Wednesday, December 26, 2012

12/26/12 Wed pm Dow Closes at 13,114.59 down 24.49 or 0.19%

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Post No. 1,968 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 Wednesday at 13,114.59  down 24.49 or 0.19% from Monday's close of 13,139.08.  Of the Dow components 13     gained and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  Bank of America up 29 cents or 2.58%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth down 63 cents or 1.15%.

As of the open of the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.60 down from Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.66 (year ago it was 13.30); Wednesday's P/E estimate is 12.65 unchanged from Tuesday' s P/E estimate of 12.65 (year ago it was 12.37) and Wednesday's  dividend yield is 2.68 up from Tuesday's dividend yield of 2.67 (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.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,707.73 down  3.19  from Monday's closing numerator of 1,710.92. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.92 down 11 cents from Monday's average of $57.03. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.04   (DIS/UNH) down 48 cents from Monday's median closing price of $52.52. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have lost $319   ($171,092).

Wednesday 12/26/12 MarketWatch 4:15   pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Wed. extended their losses for a third session as retailers were  hit after the holiday and as investors looked to the next day’s resumption of budget talks. President Barack Obama and Congress are expected back in Washington on Thursday. A default by Greece remains a risk while Italy and Spain could pose problems. “If nothing gets decided by next Monday, the economy will not immediately plunge over the fiscal cliff as employers have not changed payroll-tax withholding rates for January payrolls and federal budget cuts would slowly phase in,” Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos., wrote in an emailed note. That said, the stock market will likely “sell off 3% to 5% from the present level in the event that even a small temporary ‘fiscal-cliff’ bridge deal is not done by early January,” Dickson added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.19% shed 24.49 points, or 0.2%, to 13,114.59. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.48% lost 6.83 points, or 0.5%, to 1,419.83, with consumer shares the poorest performers and materials the sole sector to gain. Retailers were among those losing ground, with Coach Inc.COH -5.89% down 5.9%, Ralph Lauren Corp. RL -3.34% off 3.3% and Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -3.86% off 3.9%. Netflix Inc. NFLX +0.47% blamed an outage at one of Amazon.com’s web service centers for Christmas-Eve disruptions to its streaming video service. Conversely, J.C. Penney Co. Inc. JCP +4.43% led gains on the S&P 500, with shares of the department-store operator rising 4.4%, leaving it down 41% year-to-date. The Nasdaq Composite index COMP -0.75% retreated 22.44 points, or 0.7%, to 2,990.16. For every stock that rose nearly two fell on the on New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 476 million shares traded and composite volume approached 2.3 billion. Home prices rose 4.3% in October from a year ago, bolstering the view of an improving U.S. housing market.Wall Street was closed Tuesday for the Christmas holiday. Equities had fallen the prior two sessions as the White House and congressional leaders failed to reach a deal to derail automatic tax hikes and spending cuts scheduled to begin in the new year. The price of oil climbed for the first session in three, with crude utures CLG3 +2.81% rallying $2.37 to end at a two-month high of $90.98 a barrel.

Wednesday's Closing 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 Wed. morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Investor's Business Daily, Wall St. Journal and USA Tdoay and Tuesday's New York Times &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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Average: 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. For the year the Dow is up 7.25%.  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%.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB4 "Stocks slip in lackluster, pre-holiday shortened day" by Vincent Mao says stocks edged lower in a quiet shortened session Mon ahead of Christmas.  Stocks were on a tight leash Mon as the indexes held well within Fri's more volatile trading range which wasn't surprising as trading usually tones down ahead of a holiday.

NYT pB1 "Markets quiet, awaiting move on impasse" by Nathaniel Popper says between Christmans & New Yer's Day, Wall St. usually goes on hiatus.  Trading vol is typically light and stocks often rise.  But traders are paying close attention to the budget impasse in DC and are anxious. 
On Monday trading volume was light and stocks edged lower building on market declines that started Fri.

AJC pA22 "Stocks slip on short day" by AP says stocks fell in light trading Mon. during a shortened holiday trading session with lawmakers running out of time to reacha  budget deal that would prevent the US from going over the fiscal cliff.

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.

Wednesday's and Tuesday's Dow News followed by Monday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:    IBD pA4 "Verizon's legal cae could roil FCC rules" by Reinhardt Krause says the Ct. fo Appelas for DC will hear arguments in early '13 in Verizon's challenge to the FCC's power to enforce net neutrality rules.  Because the same fed court ruled in favor of a Comcast challenge to the FCC in '10, Verizon has a good chance of winning which would take the case to thye Sup. Ct.  Ckongress may step in and write new broad band legislation or the FCC could fin new ways to enforce Net neutrality rules which bar Internet service providers, mainly cable TV & phone companies, from blocking Internet content or slowing down access to websites in a discriminatory manner.  Some ISPs, such as Comcast and AT&T, voiced support for the updated rules but Verizon and MetroPCS filed suit, challenging the FCC's authority under Title I communications law.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:  WSJ pC4 "S&P 500 in 2012: a tale of winners" by Kaitlyn Kiernan says Bank of America was one of 2011's worst performers after the eurozone debt crisis, a slew of layoffs and an uprorar over bank fees but has more than doubled in value this year.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron:  IBD pA1 "Chevron eyes Asia in Canada" says Chevron will buy a 50% stake in 2 shale gas fields in Western Canada and related liquefied natural gas infrastructure projects under way.  The fuel will be exported to Asia.  Chevron will buy out the stakes of Encana and EOG Resources.  Apache will own the other 50%.  The price tag is $1.3 bil.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke:  IBD A5 "Will its [Sodastream Int'l] home soda mixers make bottles and cans obsolete?" by Marie Beerens says the global market for carboanted soft drinks & sparking water is estimated at more than $260 bil with Coca-Cola and Pepsi dominating the scene.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon:  WSJ pB8 "Drillers shift to use of natural gas" by Daniel Gilbert says Chesapeake, the nation's 2nd biggest gas producer after Exxon, is converting equipment as diverse as pickups, heavy duty trucks, drilling rigs and fracking pumps to run on natural gas.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: No mentions found.

McDonald's: No mentions found.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  NYT pB1 "Google apps challenging icrosoft in business" by Quentin hardy says Google's software of businesses, Google Apps, are apps for document writing, collaboration and text and video communications and are all cloud based and is only $50 a year  and is challenging Microsoft Office which is PC based.

AJC pA17 "Windows 8 sales disappointing" by Nick Wingfield, NYT says due to weak PC sales Windows 8 sales are disappointing.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon:  IBD pA4 "Verizon's legal cae could roil FCC rules" by Reinhardt Krause says the Ct. fo Appelas for DC will hear arguments in early '13 in Verizon's challenge to the FCC's power to enforce net neutrality rules.  Because the same fed court ruled in favor of a Comcast challenge to the FCC in '10, Verizon has a good chance of winning which would take the case to thye Sup. Ct.  Ckongress may step in and write new broad band legislation or the FCC could fin new ways to enforce Net neutrality rules which bar Internet service providers, mainly cable TV & phone companies, from blocking Internet content or slowing down access to websites in a discriminatory manner.  Some ISPs, such as Comcast and AT&T, voiced support for the updated rules but Verizon and MetroPCS filed suit, challenging the FCC's authority under Title I communications law.

Walmart: No mentions found.

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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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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