Thursday, October 4, 2012

10/4/12 Thurs. am Hewlett-Packed Punished for Grim Outlook

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Post No. 1,838 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, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,494.61 or 12.25 or 0.09 % from Tuesday's close of 13,482.36. For the year the Dow is up 10.45%. Of the Dow components 20 gained and 10 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot u $1.44 or 2.39%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down $2.22 or 12.96%.

WSJ pC4 "Telecom buoys US stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says shares of telecom stocks nudged stocks higher after readings on private sector hiring & service sector activity beat expectations.  AT&T rose 36 cents & Verizon rose 42 cents after MetroPCS's planned merger with T-Mobile USA failed to impress investors.  Hewlett-Packard plunged $2.22 to close to a nearly 10 year low after it gave a dismal forecast for the new fiscal year.  HPQ is charted under Bad News.

Fin Times p24 "Short covering boosts Netflix as Citi rating stance attracts buyers" by Anora Mahmudova says US equity markets edged higher Wed as investors welcomed better than expected economic data.

NYT pB8 "Markets close slightly highe on labor report" by Reuters says Wall St ended modestly higher on Wed on stronger than expected data on the labor market and the service sector but the Dow was hobbled by a slide in Hewlett-Packard.

IBD pB2 "Stocks again up modestly this time in higher trade" by Vincent Mao says stocks again wavered but closed higher Wed amid mixed global economic data.  Current outlook is confirmed uptrend.


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 0.130216081. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.70 up from Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.69 (year ago it was 12.20); Thursday's P/E estimate is 12.75 unchanged from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.75 (year ago it was 11.15) and today's dividend yield is 2.50 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.50 (last year it was 2.86). 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 1,757.21 up 1.59 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,755.62. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.57 up 5 cents from Tuesday's closing numerator of $58.52. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.67 (DIS/UNH) up 44 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $54.23 (DIS/UNH). The lowest volume was Travelers 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 or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $159 ($175,721 - $175,562).

MarketWatch.com Wed. 10/3/12 5:19 pm by Carla Mozee & Kate Gibson says US blue chip stocks stocks closed higher Wednesday, with modest gains following upbeat data on U.S. private-sector job growth and activity in the services sector. But blue-chips struggled during the session as Hewlett-Packard Co.’sq HPQ-12.96% stock plunged to multi-year lows after the company’s disappointing forecast underscored concerns about corporate profitability ahead of the start of earnings season. “There’s an overall concern that this earnings season is going to be weak,” said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive and founder of Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, Calif. For years, commodities investors had it easy-just buy anything that China was buying. Now, with China's growth slowing and demand for raw materials easing, investors are being forced to work a bit harder. “You’ve already seen announcements from FedEx Corp. FDX+1.33% , which tends to be a bellwether for economic growth. H-P adds to that concern,” said Yoshikami, noting that H-P’s soft guidance is also a “dramatic example because they have some specific business issues they are dealing with.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.09% rose 12.25 points, or 0.1%, to 13,494.61, with shares of Home Depot Inc. HD +2.39% topping advancers. The Dow had been up by as many as 54 points after a better-than-expected readings on the labor market and the services sector from Automatic Data Processing and the Institute for Supply Management, respectively.
Blue-chips had lost as many as 43 points intraday, with decliners paced by shares of H-P, which slid 13% and closed at a nearly 10-year low. H-P issued a weak adjusted-earnings forecast for fiscal year 2013 and said the year will be a “fix and rebuild” one for the company. The Nasdaq Composite COMP+0.49% pared its gain to 15.19 points, or 0.5%, to 3,135.23, but marked a second consecutive win. The S&P 500 SPX+0.36% also finished off session highs but it logged a third straight day of gains. The index rose 5.24 points, or 0.4%, to 1,450.99 with telecommunications services, consumer discretionary and financials faring best and energy and materials the laggards among its 10 industry groups. Crude prices tumbled on worries about the global economy as China’s services industries in September expanded at a lackluster pace, while euro-area services and manufacturing shrank for an eighth month. Crude for November delivery CLX2+0.06% settled at a two-month low, falling 4.1% to $88.14 a barrel. Yoshikami said he’s been sticking with stocks as he sees the market reasonably valued. “I think the alternative, which is fixed income, pay essentially nothing. Most importantly, the Federal Reserve has a stated policy of trying to inflate the stock market to increase the wealth effect. This is a classic case of not fighting the Federal Reserve’s intentions.” Two days before the Labor Department releases September payrolls data, ADP reported that private payrolls rose by 162,000 in September, more than the 152,000 Dow Jones Newswires-compiled consensus, and lower than the prior month’s revised gain of 189,000. “The ADP report looked pretty good — that should give some positive hope to the overall market, which is experiencing a migration of concern from areas such as Greece and the fiscal cliff over to the third-quarter earnings season,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners in New York. Meanwhile, Monsanto Co.MON-2.18% shares fell 2.2% after the agricultural supply company projected 2013 earnings below expectations. Shares of Best Buy Co. BBY+4.66% rallied 4.7% on a Reuters report that its founder and buyout companies were reviewing the electronic retailer’s books. Decliners ran slightly ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where 666 million shares traded as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume reached 3.5 billion. And, the ISM’s September reading on the services sector also topped expectations, coming in at 55.1% versus 53.7% in August, with the latest level the best since March. “The non-manufacturing index continues to show relative strength in the service sector which accounts for roughly 83% of all private-sector jobs in the economy. This is unquestionably positive,” noted Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. “The U.S. economy is hanging in there, especially compared to its other developed-world brethren in Europe,” emailed Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak.

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

AT&T:  WSJ pB1 "For T-Mobile, prepaid prize" by Anton Troianovski, IBD pA1 "T-Mobile, PCS deal sets M&A in motion" by Reinhardt Krause, NYT pB4 "T-Mobile to acquire MetroPCS increasing pressure on Sprint" by Michael J. de la Merced say the merger unveiled Wed between T-Mobile and MetroPCS will give Verizon and AT&T a stronger competitor.

 WSJ pC4 "Telecom buoys US stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says shares of telecom stocks nudged stocks higher after readings on private sector hiring & service sector activity beat expectations.  AT&T rose 36 cents & Verizon rose 42 cents after MetroPCS's planned merger with T-Mobile USA failed to impress investors.  Hewlett-Packard plunged $2.22 to close to a nearly 10 year low after it gave a dismal forecast for the new fiscal year.  HPQ is charted under Bad News.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.


Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB1 "Defense deal tests loyalty to Europe" by Daniel Michaels says the proposed merger between EADS and BAE would create a stronger rival vs. Boeing and Lockheed.

Catepillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  AJC pA12 "Coke, Samsung pull Zing site ads" by AP says they pulled their ads from a Vietnamese website notorious for unlicensed downloads of Western and local songs.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pB1 "HP is punished for grim outlook" by Ben Worthen, WSJ pC14 "HP reels from tech tonic slide" by Rolfe Winkler, NYT pB1 "HP shares fall as chief sees trouble" by Quentin Hardy, USA Today p5B "HP leader warns earnings will fall in '13", IBD pA2 "HP slashes '13 profit outlook",  say Hewlett-Packard's stock dropped 13% as CEO Meg Whitman predicted deeper losswes & scant sales growth until '15.

 WSJ pC4 "Telecom buoys US stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says shares of telecom stocks nudged stocks higher after readings on private sector hiring & service sector activity beat expectations.  AT&T rose 36 cents & Verizon rose 42 cents after MetroPCS's planned merger with T-Mobile USA failed to impress investors.  Hewlett-Packard plunged $2.22 to close to a nearly 10 year low after it gave a dismal forecast for the new fiscal year.  HPQ is charted under Bad News.

 NYT pB8 "Markets close slightly highe on labor report" by Reuters says Wall St ended modestly higher on Wed on stronger than expected data on the labor market and the service sector but the Dow was hobbled by a slide in Hewlett-Packard.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ pB4 "McDonald's files coffee trademark" by Annie Gasparro says it  filed for its own brand of coffee.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  IBD pA2  "3M consolidates into 5 units" says 3M will only have 5 divisions: consumer, ind'l, health care, safety & graphics and electronics & energy.  3M also ended a $550 mil deal to buy Avery Dennison's Office and Consumer Products biz due to antitrust issues.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

Verizon:WSJ pB1 "For T-Mobile, prepaid prize" by Anton Troianovski, IBD pA1 "T-Mobile, PCS deal sets M&A in motion" by Reinhardt Krausesay   the merger unveiled Wed between T-Mobile and MetroPCS will give Verizon and AT&T a stronger competitor.

 WSJ pC4 "Telecom buoys US stocks" by Matt Jarzemsky says shares of telecom stocks nudged stocks higher after readings on private sector hiring & service sector activity beat expectations.  AT&T rose 36 cents & Verizon rose 42 cents after MetroPCS's planned merger with T-Mobile USA failed to impress investors.  Hewlett-Packard plunged $2.22 to close to a nearly 10 year low after it gave a dismal forecast for the new fiscal year.  HPQ is charted under Bad News.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Wed. 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 8/17/12 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 $408 [4.5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 259.5 [8.5]
3.WalMart WMT 245 [3.5]
4. IBM 230 [1]
5. GE 222 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 221 [2]
7. AT&T T 214.5 [6]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 187 [3]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 184.5 [3]
10. Coke KO 178.5 [4.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 177.5 [7.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 140.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 132.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 132 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 125.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. Disney DIS 90.5 [2]
18. McDonald's MCD 88 [1]
19. Home Depot HD 87 [1.5]
20. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 73.5 [1]
22. Kraft KFT 72 [2]23. American Express AXP 65.5 [1]
24. 3M MMM 65 [.5]
25. Caterpillar CAT 59 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55.5 [1]
27. DuPont DD 47 [1]
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 38.5 [2]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.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 8/17/12:

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: 7/26/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12
7/13/12 8K re: Transcript of 2Q earnings call
7/10/12 8K re: 2Q results
5/10/12 8K re: Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/8/12 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report


American Express AXP: 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
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: 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
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




Boeing BA: 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: 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: 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 : 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: 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
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



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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 8/8/12 8K re: write-down due to impairment of goodwill
6/8/12 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/12
5/23/12 8K re: 2nd Qtr results


Home Depot HD: 8/14/12 8K re: quarter ended 7/29
8/7/12 8K re: purchase of U.S. Home systems and related Proxy statement
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


Intel INTC: 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
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




IBM: 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
5/10/12 8K re: underwriting of notes
5/9/12 8K re: investor briefing materials



JPMorganChase JPM: 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
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



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



McDonald's MCD: 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
5/29/12 8K re: issuance of approx. $1 bil of notes
5/29/12 8K re: approval of officers' stock plan



Merck MRK: 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: 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: 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: 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
5/9/12 2 8Ks re: approval of amendments to employee stock purchase plan
5/3/12 10Q for quarter ended 3/31


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 UNH:


United Technologies UTX: 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
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.


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: 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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