Sunday, December 30, 2012

12/30/12 Sun/Sat Feds Investigating Hewlett-Packard's Autonomy

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Post No. 1,974 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.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investor's Business Daily and the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of the Wall St. Journal & Financial Times; and Sunday's & Saturday's New York Times &amp 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 12,938.11 down 158.20 or 1.21% from Thursday's close of 13,096.31. For the week the Dow is down 252.73 or 1.92% from last Friday's close of 13,190.84. Of the Dow components all 30 declined. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $2.88 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard down 2.56 %.

IBD pB6 "Stocks dive, trade withers as fiscal fix eludes US" by Paul Whitfield says stocks bought more time for a wobbly uptrend as timid volume allowed the bulls to absorb the day's losses as Friday's action was down in weak volume and the current outlook is still uptrend under pressure.

Fin Times p11 "Creeping pessimism holds S&P in negative territory" by Stephen Foley says US stocks were lower in noon trade Fri putting them on a course for a 5th straight session as the fiscal cliff draws near. Exxon lost 1.3%. Hewlett-Packard was the worst perfromer in the Dow off 2.1% after it confirmed the Department of Justice was investigating fraud at its Autonomy unit.

Sat. WSJ pB1 "Dow practices its cliff dive" by Jonathan Cheng says investors coming to blieve the fiscal cliff will happen, dumped stocks Fri in a selloff that put the Dow into the red for the month.

Sat. NYT pB3 "Pessimism about fiscal gridlock extends a slide" by AP & Sat. AJC pA12 "Stocks extend losing streak" by AP says stocks fell for a fith day due to concerns about the fiscal cliff.

As of the close of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B5 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's closing trailing P/E ratio is 14.38 down from Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 14.55 (year ago it was 13.29); Friday's closing P/E estimate is 12.57 down from Friday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.65 (year ago it was 12.49) and Friday's closing dividend yield is 2.71 up from Friday's opening dividend yield of 2.68 (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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,684.75 down 20.60 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,705.35. 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 $56.16 down 68 cents from Thursday's average of $56.84. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.51 (DIS/UNH) down 48 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $51.99. 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 $2,060 ($170,535 - $168,475).

Friday 12/28/12 MarketWatch 4:33 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell hard on a report that President Barack Obama did not have a new offer to avert the so-called fiscal cliff in talks with congressional leaders Friday afternoon. “There might be some last-minute Hail Mary resolution or a chance there is some tax agreement, but I don’t think there will be any spending agreement” before the end of the year, said Chip Cobb, portfolio manager at BMT Asset Management. Equities extended a losing streak into a fifth session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-1.21% shed 158.20 points, or 1.2%, at 12,938.11, off 1.9% from the week-ago close. DJIA 12,938.11, -158.20, -1.21% SPX 1,402.43, -15.67, -1.10% COMP 2,960.31, -25.59, -0.86%
The S&P 500 Index SPX-1.10% shed 15.67 points, or 1.1%, at 1,402.43, leaving it with a weekly decline of 1.9%. The Nasdaq Composite IndexCOMP-0.86% lost 25.59 points, or 0.9%, at 2,960.31, down 2% for the week. For every stock rising, more than two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 535 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 2.4 billion. Republican and Democratic leaders met with President Barack Obama at the White House Friday afternoon, as talks continued to reach a deal to avert steep spending cuts and tax hikes. The gathering included House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, both Republicans, as well as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, both Democrats. The market, for the most part, is prepared for the budget drama to continue to play out into the first two to three weeks of 2013, according to Cobb. “What it’s not prepared for is if it’s Feb. 15 and we’re still talking about this,” he said. Equities had cut their losses after Bloomberg News reported Obama would propose a scaled-back offer in another effort at reaching a deal. “Headlines coming across the tape are giving details of the president’s proposal. … We sure hope somebody has something up their sleeve,” Elliot Spar, a market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., wrote in emailed comments. The market continued its recent trend of offering little (if any) reaction to economic reports, as investors fixated on efforts to reach a budget agreement. The National Association of Realtors reported pending home sales climbed for a third month in November, with its index up 1.7% to 106.4, the highest level since April 2010. “All of these reports are totally overshadowed by this, and will continue to be until it’s done,” Cobb commented of efforts to avoid roughly $600 billion in tax increases and spending reductions, widely seen as enough to push the economy into recession.

Sunday's & Saturday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:

Alcoa:

American Express: Barron's p18 and cover story "The end of cash?" by Alexander Eule says American Express and discoer benefit fromt he shift away from cash. AmEx provides financing to their customers so it has risks more typically associated with fin'l services while Visa and MasterCard are just networks with no credit risk.

Bank of America: Fin times p9 "scandals dominate bank sector" by Patrick Jenkins says a big story in '12 was 5 banks, including Bank of America and JPMorgan agreeing to a $25 bil settlement with 49 states due to mortgage misconduct.

Boeing: IBD pA2 "Woodward buys GE component" says Woodward, which makes engine components, paid $200 mil in cash for GE's thrust reverser actuation systems biz. The compnents are used on Boeing's planes.

FT p9 "EADS tie up plan was lost opportunity for Europe" by Carola Hoyos says one of the biggest corporate story of the year in Europe was the failed attempt to merge BAE with EADS that wold have been a big rival to Boeing.

Caterpillar: Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.

Chevron:

Cisco:

Coke:

Disney: FT p9 "Disney" says a big deal in '12 was Dsiney's purchase for $ bil of Lucasfilm.

DuPont:

Exxon: Fin Times p11 "Creeping pessimism holds S&P in negative territory" by Stephen Foley says US stocks were lower in noon trade Fri putting them on a course for a 5th straight session as the fiscal cliff draws near. Exxon lost 1.3%. Hewlett-Packard was the worst perfromer in the Dow off 2.1% after it confirmed the Department of Justice was investigating fraud at its Autonomy unit.

GE: IBD pA2 "Woodward buys GE component" says Woodward, which makes engine components, paid $200 mil in cash for GE's thrust reverser actuation systems biz. The compnents are used on Boeing's planes.

Hewlett-Packard: Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.

FT p8 "HP reveals DoJ probe fo claims it was deceived over Autonomy" by Chris Nuttall, Robert Budden, Barron's pM2 "Charting the market" charts Hewlett-Packard say the gov. is investigating alleged accounting problems at the Authomy unit which HP bought for $11 bil in '11 and has written off $8.8 bil.

WSJ pB7 "How investors shold paly analysts' '13 stock picks" by Brett Arends says Hewlett-Packard is on a list of analyst pans for 2013.

Fin Times p11 "Creeping pessimism holds S&P in negative territory" by Stephen Foley says US stocks were lower in noon trade Fri putting them on a course for a 5th straight session as the fiscal cliff draws near. Exxon lost 1.3%. Hewlett-Packard was the worst perfromer in the Dow off 2.1% after it confirmed the Department of Justice was investigating fraud at its Autonomy unit.

Home Depot:

Intel: Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.

IBM:

JPMorgan: Fin times p9 "scandals dominate bank sector" by Patrick Jenkins says a big story in '12 was 5 banks, including Bank of America and JPMorgan agreeing to a $25 bil settlement with 49 states due to mortgage misconduct.

Johnson & Johnson: WSJ pB3 "FDA approves pill to prevent strokes" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, IBD pA2 "Pfizer" say Pfizer's and Squibb's Eliquis was approved by the FDA for the prevention of blood clots that develop in patients with the heart rhythm disorder artrial fibrillation. More than 3 mil people in the US and 8 mil world wide have atrial fibrillation. Eliquis will compete with a number of drugs including Xarelto from Johnson & Johnson & Bayer.

McDonald's:

Merck:

Microsoft: Barron's p7 "Thd odd couple of indexes" says The Dow was up 6% this year vs. the S&P up 12% since Apple is in the S&P and Dow had Hewlett-Packard which fell 47%. bank of America rose 104% in '12 but because it is a low price stock and the Dow's uses a price-weighting constructions, stocks with high prices have a higher incfluence than lower priced stocks. The Dow has a lot of tech stocks such as Microsoft which rose 2% and Intel which fell 17% and of course Hewlett-Packard. An industrial stock such as Caterpillar shold rise if there are signs the global economy is picking up.

Pfizer: WSJ pB3 "FDA approves pill to prevent strokes" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, Sat. NYT pB2 "FDA clears anticlotting drug by Bristol and Pfizer" by Katie Thomas, IBD pA2 "Pfizer" say Pfizer's and Squibb's Eliquis was approved by the FDA for the prevention of blood clots that develop in patients with the heart rhythm disorder artrial fibrillation. More than 3 mil people in the US and 8 mil world wide have atrial fibrillation. Eliquis will compete with a number of drugs including Xarelto from Johnson & Johnson & Bayer.

Procter & Gamble:

3M:

Travelers:

UnitedHealth:

United Technologies:

Verizon:

Walmart: FT p9 "bribery allegations dented Walmart's folksy image" by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson says bribery allegations against Walmart in Mexico was one of 2012's biggest business tories.

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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