Friday, February 8, 2013

2/8/13 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 13,992.97 up 48.92 or 0.35%

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Post No. 2,038 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 2/1/13 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of 2/1/13.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 13,992.97 up 48.92 or 0.35% from Thursday's close of 13,986.52. For the week the Dow is down 16.82 or  0.01 % from last Friday's Dow close of 14009.79. Of the Dow components 20  gained, GE was unchanged and 9 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $1.67 and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard up 2.59%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was  Boeing down 91 cents or 1.18%.


As of the open of the market on Friday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.130216081. Friday's opening trailing P/E ratio is 15.38 down from yesterday's opening trailing P/E ratio of 15.40 (year ago it was 14.38); today's opening P/E estimate is 12.54 unchanged from Thursday' s opening P/E estimate of 12.54 (year ago it was 12.30) and today's opening dividend yield is 2.55 up from yesterday's opening dividend yield of 2.49 (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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,822.11 up 6.37    from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,815.74. 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 Monday by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the increase in Friday'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 $60.74 up 22 cents from Thursday's average of $60.52. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.18 (DIS/UNH) up 47 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $55.71. The lowest volume was 3M 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 $637 ($182,211 - $181,574).

MarketWatch Friday 2/8/13 4:13  by Wallace Witkowski says U.S. stocks closed slightly higher Friday following favorable trade data, though trading was far lighter than average as a blizzard bore down on the northeastern part of the country. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.35% closed up 48.92 points, or 0.4%, at 13,992.97, after breaking 14,000 once more. It snapped a five-week winning streak, closing down 0.1% for the week. The S&P 500 IndexSPX +0.57% advanced 8.54 points, or 0.6%, to close at 1,517.93, for a weekly gain of 0.3%. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +0.91% closed near its high of the day, up 28.74 points, or 0.9%, at 3,193.87. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq logged their sixth week of gains.

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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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:

A read of the print editions of Friday'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 Thursday's stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 13,944.05 down 42.47 or 0.3% from Wednesday's close of 13,986.52. For the year the Dow is up 6.41%. Of the Dow components 6 gained, Procter & Gamble was unchanged and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express up $1.58 or 2.61%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Caterpillar down $1.59 and percentage-wise was down Exxon down 1.72%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks dig too deep a hole" by Alexandra Scaggs says growth sensitive sectors helped pull major indexes lower amid worries about Europe and weak data on the US economy.  Hewlett-Packard was one of the biggest Dow decliners.

NYT p7 "A pause in the amrkets' resurgence" by AP, AJC pA15 "Weak earnings drive retreat" by AP says stocks fell Thurs as weaker earnings & worries about Europe overshadowed healthier signs for the US economy.

FT p20 "Disappointing Akamai tumbles as jobless claims fail to help equities" by Anora Mahmudova says US equities moved sharply lower but pared some of the losses as investors digested a batch of corp earnings & economic data.

IBD pB2 "Stocks trims day's losses, but NYSE adds distribution" by Paul Whitfield says stocks fought back Thurs as economic data mostly missed views and the shorts showed signs of adding to bearish bets.  The current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.


Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,815.74 down 5.51 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,821.27. 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 deincrease for Monday by the divisor (0.130216081) you get the decrease in Friday'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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $60.52 down 19 cents from Wednesday's average of $60.71. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.71 (DIS/UNH) down 26 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $55.97. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Thursday 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 $551 ($182,127 - $181,574).

MarketWatch Thursday 2/7/13 4:49 by Wallace Witkowski & Polya Lesova says U.S. stocks
fell Thursday as investors sold off cyclical stocks such as energy and waited for fresh reasons to buy after a heady start to the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA-0.30% closed down 42.47 points, or 0.3%, to 13,944.05. The index was down as much as 134 points, or 1%, earlier in the day.
Investor David Einhorn has come out against an Apple proposal to eliminate preferred stock; no Saturday mail could affect how many movies you get from Netflix; and what's next for digital classrooms. Getty. The S&P 500 SPX-0.18% slipped 2.73 points, or 0.2%, to 1,509.39 after touching an intraday low of 1,498.49, with materials and energy the biggest decliners among the index’s 10 major industry groups. Before a recent retreat, the S&P 500 had been up more than 6% for the year. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP-0.11% fell 3.34 points, or 0.1%, to 3,165.13. The index touched an intraday low of 3,135.98. The dip in Thursday’s stock market is likely profit-taking and not connected to any one thing as investors wait for a pullback to jump on buying opportunities, said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors. “I don’t think there’s too much going on in terms of drivers, it’s more just trading action,” said Wren. In fact, Wren said the market is more likely “to grind a little higher” in the short term, expecting the eventual selloff to come at a higher level. In Frankfurt, the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged. ECB President Mario Draghi said in a news conference that the bank’s accommodative monetary-policy stance should support growth, but that economic-recovery risks are skewed to the downside. Given Draghi’s recent comments about “positive contagion” in the euro-zone, markets were not prepared for his more pessimistic tone Thursday, said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. That, and there’s so much buying power already baked into the stock market, economic activity needs to catch up to prices, he said. “The general feeling over last few trading sessions is that the market is tired, not because of selling, but an exhaustion of buying,” Luschini said. Declining stocks outnumbered advancers by about 13 to 10 on the HYSE and by about 17 to 10 on the Nasdaq. Composite volume topped 3.4 billion shares on the NYSE and 1.9 billion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Despite the bumps in the markets this week, Stephen Pope, managing partner at Spotlight Ideas, said he doesn’t see any big panic button to press unless the Dow drops past the 13,500 level and the S&P 500 index drops to 1,445. “We’ve got plenty of fat on the bone here; there will be retracement, days of correction,” he said. “The downside in these price movements are buying opportunities.” In the U.S., retailers reported same-store sales for January, with Macy’s Inc. M +2.00% reporting same-store-sales growth well above expectations. Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn said he opposes a proposal by technology giant Apple Inc. AAPL-0.15% to eliminate preferred stock. Einhorn also said that his fund is long Apple shares and that the iPad maker is misvalued by the market. After trading up slightly for most of the day, shares of Apple jumped to close up nearly 3% after the iPhone maker said it would evaluate Greenlight’s proposal.
In other corporate news, Sprint Nextel Corp. S -0.52% said its fourth-quarter loss widened but its revenue exceeded forecasts. Shares of the wireless carrier slipped 0.5%. Shares of Akamai Technologies Inc. /AKAM-15.20% sank more than 15% after the company’s quarterly revenue growth disappointed investors. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. /GMCR-5.35% shares fell more than 5% after the company projected downbeat sales growth for the current quarter. Einhorn told CNBC in an interview that he’s still short the stock. In addition to economic data, investors also parsed through comments from Chicago Fed President Charles Evans. In an interview with CNBC, Evans said he’s optimistic the U.S. economy will improve and that the Fed’s policies have done a lot of good already. Evans, a member of the policy-making Federal Open Market Committee, was the first to call for the Fed to set a jobless-rate level that would need to be hit in order for the central bank to lift interest rates.In economic news, jobless claims slipped to an adjusted 366,000 for the week.
Also, U.S. productivity declined by 2% in the fourth quarter, according to the Labor Department.

Friday's Dow news followed by Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:   WSJ pC8 "Overheard" says Sprint is halfway through its network overhaul but with more developed  LTE networks at Verizon and AT&T & the prospect of a stronger T-Mobile, Sprint should be ruing the day when Sprint paid $38 bil for Nextel in '05.

Alcoa:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Bank of America:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB2 "787 probe indicates fire caused by short" by Andy Pasztor, Jon Ostrower, NYT pB1 "US official says tests by Boeing fell short" by Christopher Drew, Jad Mouawad, Fin Times p11 "Watchdog hits at Boeing on 787" by Robert Wright,  IBD "Boeing" pA2, USAT p2B "FAA OKs Boeing 787 test flights" by Bart Jansen  say short circuits inside a battery triggered a fire on the 787 last month said US investigators and said the safety approval process for the batteries was flawed and must be reconsidered before the jets return to service.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney: WSJ pB1 "Now playing on YouTube: pirated films" by Amir Efrati says hundreds of feature films including blockbusters from Disney have been illegally uploaded to YouTube.  YouTube said it is protected by a law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and that it takes down ifnringing content when it receives notice.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard: WSJ pC4 "Stocks dig too deep a hole" by Alexandra Scaggs says growth sensitive sectors helped pull major indexes lower amid worries about Europe and weak data on the US economy.  Hewlett-Packard was one of the biggest Dow decliners.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel:  No mentions found.

IBM:  WSJ pB3 "Cravath makes a spalshy laterial hrie" says Cravath hired ex-patent & Trademark Office director David Kappos  who before he was at the Patent office worked for Cravath client, IBM, for 25 years.

WSJ pB5 "Software aptents question goes before Fed court" by Ashby Jones says a fed appeals court in DC will hear a case Fri over the issue as when a piece of software is patentable that pits tech frim such as Google, Facebook and Intuit who think too many patents have been issued against a group of big and small tech firms such as IBM who say tighter standards could hinder innovation.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

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 pC8 "Overheard" says Sprint is halfway through its network overhaul but with more developed  LTE networks at Verizon and AT&T & the prospect of a stronger T-Mobile, Sprint should be ruing the day when Sprint paid $38 bil for Nextel in '05.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Thursday'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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