Friday, June 14, 2013

6/14/13 Fri. pm Dow Closes at 15070.18 down 105.9 or 0.70%

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Post No. 2,225  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 recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and recent Dow 30 components' SEC filings.

 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 15070.18 down 105.9 or 0.70% from Thursday's close of 15176.08. For the week the Dow is down177.94 or 1.17% from last Friday's close of 15248.12. Of the Dow components 4 gained, Johnson & Johnson was unchanged and 25  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was Verizon up 43 cents or 0.85%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was American Express down $2.24 or 2.98%.

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 16.58 up from Thursday's trailing P/E ratio of 16.38 (last year it was 13.94); today's P/E estimate is 13.75 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 13.75 (year ago it was 11.75) and today's dividend yield is 2.41 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.43 (last year it was 2.66). The Dow's all-time high was 15,409.39 on May 28, 2013. 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 1962.38 down 13.79 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1976.17. 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  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $65.41 down 46  cents from Thursday's average of $65.87. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $63.80 (DIS/UNH) down 42 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $64.22. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made $1,379 ( $197,617 - $196,238).

Friday MarketWatch 4:18 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks fell on Friday, chalking up a third weekly loss in four, with investors on guard ahead of next week’s monetary-policy decision by the Federal Open Market Committee.“We didn’t get the pullback in May when we thought we would, so it looks like June is giving us some of that,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates Inc. A day after Wall Street rallied on thinking the Federal Reserve would continue record-low interest rates, investors took a cautious stance on the final session of a losing week.The FOMC holds a two-day policy gathering next week, with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke due to hold a news conference Wednesday, after the FOMC decision.Wall Street is tracking economic reports for clues as to whether the economy is strong enough to withstand the much-talked of tapering of Fed stimulus, specifically its $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.
“The economy is not where it needs to be for the Fed to cut off stimulus, with inflation coming in under their target and with the jobs report still not being really strong, it still leaves room for the Fed to maintain its policies,” said Fitzpatrick. After this week’s global volatility, attention will remain focused on the next FOMC meeting and whether the Federal Reserve will indicate any change to its quantitative-easing policy.On Friday, the Fed was advised to step carefully in scaling back from its monetary easing by the International Monetary Fund, which also cut its U.S. growth outlook for next year to 2.7% from the 3% projected in April.
After climbing 29 points and falling 131, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.70%  lost 105.90 points, or 0.7%, to 15,070.18.Down 1.2% for the week, the Dow on Friday made its fourth consecutive triple-digit move.A day after its best session since Jan. 2, the S&P 500 index SPX -0.59%  retreated 9.63 points, or 0.6%, to 1,626.73, with financials pacing the losses that included all but one of its 10 major sectors.The S&P 500 finished with a 1% weekly drop.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.63%  shed 21.81 points, or 0.6%, to 3,423.56, leaving it off 1.3% from last Friday’s close.Decliners ran ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 626 million shares traded. Composite volume neared 2.9 billion.Energy prices rose, with crude-oil futures CLN3 +1.23% climbing to highs not seen since September, up $1.82 at $97.85 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold also gained, with futures GCQ3 +0.85%  rising $9.80 to close at $1,387.60 an ounce.

Friday'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 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 15176.08 up 180.85 or 1.21% from Wednesday's close of 14995.23. For the year the Dow is up 15.81%. Of the Dow components 29 gained and only DuPont declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up $2.57 and percentage-wise was Caterpillar up 2.32%. The only and therefore biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was DuPont down 35 cents or 0.65%.

WSJ pC1 "US stocks tune out Tokyo" by Chris Dieterick, Tomi Kilgore says US stocks staged a strong rally as upbeat reading on the economy helped insulate share prices from another nose dive in Japanese stocks.  

NYT pB7 "Stocks rise broadly after upbeat reports on retailing and jobs"& same story at AJC pA19 "Reports give US stocks a lift" by Matthew Craft, AP says good news re: hiring & spending at retail businesses sent the US stock market up Thurs.

IBD pB2 "Stocks back in uptrend but can they beat June gloom?" by Paul Whitfield says the S&P notched its best % gain since Jan 2 Thurs marking a positive step for the market as the current outllok is a confirmed uptrend.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1976.17 up 23.55 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1952.62. 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 $65.87 up 78  cents from Wednesday's average of $65.09. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $64.22 (DIS/UNH) up 69 cents from Wednesday's median closing price of $63.43. 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 made $2,355 ( $197,617 - $195,262).

Thursday MarketWatch 4:46 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the S&P 500 index marking its best day in five months, bolstered by upbeat economic data and a late-session report in The Wall Street Journal that eased worries about the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.
U.S. stock indexes were already surging as positive economic reports overrode concern about the Japanese market, but rose to session highs in the wake of the Journal piece. “There’s a Wall Street Journal report about the Fed not likely to do anything at this meeting,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. A story written by Journal reporter Jon Hilsenrath, considered an influential voice on central-bank policy, said that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would likely reiterate the Fed expects a “considerable” amount of time to pass between ending the central bank’s bond-buying program and raising short-term rates. The Federal Open Market Committee will issue a monetary-policy decision next week.Tallying its best session since Jan. 2, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index SPX +1.48%  rose 23.84 points, or 1.5%, to 1,636.36, with financials pacing gains that included all of its 10 major industry sectors.“We had a decent jobless-claims number and retail sales were pretty solid,” said Matt Kaufler, portfolio manager at Federated Investors. “Both are very encouraging signs of the ongoing mending of the U.S. economy, which helped negate concerns about what happened in Japan overnight.”The Labor Department said applications for unemployment benefits fell by 12,000 to 334,000 last week. The four-week moving average declined to 345,250 last week from 352,500. Separate numbers from the Commerce Department had retail sales climbing 0.6% in May, the largest jump in three months, and coming after a 0.1% rise in April.After another drop in the Nikkei, have the central banks stopped communicating with the markets? Economics editor David Wessel discusses.After falling as much as 41 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.21% rose as much as 207, and finished at 15,176.08, up 180.85 points, or 1.2%. After three consecutive sessions of losses, its longest such streak this year, Thursday’s gains cut the Dow’s weekly losses down to 0.5%.A day after boosting its quarterly dividend by 8 cents to 60 cents a share, heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT +2.32%   led blue-chip gains, which included 26 of the index’s 30 components.The Nasdaq Composite index COMP +1.32%  added 44.94 points, or 1.3%, to 3,445.37.For every stock falling, nearly six gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where almost 756 million shares traded.Composite volume neared 3.4 billion.U.S. Treasury prices rose, with the yield on the 10-year note 10_YEAR +0.09%  used in determining mortgage rates and other consumer loans falling to 2.149%. The price of crude CLN3 -0.03%  rose 81 cents to $96.69 a barrel and gold futures GCQ3 +0.54%  declined $14.20 to $1,377.80 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The U.S. dollar DXY +0.03%  fell against the yen USDJPY +0.2065% , as investors rattled by stocks sinking in Japan unwound bets that Japan’s currency would soften.“It appears that the global markets are feeling the reaction of global traders suddenly trying to unwind global carry-trade positions in light of the fact that the currency used to put on the trade, the yen, has suddenly moved up to a 10-week high versus the dollar,” Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Companies, said in emailed comments.The direction of Fed policy, and specifically when the central bank may scale back its bond purchases, has been a primary concern for investors in recent weeks.“The market’s in a bit of a tug of war in that you have this fear on any given day of the new buzz word, or tapering, by the Fed, and will the market be able to ride without training wheels, if you will, or the assistance of the Fed,” said Kaufler.And then there’s “spillover concern from the Nikkei, fueled by their own monetary policy,” added Kaufler of Japan, where the Nikkei Stock Average JP:NIK -6.35% plunged 6.4% Thursday, pushing it back into bear-market territory.
Among notable U.S. stock moves Thursday, Williams Cos. WMB -0.97%  fell 1% after the pipeline company said a blast occurred Thursday morning at a facility in Geismar, La. At least two people died and nearly 50 were reportedly injured in the chemical-plant explosion.Gannett Co. Inc. GCI +34.01%  shares rallied 34% after the publisher of USA Today agreed to purchase television company Belo Corp. BLC +28.33%  for about $1.5 billion.Safeway Inc. SWY +7.40%   jumped 7.4% after the grocer said it would sell its stores in Canada and use the proceeds to pay down debt and repurchase stock.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

Aloca:   No mentions found.

American Express:   No mentions found.

Bank of America:   No mentions found.

Boeing:  WSJ pB3 "Boeing jet maker to launch stretch 787 in Paris" by Jon Ostrower, Daniel Michaels says Boeing will launch a third version of its 787 and secure its first firm orders at the Paris air show next week.

WSJ pB6 "Big jets threaten Airbus, bankers" by Daniel Michaels says while Airbus is about to have its first A350 flight it is facing losses from the A340.  Airbus and Boeing have both suffered recent setbacks in advanced technologies and manufacturing.

Caterpillar:  USAT p1B "Caterpillar stops donating to Boy Scouts", AJC pA18 "Scouts disappointed Caterpillar drops aid" say Caterpillar Foundation withdrew support for Boy Scout of America due to the policy of barring gay adults from being scout leaders.

Chevron:   No mentions found.

Cisco:   No mentions found.

Coke:   No mentions found.

Disney:   WSJ pB4 "Media companies wary of Intel deals" by Shalini Ramachandran, Amol Sharma says a few months before Intel will launch a new online video service, major media firms are hesitating about striking programming deals with it, waiting to see which one will go first.  Disney's A&E would not comment.

DuPont:  IBD pA2 "DuPont profit hurt by weather", USAT p4B "DuPont" say it reduced its earning forecast for 1Q disappointing investors, due to damp weather in N. Amer & Europe.

Exxon:   No mentions found.

GE:   No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard:   No mentions found.

Home Depot:   No mentions found.

Intel: WSJ pB4 "Media companies wary of Intel deals" by Shalini Ramachandran, Amol Sharma says a few months before Intel will launch a new online video service, major media firms are hesitating about striking programming deals with it, waiting to see which one will go first.  Disney's A&E would not comment.

IBM:   No mentions found.

JPMorgan:  WSJ pC2 Hogan is risk chairman at JPMorgan" by Matthias Rieker says John Hogan returns after a 4 month leave of absence to be Chair of Risk for "several months" after which he may leave or take another position at JPM.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  IBD pA2 "Smartphone kill switch urged" says NY's top prosecutor want Microsoft and others to install a kill switch to make smartphones inoperable after they have been stolen.

WSJ pB5 "Best Buy to carve out Microsoft ministores" by Shira Ovide, Ann Zimmerman, IBD pA2 "Microsoft to open mini stores" say Microsoft will open stores within Best Buy.  By Sept there will be 500 Best Buy stores in the US and 100 in Canada.

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:  No mentions found.

Walmart:IBD pA2 "Walamrt turns to temp hiring" says it is now dowing this outside of Xmas season for the first time and will account for 1.98% of all its US employment.

Thursday's Dow Closing 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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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 Brian Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)

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 A. G. Lafley (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 5/16/13 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $403.29
2. Microsoft MSFT 284.61
3. WalMart WMT 258.46
4. GE 240.61
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 245.80
6. Chevron CVX 238.03
7. IBM 226.96
8. Procter & Gamble PG 219.04
9. Pfizer PFE 206.77
10. AT&T T 200.41
11. JPMorgan Chase JPM 194.14
12. Coke KO 191.33
13. Verizon VZ 152.15
14. Bank of America BAC 144.62
15. Merck MRK 139.66
16. Cisco CSCO 127.38
17. Intel INTC 119.63
18. Disney DIS 119.51
19. Home Depot HD 113.52
20. McDonald's MCD 101.55
21. United Technologies UTX 88.37
22. American Express AXP 79.55
23. 3M MMM 76.86
24. Boeing BA 74.69
25. UnitedHealth UNH 63.56
26. Caterpillar CAT 57.40
27. DuPont DD 50.93
28. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 41.51
29. Travelers TRV 32.83
30. Alcoa AA 9.23

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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 5/16/13:

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

AT&T T: 5/15/13 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes due '43
5/3/13 10Q & 2 8Ks 4/23/13 re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of annual stockholders meeting on 4/25/13
4/11/13 8K re: reclassification of revenue items
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.

Alcoa AA: 5/9/13 8K re: Sustainability Highlights Report
5/8/13 8K re: approval of Stock Incentive Plan
4/18/13 10Q; 4/11/3 8K & 4/9/13 8K all re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 5/3/13 annual meeting of stockholders
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


American Express AXP: 5/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months through 4/30/13
5/7/13 8K re: retirement of CFO Daniel T. Henry
5/2/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Sahreholder Meeting
4/30/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend from 20 cents to 23 cents per share
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/15/13 8K re: election of Edward P. Gilligan, Pres.
4/15/13 8K re: delinq. & write-off states for 3 months through 3/31
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


Bank of Am BAC: 5/8/13 8K re: voting resutls from 5/8 Stockhodlers Meeting
5/7/13 10Q & 4/17/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
5/6/13 8K re: settlement of lawsuit with MBIA
4/1/13 8K re: redemption of certain securities
3/28/13 Proxy re: Annual mtg of stockholders 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

Boeing BA: 5/3/13 8K re: issuance of floating rate senior notes due '14
4/30/13 8K re: voting results of 4/29 shareholders meeting held 4/29
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/22/13, 4/16 & 3/15/13 Proxy materials re: 4/29/13 annual mtg of shareholders at Field Museum, Chicago
2/11/13 10K for year ended 12/31/12


Caterpillar CAT: 5/7/13 8K re: settlement re: litigation arising from acquisition of ERA Mining (China)
5/2/13 10Q & 4/22/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/19/13 8K re: March dealer stats
4/10/13 8K re: retirement of G. Vittecoq, VP
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


Chevron CVX: 5/2/13 10Q; 4/26/13 8K; 4/10/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31/13 results
4/11/13 & 4/2/13 Proxy materials re: Stockhodler meeting on 5/29
4/2/13 8K re: salary increase for CEO and other execs
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: 5/15/13 8K re: 3Q ended 4/27 results
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.

Coke KO: 5/15/13 8K re: amendment of by-laws to allow calling of special shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/16/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/29 results
4/4/13 Proxy re: 4/24 shareholder meeting
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: 5/7/13 10Q & 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/30 results
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


DuPont DD: 4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 stockholders meeting
4/23/13 10Q & 8K re: quarter ended 3/31 results
4/4 proxy materials
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


ExxonMobil XOM: 5/13/13; 5/10; 4/12 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
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: 5/8/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr. ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/24 shareholders meeting
4/8/13 Proxy materials for shareholders meetings
3/20/13 8K re: bonuses 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


Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 4/4/13 8K re: resignations of directors John H. Hammergren & G. Kennedy Thompson
3/21/13 8K re: voting results of stockholders 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


Home Depot HD: 4/8/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Cobb Galleria, Atlanta
4/5/13 8K re: issuance of 2.7% Sr. Notes due '23 & '43
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: 5/8/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 8K re: election of Brian M. Krzanich as CEO Z& Renee J. James as pres. effective 5/16
4/29/13 10Q & 4/17 8K & 4/16 8K re: results of 1st quarter ended 3/30
4/3/13 Proxy materials for 5/16 stockholders meeting at Santa Clara, Cal.
2/19/13 10K for year ended 12/29/12



IBM: 5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: retirement of SVP HR J. Randall MacDonald
4/30/13 10Q & 4/19/13 & 4/18/13 8Ks re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/3/13 Proxy materials
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


JPMorganChase JPM: 5/16/13 Proxy materials for 5/21 shareholders meeting
5/15/13 8K re: sale of 1.6% notes due '18
5/8/13 10Q & 4/12 8K re: 1Q ended 3/31 results
5/2/13 8K re: sale of 4.25% notes due '18
4/23/13 8K re: sale of notes
5/1/13 8K re: sale of notes
4/29/13 8K re: resignation of co-C Frank J. Bisignano
4/9/13 8K re: redemption of securities
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


Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 5/3/13 10Q & 4/16 8K reL: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/26/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25 shareholders meeting
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


McDonald's MCD: 5/8/13 8K re: April sales
5/6/13 8K re: issuance of notes
5/3/13 8K re: adjustment to sales results
3/31/13 10Q & 4/19/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/12/13 Proxy materials for 5/23 shareholders meeting at Oak Brook, Ill
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


Merck MRK: 3/31/13 10Q & 5/1/13 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 Proxy material for 5/28 shareholders meeting at Bridgewater, NJ
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: 5/13/13 8K re: election of Amy Hood as CFO
5/1/13 8K re: sale of Euro notes
4/18/13 8K re: resignation of CFO Peter Klein
4/18/13 10Q & 4/18 8K re: results of Qtr ended 3/31
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: 5/10/13 10Q & 4/30/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/29/13 8K re: voting results of 4/25/13 shareholders meeting
4/3/13 Proxy material
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




Procter & Gamble PG: 5/14/13 8K re: Reg. FD disclosure re: Goldman Sachs Consumer Products Symposium
4/24/13 10Q & 4/24 2 8Ks re: 3Q ended 3/31 results
4/15/13 8K re: quarterly dividend of 0.6015 cents per share
2/21/13 8K re: presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of NY
2/14/13 8K re: eps outlook due to Venezuelan currency devaluation

3M MMM: 5/16/13 8K re: realignment of business groups
5/15/13 8K re: voting results of 5/14 stockholders meeting
5/7/13 Proxy materials
5/2/13 10Q & 4/25/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
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

Travelers TRV: 4/23/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy for 5/22 shareholders meeting at Hartford, Ct.
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


UnitedHealth Group UNH: 5/6/13 10Q & 4/18/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/24/13 Proxy materials for 6/3 shareholders meeting in Boston
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

United Technologies UTX: 4/30/13 8K re: results of shareholders meeting
4/26/13 10Q & 4/23/13 8K re: 1 Qtr ended 3/31 results
4/9/13 Proxy materials for 4/29 annual shareholders meeting
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



Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/13/13 8K re: distribution of $7 bil to Wireless Comm and Vodafone by Verizon Wireless
5/7/13 8K re: voting results of 5/2 annual mtg of shareholders
4/25/13 10Q & 4/13/13 8K re results of quarter ended 3/31
4/2/13 8K re: ruors of purchase of Vodaphone's interest in Verizon Wireless
4/1/13 & 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: 5/16/13 8K re: Qtr. ended 4/30 results
4/22/13 Proxy re: 6/7 shareholder meetings at Fayetteville, Ark.
4/10/13 8K re: sale of notes
3/26/13 10K for year ended 1/31/13
2/21/13 8K re: 4Q results & dividend for FY 2014
THAT'S ALL FOLKS

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