Monday, December 24, 2012

12/24/12 Mon pm Dow Closes at 13,139.08 down 51.76 or 0.39%

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Post No. 1,965 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 Monday at 13,139.08 down 51.76 or 0.39% from Friday's close of 13,190.84. Of the Dow components 4 gained, Pfizer was unchanged and 25 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise Home Depot up 25 cents and percentage-wise was  Alcoa up 0.58%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron down $1.08 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 2.39%.

As of the open of the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Monday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.66 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.76 (year ago it was 13.30); Monday's closing P/E estimate is 12.65 up from Friday' s P/E estimate of 12.59 (year ago it was 12.37) and Monday's closing dividend yield is 2.67 up Friday's dividend yield of 2.62 (last year it was 2.59). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,710.92 down  6.74 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,717.66. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.03 down 23 cents from Friday's average of $57.26. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.52 (DIS/UNH) down 15 cents from Friday's median closing price of $52.37. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Monday 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 $674 ($171,766 - $171,092).

Monday's 12/24/12 MarketWatch 1:25 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell on Monday, extending losses into a second session, on worries that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will not be able to reach agreement to avert steep spending cuts and tax hikes set to start next month.A default by Greece remains a risk while Italy and Spain could pose problems.
“There are very few days left in this calendar year, and the rhetoric out of Washington is they are hopeful, yet there is no progress towards getting a deal done,” said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners.“A lot of folks are fed up with these politicians not being able to work for the benefit of their constituents. We’re telling Europe one thing and we can’t get our own house in order,” he added.The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office forecasts the economy would go into a recession in the first half of 2013 if lawmakers are unable to strike a budget deal.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.39%  shed 51.76 points, or 0.4%, to 13,139.08. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.24%  retreated 3.49 points, or 0.2%, to 1,426.66, with energy the hardest hit of its 10 major industry groups.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.28%  fell 8.41 points, or 0.3%, to 3,012.60.
For every two stocks gaining three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 286 million shares traded. Composite volume surpassed 1.2 billion.The trading session ended at 1 p.m. Eastern, ahead of Tuesday’s Christmas Day holiday, when the stock market will be closed.

Monday'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
MCDNYSE
MRKNYSE
MSFTNASDAQ-GS
PFENYSE
PGNYSE
MMMNYSE
TRVNYSE
UNHNYSE
UTXNYSE
VZDualListed
WMTNYSE
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The following are excerpts from Monday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Wall St. Journal,, New York Times, USA Today and Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 13,190.84 down 120.88 or 0.91% from Thursday's close of 13,311.72. For the year the Dow is up 7.97%. For the week the Dow is up 55.83 or 0.43% from last Friday's close of 13,135.01. Of the Dow components 2 gained and 28 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express up 26 cents or 0.45%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Exxon down $1.63 and percentage-wise was Bank of America down 2%.

IBD pB6 "fiscal cliff rattles stocks, but indexes trim losses" by Paul Whitfield says stocks suffered their biggest losses in 5 weeks but most indexes finished high in the day's range Fri as the action was down in strong volume and the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,717.66 down 15.74 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,733.40. 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 $57.26 down 52 cents from Thursday's average of $57.78. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.52 (DIS/UNH) down 68 cents from Thursday'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 lost $1,574 ($173,851 - $171,766).

Friday's 12/21/12 MarketWatch 4:25 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, denting weekly gains, after a Republican proposal to avert the fiscal cliff did not find support, reducing hopes for a budget deal before 2012 ends. ”If there is any policy maker that is not taking the fiscal cliff seriously, he should check with the Congressional Budget Office or check with any economist you can name, because it is very serious and it will lead to a recession if we go off the cliff,” said Hugh Johnson, chairman of Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC. “It’s for real.” The CBO forecasts a recession in the first half of next year should the White House and Congress fail to reach a deal. After falling as much as 189 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.91% shed 120.88 points, or 0.9%, at 13,190.84, a level that has it up 0.4% from the week-ago close. All but two of the Dow’s 30 components finished in the red, led by Bank of America Corp. BAC-2.00% , down 2%. Tallying a 1.2% weekly gain, the S&P 500 Index SPX-0.94% lost 13.54 points, or 0.9%, at 1,430.15, with consumer shares hardest hit among its 10 major sectors. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-0.96%retreated 29.38 points, or 1%, at 3,021, leaving it up 1.7% on the week. For every share rising, more than three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 1.9 billion shares traded. Composite volume topped 4.8 billion. Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. RIMM-1.01% fell almost 23% a day after the company’s fiscal-third-quarter results, which beat estimates, but left investors fretting about changes to its high-margin services business and costs tied to the approaching launch of its new BlackBerry platform. Friday’s economic data was positive, especially a 0.7% November rise in orders for durable goods, according to Johnson. Still, investors would bypass the report, because the “focus is so overwhelmingly on Washington,” he said. Those fiscal-cliff concerns found their way into a gauge of consumer sentiment, which fell in December. The University of Michigan-Thomson Reuters consumer-sentiment index declined to a final December reading of 72.9, the lowest level since January. House Speaker John Boehner on Friday said House members, the Senate and President Barack Obama must continue work to avert the looming fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts. The Ohio Republican spoke a day after he dropped a proposal to allow higher taxes on yearly income of $1 million and up, because he did not have enough votes to pass it, with the House then going into recess. There are plans to return Dec. 27 in the event there is some sort of deal to consider. “It’s hard to imagine that we could have policy makers in elected office that are such ideologues in this day and age. But we do have them and shame on them,” commented Johnson. The president and some legislators understand the importance of not going over the fiscal cliff, so “there’s a chance we forge an agreement in the Senate which will pass the House, not with the hardened Republican caucus, but with a consortium of Democrats and Republicans,” he added. President Obama was expected to give a fiscal-cliff statement at 5 p.m. Eastern time.

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

AT&T: No mentions found.

Alcoa: Barron's pM15 "Stock amrket paradox" by Johanna Bennett says the unofficial beginning of 4Q earnings season starts 1/8 when Alcoa reports. Since 9/19, 89 memobers of the S&P including Hewlett-Packard and Walmart have issued 4Q forecasts below sell side estimates.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC1 "Bank's reporting under fire" by Dan Fitzpatrick says SEC and others are examining whether Regionals improperly classified bad loans. Earlier this month Bank of america's Countrywide Fin'l Unit there were similar accusations against Bank of America.

IBD pA1 "BofA CEO blocks broekr pay cut" says CEO Brian Moynihan blocked plans to cut most brokers' pay next year by 2% of those brokers doing less than $1 mil in commissions.


Boeing: IBD pA1 "GE makes big europeand eal", WSJ pB4 "Italy M&A hunting ground? by Christopher Emsden say GE bought the core aeronautics unit of engine maker Avio Spa for $4.37 bil. Avio makes parts for GE's engine used by Boeing in the 787.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney:

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: Barron's pM4 says there is a research report on GE by Barclasy issued 12/17 that recommends "overweight" with a prcie target of $25 saying it is tweaking down its '13 estimated EPS to $1.70 from $1.75 to account for higher guidance of corpo costs and faster runoff of assets in GECC. Tail winds are numerous enough to offset macro & execution risks.

IBD pA1 "GE makes big europeand eal", WSJ pB4 "Italy M&A hunting ground? by Christopher Emsden say GE bought the core aeronautics unit of engine maker Avio Spa for $4.37 bil. Avio makes parts for GE's engine used by Boeing in the 787.

Hewlett-Packard: Barron's pM15 "Stock amrket paradox" by Johanna Bennett says the unofficial beginning of 4Q earnings season starts 1/8 when Alcoa reports. Since 9/19, 89 memobers of the S&P including Hewlett-Packard and Walmart have issued 4Q forecasts below sell side estimates.

Barron's p25 "From Sansumng to Hewlett-Packard and everything in between" by Tiernan Rays says after starting the year saying Intel was holding up OK despite a weak PC market and that Microsoft could rise in advance of Windows 8, the author concedes he threw int he twoel when things started to look grim for the PC business with the turning point being when Microsoft said in June it would compete with its hardware partners with the Surface tablet. He says he should have been more skeptical about Hewlett-Packard.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: Barron's p25 "From Sansumng to Hewlett-Packard and everything in between" by Tiernan Rays says after starting the year saying Intel was holding up OK despite a weak PC market and that Microsoft could rise in advance of Windows 8, the author concedes he threw int he twoel when things started to look grim for the PC business with the turning point being when Microsoft said in June it would compete with its hardware partners with the Surface tablet. He says he should have been more skeptical about Hewlett-Packard.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: WSJ pB1 "Bold stunts and bad taste mark'12's best, worst ads" by Suxanne Vranica says McDonald's tweeter campgain backfired as people used it to tweet complaints.

Merck: Barron's pM2 charts Merck saying after its cholesterol drug Tredaptive failed to reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke in a study, Merck dropped plans to seek US approval.

Barron's p34 "Boeing boosts and buys" by Shirley A. Lazo says on Monday payouts took off at Boeing with a 10% boost of its dividend to 48.5 cents vs 44 cents for a current yield of 2.6%. Pfizer and Merck have potential for dividend growth as their current payments make up between 40% and 50% of earnings and earnings are likely to rise. Pfizer last Monday increased its dividend by 2 cents to 24 cents a sahre, its 4th straight annual enhancement.

Microsoft: Barron's p24 "Four stocks gushing free cashf low" by Jack Hough says Microsoft sells fro 10 times projected earnings and 8 times free cash flow and is one of the four stocks.

NYT pB1 "Windows 8 sales disappoint in shaky PC market" by Nick Wingfield says weak PC sales this holiday season suggest tha the struggles of Microsoft and other firms that depend on the coputer biz will not abate soon. Windows has failed to merge from the shadow of competing products from Apple & Amazon.

Barron's p25 "From Sansumng to Hewlett-Packard and everything in between" by Tiernan Rays says after starting the year saying Intel was holding up OK despite a weak PC market and that Microsoft could rise in advance of Windows 8, the author concedes he threw int he twoel when things started to look grim for the PC business with the turning point being when Microsoft said in June it would compete with its hardware partners with the Surface tablet. He says he should have been more skeptical about Hewlett-Packard.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: Barron's p14 "Week Review and preview" says Travlers and other insurers will suffer losses from Sandy but will only have break even resutls or modest losses for 4Q.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: No mentions found.

Walmart: Barron's pM15 "Stock amrket paradox" by Johanna Bennett says the unofficial beginning of 4Q earnings season starts 1/8 when Alcoa reports. Since 9/19, 89 memobers of the S&P including Hewlett-Packard and Walmart have issued 4Q forecasts below sell side estimates.

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) (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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