Wednesday, January 9, 2013

1/9/13 Wed pm Dow Closes at 13,390.5 up 61.66 or 0.46%

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Post No. 1,991 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.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 13,390.51 up 61.66 or 0.46%  from Tuesday's close of 13,328.85. Of the Dow components 18 gained and 12 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Boeing up $2.58 or 3.47%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  IBM down 63 cents or 4.76%.

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 14.80 up from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 14.43 (year ago it was 13.48); today's P/E estimate is 12.22 unchanged from Tuesday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.22 (year ago it was 11.92) and today's dividend yield is 2.58 down from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.63 (last year it was 2.57). 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 1,743.66 up 8.03 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,735.63. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.12 up  27 cents from Tuesday's average of $57.85. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.58 (DIS/UNH) up 50 cents from Tuesday's median closing price of $51.08. The lowest volume was Travelers 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 made $803 ($174,360 - $173,563).

Wednesday 1/9/13 MarketWatch 4:09 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks ended modestly higher on Wednesday to halt a losing streak at two days after aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. AA -0.22% gave an upbeat forecast for 2013. Alcoa "could be a barometer for the global economy or it could be a company that has done a good job of repairing its balance sheet, or it could be a combination of both," said Art Hogan, market strategist at Lazard Capital Markets. "The good news is we haven't had a household name blow up yet," Hogan added. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.46% rose 61.66 points, or 0.5%, to 13,390.51. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.27% added 3.87 points, or 0.3%, to 1,461.02. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.45% climbed 14 points, or 0.5%, to 3,105.81.
Wednesday'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 Wed. morning's Blog.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,328.85 down 55.44 or 0.41% from Monday's close of 13,384.29. For the year the Dow is up 1.71%. Of the Dow components 14 gained, Alcoa was unchanged and 15 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Exxon up 55 cents and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 1.45%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon down $1.59 or 3.56%.

WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips pull back a 2nd day" by Matt Jarzemsky says stock weighted down by telecomms & Ind'l satres fell. Alcoa swung to a 4Q profit as its benefited from cost cutting though rev edged down as alum prices remained low. Boeing is charted under Bad News due to new scrutiny of the Dreamliner resultng from the recent fire.

NYT pB8 "Shares fall as investors remain wary" by Retuers says stocks fel Tues retreating further from last week's rally after the fed budget deal as firms start to report quarterly results. AT&T fell 1.7% after it said it sold more than 10 mil smartphones in the quarter.

IBD pB4 "Market sees distribution as earnings season starts" by Vicgtor Reklaitis says stocks fell Tues but the main idnexes endured only moderate losses as Tuesday's action saw moderate losses in higher volume with the current outlook being a confirmed uptrend. Boeing dropped 3% due to 787 problems.

FT p24 "Yum goes sour after warnng of congtroversy with Chian oeprations" by Anora Mahmudova says Alcoa reported slightly better thane xpected profits on higher rev and raised its '13 global alum demand estimate.

AJC pA11 "Edge about earnings season" by AP says US stocks were lower Tues as traders awaited the start of the corp earnings season.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,735.63 down 7.27 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,742.85. 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 Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.85 down 24 cents from Monday's average of $58.09. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.08 (DIS/UNH) down 44 cents from Monday's median closing price of $51.52. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Tuesday 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 $727 ($174,285 - $173,563).

Tuesday 1/8/13 MarketWatch 4:41 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell for a second session Tuesday as investors braced for quarterly earnings after a rally that took the S&P 500 to multiyear highs.“The outlooks are going to be fairly cautious,” Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates, said of anticipated first-quarter guidance from corporations set to release fourth-quarter results. “Expectations are lower, which leads me to think we have a little upside here.” As 2013 gets under way, Jack Hough counts down the investment lessons of 2012. After Tuesday’s close, aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. AA0.00% reported fourth-quarter results, with its release signaling the unofficial start of the earnings season. But the Dow component is generally not a reliable predictor of earnings, with the 22 S&P 500 companies that have already reported fourth-quarter earnings a better indicator. Sixty-four percent of those companies, which ended the quarter in November vs. Alcoa’s December quarterly finish, beat earnings expectations, but 73% lowered their first-quarter outlooks, according to Nick Raich, director of research with Key Private Bank in Cleveland.“That’s the better bellwether than Alcoa — a majority are going to beat [fourth-quarter estimates] and a majority are going to lower” first-quarter guidance, Raich said of the companies that have already reported, which include Nike Inc. NKE-1.06%, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST-0.19% and FedEx Corp. FDX+0.41%. Some on Wall Street believe that corporate earnings will boost the stock market, while others are worried about revenue growth, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. And Jack Hough from Barron’s has an interesting piece on four investment lessons from 2012. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.41% fell 55.44 points, or 0.4%, to 13,328.85, with 15 of its 30 components in the red. Losses were led by Boeing Co. BA-2.63%, down 2.6% after BB&T Capital Markets downgraded its rating on the aerospace manufacturer to hold from buy. Boeing suffered another setback related to its 787 Dreamliner jet aircraft Tuesday when a fuel leak was reported on an outbound Japan Airlines flight at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Alcoa shares ended unchanged ahead of the aluminum producer’s results. The S&P 500 index SPX-0.32% declined 4.74 points, or 0.3%, to 1,457.15, with telecommunications leading the slide and materials performing best among its 10 major industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite COMP-0.23% lost 7.01 points, or 0.2%, to 3,091.81. Studies show that stocks bought by insiders tend to beat the market. MarketWatch's Laura Mandaro looks at five stocks that insiders are confident will rise.More than 691 million shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Composite volume topped 3.5 billion.Sears Holding Corp. SHLD-6.43% shares fell 6.4% as investors reacted to word that Lou D’Ambrosio is stepping down as the retailer’s chief executive and that hedge-fund manager and Chairman Edward Lampert would take over in the post, starting Feb. 2. In economic news, the National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business-optimism index for December edged higher, but it was still the second-worst reading since March 2010. Separately, the Federal Reserve reported U.S. consumers raised their debt in November to $16.1 billion, expanding credit at an annual rate of 7%. Led by student and car loans, credit grew 6.2%, or by $14.2 billion, in October.

Alcoa
Alcoa kicks off earnings season with a profit.
Last week equities jumped the most in 13 months as lawmakers approved a measure to averts steep spending reductions and tax hikes called the fiscal cliff, pushing off for a month or two a debate over raising the debt limit. “We’re having a little bit of consolidation and pullback from recent highs. For now, it’s going to be about earnings, the politics will come back in February,” said Fitzpatrick at Hinsdale Associates.Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos., said: “With what we believe will be a so-so earnings season immediately ahead and the debt ceiling debate looming next month, we now see the stock market running into occasional pullbacks or periods of consolidation during the next six to eight weeks.”

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

AT&T: IBD pA1 "AT&T tourts Smartphone sales: Apple mulling cheap iPhone?" by Brian DeagonAJC pA10 "AT&T says it sold 10M smartphones in 4Q", NYT pB8 "Shares fall as investors remain wary" by Retuers say stocks fel Tues retreating further from last week's rally after the fed budget deal as firms start to report quarterly results. AT&T fell 1.7% after it said it sold more than 10 mil smartphones in the quarter.

Alcoa: IBD pA1 "Alcoa sales top, EPS in line", AJC pA10 "Alcoa earnings meet expectations" WSJ pB3 "Alcoa swings to a profit, as aluminium prices stabilize" by John W. Miller, WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips pull back a 2nd day" by Matt Jarzemsky say stock weighted down by telecomms & Ind'l satres fell. Alcoa swung to a 4Q profit as its benefited from cost cutting though rev edged down as alum prices remained low. Boeing is charted under Bad News due to new scrutiny of the Dreamliner resultng from the recent fire. Alcoa had a net profit of $242 mil for the quarter or 21 cents a share vs. a loss of $191 mil or 18 cents a year earlier. Alcoa raised its forecast for global alum demand growth to 7% in '13. Sales declined 1.5% to $5.9 bil during the quarter downs 2% from a year ago.

FT p24 "Yum goes sour after warnng of congtroversy with Chian oeprations" by Anora Mahmudova says Alcoa reported slightly better thane xpected profits on higher rev and raised its '13 global alum demand estimate.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: WSJ pC12 "overheard" says Bank of America's press release didn't say it would also have to py $1.3 bil in fees to settle the mortgage abuse case.

Boeing: WSJ pA1 "Fresh jet glitches bedevil Boeing" by Jon Ostrower, Jack Nicas, IBD pA1 "Boeing Dreamliner nightmare", NYT pB1 "Fuel leak is latest setback for Boeing's Dreamlienr" by Jad Mouawad, AJC pA11 "Scrutiny of fire on 787 brings sell off of stocks" by AP say on Tues a Japan Airlines 787 had to return at Boston before take off due to a fuel leak.

WSJ pC4 "Blue Chips pull back a 2nd day" by Matt Jarzemsky says stock weighted down by telecomms & Ind'l satres fell. Alcoa swung to a 4Q profit as its benefited from cost cutting though rev edged down as alum prices remained low. Boeing is charted under Bad News due to new scrutiny of the Dreamliner resultng from the recent fire.

IBD pB4 "Market sees distribution as earnings season starts" by Vicgtor Reklaitis says stocks fell Tues but the main idnexes endured only moderate losses as Tuesday's action saw moderate losses in higher volume with the current outlook being a confirmed uptrend. Boeing dropped 3% due to 787 problems.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: WSJ pB4 "United Technologies Pratt & Whtiney engine picked for Embraer Jet" by kate Linebaugh, Jon Osgtrower says Brazil's Embraier has picked P&W's new geared tubofan engine for its updated regional jet over GE and Rolls Royce.

Hewlett-Packard: No mentions found.

Home Depot: No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: FT p1 "Dimon lieutenant moves to hedge fund" by Tom Braithwaite, Dan McCrum, WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan overhaul widens" by Dan Fitzpatrick, NYT pB5 "A top official at JPMorgan is departing afgter big loss" by MIchael J. de la Merced, IBD pA2 "JPMorgan Chase" say 2 mroe members that steered JPMorgan Chase through the credit crisis have left: James Staley, former head of the investment bank, and Todd Maclin, co-chief of consumer & community banking, will be replaced by younger leaders.

Johnson & Johnson: WSJ pB4 "Johnson & Johnson FDA says diabets drug effective, cites concerns" by Jennifer Corbett Dooren says the FDA says canagliflozin was effective in loweing a key measure of blood sugar but there is concern about stroke and bone related safety risks.

McDonald's: AJC pA10 "Former McDonald's CEO Fred Turner dies", WSJ pB7 "The father of Chicekn McNuggets" by Stephen Miller, Julie Jargon is a rembrance of Fred Turner who was CEO from '74 to '87.

IBD pA2 McDonald's" says same store sales in Japan in Dec. fell 8.6% year to year making it 9 nmonths in a row of decklines due to weak restaurant business in Japan.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: WSJ pD1 "Windows 8: Not for old at heart PCs" by Walter Mosberg says upgrading pcs to Windows 8 pro was harder than Mossberg expected.

WSJ pB8 "Microsoft: 60 mil Windows 8 licenses sold" by Shira Ovide says this was announced at the Consuemr Elecgtronics Show by Windows CFO ami Reller.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: WSJ pB4 "United Technologies Pratt & Whtiney engine picked for Embraer Jet" by kate Linebaugh, Jon Osgtrower says Brazil's Embraier has picked P&W's new geared tubofan engine for its updated regional jet over GE and Rolls Royce.

Verizon: FT p24 "Vodafone boosted by talk of Verizon Wireless buyout" by Bryce Elder, IBD pA4 "Verizon-Vodafone wireless deal speculation rekindled" by Reinhardt Krause say now would be a good time for UK, based Vodafone, to sell to Verizon Communications, its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless.

Walmart: No mentions found.

Tuesday'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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