Wednesday, April 16, 2014

4/16/14 Wed am Coca-Cola to Buy Back up to $3 Bil of Shares

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Post No. 2,638 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 a summary of Dow 30 components'  recent SEC filings.

A  read of the print editions of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal,    Financial Times,   Investor's  Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg)  yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Tuesday's closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 16252.56 up 89.32 or 0.55%  from Monday's close of 16173.24. For the year the Dow is down 1.9%. Of the Dow components  23   gained and  7  declined.  The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Visa up $3.04 and percentage-wise was Coke up 3.74%. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM down 75 cents and percentage-wise was Verizon down 0.74%.

WSJ pC4 "Stocks wobble but end session higher" by Tomi Kilgore says US stocks closed higher as upbeat earnings reports for Dow firms helped offset disappointing regional manufacturing data.  Johnson & Johnson rose 2.1% after it reported better than expected 1Q results & raised its full year outlook.  Coke is charted under good new.

NYT pB4 "Blue chips ride to the rescue despite softening in some high flying shares" by Reuters says the market was up due to gains in Coke and Johnson & Johnson.  Coke reported better thane expected quarterly rev & Johnson & Johnson rose after its earrings beat expectations  & it raised its full year profit forecast.

FT p19 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says Coke led the S&P after it reported earnings that matched expectations.

IBD pB6 "Stocks erase early losses as Nasdaq finds support" by Ken Shreve says the S&P and Dow gained due to strong earnings from Coke and Johnson & Johnson & Johnson.  Chipmakers fared well ahead of Intel's earnings report after the close.  Tuesday's action was strong recovery in higher vol while the current outlook is market in correction.


As of the open    the market on Wednesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of  Wednesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Wednesday's trailing P/E ratio is 15.99 up from Tuesday's opening  trailing P/E ratio of 15.94   (last year it was 15.02).  Wednesday's P/E estimate is 14.53 unchanged from Tuesday's opening estimate of 14.53   (year ago it was 13.15) and Wednesday's dividend yield is 2.19 down  from Tuesday's opening dividend yield of 2.20   (last year it was 2.42). The Dow's all-time high was 16,576.66 on December 31, 2013. 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 2532.34 up 13.91  from  Monday's closing numerator of 2518.43.  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 (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.


The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $84.41 up 46 cents  from Monday's average closing price of $83.95.  The median closing price of  Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $78.59   (DIS/UNH)  DOWN $1.40 from Monday's median closing price of $80.00 (UNH/PG). The lowest volume was   Travelers and the highest volume was Intel.

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 $1,391  ($253,234 -$251,843).

4/15/14 Tues. 4:33   pm MarketWatch by Wallace Witkowski & Victor Reklaitis says  U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday following a choppy session, bouncing back from a sizable drop that came after reports of fighting on the ground in Ukraine.
The main indexes advanced for a second straight day and finished a little under their morning highs, which came as blue chips Coca-Cola Co. and Johnson & Johnson Inc. boosted sentiment with upbeat earnings reports.
The S&P 500 SPX +0.68%  rose 12.37, or 0.7%, to end at 1842.98, with energy and utilities faring best among the index’s 10 sectors. The benchmark pared its year-to-date loss to 0.3%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.55% gained 89.32, or 0.6%, to close at 16,262.56. The blue-chip index had been down by as much as 110 points at midday, and it also was up by 99.71 points at its session peak, according to FactSet data.
The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.29% tacked on 11.47, or 0.3%, to finish at 4,034.16. Earlier, the Nasdaq fell to an intraday low of 3,946.03, about 12 points shy of being down 10% from its recent intraday high on March 6 — in other words, correction territory.Stocks rose early on the earnings reports from Coca-Cola Co. and Johnson & Johnson Inc. Their big tumble came following reports that Russian forces had been spotted in the Ukraine and that Ukrainian forces stormed an airport in Kramatorsk held by pro-Russian militants. Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the airport. The White House said pro-Russian militants are provoking Ukrainian forces into a confrontation.                                        
“In my view, the Russian headlines were the cause for the decline,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG.
Equities started pulling back from earlier session highs after a lower-than-anticipated reading for a gauge of home-builder confidence. Also weighing on sentiment was an unexpected decline in the Empire State manufacturing index.
Tuesday’s big swings are pretty much in line with the volatility stocks have seen over the past few weeks said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management.
The Nasdaq is flirting with falling into correction mode.
“We’ve seen big swings and that’s more a sign of investor indecision about anything and everything,” Nolte said. “We’re still trying to piece together what the investing landscape will be in three months.”
The market’s choppy action and slight year-to-date loss isn’t surprising after 2013’s big advance, said Jim Kee, president and chief economist at South Texas Money Management. Kee said the firm has been telling clients to expect one or more pullbacks or corrections this year, but ultimately a gain by the end of the year.
“It’s kind of typical following a year like we had last year,” he said of the market’s slumps in 2014. Kee said the U.S. economy is normalizing, and he remains bullish. “We’ve been telling our clients that a pullback or a correction is a good time to put money to work,” he said.
Among chart watchers, some see further pain in at least the near term for the S&P 500.
Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at MKM Partners, wrote in a note Tuesday that he expects the benchmark to slip to its 200-day moving average, which is currently around the 1,763 level. He’s “looking for the SPX to test the 200 DMA in the next week or so,” he wrote.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes edged up slightly in April to a reading of 47 from 46 in March, but that missed forecasts for 50.

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

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  IBD pA2 "Boeing" says the 777X wing boxes will be made a ta factory that Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries will build for $98 bil.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:   WSJ pB1 "Price war erupts in cloud services" by Sira Ovide, WSJ pC12 "Finding stock plays in the cloud" by Dan Gallagher say the biggest palyers in the cloud such as Microsoft don't disclose results for their cloud biz as they are a small part of their overall operations.  Suppliers of hardware such as Cisco & IBM are being displaced by Amazon and its peers which are building gear for their own data centers.

Coke: WSJ pB3 "Coke profit falls: soda volume off" by Mike Esterl, FT p15 "Losing sparkle"WSJ pC4 "Stocks wobble but end session higher" by Tomi Kilgore, USAT p4B "Story stocks", IBD pA1 "Coke sales boosted by China"   say US stocks closed higher as upbeat earnings reports for Dow firms helped offset disappointing regional manufacturing data.  Johnson & Johnson rose 2.1% after it reported better than expected 1Q results & raised its full year outlook.  Coke is charted under good news after saying it would buy back between $2.5 and $3 bil of its stock.  Coke's net income fell 7.4% to $1.62 bil in 1Q due to weakening foreign currencies.  Rev dropped 4.2% to $10.58 bil after it divested bottling ops in the Philippines & Brazil.  fT says Coke hit a near 15 year low for global sales of fizzy drinks.

NYT pB4 "Blue chips ride to the rescue despite softening in some high flying shares" by Reuters says the market was up due to gains in Coke and Johnson & Johnson.  Coke reported better thane expected quarterly rev & Johnson & Johnson rose after its earrings beat expectations  & it raised its full year profit forecast.

FT p19 "Wall Street" by Eric Platt says Coke led the S&P after it reported earnings that matched expectations.

IBD pB6 "Stocks erase early losses as Nasdaq finds support" by Ken Shreve says the S&P and Dow gained due to strong earnings from Coke and Johnson & Johnson & Johnson.  Chipmakers fared well ahead of Intel's earnings report after the close.  Tuesday's action was strong recovery in higher vol while the current outlook is market in correction.

Disney:  IBD pA1 How Michael Eisner  reanimated Disney" by Andrea Riquier says Eisner restored Disney's brand magic with new films and a releveraging of assets.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  WSJ pC1 "Goldman moves to energize trading" by Justin Baer, scott Patterson says under pressure from unhappy clients & losing market share, GToldman is trying to jump start its stock trading biz.

Home Depot:  USAT p1B "Brands get caught in bitter tweet traps" by Jolie Lee says Home Depot is among big name brands that have ahd bad experiences on social media after it posted a racially insensitive tweet.

Intel:  WSJ pB3 "Intel's profit slides as PC market gives way to tablets" by Don Clark, Anna Prior, NYT pB3 "Intel's profit slips, but investors are still turning toward tech's staid stalwarts" by Quentin Hardy, USAT p2B "Intel's 1Q net income tumbles" by Mike Snider, IBD pA5 "Intel Q1 EPS edges views: sales in line" by Patrick Seitz say Intel's profit declined 4.8% in 1Q but rev edged up 1.5%.  IN all Intel had a profit of $1.95 bil or 38 cents a share vs a profit a year ago of $2.05 bil or 40 cents a share.

IBM:   WSJ pC1 "IBM must give investors more than safety" by Dan Gallagher says IBM is now seen as a safe harbor tech stock despite its lack of rev growth for 7 straight quarters.

IBD pA2 "IBM" says IBM's eps growth will slow through '20 as it invests in cloud computing services and IT moderates per Citigroup.

WSJ pC12 "Finding stock plays in the cloud" by Dan Gallagher says the biggest palyers in the cloud such as Microsoft don't disclose results for their cloud biz as they are a small part of their overall operations.  Suppliers of hardware such as Cisco & IBM are being displaced by Amazon and its peers which are building gear for their own data centers.

JPMorgan:  No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson: WSJ pB3 "Pricey J&J hep C drug sells strongly" by Peter Loftus says WSJ pC4 "Stocks wobble but end session higher" by Tomi Kilgore, IBD pA1 "J&J gains on modest Q1 beat"  say US stocks closed higher as upbeat earnings reports for Dow firms helped offset disappointing regional manufacturing data.  Johnson & Johnson rose 2.1% after it reported better than expected 1Q results & raised its full year outlook.  Coke is charted under good new.  JNJ's 1Q profit rose 35.2% to $4.7 bil or 1.64 a share while sales rose 3.5% to $18.1 bil.

NYT pB4 "Blue chips ride to the rescue despite softening in some high flying shares" by Reuters says the market was up due to gains in Coke and Johnson & Johnson.  Coke reported better thane expected quarterly rev & Johnson & Johnson rose after its earrings beat expectations  & it raised its full year profit forecast.

IBD pB6 "Stocks erase early losses as Nasdaq finds support" by Ken Shreve says the S&P and Dow gained due to strong earnings from Coke and Johnson & Johnson & Johnson.  Chipmakers fared well ahead of Intel's earnings report after the close.  Tuesday's action was strong recovery in higher vol while the current outlook is market in correction.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:     WSJ pB1 "Price war erupts in cloud services" by Sira Ovide, WSJ pC12 "Finding stock plays in the cloud" by Dan Gallagher say the biggest palyers in the cloud such as Microsoft don't disclose results for their cloud biz as they are a small part of their overall operations.  Suppliers of hardware such as Cisco & IBM are being displaced by Amazon and its peers which are building gear for their own data centers.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  No mentions found.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:

SymbolLast SaleChange% ChangeShare VolumeMarket
T▲ NYSE
AXP▲ NYSE
BA▲ NYSE
CAT▼ NYSE
CVX▲ NYSE
CSCO▲ NASDAQ-GS
KO▲ NYSE
DIS▲ NYSE
DD▲ NYSE
XOM▲ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▲ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▲ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▼ NYSE
JPM▼ NYSE
JNJ▲ NYSE
MCD▲ NYSE
MRK▲ NYSE
MSFT▲ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▼ NYSE
PFE▲ NYSE
PG▲ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▲ NYSE
UTX▲ NYSE
UNH▲ NYSE
VZ▼ DualListed
V▲ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)


American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)


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)


Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)


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 Satya Nadella


Nike NK Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)


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)


Visa V Charles W. Scharf (Foster City, CA)


Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)


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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 3/9/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $409.31
2. Microsoft MSFT 325.76
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 266.23
4.  GE 255.84
5. WalMart WMT 243.21
6. Chevron CVX 222.80
7. JPMorgan Chase JPM 218.39
8. Procter & Gamble PG 216.34
9. Pfizer PFE 203.81
10. Verizon VZ 194.10
11. IBM 193.56
12.AT&T T 172.38
13. Coke KO 169.56
14. Merck MRK 166.83
15.  Visa V 143.15
16. Disney DIS 142.71
17. Intel INTC 124.03
18. Cisco CSCO 111.42
19. Home Depot HD 110.84
20.United Technologies UTX 105.02
21. American Express AXP 96.73
22. McDonald's MCD 96.10
23. Boeing BA 92.72
24. 3M MMM 87.91
25. Goldman Sachs GS 78.56
26. UnitedHealth UNH 78.49
27.Nike NKE 70.76
28. DuPont DD 62.08
29. Caterpillar CAT 61.52
30. Travelers TRV 29.61


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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/19/14:

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

AT&T T:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes to purchase LEAP
3/11/14 Proxy re Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 4/25/14 9 am, Rivermill Event Centre, Columbus, GA
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Global Notes
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: 4Q earnings release
1/22/14 8K re: certain fin'l items for 4Q
12.18/13 8K re: sale of AT&T's incumbent local exchange opers in Ct. to Frontier Comm. for $ 2 bil
12/16/13 8K re: redemption of shares of Perpetual Cumulative Pref. Stock held by subsidiaries
12/12/13 8K re: amendments to '11 Incentive Plan re: triggers of benefit accelerations
12/11/13 8K re: amendment to $5 bil credit agreement
12/6/13 8K; 11/20/13 8K; 11/14/13 8K & 11/5/13 all re: the tender offer of $3.3 bil of Notes


American Express AXP:
3/17/14 8K re: jv agreement with Certares re: Global Business Travel Division
3/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 2/28/14
2/25/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/18/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/14
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q results
1/15/14 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 12/31/13
12/24/13 8K re: settlement with bank regulators re: credit card add-on products
12/19/13 8K re: settlement of class action filed by US merchants
12/16/13 8K re: deling. & write-off states for 3 mos. through 11/30/13



Boeing BA:
3/14/14 Proxy for Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/28/14 10:00 am, Field Museum, Chicago
3/11/14 8K re: amendments to Supp. Exec. Retirement Plan
4/28/14 8K re: selection of Robert E. Verbeck as VP Finance
2/27/14 8K re: grants of restricted stock units to execs
2/14/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/19/13 8K re: promotion of Dennis A. Muilenberg from CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security to COO of Boeing & promotion of Raymond L. Conner to Boeing Vice-Chair & CEO of Boeing Comm'l Airplanes & technical amendments to By-laws
12/16/13 8K re: increase in quarterly dividend and add'l $10 bil for stock repurchase program


Caterpillar CAT:
 2/20/14 8K re: retail sales info
2/18/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/27/14 8K re: 4Q results &  12/31/13 results
1/24/14 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 12/13
12/23/13 8K re: restructuring of Gosseliers, Belgium ops
12/19/13 8K re: 3 mo. dealer stats thru 11/13
12/11 8K re: mandatory retirement of David R. Goode, Charles D. Powell & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Joshua I. Smith from Board & amp; amp; amendment to by-laws


Chevron CVX:
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/31/14 8K re: grants of stock options to execs
1/31/14 8K re: 4Q and year end results
1/9/14 8K re: interim update for 4Q
12/13/13 8K re: election of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. to Board & amendment to By-laws


Cisco CSCO:
3/11/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plan
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
2/26/14 8K re: public offering of Senior Notes
2/20/14 10Q & 2/12/14 8K re: qtr. ended 1/25/14
12/23/13 8K re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/4/13 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for EVP & Chief Dev. Officer


Coke KO:
3/7/14 8K re: public offering of $1 bil Floating Rate Notes due '15
3/7/14 Proxy Statement re: Shareholder Meeting 4/23/14 12:30 pm Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: Kathy Walker replacing Gary Fayad as EVP/CFO & retirement from BoD of Donald F. McHenry & Jacob Wallenberg
2/19/14 8K re: amendment of Restricted Stock Award Plan
2/18/14 8K re: results of 4Q & year
2/6/14 8K re: agreement with Green Mt. Coffee Roaster
1/24/14 8K & 12/18/13 8K both re: departure of EVP & Pres. of Coca-Cola Americas Steven A. Cahillane



Disney DIS:
3/18/14; 3/4/14; & 2/3/14 Add'l proxy materials 
2/5/14 10Q & 2/5/14 8K re: Qtr ended 12/28/13
1/24/14 Def. Proxy (& Prelim 12/23/13) re: Annual Shareholders Mtg on 3/18/14 at 10 am Keller Aud., Portland, OR
12/23/13 8K re: election of Jack Dorsey to Board
12/9/13 8K re: Medium-Term Note Program



DuPont DD:
3/14/14 Proxy Stockholders Mtg 4/23/14 10:30 am, DuPont Theatre, Wilmington, DE
3/10/14 8K re: guidance for 2014
2/5/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: 4Q results


ExxonMobil XOM:
3/11/14 8K re: presentation at analyst meeting
2/26/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/21/14 8K re: oil reserves info
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/5/13 10Q & 10/31/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

GE:
3/11/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
3/5/14 Proxy Annual Shareholders Meeting 4/23/14 10 am Sheraton, Chicago
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/17/14 8K re: 4Q results


Goldman Sachs GS:
3/3/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/3/14 8K re: election of Peter Oppenheimer to Bod
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/12/14 8K re: public offering of debt
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & year end results for 12/31/13.
12/2/13 8K re: approval by regulators of '13 Capital Plan


Home Depot HD:
2/28/14 8K re: election of Craig A. Menear, Pes. US Retail
2/25/14 8K re: results for fiscal year and qtr ended 2/2/14



Intel INTC:
2/14/14 10K for year ended 2/28/13
2/3/14 8K re: comp structure for execs & employees
1/16/14 8K re: results for 4Qtr & fiscal year ended 12/28/13
12/9/13 8K re: amdmt to '07 Annul Pref. Cash Bonus Plan for Exec Officers




IBM:
3/10/14 Proxy Stockholder Mtg 4/29/14 10 am Osborn Conv. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL
2/25/14 8K 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/11/14 8K re: public offering of debt
2/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of IBM's customer care process outsourcing business to SYNNEX
1/31/14 8K re: exec comp. structure
1/23/14 8K re: sale of x86 server portfolio to Lenovo
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q earnings presentation
1/21/14 8K re: fin'l results for period ending 12/31/13
12/13/13 8K re: consulting contract with retiring Mark Loughridge, SVP


JPMorganChase JPM:
3/14/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
3/10/14 8K re: issuance of Pref. Stock
3/5/14 8K re: issuance of Notes
2/27/14 8K re: Investor Day Presentation
2/6/14 8K re: sale of Pref. Stock
2/5/14 8K re: payment of $614 mil to settle mortgage case brought by US Atty SDNY, FHA, HUD & VA
1/30/14 8K sale of Pref. Stock
1/28/14 8K re: public offering of Notes
1/24/14 8K re: grant of restricted stock units to CEO Jamie Dimon
1/22/14 8K re: issuance of fixed to floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock
1/14/14 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/7/14 8K re: settlement with various regulations relating to Madoff fraud
1/3/14 8K re: election of Michael A. Nead to Board
11/20/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $13 bil to settle with the President's Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) Work Group of the Fin'l Fraud Enforcement Task Force
11/18/13 8K re: settlement by payment of $4.5 bil with 21 inst'l investors re: RMBS claims


Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
3/12/14 Proxy -  Shareholder Meeting 4/24 10 am Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ
2/21/14 10K for year ended 12/29/13
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q 7 fiscal year ended 12/29/13 results
1/17/14 8K re: sale to Carlyle Group of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics unit
12/4/13 8K re: sale of $3.5 bil Floating Rate notes
11/19/13 8K re: settlement of $2.5 Bil for DePuy hip system claims



McDonald's MCD:
3/13/14 8K re: presentation at Merrill Lynch Consumer Retail Conf. in NYC 3/12
3/10/14 8K re: Feb. sales
2/24/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/14/14 8K re: exec awards under cash performance unit plan
2/10/14 8K re: Jan sales
1/31/14 8K re: payout structure for '14 Target Incentive Plan for Execs
1/23/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results for period ended 12/31/13
12/9/13 8K re: Nov. sales



Merck MRK:
2/28/14 8K re: amdmt of Bylaws so 15% of shareholders can call a meeting
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/5/14 8K re: retirement of John Canan, Sr. VP Finance
2/5/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
11/7/13 10Q & 10/28/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13

Microsoft MSFT:
3/12/14 8K re: election of G. Mason Morfit, Pres. ValueAct Capital, to BoD
2/4/14 8K re: election of Satya Nadella as CEO
1/23/14 10Q & 1/23/14 8K re: 4Q ended 12/31/13
12/6/13 8K re: issuance of over $5 bil of notes un Euros & US Dollars
11/26/13 8K re: restructuring to a devices & services company
11/20/13 8K re: voting results of '13 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 11/19/13



Nike NKE:
1/7/1410Q  & 12/23/14 8K & 12/19/13 8K re: 4Q ended 11/30/13
10/7/13 10Q, 9/30/13 8K & 9/26/13 8K re: results for qtr ended 8/31/13



Pfizer PFE:
3/13/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/24/14 8:30 am Hilton Short Hills, NJ
2/28/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/28/14 8K re: results for 4Q and year
12/28/13 8K re: retirement of M. Anthony Burns from Board
12/19/13 8K re: amdmt of By-laws
12/17/13 8K re: promotion of Albert Bourla to Group VP, Vaccine, ONcology & amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; Consumer Health instead of Amy Schulman who leaves Pfizer (she was GC) & promotion of Susan Silberman to Pres. & amp; GM Global Vaccines
11/8/13 10Q & 10/29/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/29/13


Procter & Gamble PG:
2/28/14 8K re: A.G. Lafley's pre-arranged stock trading plan
2/14/14 8K re: exercise of stock options by CEO A.G. Lafley
2/11/14 8K re: company guidance
1/24/14 10Q & 1/24/14 2 8Ks re: results for fiscal year ended 12/31/13
1/14/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to Code of Regulations
11/5/13 8K re: close of sale of 750 mil Euros 2% Notes due '21
11/4/13 8K close of sale of $2 bil Notes



3M MMM:
3/5/14 8K re: realignment of business segments
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/30/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
12/17/13 8K re: declaration of dividend & update of its 5 year plan ('13 - '17)
11/19/13 3 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for CEO and other execs


Travelers TRV:
3/17/14 8K re: cahnge of date of Annual Shareholders Meeting from 5/28 to 5/27/14 at Hartford, Ct., Mariott Downtown
2/13/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/6/14 8K re: election of Philip T. Ruegger III to Bod
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results ended 12/31/13


United Technologies UTX:
3/14/14 Proxy - Shareholder Meeting 4/28 2 pm Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte, NC
2/6/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/22/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/13/13 8K re: amdmt to B-Laws re: forum to adjudicate certain disputes
10/25/13 10Q & 10/22/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 9/30/13
10/22/13 8K re: 3Q results


UnitedHealth Group UNH:
3/7/14 8K re: presentation at Barclays Global Healthcare Conf. Miami 3/11
2/28/14 8K re: presentation at Raymond James INv. Conf. Orlando 3/4
2/12/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
1/16/14 8K re: 4Q & full year results
1/3/14 8K re: presentation at Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conf.
12/2/13 8K re: Annual Investors Conference to be held 12/3 in NYC


Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
3/17/14 Proxy - Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/1/14 10:30 am, Sheraton, Phoenix, AZ
3/10/14; 2/1/14; 1/30/14 & 1/28/14 8Ks re: closing of the purchase of Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
3/7/14 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend & repurchase program of up to 100 mil shares
2/27/14 10K for year ended 12/31/13
2/24/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
2/12/14 8K re: closing of sale of Notes
2/11/14 8K re: exec comp.
1/21/14 8K re: 4Q results
12/10/13 8K re: issuance of shares to purchase Vodafone's 45% interest in Verizon Wireless
12/10/13 Proxy re: Special Mtg of Shareholders re: Vodafone  1/28/14 10 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ



Visa V:
3/1/314 8K re: resignation of Elizabeth Buse, EVP Solutions
3/7/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CFO
3/5/14 8K re: presentation at Morgan Stanley tech, Media & Telecom Conf 3/5
1/30/14 10Q for qtr ended 12/31/13
1/29/14 8K re: results of 1/29/14 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
1/29/14 8K re: declaration of dividends
12/13/13 Proxy re: Annual Mtg of Stockholders 1/29/14 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA

WalMart WMT:
2/20/14 8K re: 4Q results
2/13/14 8K re: amendment to bylaws to allow 10% of sharehodlers to call a meeting
1/31/14 8K re: 2014 guidance
1/29/14 8K re: election of C. Douglas McMillan as Pres/CEO
1/29/14 8K/A re: compensation for EVP David Cheesewright
 12/10/13 8K re: promotion of David Cheesewright to Pres. & CEO Walmart Int'l
12/6/13 10Q & 11/14/13 8K re: 3 Qtr ended 10/31/13
11/28/13 8K re: replacement of CEO Mike Duke with C. Douglas McMillon effective 2/1/13
11/22/13 8K re: election of Pamela C. Craig to Board

ADIOS.

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