Friday, April 19, 2013

4/19/13 Fri am Microsoft & Verizon's Profits Good, UnitedHealths & IBM's Dissappoint

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Post No. 2,150  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 April 1, 2013 and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 1, 2013.


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 &amp 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 14,537.14 down 81.45 or 0.56% from Wednesday's close of 14,618.59. For the year the Dow is up 10.94%.  Of the Dow components 7 gained and 23 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express up 91 cents or $1.42%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down $2.52 and percentage-wise was UnitedHealth down 3.77 %.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks fall anew on weak results" by Chris Dieterich says stocks dropped for the 2nd day in a row due to lackluster earnings reports.  UnitedHealth fell 3.8% after its 1Q earnings were ahead of expectations but rev was lower than expected and it lowered its full year ev estimate by up to $2 bil.  Verizon is charted under Good news as it had 1Q earnigns that beat estiamtes although rev came in shy of analyst views.

IBD pB2 "Stocks push further south; S&P closes under 50 day" by Paul Whitfield says stocks lost ground for the 4th time in 5 days.  IBM missed expectations.  Thursday's action was down in lower volume while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

FT p24 "Verizon rings up further gains as investors buy defensive telecoms" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks fell Thurs while Verizon Comm touched its highest level in more than a decade as investors embraced defensive telecom stocks amid the downturn. Apple lost its place as top market cap firm replaced by Exxon. Microsoft lost 0.1%.

NYT pB8 "Soft outlook for earnings feeds a market retreat" by Reuters says the market fell Thurs after disappointing fin'l forecasts from eBay and other firms cast doubt on the market's recent strength.

AJC pA15 "Stocks fall on weak earnings" by matthew Craft, AP says disappointing earnings from a range of firms pushed the market lower Thurs.  The stocks prices of UnitedHealth and others sank after they turned in weaker results.

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 trailing P/E ratio is 16.12 down   from yesterday's P/E ratio of 16.21 (year ago it was 14.49); today's P/E estimate is 13.15 unchanged from Thursday' s P/E estimate of 13.15 (year ago it was 12.45) and today's dividend yield is 2.45 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.44 (last year it was 2.53). The Dow's all-time high was 14,865.14 on April 11, 2013. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,892.97 down 10.61 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,903.58. 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   Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.10 down 35 cents from Wednesday's average of $63.45. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $59.84 (DIS/UNH) down$1.49 cent from Wednesday's median closing price of $61.33. The lowest volume was Travelers 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 $1,061 ($190,358 - $189,297).

4/18/13 Thursday 4:18 pm MarketWatch by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell for a second consecutive session Thursday as the busiest day yet for first-quarter earnings yielded disappointments from online auctioneer eBay Inc. and insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc.The S&P 500 index SPX -0.67% lost 10.40 points, or 0.7%, to 1,541.61, with technology pacing losses and elecommunications faring best of its 10 major sectors.Looking at the 83 S&P 500 companies that have reported so far, there is ”positive growth, but the rate of year-over-year quarterly earnings growth has decelerated, so it’s creating a little bit of a growth scare. I think it’s going to prove temporary,” said Nick Raich, CEO at The Earnings Scout.Michael Casey details three key stocks, including Google and IBM, to watch on Thursday.“It seems we have a seasonal, or cyclical, soft patch between the first and second quarters. I’m a little cautious because of the emerging markets and commodities prices,” said Raich.If those fall too far or too fast, what is now viewed as a temporary lull could prove longer lasting, he added.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.56% fell 81.45 points, or 0.6%, to 14,537.14, with UnitedHealth Group UNH -3.77% leading declines that included 23 of its 30 components.UnitedHealth said first-quarter earnings fell 14% as higher medical bills continued to outpace increased revenue. Shares fell 3.8%.Verizon Communications Inc. VZ +2.77% rose 2.8% as an increase in wireless customers had it topping profit estimates.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -1.20% shed 38.31 points, or 1.2%, to end at 3,166.36, its lowest level since the end of February.
Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL -0.19% fell for a second session, below $400 each, continuing a drop sparked by results from Apple supplier Cirrus Logic Inc. CRUS -2.05% , which this week forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue below estimates, with the audio-chip manufacturer’s reported inventory glut suggesting a saturated smartphone market. EBay EBAY -5.85% retreated 5.9% after reporting revenue below expectations.Economic news also weighed on sentiment. U.S. leading indicators fell in March for the first time in seven months, with the Conference Board’s measure of what’s ahead down 0.1% after rising 0.5% for each of the first two months of the year.The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s manufacturing index decreased in April to 1.3 from 2 the month before.Stock-index futures had maintained gains after the Labor Department reported the number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits held little changed last week, rising by 4,000 to 352,000.After a bit of volatility in the weekly count of those filing for unemployment benefits, “claims are back to a more normalized level,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC in New York.“We haven’t yet seen the effects of the sequester, which may be because there are no effects, or that the effects are delayed,” he said of the $85 billion in automatic cuts in government spending that began March 1.“While there are other things to worry about, at the end of the day, earnings will decide whether we go higher or lower,” he added.For every stock rising four fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 798 million shares traded. Composite volume approached 3.9 billion.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude futures CLK3 +2.07% rose $1.05 to $87.73 a barrel and gold GCM3 +0.56% rose $9.80 to $1,392 an ounce.The U.S. dollar DXY -0.09% fell against other currencies, including the euro EURUSD -0.01% . Treasury prices rose, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note 10_YEAR -0.65% falling to 1.691%.  U.S. stocks posted sharp losses Wednesday, spooked by disappointing corporate results and worries over Apple Inc. AAPL -0.19% after one of the consumer-technology company’s suppliers offered a weak first-quarter outlook. Apple shares on Wednesday slumped below the $400 level for the first time since September 2011, ending the day down 5.5% at $402.80.Morgan Stanley swung to a first-quarter profit, benefiting from a comparison with a year-earlier period that was affected by a heavy charge related to debt. The bank’s shares dropped 5.4% as revenue came in below forecasts.Food-and-beverage firm PepsiCo Inc. PEP +3.04% said first-quarter earnings fell 4.6% as restructuring and other charges masked stronger-than-expected growth.Flash-memory maker SanDisk Corp. SNDK -6.64% gained after beating first-quarter expectations.Philip Morris International Inc. PM -2.50% on Thursday said first-quarter profit fell 1.7% as cigarette shipments dropped 6.5%. 

Friday's Dow News & Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Coke: WSJ pB3 "Pepsi Profit slips" by Paul Ziobro mentions Coke's restructuring of its distribution network lasat week.

Exxon: FT p24 "Verizon rings up further gains as investors buy defensive telecoms" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks fell Thurs while Verizon Comm touched its highest level in more than a decade as investors embraced defensive telecom stocks amid the downturn. Apple lost its place as top market cap firm replaced by Exxon. Microsoft lost 0.1%.

Hewlett-Packard:  WSJ pC10 "Apple is struggling with Chinese checkers" by Rolfe Winkler says Hewlett-packard in '10 lost market share in China due to media attacks over product quality.

Intel: WSJ pB1 "Tech's rust belt takes shape" by Don Clark, Shira Ovide says IBM's rev dropped 5%, Microsoft turned in zero growth, Intel's 1Q profits dropped 25% as these firms are being pushed aside by new firms.

IBM: IBD pA4 "IBZM misses Wall St's Q1 expectations; Big Blue hurt by slowing global economy" by Brian Dagon, WSJ pC10 "IBM finds itself singing the growth blues" by Rolfe Winkler, NYT pB3 "IBM, missing estiamtes, falters as slow hardware sales hurt revenue & profits" by Steve Lohr, AJC pA16 "IBM net income slips, misses expectations", WSJ pB1 "Lenovo in talks to buy IBM unit" by Spencer E. Ante, Sharon Terlep  say IBM's 1Q net income & rev declined due to delays  in closing some of their deals. It earned $3.03 bil or $2.70 per share down 1% from $3.07 bil or $2.61 per share last year.  Rev fell 5% to $23.41 bil from $24.67 bil.  Lenovo may buy IBM's x86 server business.

IBD pB2 "Stocks push further south; S&P closes under 50 day" by Paul Whitfield says stocks lost ground for the 4th time in 5 days. IBM missed expectations. Thursday's action was down in lower volume while the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

WSJ pB1 "Tech's rust belt takes shape" by Don Clark, Shira Ovide says IBM's rev dropped 5%, Microsoft turned in zero growth, Intel's 1Q profits dropped 25% as these firms are being pushed aside by new firms.

JPMorgan:  FT p14 "JPMorgan offices raided in Monte dei Paschi probe" by Rachel Sanderson says Italian finance plice raided the Mialn offices of JPM as part of a probe into fin'l malpractice allegations by former management at Monte dei Pachi di Siena.

WSJ pC3 "After Whale OCC chief in crunch time" by Michael R. Crittenden says the Comptroller of Currency US missed red flags at JPMorgan and is making some changes at its office.

Microsoft: IBD pA1 "Microsoft earnings rose 20%",  IBD pA4 "Microsoft Q3 earnings clear a low bar" by Patrick Seitz, NYT  pB3 "Sware sales bolster Microsoft, leading to a 19% rise in profit" by Nick Wingfield, AJCpA16 "Microsoft beats street, readies new devices" say Microsoft's net income was $6.1 bil or 72 cents for 3Q up from $5.1 bil or 60 cents a year ago and beat consens of 68 cents per share.  Rev was $20.5 bil up 18%.  Most of the profits were due to sales before the launch of latest version of Windows & Office.

WSJ pB1 "Tech's rust belt takes shape" by Don Clark, Shira Ovide says IBM's rev dropped 5%, Microsoft turned in zero growth, Intel's 1Q profits dropped 25% as these firms are being pushed aside by new firms.

UnitedHealth:  IBD pA1 "UnitedHealth sees disadvantage ahead" by Kevin HarlinAJC pA16: "UnitedHealth warns of medicare squeeze", WSJ pB4 "UnitedHealth's outlook cautiious amid Medicare debate" by Jon kamp, Melodie Warner say UnitedHealth said that funding cuts for private versions of Medicare will force UnitedHealth to recondiser expectations for earnings growth next year & cost it $2.5 bil in rev this year.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks fall anew on weak results" by Chris Dieterich says stocks dropped for the 2nd day in a row due to lackluster earnings reports. UnitedHealth fell 3.8% after its 1Q earnings were ahead of expectations but rev was lower than expected and it lowered its full year ev estimate by up to $2 bil. Verizon is charted under Good news as it had 1Q earnigns that beat estiamtes although rev came in shy of analyst views.

Verizon: NYT pB8 "irelessw ifts profit at Verizon" by Brian X. Chen, FT p13 "Verizon turns heat on Vodafone" by Anousha Sakou, Daniel Thomas, Paul Taylor,IBD pA1 "Verizon rings up orofit gain", WSJ pB5 "Verizon profit up 16%" by Thomas Gryta, IBD pA4 "Verizon CFO opens door to possible Vodafone deal" by Reinhardt Krause, AJC pA16 "Wireless business bolsters Verizn's profit", WSJ pC10 "Overheard"  say Verizon Communications had rev for wireless of $19.5 bil up 6.8% from last year.  It activated 7.2 mil smartphones over the quarter and its shared data plans helped increase rev per account to $150.27 per account up 6.9% from last year.  4 mil of the smartphoens sold were Apple's iPhone.

FT p24 "Verizon rings up further gains as investors buy defensive telecoms" by Arash Massoudi says US stocks fell Thurs while Verizon Comm touched its highest level in more than a decade as investors embraced defensive telecom stocks amid the downturn.  Apple lost its place as top market cap firm replaced by Exxon.  Microsoft lost 0.1%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks fall anew on weak results" by Chris Dieterich says stocks dropped for the 2nd day in a row due to lackluster earnings reports. UnitedHealth fell 3.8% after its 1Q earnings were ahead of expectations but rev was lower than expected and it lowered its full year ev estimate by up to $2 bil. Verizon is charted under Good news as it had 1Q earnigns that beat estiamtes although rev came in shy of analyst views.

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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 4/1/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.73
2. WalMart WMT 246.37
3. GE 240.41
4. Microsoft MSFT 239.6
5. IBM 237.72
6. Chevron CVX 230.73
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 227.9
8. Procter & Gamble PG 210.5
9. Pfizer PFE 207.48
10. AT&T T 201.49
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 180.51
12. Coke KO 180.23
13. Verizon VZ 140.48
14. Merck MRK 133.59
15. Bank of America BAC 131.79
16. Cisco CSCO 111.41
17. Intel INTC 108
18. Home Depot HD 103.20
19. Disney DIS 102.55
20. McDonald's MCD 99.97
21. United Technologies UTX 85.64
22. American Express AXP 74.52
23. 3M MMM 73.35
24. Boeing BA 64.92
25. UnitedHealth UNH 58.64
26. Caterpillar CAT 56.97
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 46.35
28. DuPont DD 45.93
29. Travelers TRV 31.82
30. Alcoa AA 9.11

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/1/13:

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

AT&T T: 3/13/13& 3/5 8Ks re: closing of sale of global notes
3/1/13 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders 4/26/13 Cheyenne, WY
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/12/13 8K re: closing of sale of various Notes
2/4/12 8K re: the increased of the Board of Dirs from 12 to 13 & election of Micahel B. McCalister to Bd.
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

Alcoa AA: 3/1/12 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/13 at Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh
2/19/13 & 2/15/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
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

American Express AXP: 3/25/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to 150 mil shares and qtr div of 20 cents payable 5/10 to record holders as of 4/5
3/18/13 Proxy re: annual mtg of sharehodlers 4/29/13 at NYC HQ
3/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats Dec. thru Feb. '13
3/14/13 8K re: buback of up to $4bil of shares & qtr div. of 23 cents
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/22/13 8K re: election of Anne Lauvergeon & Samuel J. Palmisano (former IBM CEO) as Dirs.
2/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for the 3 months ending 1/31/13
2/6/13 8K re: semin-annual presentation to Fin'l Community
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


Bank of Am BAC: 3/28/13 Proxy re: Anual mtg of stockhodlers 5/8/13 Charlotte Marriott, N.C.
3/15/13 8K re: Mukesh D. Ambani retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/14/13 8K re: Red ok'd capital plan
3/5/13 8K re: error in 10K consents
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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

Boeing BA: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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

Caterpillar CAT: 3/20/13 8K re: 3 month dealer stats thru 12/12
2/20/13 8K re: Jan. dealer stats.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
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


Chevron CVX: 3/1/13 8K re: resignation of Chuck Hagel as Dir. to become Sec'y of Defense
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/4/13 8K re: compensation to officers
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q and 2012 full year results (& 1/10/13 8K)


Cisco CSCO: 3/26/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/19/13 10Q & 2/13/13 8K re: 2 Qtr ended 1/26/13 results
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

Coke KO: 3/21/13 8K re: transfer of Indian & SW Asian business units to Pacific segments
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 annual shareholder meeting at Cobb Galleries, Atlanta
3/5/13 8K re: closing of sale of $500 mil floating rate notes due '15
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/21/13 8K re: retirment of Donald R. Keough & James B. Williams as Directors
2/20/13 8K re: stock option plan for execs
2/12/13 8K results for year & 4Q ended 12/31/12

Disney DIS: 3/20/13 8K re: $1.5 bil 364 day credit agreement
3/8/13 8K re: change to exec bonus plan
2/26/13 Proxy re: supplemntal info re: what a great job CEO Robert Iger is doing
2/14/13 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/5/13 10Q & 2/5/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 12/29/12 results
1/18/13 Proxy re: annual shareholders meeting 3/6/13 in Phoeniz, Arizona
1/11/13 8K re: stock plan for directors

DuPont DD: 3/26/13 8K re: settlement with Monsanto of patent litigation
3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/24 Stockholders Meeting at DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
2/7/13 8K re: closing of sale of Performance Coating biz to Carlyle Group of $4.9 bil cash
1/28/13 8K re: comp. for CEO Ellen J. Kullman
1/22/13 8K re: 4Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 3/26/13 8K re: financial presentation
3/12/13 8K re: analyst meeting
2/27/13 Iran Notice
2/27/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/19/13 8K re: replacement reserves for 2012
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q results for year ended 12/31/12
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q estimated results

GE: 3/20/13 8K re: bonsues to execs
3/19/13 8K re: closing of sale of GE's 49% interest in Comcast
3/18/13 8K re: selection of Jan R. Hauser as VP, Controller]
3/11/13 Proxy re: 4/24/13 Annual Shareholder mtg at Morial Conv. Ctr, New Orlean
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/15/13 8K re: increase of number of Directors from 18 to 19 & election of Francisco D. Souza , CEO of Cognizant Technologies, as Director
2/12/13 8K re: sale of GE's 49% interest in NBC Universal to Comcast for $12 bil cash & 4 bil stock
1/18/13 8K re: 4Q results

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockhodlers meeting on 3/20
3/12 Proxy materials
3/11/13 10Q for qtr ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 2 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 1/31/13 results
1/31/13 Proxy re: annual stockholders meeting 3/20/13, Mt. View, CA

Home Depot HD: 3/28/13 10K for year ended 2/3/13
3/6/13 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
2/26/13 8K re: results of year & qtr ended 2/3/13

Intel INTC: 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12
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


IBM: 3/11/13 Proxy re 4.30/13 annual meeting of stockholders at Von Braun Ctr., Huntsville, Al
2/28/13 2 8Ks re: investor briefing
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: underwriting of Notes
2/1/13 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


JPMorganChase JPM: 3/22/13 Proxy re: 5/21/13 annual shareholders mtg at Highland Oaks Campus, Tampa
3/15/13 8K re: stock buyback of up to $6 bil and payment of 30 cent dividend on 3/19
2/28/13 8K re: Investor Day presentation
2/28/13 Iran Notice
2/28/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/5/13 8K re: issuance of Preferred Shares
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 3/13/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Shareholder mtg at Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
2/25/13 8K re: charge to net income due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
2/22/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/22/13 2 8Ks re: 4Q & 2012 results and earnings call

McDonald's MCD: 3/13/13 8K re: decrease of global sales by 1.5% in Feb.
2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: comp for officers
2/8/13 8K re: sales decrease of 1.9% in Jan
1/31/13 8K re: quarterly cash dividend
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results


Merck MRK: 3/7/13 8K re: Peter S. Kim retirement as Pres. Merck Research Labs
2/25/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/20/13 8K re: paying $215 mil to settle class action lawsuits related to ENHANCE Study
2/1/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 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


Pfizer PFE: 3/14/13 Proxy re: 4/25/13 Annual mtg of shareholders, Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28 & 3/1/13 10K & 10K/A for year ended 12/31/12
2/28/13 Iran Notice
1/29/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results



Procter & Gamble PG: 2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation
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

3M MMM: 3/27/13 Proxy re: 5/14/13 Shareholder Mtg. at Rivercentre, St. Paul, Min
3/1/13 8K re: realignment of 3M's business groups and effect on results
2/14/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/6/13 8K re: election of Muhtar Kent, Coke CEO, as Director
1/24/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results

Travelers TRV: 3/21/13 8K re: Lawrence G. Graev retirement from Bd. of Dirs.
3/21/13 Proxy re 5/22/13 Shareholder Mtg, Marriott, Hartford, Ct.
3/1/13 10K/A & 2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/23/13 &1/22/13 8Ks re: 4Q results

UnitedHealth Group UNH: 3/11/13 8K re: Barclays Global Healthcare conference presentation
2/28/13 8K re: sale of Notes
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
1/17/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results
12/6/12 & 11/19/12 8Ks re: purchase of over 60% of shares of Amil

United Technologies UTX: 3/15/13 Proxy re: 4/29/13 annual meeting of shareholders, Oglethorpe Aud, Savannah, Ga.
2/7/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 Iran Notice
1/23/13 8K re: 4Q & 2012 results


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 3/18/13 Proxy re: 5/2/13 Annual Mtg of shareholders, Doubletree, Tulsa, OK
2/26/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12
2/7/13 8K re: election of Gregory D. Wasson, Pres & CEO of Walgreen, as Director
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)


WalMart WMT: 3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
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