Tuesday, February 26, 2013

2/26/13 Tues. pm Dow Closes at 13,900.13 up 115.96 or 0.84%

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Post No. 2,065  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 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 13,900.13 up 115.96 or 0.84% from Monday's close of 13,784.17. Of the Dow components 23 gained, Microsoft was unchanged  and 6 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was  Home Depot up $3.64 or 5.69%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth Care down 25 cents or 0.47%.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Tuesday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 15.30 down from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.54 (year ago it was 14.53); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.54 unchanged from Monday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.54 (year ago it was 12.45) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.60 up from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.50). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,810.02 up 15.10    from Monday's closing numerator of 1,794.92. 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 change for today by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the change  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 $60.33 up 50 cents from Monday's average of $59.83. The median closing price of   Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.47 (DIS/UNH) up 2 cents from Monday's median closing price of $53.45. 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 made $1,510 ($181,002 - $179,492).

2/26/13 Tuesday 4:38 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says US stocks  rose Tuesday, recouping much of the prior day’s slide, as evidence of a solid finish for housing in 2012 and after Ben Bernanke defended the Fed’s monetary policy.Home Depot Inc. HD +5.69%   shares rallied after the retailer raised its dividend and approved a $17 billion stock buyback. “The market is bouncing back after yesterday’s big decline; the other part of it is we get a bit of a bounce from Bernanke’s comments along the lines of continued QE [quantitative easing],” Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners in Chicago, said of the Federal Reserve chairman’s testimony on Capitol Hill.
U.S. home prices improved in December, reversing declines in November. Meanwhile, new-home sales soared 15.6% in January.After losing 216.40 points in Monday’s session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.84%  on Tuesday tallied its second triple-digit rise in three sessions, adding 115.96 points, or 0.8%, to 13,900.13.“We’ll take it as a plus, certainly from the real-estate side, and also what we heard from some of the retailers,” said Nolte of economic reports and quarterly results from Home Depot Inc. HD +5.69%  and Macy’s Inc. M +2.78% .Twenty-three of the Dow’s 30 components were in the green, led by shares of Home Depot after the home-improvement retailer beat profit expectations.Fed chief signals he is a strong supporter of the Fed’s $85 billion-per-month bond-buying program. He also urges Congress to defuse the sequester.The S&P 500 index SPX +0.61%  climbed 9.09 points, or 0.6%, to 1,496.94, with materials and consumer discretionary leading gains that included all 10 of its major sectors.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.43%  gained 13.40 points, or 0.4%, at 3,129.64, with shares of Apple Inc. AAPL +1.39%   up 1.4%. For every stock that fell, roughly two rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where 772 million shares traded.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures GCJ3 +1.73%  rose $28.90, or 1.8%, to settle at $1,615.50 an ounce, while crude-oil futures CLJ3 -0.49%  shed 48 cents, or 0.5%, to $92.63 a barrel.
Stocks had erased most of their gains as Bernanke took questions from lawmakers, with the Fed chief warning automatic federal budget reductions slated to start Friday would impose a “significant” burden on the U.S. economy if politicians are unable to reach a deal to avoid the cuts.
Bernanke’s prepared testimony on Capitol Hill had him reiterating his view that the benefits of the central bank’s easing policy outweigh any costs.Economic reports showed the value of U.S. homes rising in the final month of last year. The Federal Housing Finance Agency reported home prices rose 0.6% and the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index climbed 0.2% in December. Commerce Department figures showed new-home sales rising 15.6% last month to an annual rate of 437,000, the highest mark since July 2008. And, the Conference Board said its index of consumer confidence climbed to 69.6 this month, exceeding estimates of 62.3, with the data suggesting that “consumers are weathering the recent storm of higher payroll taxes and rising gas prices reasonably well,” said Jim Baird, chief investment strategist for Plante Moran Financial Advisors.“Since most people have their wealth tied up in their home, rising home prices make consumers more confident, more creditworthy and more willing to spend acquired income,” Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC, noted in an email.“Ultimately that has important effects on economic output, one reason that home-price fluctuations are watched so closely,” Greenhaus added.Benchmark stock indexes sank Monday as national elections in Italy yielded uncertain results, with the CBOE Volatility Index jumping 34% in a display of investor uncertainty.The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.43%  gained 13.40 points, or 0.4%, at 3,129.64, with shares of Apple Inc. AAPL +1.39%   up 1.4%.

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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The following are excerpts from Tuesday morning's Blog: 

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 & 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 Monday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,784.17 down 216.40 or 1.55% from Friday's close of 14,000.57. For the year the Dow is up 5.19%. Of the Dow components 3 gained and 27 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's up94 cents or 0.99 %. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $3.54 and percentage-wise was Bank of America 3.67 %.

WSJ pC1 "Inbvestors size up risk's resurgence" by Jonathan Cheng, Carolyn Cui says Europe and Washington, 2 market demonts, haunted investros as inconclusive Italian election results sparked fears of politicaly instability & in the US leaders were likely to allow dpending cuts to kick in. this on top of concerns that the Fed may end its bond buying program earlier than planned. The result was the worst day for stocks in nearly 4 months, a rare banner day for gold and a strong rally in Treasurys.

NYT pB7 "Disquiet over Italy and Wall St. dives" by Reuters says the stock market posted its biggest drop in more than 3 months on Mon after political turmoil in the Italian elections increased investor worries taht Europe's debt problems could destabilize the global economy.

FT p24 "Stocks hit by biggest single day fall in nearly 4 months after sell off" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks had their biggest single decline in a while after a sell off that began with investors nervously awaiting the outcome of the Italian parliamentary election.

IBD pB2 "Bearish reversal for stocks as market's tone worsens" by Vincent Mao says stocks staged a big bearish reversal Mon signaling that the market's condition is deteriorating. Hurt mainly by losses in retail, machiner and building stocks, the NYSE tumbled 2% as Monday's action was down sharply in higher vol and the current outlook is the market is in a correction.


Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,794.92 down 28.18 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,823.10. 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 $59.83 down 94 cents from Friday's average of $60.77. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.45 (DIS/UNH) down 91 cents from Friday's median closing price of $54.36. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

MarketWatch Monday 2/25/13 3:42 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocksof America Corp. BAC-0.09% hardest hit.The S&P 500 index SPX-1.83% fell 11.73 points, or 0.8%, to 1,503.93, with financial companies the worst performing of its 10 sectors.The Nasdaq Composite index COMP-1.44% shed 15.71 points, or 0.5%, to 3,146.46.Italians are going to the polls in a election, which will set Italy's future economic path. It's a vote that has implications for the whole of the euro zone.Equities have fallen in recent sessions, with the S&P 500 on Friday tallying its first weekly drop this year, as strategists said the market could use a correction or at minimum a pause given an advance that has the S&P 500 up 5.9% so far this year.“The market is already primed for a pullback, all it needs is a catalyst,” said Frederick.For every five stocks rising nine fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 357 million shares traded as of 1:40 p.m. Eastern. Composite volume topped 2 billion.On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the price of oil slipped slightly, with crude for April delivery CLJ3-0.90% down 2 cents to close at $93.11 a barrel.The euro EURUSD-1.0750% fell against other global currencies, including the U.S. dollar DXY+0.32%, as investors tracked the outcome of national elections in Italy, where a potentially strong performance by Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition is seen as a threat to the nation’s austerity agenda.

Tuesday's Dow News followed by Monday's Closing DowNumbers:

AT&T: WSJ pB1 "Warning: closer watch on illegal downloads: by Christopher S. Stewart, Shalini Ramachandran says AT&T, Verizon and other internet-service providers have put into place an alerts system with 6 strikes with various degrees of penalty for subscribers accused of piracy.

FT p15 "Spotify and AT&T deals drive shift to superfast connected cars" by Paul Taylor, Bede McCarthy says AT&T said it wold bring superfast mobile broadband to GM's vehicles from id'14.

Alcoa: No mentions found.

American Express: No mentions found.

Bank of America: No mentions found.

Boeing: No mentions found.

Caterpillar: No mentions found.

Chevron: FT p17 "Chevron adds heft to Australian shale" by Neil Hume says Chevron will pay $349 mil for stakes in 2 prospects there being developed by Adelaide's Beach Energy.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke: No mentions found.

Disney: No mentions found.

DuPont: No mentions found.

Exxon: No mentions found.

GE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pB6 "LG to buy H-P's webOS for use in tv" by Ben Worthen, IBD pA2 "HP uploads WebOS to LG, say a mobile device oeprating system that Hewlett-Packard once had high hopes for will be sold to LG Electronics Inc. a S. Korean firm.

Home Depot: WSJ pB10 "H-P board signals more CEO oversight" by Joan Lublin, Ben Worthen says Hewlett-Packard's board has set up an informal committee to advise CEO Meg Whitman.

WSJ pB4 "At Lowe's, initiatives begin to help sales" by Joan E. Solsman, Shelly Banjo, Saabira Chaudhuri says a recovering housing market has investors flocking to the stocks of Lowe's and larger rival Home Depot.

WSJ pB4 "Targeting tech-savy startups" by Shelly Banjo, Ann Zimmerman says Walmart's '11 creation of @Walamrt Labs, a Silicon Valley tech sho made of a dozen startups and others such as Home Depot which is buying a startup that uses algorithims to set Web prices are among brick and mortar stores that are buying web firms to compete with eBay and Amazon.

IBD pA1 "Lowe's beats, plans fire sale" says Home Depot reports results today.

Intel: WSJ pB10 "Intel picks up Altera as foundry customer" by Don Clark says Intel's efforts to make chips for other semiconductor firms took a big step with the announcement that Altera, one of the biggest names in the market for chips, will become a customer of Intel.

IBM: No mentions found.

JPMorgan: FT p18 "Int'l rev rise at JPMorgan" by Tom Braithwaite, Shahlen Nasiripour says JPMOrgan will annoucne a jump in int'l rev and increased cross selling between the comm'l & investment banks today in the first investor day since the London whale trading debacle.

Johnson & Johnson: NYT pB5 "Jury orders J&J to pay an implant patient" by Reuters says a jury on Monday said that Johnson & Johnson should pay a S. Dakota woman $3.35 mil for failing to warn her of the potential dangers of a vaginal mesh implant made by its sub, Ethicon and for misrepresenting the product.

McDonald's: USAT p3B "Gainers" says McDonald's was up 89 cents as it expands in Russia. Verizon was up 32 cents as it gains on LTE expansion plans.

Merck: No mentions found.

Microsoft: NYT pB3 "Nokia aims new phonea at lower priced market" by Kevin J. O'Brien, FT p12 "From burning platform to a slimmer management model by Andrew Hill say Nokia's alliance with Microsoft is gaining momentum says CEO Stephen Elop who denied that Nokia would adopt another operating system such as Google's Android.

Pfizer: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble: No mentions found.

3M: No mentions found.

Travelers: No mentions found.

UnitedHealth: No mentions found.

United Technologies: No mentions found.

Verizon: WSJ pB1 "Warning: closer watch on illegal downloads: by Christopher S. Stewart, Shalini Ramachandran says AT&T, Verizon and other internet-service providers have put into place an alerts system with 6 strikes with various degrees of penalty for subscribers accused of piracy.

USAT p3B "Gainers" says McDonald's was up 89 cents as it expands in Russia. Verizon was up 32 cents as it gains on LTE expansion plans.

Walmart: WSJ pB4 "Targeting tech-savy startups" by Shelly Banjo says Walmart's '11 creation of @Walamrt Labs, a Silicon Valley tech sho made of a dozen startups and others such as Home Depot which is buying a startup that uses algorithims to set Web prices are among brick and mortar stores that are buying web firms to compete with eBay and Amazon.

Monday'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 Frazier (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 2/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $410.52
2. WalMart WMT 235.81
3. GE 236.31
4. IBM 229.80
5. Chevron CVX 228.01
6. Microsoft MSFT 223.95
7. Procter & Gamble PG 207.39
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 205.57
9. Pfizer PFE 203.43
10. AT&T T 198.18
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182.15
12. Coke KO 168.37
13. Verizon VZ 127.53
14. Merck MRK 127.17
15. Bank of America BAC 126.21
16. Cisco CSCO 110.59
17. Intel INTC 106.09
18. Home Depot HD 100.63
19. Disney DIS 96.74
20. McDonald's MCD 96.33
21. United Technologies UTX 80.77
22. 3M MMM 69.78
23. American Express AXP 66.20
24. Caterpillar CAT 65.11
25. UnitedHealth UNH 57.83
26. Boeing BA 56.57
27. DuPont DD 44.77
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 32.07
29. Travelers TRV 30.15
30. Alcoa AA 9.60

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 2/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 1/25/13 8K re: agreement to buy spectrum from Verizon for $1.9 bil
1/24/13 2 8Ks & 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q results
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


Alcoa AA: 1/14/13 8K & 1/9/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/9/13 8K re: William F. Oplinger becoming CFO effective 4/1/13
10/25/12 8K 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: 1/17/13 8K & 1/10/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/13 8K re: delingq. 7 write-of stats 3 mos. ended 12/31/12
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


Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/13 8K re: Robert W. Scully retiring from Bd. of Dirs.
1/23/13 8K re: stocks options to certain directors
1/17/13 & 1/7/13 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/12 8K re: redemption of sub debentures
11/2/12 10Q 3Q ended 9/30
10/17/12 8K re: 3Q results

Boeing BA: 1/30/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/23/13 8K re: suspension of SEC reporting for Boeing Capital Corp. sub.
1/17/13 8K re: FAA grounding of 787s
1/11/13 8K re: review of safety of 787
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: 1/28/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/25/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
1/18/13 8K re: goodwill impairment of Chinese acquisition
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


Chevron CVX: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)
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: 2/1/13 8K re: election of Gregory Q. Brown, CEO of Motorola to Bd. of Dirs.
1/8/13 8K re: contract with Wim Elfrink, EVP
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


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: 1/18/13 Proxy re: annual shareholders meeting 3/6/13 in Phoeniz, Arizona
1/11/13 8K re: stock plan for directors
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: 1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
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: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results
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: 1/18/13 8K re: 4Q results
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: 1/31/13 Proxy re: annual stockholders meeting 3/20/13, Mt. View, CA
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

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: 1/18/13 & 1/17/13 8Ks re: 4Q and 2012 results
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

IBM: 21/13 8K re: exec comp for officers
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q earnings call transcript
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results
1/4/13 8K re: retirement of Michael E. Daniels, SVP
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.


JPMorganChase JPM: 1/25/13 8K re: closing of sale of notes
1/16/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/16/13 8K re: internal report re: trading loss
1/9/13 8K re: leaving of James E. Staley, Chrm. of Corporate & Inv. Banking Unit
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 1/22/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q & 2012 results and earnings call
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: 1/31/13 8K re: quarterly cash dividend
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


Merck MRK: 2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


Microsoft MSFT: 1/24/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 12/31/12
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


Pfizer PFE: 1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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: 1/25/13 10Q & 2 8Ks re: quarter ended 12/31/12
1/8/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.562 cents a share
1/8/13 8K re: election of Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy's to BoD replacing Jon Rodgers
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



3M MMM: 1/24/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


Travelers TRV: 1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results
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: 1/17/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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


United Technologies UTX: 1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
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: 1/25/13 8K re: sale of spectrum to AT&T
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results (& 1/18/13 & 1/7/13 4Q updates)
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


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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