Friday, December 14, 2012

12/14/12 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 13,135.01 down 35.71 or 0.27%

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Post No. 1,949 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 ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of 12/7/12 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 12/7/12.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,135.01 down 35.71  or 0.27% from Thursday's close of 13,170.72. For the week the Dow is down 20.12 or 0.15% from last Friday's close of 13,155.13.  Of the Dow components 9   gained, Coke was unchanged and 20 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up 52 cents  and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 1.66%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Exxon down 56 cents and percentage-wise was American Express down 1.94%.

.As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.68 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.76 (year ago it was 12.84); today's P/E estimate is 12.52 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 12.52 (year ago it was 12.33) and today's dividend yield is 2.67 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.66 (last year it was 2.68). 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 1,710.39 down 4.65  from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,715.04. 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 (0.130216081) you get the decrease 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 $57.01 down 16 cents from Thursday's average of $57.17. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.34   (DIS/UNH) down 41  cents from Thursday's median closing price of $51.75. 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 lost $465   ($171,504 - $171,039).

Friday's 12/14/12 MarketWatch 4:14  pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.27% and the S&P 500 index SPX -0.41% tallying their first weekly drop in four, as investors fretted over the lack of a budget deal. Apple Inc.AAPL -3.76% led the technology sector lower after UBS AG cut its price estimate for shares of the consumer technology company. The absence of a comprehensive fiscal policy "is confounding investors and certainly businesses," said Eric Wiegand, senior portfolio manager for The Private Client Reserve, a division of U.S. Bank Wealth Management. Down 0.2% for the week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 35.71 points, or 0.3%, to 13,135.01. The S&P 500 shed 5.87 points, or 0.4%, to 1,413.58, off 0.3% from the prior Friday's close. The Nasdaq CompositeCOMP -0.70% declined 20.83 points, or 0.7%, to 2,971.33, down 0.2% for the week, its second consecutive weekly drop.

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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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal and Constituion & 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,170.72 down 74.73 or 0.56% from Wednesday's close of 13,245.45. For the year the Dow is up 7.80%. Of the Dow components 5 gained and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar up 41 cents or 0.47%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck down $1.31 or 2.89%.

WSJ pC4 "Cliff talks put stocks in reverse" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks' steady string of advances skidded to a halt Thurs after the fiscal cliff raised oncnerns. Merck lost 88 cents.

Fin Times p26 "Apple turns sour as Google raises pressure with launch of maps app" by Arash Massoudi says US equities recorded their first losing session in more than a week due to the Fed saying it would extend accommodative monetary policy measures. Caterpillar was up 0.5% and Walmart was uo 0.2% as it was in talks to buy a controlling stake in Turkey's biggest retailer.

NYT pB9 "S&P streak comes to an end on fiscal worries" by Reuters says the S&P ended its 6 day winning streak due to the fiscal cliff.

IBD pB2 "Stocks yield some ground, as Nasdaq loses 50 day" by Paul Whitfield says stocks showed action action in mixed volume for a 2nd day in a row.

AJC pA21 "Dkown day on news from DC" by AP says stocks sank for msot of the day after Obama and Boehner gave discouraging signals about the budget talks.

.Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,715.04 down 9.73 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,724.77. 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 (0.130216081) you get the decrease 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.17 down 32 cents from Wednesday's average of $57.49. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.75 (DIS/UNH) down 67 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $52.42. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday 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 lost $973 ($172,477 - $171,504).

Thursday's 12/13/12 MarketWatch 4:31 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as politicians bickered in public over their difficulties in reaching a deal to avert recession-inducing spending cuts and tax hikes in the new year.House Speaker John Boehner called a news conference to air his views on what is blocking negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff, with the Ohio Republican blasting President Barack Obama and Democrats for looking to “punish small businesses” with higher tax rates.House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calls on legislators to pass a fiscal-cliff deal and agree to middle-income tax cuts.At a separate news conference, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, countered that Americans shouldn’t have their taxes “held hostage” to Boehner and his press events.The White House also entered the fray, with spokesman Jay Carney calling Republican opposition to higher taxes on the wealthiest 2% the single obstacle holding up a deal.“Rates on top earners have to go up as part of the revenue equation. When that happens, we believe we can reach a deal fairly quickly,” Carney said.Obama and Boehner are due to meet at the White House at 5 p.m. Eastern to discuss the fiscal cliff. The two men last met on Sunday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.56% fell 74.73 points, or 0.6%, to end at 13,170.72. The top decliners in the Dow were from the health-care sector, with Merck & Co. MRK-1.96% down 2% and UnitedHealth Group Inc. UNH-1.57% The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-0.72% declined 21.65 points, or 0.7%, to end at 2,992.16.Around 663 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume exceeded 3.3 billion.Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James,” said that “Democrats are in a much better bargaining position” on the fiscal-cliff issue. Noting that both parties want tax rates for the middle class to remain low, Brown added this alone would be basis for an agreement.“The market is pricing in a deal happening to avert the fiscal cliff before the end of the year,” according to Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets.But Brown noted: “A lot of people are starting to second-guess the likelihood of a deal by the end of the year. My view is that it seems more likely in January than December.”Wall Street offered only brief reaction to moves by global central banks and a number of U.S. economic reports.
“We certainly care what central banks are doing — that’s going to be important to the global economy,” said Hogan. “But all of that is the backdrop” to budget talks on Capitol Hill.In economic news, the Labor Department reported initial claims for jobless benefits fell by 29,000 to 343,000 last week, with the data exceeding expectations.The Fed refashions its bond-buying programs, extending its far-reaching effort to revitalize the job market and boost the economy into 2013.Other reports had wholesale prices falling and retail sales bouncing back in November.The drop in prices paid by U.S. producers was lower than expected, with declining energy costs a large part of the decline.On Thursday, the cost of crude fell, with oil futures CLF3-0.77% pricing a barrel below $86.“Our energy team is pretty optimistic that oil prices are going to come down next year” as the U.S. continues to ramp up production, said Brown at Raymond James.Falling energy and gasoline prices could help offset any sort of tax hike on U.S. consumers, he added.
U.S. stocks posted a flat performance Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that the central bank doesn’t have the ability to shield the economy from the full impact of the fiscal cliff. Many economists fear that failure to avoid the cliff would trigger a recession.Euro-zone finance ministers approved the next round of rescue funds to Greece on Thursday, with the money expected to be in the pipeline next week. European Union leaders also reached a deal to bring the region’s biggest lenders under a single supervisory body, which Lazard’s Hogan called an especially positive development.“It’s a critical step needed in the path toward fiscal unity,” he said.Shares of Google Inc. GOOG+0.74% gained 0.7% after the search giant released a version of its Maps app for Apple Inc.’s AAPL-1.73% iPhone, which appeared on Apple’s App Store late Wednesday. The Google Maps app had been kicked off the iPhone in favor of Apple’s own software in September, prompting numerous complaints about inaccuracies and other problems.Shares of Apple fell 1.7%. Read: Apple ‘map-gate’ gives Google an edge.
Best Buy Co. BBY+15.93% jumped nearly 16% after the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that founder Richard Schulze was expected to make an offer for the electronics retailer by the middle of next month.

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

AT&T: NYT pB6 "Sprint offers $2.1 bil for Clearwire & its spectrum" by Michael J. de la Merced says Sprint has already been in discussions with its major partners in Clearwire such as Intel. Clearwire's option was to sell Spectrum to othes such as AT&T or Verizon.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: Fin times p16 "BofA pulls out of Japan private banking" by Michiyo Nakamoto says BofA Merrill is disposing of its Japanese private banking jv with Mitsubishi UFJ Fin'l Group, becoming the latest of foreign banks to pull out of high net worth retail banking there.

WSJ pB3 "Pfizer IPO for Unit could come in early '13" by Telis Demos, Jonathan Rockoff says Pfizer may do an IPO of $4 bil for its animal health unit Zoetis in Jan or Feb. JPMorgan & Bank of America are among the lead underwirters.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: Fin Times p26 "Apple turns sour as Google raises pressure with launch of maps app" by Arash Massoudi says US equities recorded their first losing session in more than a week due to the Fed saying it would extend accommodative monetary policy measures. Caterpillar was up 0.5% and Walmart was uo 0.2% as it was in talks to buy a controlling stake in Turkey's biggest retailer.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:

Home Depot: AJC pA19 "Online blip made some orders free" by Arielle kass says for a few minutes Thurs Home Depot shoopers whose orders were less than $101 didn't have to pay due to a glitch and Home Depot will not charge them.

Intel: NYT pB6 "Sprint offers $2.1 bil for Clearwire & its spectrum" by Michael J. de la Merced says Sprint has already been in discussions with its major partners in Clearwire such as Intel. Clearwire's option was to sell Spectrum to othes such as AT&T or Verizon.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: Fin Times p1 "JPMOrgan uses counter-terrorism tools to spot fraud among workers" by Richard Waters says JPMorgan uses tech to spot fraud risk among its own employees.

WSJ pB3 "Pfizer IPO for Unit could come in early '13" by Telis Demos, Jonathan Rockoff says Pfizer may do an IPO of $4 bil for its animal health unit Zoetis in Jan or Feb. JPMorgan & Bank of America are among the lead underwirters.

Johnson & Johnson: WSJ pC10 "Shaken stocks aren't so stirring" by Jusgtin Lahart says Johnson & Johnson is the S&P's least choppy stock with annualized volatility of 9.7%. Its stock is up only 7.9% vs. 12.9% for the S&P.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: WSJ pC4 "Cliff talks put stocks in reverse" by Alexandra Scaggs says stocks' steady string of advances skidded to a halt Thurs after the fiscal cliff raised oncnerns. Merck lost 88 cents.

Microsoft: No mentions found.

Pfizer: WSJ pB3 "Pfizer IPO for Unit could come in early '13" by Telis Demos, Jonathan Rockoff says Pfizer may do an IPO of $4 bil for its animal health unit Zoetis in Jan or Feb. JPMorgan & Bank of America are among the lead underwirters.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: NYT pB6 "Sprint offers $2.1 bil for Clearwire & its spectrum" by Michael J. de la Merced says Sprint has already been in discussions with its major partners in Clearwire such as Intel. Clearwire's option was to sell Spectrum to othes such as AT&T or Verizon.

Walmart: Fin Times p26 "Apple turns sour as Google raises pressure with launch of maps app" by Arash Massoudi says US equities recorded their first losing session in more than a week due to the Fed saying it would extend accommodative monetary policy measures. Caterpillar was up 0.5% and Walmart was uo 0.2% as it was in talks to buy a controlling stake in Turkey's biggest retailer.


Thursday'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) (has announced early retirement)

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 12/7/12 ranked in order of market capitalization:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $404
2. WalMart WMT 241.8
3. GE 225
4. Microsoft MSFT 222.6
5. IBM 216.9
6. Chevron CVX 209.4
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 195.2
8. AT&T T 191.6
9. Procter & Gamble PG 192.2
10. Pfizer PFE 188.2
11. Coke KO 169.1
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 161.8
13. Merck MRK 135.7
14. Verizon VZ 126.7
15. Bank of America BAC 114.6
16. Intel INTC 100.3
17. Cisco CSCO 102.7
18. Home Depot HD 96.4
19. McDonald's MCD 88.8
20. Disney DIS 87.3
21. United Technologies UTX 74.2
22. American Express AXP 63.3
23. 3M MMM 63.3
24. Caterpillar CAT 56.9
25. Boeing BA 56.3
26. UnitedHealth UNH 55
27. DuPont DD 40.3
28. Travelers TRV 28
29. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 27.4
30. Alcoa AA 9

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

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

AT&T T: 12/4/12 8K underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20
11/20/12 - Announcemnt of reference yield of notes & results of exchange offer
11/2/12 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/24/12 2 8Ks (10/24) re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: in-kind contrib. to pension plans

Alcoa AA: 10/25/12 re: 3Q ended 9/30/12
10/15/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings call
10/10/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/3/12 8K re: EPA remedial plan for Grasse River


American Express AXP: 11/28/12 8K results of private exchange offer
11/27/12 8K re: terms of privte exchange offer
11/15/12 8K re: write-off credit stats Aug., Sept., Oct
11/13/12 8K re: announcement of private offer
10/31/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 9/30
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


Bank of Am BAC: 11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results
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 Chair Charles H. Noski as of 9/1
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/12


Boeing BA: 10/24/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/24/12 8K re: 3Q rsults
10/17/12 8K re: two $2.3 bil credit agreements
8/29/12 8K re: bylaw amendments


Caterpillar CAT: 11/20/12 8K re: 3 months dealer stats
11/6/12 8K re: executive compensation for Group Pres.
11/6/12 Prospetus for exchange offer of debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q eneded 9/30
10/22/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/19/12 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/12/12 8K re: officer changes
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


Chevron CVX: 12/5/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil of notes
11/6/12 10Q Qtr. ended 9/30/12
11/2/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: 3Q interim results
10/3/12 8K re: election of Dr. Alice P. Gast to Board


Cisco CSCO: 11/20/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: Qtr. ended 10/27
11/16/12 8K re: amdmt to exec. comp. plan
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


Coke KO: 10/25/12 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/28
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
9/14/12 8K re: exec changes
8/23/12 8K re: shareholder approval of stock split

Disney DIS: 11/29/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil Global Notes
11/21/12 10K & 11/8/12 8K re: results year ended 9/29
10/30/12 8K re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
8/7/12 10Q & 8/7/12 8K results for 3rd quarter ended 6/30/12


DuPont DD: 10/23/12 10Q & 8K & 10/9 8K all re: 9/30 Q results
9/4/12 8K re: sale of Performance Coatings Div to Carlyle Group for $4.9 bil


ExxonMobil XOM: 12/4/12 8K re: grant of bonus to CEO tillerson of $4.5 mil
11/30/12 8K re: retirement of SVP D.D. Humphreys
11/6/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
11/2/12 8K re: elecgtion of CEO of Xerox, Ursula M. Burns to Bd
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
8/2/12 10Q & 7/26/12 8K re: 2Q results ended 6/30/12


GE: 11/7/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/19/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: Offering of $7 bil of notes (closing)


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 11/20/12 8K re: results year ended 10/31
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


Home Depot HD: 11/21/12 10Q & 11/13/12 8K re: 4Q ended 10/28
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Ron L. Sargent from BOD
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: 12/6/12 & 12/4/12 8Ks re: issuance of $6 bil of Notes
12/4/12 8K re: adoption of FASB standard
11/19/12 8K re: retirement of Paul S. Otellini at May Annual Mtg. of Shareholders
10/31/12 10Q & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 9/29 Q results
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


IBM: 11/16/12 8K re: sale of 1.375% Notes
11/5/12 8K re: bae salary of $1.5 mil for CEO Virginia Rometty
10/30/12 & 10/17 8K & 10/16 8K all re: 3Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 8K reL election of Virginia M. Rometty to Chrmn of Bd.
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



JPMorganChase JPM: 12/5/12 8K re: Mark W. O'Donovan is now Controller
12/4/12 8K re: slides from U.S. fin'l services inv. conf.
12/4/12 8K re: reorganization
11/21/12 8K re: Marianne Lake is now CFO, other appointments
11/8/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
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



Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 12/3/12 8K re: CEO Alex Gorsky replaces Bill Weldon as Chiar of BOD eff. 12/28
11/9/12 8K re: Eugene Washington is on BOD
11/9/12 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
8/16/12 8K re: discontinuance of bapineuzumbab trials
8/2/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/1/12


McDonald's MCD: 12/4/12 8K & 11/15/12 8K re: Jeff Stratton succeeds Janice Fields as Pres. of McDonald's USA
11/9/12 8K re: global sales decreased 1.8% in Oct.
11/1/12 10Q & 10/19 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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



Merck MRK: 11/29/12 8K re: Amendment to Control seperation Benefits Plan
11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
10/26/12 8K re: 3Q results
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



Microsoft MSFT: 11/29/12 8K re: results of annual shareholders mtg.
11/16/12 8K re: resignation of Steven Sinofsky as Pres. of Windows Div.
11/7/12 8K re: issuance of $2.25 bil of notes
11/2/12 8K & 10/18 10Q & 10/18 8K re: 1Q results
10/17 & 10/10 & 10/9 Proxy materials re: 11/28 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at Bellevue, Wash
10/9/12 8K re: retirement of Reed Hastings from Bd & other Bd. changes
9/18/12 8K re: increase in quarterly div & retirement of Raymond Gilmartin from Board


Pfizer PFE: 11/9/12 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30
11/1/12 8K re: 3Q results
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



Procter & Gamble PG: 10/25/12 10Q & two 8Ks 10/25 re 1Q results ended 9/30
10/12/12 re: '12 Annual Shareholder Mtg results
10/9/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents per share payable on 11/15 to 10/19 record holders
10/9/12 re: CEO's speech at Shareholder Mtg
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



3M MMM: 11/1/12 10Q &
10/23 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
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



Travelers TRV: 12/5/12 8K re: estimate of losses due to Hurricane Sandy
10/18/12 10Q &
10/18 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30/12


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil
11/26/12 8K re: annual inv. conf.
11/2/112 Bd. & officer changes
10/30/12 10Q for quarter ended 9/30
10/2212 8K re: underwriting agreement to sell over $3.4 bil of notes
10/16/12 8K re: 3Q results
10/9/12 8K re: purchase of 90% of Brazil firm Amil Participacoas for $4.9 bil in cash
9/10/12 re: FD disclosure re: Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference
8/7/12 10Q re: quarter ended 6/30/12


United Technologies UTX: 10/26/12 & 10/23/12 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/11 8K/A re: Goodrich purchase
9/12/12 8K re: election of Marshall Larsen to Board


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/8/12 8K re: election of EVP Merchandizing
11/13/12 8K re: Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless disgtri buted $18.5 bil to the two owners, Verizon Communications & Vodaphone
11/8/12 8K re: disclsoure of Wells Fargo Tech, Media & telecom Conf.
11/2/12 8K re: tenderoffer for $1.25 bil of its notes
11/2/12 8K re: Agreements ith CWA & IBEW for new 3 year congtracts covering 43,000 workers
10/25 10Q & 10/18 8K & 10/5/ 8K re: 3Q ended 9/30
10/17 8K re: transfer $7.5 bil of pension plan obligations to Prudential


WalMart WMT: 12/4/12 10Q & 11/15/12 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31
9/6/12 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/12
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