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
8/16/12 8K re: 2 Qtr results
7/30/12 8K re: election to Board of Tim Flynn, former Chairman of KPMG
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
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