Tuesday, January 22, 2013

1/22/13 Tues am Caterpillar Writes-Off $580 Mil in China Acqusition

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Post No. 2,011 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 1/1/13 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 1/1/13.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,649.7 up 53.68 or 0.39% from Thursday's close of 13,596.02. For the week the Dow was up 161.27 or 1.20% from last Friday's close of 13,488.43. For the year the Dow is up 4.2%. Of the Dow components 22 gained, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft were unchanged and 6 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar up $1.92 and percentage-wise was GE up 3.47%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Intel down $1.43 or 6.31%.

IBD pB8 "nasdaq ducks distribution, as leaders stay on track" by Paul Whitfield says stocks traded in a tight range Fri but finished near the days high on expirations day. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend. Caterpillar led the Machiner-Construction Mining group with a 2% gain in volume that was 39% above average. The coming week will feature earnings reports including IBM.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 15.12 up from Friday's closing trailing P/E ratio of 15.01 (year ago it was 13.73); Tuesday's P/E estimate is 12.28 up from Friday' s closing P/E estimate of 12.21 (year ago it was 12.05) and Tuesday's dividend yield is 2.61 down from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.62 (last year it was 2.54). 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 1,777.41 up 6.99 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,770.42. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the increase in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $7.68 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $59.25 up 24 cents from Thursday's average of $59.01. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.45 (DIS/UNH) up 2 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $53.43. 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 made $699 ($177,741 - $177,042).

Friday MarketWatch 1/18/13 4:12 pm by Polya Lesova says US stocks gained on Friday following strong results from General Electric Co. GE +3.47% , though a slump for Intel Corp. INTC-6.31%weighed on the technology sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA+0.39% rose 53.68 points, or 0.4%, to end at 13,649.70, leaving it up 1.2% for the week. The S&P 500 index SPX+0.34%climbed 5.04 points, or 0.3%, to 1,485.98; it posted a weekly gain of 1%. Bucking the positive trend, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP-0.04%slipped 1.30 points to 3,134.71, though it rose 0.3% for the week.

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

AT&T:     WSJ pC6 "bumpier margins on the Verizon" by Miriam Gottfired says 53% of Verizon and 64% of AT&T users have smartphones but the incremental rev from selling them has fallen so they have to realize that they can't fatten their margins.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America:    No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB1 "Dreamliner probes intensify" by Andy Pasztor, Yoshio Takahasi, Yoree Koh, USAT p1B "Tests today for 787 electronics" by Bart Jansen, FT p18 "Regulators probe 787 battery maker" by Miciyo Nakamoto  say US and Japanese experts are pursing new and possibly differing leads.  Japan is looking at the batteries themselves while the US is looking at the plane's novel electric grid where the batteries interact.

FT p12 "A bad workman blames his suppliers" by Andrew Hill says admitting your supplier got it wrong is admitting you got it wrong.  65% of the Dreamliner was made by suppliers.

IBD pA3 "GE Indust'l might in China bodfes well for global economy" by Gillian Rich says emerging market demand for indust'l goods pushed GE's 4Q earnings, sales and orders above expectations. Rev grew 3.6% to $39.3 bil above veiws of $38.7 bilGE deson't expect recent problems with Boeing's 787 to affect its engine deliveries.

Caterpillar: WSJ pB1 "Deal triops up Caterpillar in Cina" by Colum Murphy, James . Areddy, James Hagerty says Caterpillar is taking a huige write-off from its acquisition of China's Zhengzhou Siwei which sold mine safety equipment.  The write-off is due to delibertate multiyear accounting misconduct.

 IBD pB8 "nasdaq ducks distribution, as leaders stay on track" by Paul Whitfield says stocks traded in a tight range Fri but finished near the days high on expirations day. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend. Caterpillar led the Machiner-Construction Mining group with a 2% gain in volume that was 39% above average. The coming week will feature earnings reports including IBM.

Chevron:    No mentions found.

Cisco: IBD pA6 "Cisco facing challenges sparking growth in China" by Pete Barlas says in its fiscal 1Q ended 10/27 Cisco rev from its Asia Pacific China and Japan region rose 7% vs. year earlier period. In China's market for gear for enterprise networks & data centers, Csico competes with Huawei, ZTE and Hewlett-Packard.

Coke:   WSJ pC1 "Investros see a way forward: buybacks" by Jonathan Cheng says GE and IBM have been buying up their own shares lately and Coca-Cola Enterprises is expected to do the same later this year.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:    No mentions found.

Exxon:  WSJ p2B "ExxonMobil CEO meets Iraqi leader in Baghad" to discuss Exxon's plans there and this could be mending Iraq's dispute with Exxon.

GE: WSJ pC1 "Investros see a way forward: buybacks" by Jonathan Cheng says GE and IBM have been buying up their own shares lately and Coca-Cola Enterprises is expected to do the same later this year.

Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pA1 "Inside H-P's missed chance to avoid a disastrous deal" by Ben Worthen, Justin Scheck is an entire page plus on the acquisition for $11 bil of Autonomy which turned out to be a disaster.

WSJ pB14 "HP's long term plan" is in a section about innovation and she says HP will ultimately be int he smartphone biz. 

IBD pA6 "Cisco facing challenges sparking growth in China" by Pete Barlas says in its fiscal 1Q ended 10/27 Cisco rev from its Asia Pacific China and Japan region rose 7% vs. year earlier period. In China's market for gear for enterprise networks & data centers, Csico competes with Huawei, ZTE and Hewlett-Packard.

Home Depot:    No mentions found.

Intel:  IBD pA2 "Intel falls on anemic forecast", WSJ pB16 "Intel's spending may not compute" by Rolfe Winkler say the declining PC business, the biggest end market for Intel's chips hit Intel's results as expected in 4Q as PC rev dropped 6% fro the prior year, driving a 3% overall topline decline.

FTp24 "Tech stocks fall out of favour as Apple's sharp drop leads the way" by Anora Mahmudova says IBM, Microsoft , Google and Apple report this week. Investors pushed Intel's stock down 15.5% in '12 for being too slow to embrace tablets and smartphones.

IBM: WSJ pB1 "Lotus notes? It is still a $1bil IBM business" by Spencer E. Ante says IBM bought Lotus in '95 for $3.5 bil and in '11 was more than 43% of its pretax profit but now it needs to modernize its portfolio to target fast growing areas like social media, cloud computing and mobile.   IBM reports today.  For the year ended 6/30 Microsoft's sales grew 5% and Oracles' sales grew 9% in their fiscal year that ended in May.

FTp24 "Tech stocks fall out of favour as Apple's sharp drop leads the way" by Anora Mahmudova says IBM, Microsoft , Google and Apple report this week. Investors pushed Intel's stock down 15.5% in '12 for being too slow to embrace tablets and smartphones.

 WSJ pC1 "Investros see a way forward: buybacks" by Jonathan Cheng says GE and IBM have been buying up their own shares lately and Coca-Cola Enterprises is expected to do the same later this year.

IBD pB8 "nasdaq ducks distribution, as leaders stay on track" by Paul Whitfield says stocks traded in a tight range Fri but finished near the days high on expirations day. The current outlook is a confirmed uptrend. Caterpillar led the Machiner-Construction Mining group with a 2% gain in volume that was 39% above average. The coming week will feature earnings reports including IBM.

JPMorgan:   No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:    No mentions found.

McDonald's:  WSJ p2B "McDonald's settles lawsuit over Islamic diet" says Mcdoanld's and one of its franchisee will pay $700,000 to settle claims a Detroit restaurant falsely advertised its food as prepared consistent with Islamic dietary law.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft:  : WSJ pB1 "Lotus notes? It is still a $1bil IBM business" by Spencer E. Ante says IBM bought Lotus in '95 for $3.5 bil and in '11 was more than 43% of its pretax profit but now it needs to modernize its portfolio to target fast growing areas like social media, cloud computing and mobile. IBM reports today. For the year ended 6/30 Microsoft's sales grew 5% and Oracles' sales grew 9% in their fiscal year that ended in May.

FTp24 "Tech stocks fall out of favour as Apple's sharp drop leads the way" by Anora Mahmudova says IBM, Microsoft , Google and Apple report this week. Investors pushed Intel's stock down 15.5% in '12 for being too slow to embrace tablets and smartphones.

Pfizer: IBD pA2 "Pfizer positins animal IPO" says Pfizer set terms for spinoff of its Zoetis animal health unit.

Procter & Gamble:     No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies:     No mentions found.

Verizon:   WSJ pC6 "bumpier margins on the Verizon" by Miriam Gottfired says 53% of Verizon and 64% of AT&T users have smartphones but the incremental rev from selling them has fallen so they have to realize that they can't fatten their margins.

Walmart:  WSJ pB1 "Walmart toughens supplier policies" by Shelly Banjo says Walmart is warning suppliers it has a zero tolerance for violations of its global sourcing standards as a result of a Bangladesh factory fire that killed 112 people that was making Walmart clothes.

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 retirement in May '13)

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 1/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $394.61
2. WalMart WMT 228.25
3. Microsoft MSFT 224.80
4. GE 220.11
5. IBM 216.44
6. Chevron CVX 211.65
7. AT&T T 194.47
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 194.27
9. Procter & Gamble PG 185.63
10. Pfizer PFE 184.65
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 167.14
12. Coke KO 162.59
13. Bank of America BAC 125.13
14. Merck MRK 124.46
15. Verizon VZ 123.49
16. Cisco CSCO 104.32
17. Intel INTC 102.61
18. Home Depot HD 92.48
19. McDonald's MCD 88.56
20. Disney DIS 88.23
21. United Technologies UTX 75.17
22. American Express AXP 64.32
23. 3M MMM 64.25
24. Caterpillar CAT 58.60
25. Boeing BA 56.83
26. UnitedHealth UNH 55.41
27. DuPont DD 41.94
28. Travelers TRV 27.40
29. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 27.76
30. Alcoa AA 9.26

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 12/18/12 8K re: issuance of long term Global Notes
12/17/12 8K re: sales of 1 bil in Euros of 3.5% of Global Notes due 2032
12/12/12 8K re: extension of $5 bil revolving credit agreement
12/11/12 8K re: closing of sale of $4bil of Global Notes
12/4/12 8K re: underwriting agreement Global Notes due '20
11/20/12 8K re: 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: 12/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-of stats for 3 months ended 11/30/12
12/12/12 8K re: results of notes exchange offer
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


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: 12/19/12 8K re: award of stock options to execs
12/17/12 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & resumption of share buyback program
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


Caterpillar CAT: 12/20/12 8K re: supplemental info re: sales of machines & power systems
12/17/12 8K re: retirement from Bd. of Eugene V. Fife due to mandatory retirement age
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


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: 12/21/12 & 12/19/12 8Ks re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plan
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


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


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


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


GE: 12/13/12 8K re: revised segment fin'l info for prior 2 qtrs.
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: 12/27/12 10K for year ended 10/31/12
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

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: 12/14/12 8K re: issuance of $175 mil of 4.2% due 2042
12/11/12 8K re: issuance of $6 bil of notes
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

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


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


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


McDonald's MCD: 12/13/12 8KA & 12/11/12 re global sales
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.


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: 12/12/12 8K re: fin'l outlook for 2013 and eps estimate
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: 12/17/12 8K re: completion of sale of ind'l products biz for $3.46 to finance purchase of Goodrich which closed earlier in the year
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: 12/10/12 8K re: purchase of single premium annuity contract
from Prud'l to settle $7.5 bil of pension liabilities
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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