Monday, January 12, 2015

1/12/15 Mon. am Federal Reserve Pressures JPMorgan to Split Up


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,002 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 recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings.

A  read of the print editions of  Monday's Barron's, Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, 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 Friday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average:  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 17737.37 down 170.50 or 0.95%  from Thursday's close of 17907.87. For the week the Dow was down 95.34 or 0.53% from last Friday's close of 17832.71. For the year the Dow is down 0.48%.  Of the Dow components 5 gained   and 25  declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM up 69 cents and percentage-wise was Cisco up 1.02. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Visa down $3.92 and percentage-wise was Chevron down 1.99.

IBD pB8 "Stock indexes step down, but volume drops notably" by Paul Whitfield says stocks chugged south Friday but trade slowed in the first session after the market uptrend was confirmed as Friday's action was down in lower vol & the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.

As of the open of  the market on Monday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Monday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.65 down  from Friday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.79  (last year it was 17.16).  Monday's P/E estimate is 15.05 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 15.71 (year ago it was 14.82) and Monday's dividend yield is 2.45 down from  Friday's dividend yield of 2.48  (last year it was 2.33). The Dow's all-time high was 18053.71 on December 26,  2014. 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 numerator is 2761.99 down 26.55  from  Thursday's   numerator of 2788.54.  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  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $92.07 down 78 cents from Thursday's  average closing price of $92.95.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $90.76  (AXP/XOM) down 75 cents from Thursday's median closing price of $91.51 (AXP/XOM). The lowest volume was   Travelers and the highest volume was GE.

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 lost  $2,655  ($278,854 - $276,199).

1/9/15 Fri. 4:25 pm MarketWatch by Victor Reklaits, Anora Mahmudova  & Sara Sjolin says 
The U.S. stock market ended a volatile week on a down note Friday, with strategists blaming the slide, in part, on December’s jobs report that revealed a drop in wages. Slumping oil prices and headlines about a dual hostage crisis in France added to the negative mood. December’s employment situation report received a mixed investor reaction, as the number of jobs added to the economy was strong, however wage growth ticked down. The main benchmarks finished lower for the week, which has been marked by sharp sell-offs on Monday and Tuesday, then big rallies on Wednesday and Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average moved by triple digits for the fifth session in a row. Friday’s losses put the main indexes back into negative territory for the year.The S&P 500 SPX, -0.84%  closed 17.33 points, or 0.8%, lower at 2,044.81, and ended the week with a 0.7% loss. Financials and consumer-discretionary stocks led the losses on Friday, while all 10 sectors ended lower. Energy stocks lost 3.6% for the week, as oil prices continued to fall.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.95% slid by 170.50 points, or 1%, at 17,737.37 ending the week 3.5% lower. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.68%  finished down 32.12 points, or 0.7%, to 4,704.07, recording a 0.5% loss for the week.Friday’s much-awaited jobs report: The U.S. economy added 252,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.6%. But hourly wages declined and more Americans dropped out of the labor force, suggesting the economy may not be shifting into a higher gear. Analysts said decelerating wage growth may keep the Federal Reserve from raising rates sooner. The headline numbers were “great,” and it looks like the central bank has achieved its unemployment goal, but “the lack of wage growth concerns policy makers, as it means that their other mandate — inflation — will continue to stay below target,” said Michael Arone, an investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors.“Still, I would argue that wage growth is on the horizon, and we may begin to see it next month as 25 states increased their minimum wages,” he added. Movers and shakers: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY, -6.75%  was the second-worst performer among S&P 500 stocks after the retailer late Thursday posted quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street’s forecasts. Oil major Chevron Corp. CVX, -1.99% fared worst among Dow components, falling 1.7%. Other markets: The U.S. oil benchmark CLG5, -1.27% dropped, while gold prices GCG5, +1.21%  gained. Asian stock markets closed mixed, while European equities ended Friday mostly lower.The dollar declined against most major currencies.

Monday's Dow News followed by Friday's closing Dow numbers:

AT&T:    No mentions found.

American Express:  No mentions found.

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco:  No mentions found.

Coke: Barron's p10 "Follow-Up Coke's richly priced shares are hard to swallow" by Jack Hough says  Coke's stock yields 2.8% but at over 21 times forward earnings the shares are 22% more expensive than they have been on average over the past decade, and 28% more expensive that the S&P 500 index and "that's hard to swallow."  Carbonated drinks are 70% of total sales.

Disney:   WSJ pB4 "Box-Office figures" says Disney's Into the Woods was third.

FT p15 "Disney boosted by teenage girl power" by Matthew Garraphan says Disney discusses Violetta a tv services coproduced between Disney's Argentina and European divisiosnn.

Barron's p11 "Streetwise The ghost of oil prices past" by Ben Levisohn says when Americans have extra cash to spend it is expected to help consumer discretionary stocks like Disney and Home Depot.

DuPont:  Barron's p12 "Week in review" Proxy fight at DuPont", AJC pA9 "Activist investor steps up fight at DuPont" say a fight for control of DuPont is intensifying after the hedge fund, Trian Fund Management LP, which holds a 2.7% stake in DuPont, led by Nelson Peltz, announced plans to nominate its own slate of 4 directors to DuPont's board.

Exxon:  No mentions found.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs: WSJ pC6 "A Citi divided could stand taller in markets" by John Carney says Goldman's report saying JPMorgan should split up resulted in a red res proposal to icnrase big bank capital buffers that would hit JPMorgan hardest.

 WSJ pB2 "A look ahead" says on Thursday Intel reports earnings as does Goldman Sachs on Friday.

Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Wed JPMorgan kicks off banks' earnings reports, on Thursday Intel reports results and on Friday Goldman Sachs posts results.

Home Depot: Barron's p11 "Streetwise The ghost of oil prices past" by Ben Levisohn says when Americans have extra cash to spend it is expected to help consumer discretionary stocks like Disney and Home Depot

Intel:  WSJ pB2 "A look ahead" says on Thursday Intel reports earnings as does Goldman Sachs on Friday.

IBM:  No mentions found.

JPMorgan:   WSJ pC6 "A Citi divided could stand taller in markets" by John Carney says Goldman's report saying JPMorgan should split up resulted in a red res proposal to icnrase big bank capital buffers that would hit JPMorgan hardest.

IBD pA2 "JPM to settle Bear Stearns case" says JPMorgan will pay investors some $500 mil to settle a class action case against Bear Stearns which JPMorgan bought in '08, re: $17.58 sales of mortgage backed securities.

Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Wed JPMorgan kicks off banks' earnings reports, on Thursday Intel reports results and on Friday Goldman Sachs posts results.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:   WSJ pB3 "Merck speeds up plants for two drugs" by Peger Loftus says the drugs are for hepatitis and lunch cancer and the acceleration is for competitive reasons.  One drug is Keytruda which is a PD-1 inhibitor, the others are grazoprevir and elbasvir for hepatitis.

Barron's pM2 charts Merck saying a trial of an Ebola vaccine resumed last week after a one month precautionary halt.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  Barron's pM6 "New life for two Indian stocks" by Shuli Ren says Procer & gamble is not going to start a price war as it has done in the past as it has shifted its global focus to profitability.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealthcare:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  Barron's  p12 "Week in review" says Verizon may acquire AOL>

Visa:  No mentions found.

Walmart:  Barron's p16 "The sweet spot for Best Buy" by Jack Hough  compares Walmart tv prices with Amzaon and Best Buy.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
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 Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Brian M. 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 (Redmond, WA)

Nike NKE 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 Greg Hayes (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 12/20/14 ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $396.52
2. Microsoft MSFT 392.85
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 295.45
4. Wal-Mart WMT 274.49
5. GE 257.28
6. Procter & Gamble PG 248.73   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 231.48
8. Chevron CVX 213.49
9.  Pfizer PFE 201.24
10. Verizon VZ 195.12
11. Coke KO 183.75
12.  Intel INTC 175.85  
13.AT&T T 173.97
14. Merck MRK 169.86
15. Visa V 164.40
16. Disney DIS 157.51
17. IBM 156.87
18. Cisco CSCO 142
19. Home Depot HD 134.33 
20. 3M MMM 106.04 
21.  United Technologies UTX 105.38  
22. UnitedHealth UNH 98.37
23. American Express AXP 96.71
24. McDonald's MCD 90.72   
25. Boeing BA 89.99 
26. Goldman Sachs GS 87.52
27. Nike NKE 81.71
28. DuPont DD 66.40
29. Caterpillar CAT 55.52
30. Travelers TRV 35.05
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/20/14:

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

AT&T T:
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom
10/24/14 8K re: completion of sale of Ct. wireline operations to Frontier Comm
3 8Ks (10/22; 10/22 & 9/30/14) re: 3Qtr result

American Express AXP:
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares
10/28/14 10Q  & 10/15/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/15/14 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for 3 months ended 9/30/14

Boeing BA:
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback
10/31/14 8K re: issuance of senior notes
10/22/14 10Q & 10/22/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: credit agreements

Caterpillar CAT:
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan
10/31/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr results ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sales to retail and OEM
10/14/14 8K re: retirement of Group Presidents Stuart Levenick & Steven Wunning

Chevron CVX:
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr results

Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14

Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg
10/29/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/26/14
10/1/14 8K re: Guidelines for '14 Equity Plan

Disney DIS:
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14
10/3/14 8K re: CEO Robert Iger's amended employment contract

DuPont DD:
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan
10/28/14 CEO letter to shareholders
10/28/14 & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

GE:
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Goldman Sachs GS:
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/23/14 8K re: legal opinion re: debt issuance

Home Depot HD:
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system
10/20/14 8-K/A re: promotion of Craig A. Menear to CEO
10/14/14 8K re: resignation of Marvin R. Ellison, EVP

Intel INTC:
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of  interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook
10/29/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3rd Qtr ended 9/27/14

IBM:
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan
10/28/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/20) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: closing of Lenovo's purchase of IBM's x86 server business
10/20/14 8K re: sale of IBM's global comm'l semiconductor tech business to Globalfoundries

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
11/3/14 &  2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/22/14 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '19
10/2/14 8K re: cyberattack
10/2/14 8K re: adjustment of warrant price

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil
10/30/14 10Q & 10/14/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14
10/2/14 8K re: agreement to purchase Alios Biopharma

McDonald's MCD:
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/22/14 8K re: raising quarterly div. by 5% to 85 cents payable 12/15 to record holders 12/1
9/9/14 8K re: global sales decreased 3.7% in Aug.

Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/27/14 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/15/14 8K re: issuance of notes
10/2/14 8K re: completion of sale of Consumer Care Business to Bayer for 414.2 bil

Microsoft MSFT:
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg
10/23/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/21/14 & 10/20/14 & 10/20/14 Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Mtg at 12/3/14 at 8 am at Meydenbauer ctr., Bellevue, WA

Nike NKE:
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14
10/7/14 10Q & 9/30/14 8K & 9/25/14 8K re: 1Qtr ended 8/31/14
9/23/14 8K re: results of annual shareholders meeting
Sec. 14A Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 9/18/14 at Tiger Woods Conf. center, Beaverton, Or.

Pfizer PFE:
11/6/14 10Q for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14

Procter & Gamble PG:
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes
10/24/14 10Q & 2 8Ks (10/24) 1Qtr ended 9/30/14
10/20/14 8K re: voting results of 10/14 Annual Mtg of Shareholders
10/14/14 8K re: dividend of 64 cents payable 11/17 to record holders on 10/24/14

3M MMM:
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes
10/30/14 10Q & 10/23/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Travelers TRV:
10/21/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14
9/10/14 2 8Ks re: realignment of 2 of 3 business segments

United Technologies UTX:
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO
10/24/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14
10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK
10/28/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Visa V:
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 11/21/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14
10/29/14 8K re: 4Qtr & full year ended 9/30/14 results
10/22/14 8K re: 1/28/15 Annual Stockholders Mtg & dividend of 48 cents payable 12/2 to record holders on 11/14/14

WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board
10/30/14 8K re: Closing of Walmart Seiyu stores in Japan
10/17/14 8K re: issuance of notes

THE END FOR NOW


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