10/10/09 Sat. Dow up %1% from 3/9/09 Low

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A read of the 10/12/09 issue of Barron's 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 symbol and Friday's closing price and related data:

Dow: Yesterday's AJC pA9 has a good story "Great Recession: Dow's fall and rise - Numbers tell the story of the stock market's pain" that says a year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones Industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash. Over 8 days, it fell 2,400 points, or 22%, and stood at 8,451. Now the Dow is at 9,865 up 51% from a 12 year low of 6,547 on 3/9. Two years ago this week, on 10/7/07, the Dow set its record high of 14,164.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 9864.94 up 78.04 or .8% from Thursday's close of 9786.87. For the week the Dow was up 360.51 or 3.79%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 9 declined, 20 gained and 1 was unchanged. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM $125.93 +3.64 2.98% 13,096,353 NYSE and the biggest decliner dollar wise and percentage wise was AT&T (T $25.66 -0.28 1.08% 33,122,153 NYSE.

The current divisor for the Dow found at Saturday's page B4 of The Wall St. Jrnl is
.132319125.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1305.32 up 10.33 from Thursday's closing Dow numerator of 1294.99. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor.

Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for Friday of 10.33 by the divisor you get 78.07, the increase in Friday's Dow close.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 43.51 up 0.34 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of 43.17. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 40.39 up 0.25 from Thursday's Dow Jones median closing price of 40.14.

The highest closing price Friday again was IBM $125.93 +3.64 2.98% 13,096,353 NYSE and the lowest closing price Friday again was Alcoa AA $14.24 -0.11 0.77% 37,672,288 NYSE.

The lowest volume Friday again was 3M MMM $74.73 +0.20 0.27% 2,803,749 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $17.5 +0.17 0.98% 87,126,756 NYSE.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased $100 of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,020.
($130,530 - $129,510)

AT&T T $25.66 -0.28 1.08% 33,122,153 NYSE: BRN's p22 "Last Week Review" says ATT said it reversed itself and said it would end a block on the use of Internet phone apps such as Skype on Apple's iPhone. DOJ is looking into charges that IBM monopolized the mainframe computer market. Boeing announced another delay in its 747-8 freighter and said it will take a $1 bill charge.

Alcoa AA $14.24 -0.11 0.77% 37,672,288 NYSE: BRNs pM@ "The Trader" by Kopin Tan says Alcoa turned in a small profit after a year of losses to kick off the earnings season and Alcoa's stock's 11% pop last week suggests that an increasingly hopeful market can still be surprised.

American Express AXP $34.94 -0.04 0.11% 7,107,527 NYSE: BRNs pM4 BRNs pM@ "The Trader" by Kopin Tan says Credit Suitte has a list of 36 stocvks that have rallied substantially and which its analysts think are vulneragble to a longer term pullback and includes American Express.

Bank of America BAC $17.5 +0.17 0.98% 87,126,756 NYSE: BRNS p15 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says that Microsoft and IBM stay so cheap may be that investors are worried that they are going to use their free cash flow to do a big, distracting deal. But he says the market is able to stike a decent balance between refershed risk taking and negative overreaching. He gives as examples the fact that the buyer's shares of recent deals are appreciably higher now that when the deals became public and he calls this "newspaper-to-the-news-reaction: Dis' purchase of Marvel Enterprise and AmeriPrise's purchase of Columbia Management from Bank of America.

BRN's p23 says BAC will reports its 3Q results on Fri. 10/16.

bRN's p40 lawrence C. Strauss interviews John Murphy lead U.S. Automotive Analyst, BofA/Merrill Lynch.

Boeing BA $52.69 +0.39 0.75% 2,589,274 NYSE: BRN's p22 "Last Week Review" says ATT said it reversed itself and said it would end a block on the use of Internet phone apps such as Skype on Apple's iPhone. DOJ is looking into charges that IBM monopolized the mainframe computer market. Boeing announced another delay in its 747-8 freighter and said it will take a $1 bill charge.

CAT $53.64 +0.55 1.04% 8,049,895 NYSE

Chevron CVX $72.76 +1.31 1.83% 8,791,881 NYSE: BRNs pM16 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirely A. Lazo says for the 3Q ExxonMobil spent the most to repurchase its own shares, spending $1.9bil and WalMart was second, spending $1.9bil. 3Q didn't see much dividend action with only three boosts among the Dow 30: Chevron, McDonald's and Verizon, although MCD and VZ aren't payable until the 4Qtr.

Cisco CSCO $24.03 +0.36 1.52% 45,614,115 NASDAQ-GS: BRN's p31 "Plugged IN" by Mark Veverka says it was smart for Brocade to leak the news that it was shopping itself. At the heart of the strategic chess game is Cisco which dominates the networking industry but is aggressively getting into everyone else's business, especially that of IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Cisco threw down the guantlet when it entered the blade server business, and it's sending shockwaves through the industry with its coziness to storage giant EMC and its data center software superstart VMware. CEO John Chambers said there would be more acquisitions on the heels of Cisco's $3 bil buyout of Norwegian video conferencing firm Tanberg. The acquisition, a nimble use of idle overseas cash reserves, was another direct assault on HP, which also competes with Cisco in video conferences. HP and Oracle are Brocades most likely suitors but Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison said he wasn't interested so that leaves HP, which wants to fortify itself in its battles with IBM, Cisco, Dell and EMC.

KO $54.65 +0.06 0.11% 5,914,104 NYSE

Disney DIS $28.64 -0.03 0.1% 7,091,535 NYSE: BRNS p15 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says that Microsoft and IBM stay so cheap may be that investors are worried that they are going to use their free cash flow to do a big, distracting deal. But he says the market is able to stike a decent balance between refershed risk taking and negative overreaching. He gives as examples the fact that the buyer's shares of recent deals are appreciably higher now that when the deals became public and he calls this "newspaper-to-the-news-reaction: Dis' purchase of Marvel Enterprise and AmeriPrise's purchase of Columbia Management from Bank of America.

DD $32.95 +0.35 1.07% 5,254,418 NYSE

ExxonMobil XOM $69.27 +0.22 0.32% 13,540,827 NYSE: BRN's p18 "Follow-Up - A Return Visit to Earlier Stories" says oil will continue to all and ExxonMobil is a good stock because its legacy oil and lower capital spending will beneficial in a falling oil market.

BRNs pM16 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirely A. Lazo says for the 3Q ExxonMobil spent the most to repurchase its own shares, spending $1.9bil and WalMart was second, spending $1.9bil. 3Q didn't see much dividend action with only three boosts among the Dow 30: Chevron, McDonald's and Verizon, although MCD and VZ aren't payable until the 4Qtr.

GE $16.18 -0.04 0.25% 70,289,644 NYSE: BRN's p23 says GE will report 3Q results on Fri. 10/16.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $47.38 +0.92 1.98% 14,294,936 NYSE: BRN's p15 "The Bottom Line" by Tom Sullivan profiles Legg mason Value Trust manager Bill Miller who likes IBM because its cheap and safe and grew 15% during the financial crisist and its dividends nearly doubled since '06 and has a cominant global position, isn't levered with debt and trades around 11 times forward earnings. Miller also like Hewlett-Packard trading around 47, also 11 times expected earnings because it has great free cash flow and a strong balance sheet.

BRN's p31 "Plugged IN" by Mark Veverka says it was smart for Brocade to leak the news that it was shopping itself. At the heart of the strategic chess game is Cisco which dominates the networking industry but is aggressively getting into everyone else's business, especially that of IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Cisco threw down the guantlet when it entered the blade server business, and it's sending shockwaves through the industry with its coziness to storage giant EMC and its data center software superstart VMware. CEO John Chambers said there would be more acquisitions on the heels of Cisco's $3 bil buyout of Norwegian video conferencing firm Tanberg. The acquisition, a nimble use of idle overseas cash reserves, was another direct assault on HP, which also competes with Cisco in video conferences. HP and Oracle are Brocades most likely suitors but Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison said he wasn't interested so that leaves HP, which wants to fortify itself in its battles with IBM, Cisco, Dell and EMC.


HD $26.96 +0.07 0.26% 11,100,201 NYSE

Intel INTC $20.17 +0.29 1.46% 55,857,506 NASDAQ-GS: BRN's p23 says Intel is seen reporting especially strong requests for 3Q on Tues. 10/13, also at BRN's p30.

IBM $125.93 +3.64 2.98% 13,096,353 NYSE: BRNS p15 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says that Microsoft and IBM stay so cheap may be that investors are worried that they are going to use their free cash flow to do a big, distracting deal. But he says the market is able to stike a decent balance between refreshed risk taking and negative overreaching. He gives as examples the fact that the buyer's shares of recent deals are appreciably higher now that when the deals became public and he calls this "newspaper-to-the-news-reaction: Dis' purchase of Marvel Enterprise and AmeriPrise's purchase of Columbia Management from Bank of America.

BRN's p22 "Last Week Review" says ATT said it reversed itself and said it would end a block on the use of Internet phone apps such as Skype on Apple's iPhone. DOJ is looking into charges that IBM monopolized the mainframe computer market. Boeing announced another delay in its 747-8 freighter and said it will take a $1 bill charge.

BRN's M5 charts IBM saing a couple fo days after news the gov was ivnestigating IBM its hares were recommended by Barclays with a 140 price target.

BRN's p23 says IBM will report 3Q results on Thurs. 10/15.

BRN's p31 "Plugged IN" by Mark Veverka says it was smart for Brocade to leak the news that it was shopping itself. At the heart of the strategic chess game is Cisco which dominates the networking industry but is aggressively getting into everyone else's business, especially that of IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell. Cisco threw down the guantlet when it entered the blade server business, and it's sending shockwaves through the industry with its coziness to storage giant EMC and its data center software superstart VMware. CEO John Chambers said there would be more acquisitions on the heels of Cisco's $3 bil buyout of Norwegian video conferencing firm Tanberg. The acquisition, a nimble use of idle overseas cash reserves, was another direct assault on HP, which also competes with Cisco in video conferences. HP and Oracle are Brocades most likely suitors but Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison said he wasn't interested so that leaves HP, which wants to fortify itself in its battles with IBM, Cisco, Dell and EMC.

JPMorgan Chase JPM $45.85 +0.55 1.21% 25,908,337 NYSE: BRN's p23 say JPM will post its results for 3Q on Wed. 10/14.

JNJ $61.74 +0.80 1.31% 9,193,706 NYSE
KFT $25.97 -0.14 0.54% 8,690,000 NYSE

McDonald's MCD $56.7 -0.17 0.3% 10,227,779 NYSE: BRNs pM16 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirely A. Lazo says for the 3Q ExxonMobil spent the most to repurchase its own shares, spending $1.9bil and WalMart was second, spending $1.9bil. 3Q didn't see much dividend action with only three boosts among the Dow 30: Chevron, McDonald's and Verizon, although MCD and VZ aren't payable until the 4Qtr.

MRK $32.56 +0.13 0.4% 11,355,162 NYSE

Microsoft MSFT $25.55 -0.12 0.47% 39,501,493 NASDAQ-GS: BRNS p15 "Streetwise" by Michael Santoli says that Microsoft and IBM stay so cheap may be that investors are worried that they are giong to use their free cash flow to do a big, distracting deal.

PFE $16.92 +0.22 1.32% 47,936,044 NYSE

Procter & Gamble PG $57.56 -0.09 0.16% 6,455,854 NYSE: BRN's p23 says PG will brief investors on Tues 10/13.

BRN's p28 in a story by Sandra about Energizer Holdings facing tough timess as recharegeable gadget batteries displaces batteries sayings it is losing ground to Procter Gamble which makes Duracell batteries and has more than double the market shre of Energizer. Story also says WalMart represents 20% of Energizer's alkaline battery sales has cut back ont he number of battery kiosks in its stores.

MMM $74.73 +0.20 0.27% 2,803,749 NYSE
TRV $48.81 +0.46 0.95% 5,203,196 NYSE
UTX $62.17 +0.39 0.63% 2,811,839 NYSE

Verizon VZ $29.16 unch unch 23,229,457 NYSE: BRNs pM16 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirely A. Lazo says for the 3Q ExxonMobil spent the most to repurchase its own shares, spending $1.9bil and WalMart was second, spending $1.9bil. 3Q didn't see much dividend action with only three boosts among the Dow 30: Chevron, McDonald's and Verizon, although MCD and VZ aren't payable until the 4Qtr.

Wal-Mart WMT $49.97 +0.23 0.46% 16,369,593 NYSE: BRNs pM16 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirely A. Lazo says for the 3Q ExxonMobil spent the most to repurchase its own shares, spending $1.9bil and WalMart was second, spending $1.9bil. 3Q didn't see much dividend action with only three boosts among the Dow 30: Chevron, McDonald's and Verizon, although MCD and VZ aren't payable until the 4Qtr.

BRN's p28 in a story by Sandra about Energizer Holdings facing tough timess as rechargegeable gadget batteries displaces batteries sayings it is losing ground to Procter Gamble which makes Duracell batteries and has more than double the market shre of Energizer. Story also says WalMart represents 20% of Energizer's alkaline battery sales has cut back ont he number of battery kiosks in its stores.

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Here are the latest SEC filings as of 9/25/09 other than ownership filings and, except for certain cases, I do not include third party shareholder proposals:

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

T AT&T: 8/28/09 two 8K's, one: announcing it had reached agreement with the Communications Workers of America (on a new, three-year contract covering approximately 7,000 wireline employees (located across the U.S.) under the CWA Communications and Technologies contract, subject to approval by these employees. The second 8K said two subsidiaries of T provided redeemed certain long-term debt issues as of September 28, 2009.

Alcoa AA: 7/29/09 8K announcing that Alain J. P. Belda, executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of AA retired as an executive officer but is staying on as a director until April 23, 2010.

American Express AXP: 9/15/09 8K annoucing delinquency and write-off statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services operating segment for the months ended June 30, July 31 and August 31, 2009.

9/2/09 10Q;

Bank of Am BAC: 9/24/09 several free writing prospectus regarding issuance of securities.

Boeing BA: 9/15/09 announcing that pursuant to a 1978 SEC settlement, BA informed the SEC of a change in its policy re the appointment of foreign consultants and to whom they report.

8/31/09 8K announcing the retirement of Scott E. Carson, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, effective January 1, 2010. Effective September 1, 2009, Mr. Carson will leave his current position and assume the role of Executive Vice President. Carson will be replaced by James F. Albaugh.

8/27/09 8K announcing a revised schedule for the 787 Dreamliner and a charge to third quarter earnings related to flight test aircraft.

Caterpiller CAT: 9/23/09 8K announcing a new credit agreement with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., that provides for an unsecured aggregate revolving credit facility to $2.38 billion that serves as an alternative source of funds, if necessary, for CAT's commercial paper programs.

9/21/09 8K furnishing supplemental information concerning deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business. Caterpillar sells the majority of its machinery and engines to independently owned and operated dealers and Original Equipment Manufacturersto meet the demands of their customers, the end users. Retail Sales of Machines by marketing region for the 3-month rolling period compared with the same months of the prior year were down significantlly.

9/15/09 8K announcing CAT and Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV)formed a joint venture transaction resulting in a new company, NC2 Global LLC, to serve the global commercial truck market to be based in Chicago.

8/20/09 8K CAT filed Reg FD information concerning deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business.

Chevron CVX: 8/6/09 10Q

Cisco CSCO: 9/23/09 Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting to be held 11/12/09.

9/11/09 10K

9/9/09 8K Cisco appointed Arun Sarin, former CEO of Vodafone Group Plc, to its Board of Directors. He will a $75,000 annual retainer, $2,000 per committee meeting attended, and 16,666 shares.

9/4/09 8K annoucing bonus payments for '09 fiscal year to: John T. Chambers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $2,031,000; Frank A. Calderoni, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, $900,000; Wim Elfrink, Executive Vice President, Cisco Services and Chief Globalization Officer, $1,000,000; Randy Pond, Executive Vice President, Operations, Processes and Systems, $900,000; and Richard J. Justice, former Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Business Development and current Executive Vice President – Executive Advisor, $750,000.

Coke KO: 7/30/09 10Q

Disney DIS: 9/22/09 Form S-4 Proxy and 9/16/09 Prospectus related to the takeover of Marvel.

8/31/09 8K announcing a merger between its subsidiary, Maverick Acquisition Sub, Inc., and its subsidiary, Maverick Merger Sub, LLC, a single member Delaware limited liability company and Marvel Entertainment, Inc.. As a result of the Merger, Marvel will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. Each share of Marvel common stock will be converted into $30 in cash and 0.7452 shares of Disney common stock.

DuPont DD: 8/13/09 8K announcing Nicholas C. Fanandakis, age 53, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2009 with an increase in annual salary from $387,708 to $500,000 and target short-term incentive award for 2009 will increase from $328,500 to $464,100. Mr. Fanandakis was named to his current position, Group Vice President- Applied BioSciences, in January 2008. Prior to that, he was vice president and general manager- DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise from September 2003 through September 2006 and vice president- Corporate Plans from October 2006 through December 2007. Jeffrey L. Keefer, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, will remain EVP and transition from the position of Chief Financial Officer to assume leadership responsibility for the DD's Performance Coatings business, corporate strategy development, Information Technology and overall cost and working capital productivity efforts effective November 1, 2009. Richard R. Goodmanson, EVP and Chief Operating Officer will retire effective September 30, 2009.

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/5/09 10Q

GE: 8/4/09 8K GE reached a settlement with the SEC & consented to a judgment of a fine of $50 million relating to four accounting matters arising in 2002 - 2003: the application of SFAS 133 to GE’s since-discontinued commercial paper hedging program and, separately, to certain swap derivatives where fees were paid or received at inception; a change in accounting for profits on spare parts in the commercial aviation engine business; and certain year-end transactions in the Rail business.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 9/24/09 8K saying at its Securities Analyst Meeting, HPQ addressed how it is uniquely positioned to grow and expand in the global information technology market. “We expect the IT industry to return to growth in 2010 and believe that HP will outpace the market,” said Mark Hurd, CEO.

9/17/09 8K On 9/17/09 HPQ elected Marc L. Andreessen as a dierctor and chair of the Technology Committee of the Board. Andreessen is a co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, and a co-founder and chairman of Ning, Inc., an online platform for people to create their own social networks. Andreessen co-founded Opsware Inc. & served as chief technology officer of America Online, Inc. and was a co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation. Andreessen gets an retainer of $100,000, an annual equity retainer of $150,000, and $2,000 in cash for each Board meeting attended in excess of six per year. Mr. Andreessen also will be eligible to participate in the product matching portion of the HP Employee Giving Program under which each non-employee director may contribute up to $100,000 worth of HP products each year to a qualified charity by paying 25% of the list price of those products, with HP paying the remaining 75%. In addition, Mr. Andreessen will receive an annual retainer of $10,000 for service as the chair of the Technology Committee. HPQ also increased the number of HPQ directors from ten to eleven.

9/8/09 10-QA

9/4/09 10-Q

Home Depot HD: 9/3/09 10-Q

8/26/09 8K announcing amendments to their By-Laws dealing with resignations of directors.

Intel INTC: 9/21/09 A tender offer regarding exchange of some of its stock options with its employees.

9/16/09 An intranet article re the Stock Option Exchange Program.

9/15/09 8K Intel is consolidating all of its major product divisions into the newly formed Intel Architecture Group, which will be co-managed by Sean Maloney and David (Dadi) Perlmutter, executive vice presidents. Maloney will be responsible for business and operations while Perlmutter will lead product development and architecture. Paul Otellini, CEO, will devote more time to corporate strategy and driving the company’s growth initiatives. Intel’s global manufacturing organization, the Technology and Manufacturing Group will now report to Andy Bryant, Intel’s chief administrative officer. Pat Gelsinger and Bruce Sewell, General Counsel, will leave INTC.

8/28/09 8K announcing that as a result of stronger than expected demand for microprocessors and chipsets, Intel now expects revenue for the third quarter to be $9.0 billion, plus or minus $200 million, as compared to the previous range of $8.5 billion, plus or minus $400 million. The gross margin percentage for the third quarter is expected to be in the upper half of the previous range of 53 percent, plus or minus two percentage points. The company is scheduled to report its third-quarter financial results on Oct. 13.

IBM: 9/8/09 8K IBM representatives will be meeting with a number of institutional investors through mid-September.

7/28/09 10Q

JPMorganChase JPM: 9/23/09 Various free writing prospectus re: issuance of securities.

9/17/09 prospectus reReverse Exchangeable Notes due December 21, 2009 Linked to Eight Equally Weighted Reference Stocks and in preceding days there were similar prospectuses.

9/2/09 Free Writing Prospectus relating to Core commodity C-IGAR Sigma Long-Short Index

Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 8/4/09 10Q

Kraft KFT: 9/9/09 prospectus relating to Kraft's bid to take over Cadbury that was announced on 9/7/09.

9/9/09 8K announcing a strategic update, including a review of the company’s successful three-year turnaround plan.

8/5/09 10Q

McDonalds MCD: 9/9/09 8K announcing that global comparable sales rose 2.2% in August and by segment performance was as follows: U.S. up 1.7%; Europe up 3.5%; andAsia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa declined 0.5%.

8/11/09 re: press release "McDonald’s Reports Global Comparable Sales Up 4.3% in July"

Merck MRK: 9/21/09 8K announcing that the acquisition by Sanofi-aventis of Merck’s 50 percent interest in Merial Limited (Merial) has been completed. Sanofi-aventis acquired Merck’s interest in Merial for a cash consideration of $4 billion. Formed in 1997, Merial is a leading animal health company that was a 50/50 joint venture between Merck and sanofi-aventis and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of sanofi-aventis.

8/3/09 Sched 14A proxy material re: updated of acquisition of Schering-Plough

Microsoft MSFT: 9/11/09 8K James Cash to retire from Board of Directors. The
Harvard Business School professor and senior associate dean emeritus had served on the board since 2001. With Cash’s departure, the Microsoft board will have nine members: Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft; Steve Ballmer; Dina Dublon, former chief financial officer of JPMorgan Chase; Raymond V. Gilmartin, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Merck & Co. Inc.; Reed Hastings, founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix Inc.; Maria M. Klawe, president, Harvey Mudd College; David F. Marquardt, general partner at August Capital; Charles H. Noski, former vice chairman of AT&T Corp.; and Dr. Helmut Panke, former chairman of the board of management at BMW AG.

8/24/09 S-8 Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

Pfizer PFE: 9/24/09 11-K Annual Report of Employee Stock Option Plan.

9/2/09 8K announcing an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle an investigation regarding off-label promotional practices related to Bextra, which Pfizer withdrew from the market in 2005 and other DOJ investigations involving off-label promotional practices concerning Zyvox, Geodon and Lyrica, and allegations related to payments to healthcare professionals involving these and nine other Pfizer medicines. Pfizer previously disclosed a related $2.3 billion charge to its fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 earnings in connection with the DOJ agreement in principle on January 26, 2009. PFE has reached agreements with attorneys general in 432 states to settle state civil consumer protection allegations regarding promotional practices concerning Geodon. PFE will pay a total of $33 million to the settling states.

Procter & Gamble PG: 9/10/09 8K confirmed its fiscal year 2010 and July – September quarter outlook for organic sales growth. The company also stated it expects to return to organic sales growth in the October – December quarter compared to prior year levels, following two quarters of organic sales declines. P&G also updated earnings per share guidance to include the anticipated impacts from the Pharmaceutical divestiture, which was announced on August 24, 2009. For fiscal year 2010, P&G confirmed previous guidance for organic sales growth of one to three percent. P&G expects net sales in the range of flat to up three percent versus prior year levels, which includes a foreign exchange impact of zero to minus one percent. P&G now expects fiscal 2010 earnings per share in the range of $3.99 to $4.12 per share. This includes a one-time net increase in earnings of $0.44 per share from the sale of the Pharmaceutical business, which will be partially offset by $0.10 to $0.12 per share of earnings dilution related to the transaction.

8/28/09 S-8 Securities to employees and 8/28 8K annoucning public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.150% Notes due 2015.
Also a PG subsidiary, Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.350% Notes due 2011.

3M MMM: 8/5/09 3M contributed 8,329,862 shares of its common stock with a corresponding dollar value of approximately $600 million to its defined benefit pension plan, the 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, made from treasury stock.

Travelers TRV: 8/5/09 10Q/A Amended 10Q

United Technologies UTX: 7/24/09 10Q

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 8K 9/11/09 8K announcing VZ's cash flow and balance sheet are strong, and VZ recently increased its dividend for the third consecutive year. VZ is not planning for any economic improvements in the second half of 2009. Verizon expects that economic conditions will continue to pressure revenues and margins in the second half of 2009, particularly in its Wireline segment. VZ expects to add one million wireless customers per quarter for the next several quarters.
o The company expects to achieve its stated Alltel cost synergy targets & greater cash flow from operations in the second half of 2009 compared to the first half of 2009.

9/4/09 8K VZ raised its quarterly dividend 3.3% to 47.5 Cents per Share. This is the third consecutive year that VZ has approved a quarterly dividend increase in September.

9/4/09 8K annoucning retirement of Dennis F. Strigl, President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Communications Inc.

Wal-Mart WMT: 8K 9/18 Pricing agreement re: the 9/16 filed prospectus relating to $1 bil of Euro Note Offering at 4.875%

9/14/09 Prospectus re debt securities of $364,600,000

9/9/09 10Q

8/13/09 8K re 7/31/09 2Q report of earnings

Here are the CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

T Randall L. Stephenson
AA Klaus Kleinfeld
AXP Kenneth I. Chenault
BAC Kenneth D. Lewis (on 10/1 he announced his resignation as of year-end).
BA W. James McNerney, Jr.
CAT James W. Owens
CVX David O'Reilly who will be replaced by John Watson at year end.
CSCO John Chambers
KO Muhtar Kent
DIS Robert Iger
DD Ellen Kullman
XOM Rex W. Tillerson
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt
HPQ Mark Hurd
HD Frank Blake
INTC Paul S. Otellini
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano
JPM Jamie Dimon
JNJ William C. Weldon
KFT Irene Rosenfeld
MCD Jim Skinner
MRK Robert Clark
MSFT Steve Ballmer
PFE Jeffrey Kindler
PG Bob McDonald
MMM George W. Buckley
TRV Jay S. Fishman
UTX Louis Chenevert
VZ Ivan Seidenberg
WMT Mike Duke

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest billion as of 9/25/09:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $331
2. Microsoft MSFT 231
3. WalMart WMT 196
4. GE 176
5. Procter & Gamble PG 169
6. JPMorgan Chase 167
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 167
8. IBM 162
9. At&t T 159
10. Chevron CVX 142
11. Cisco CSCO 131
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13. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 112
14. Pfizer PFE 111
15. Intel INTC 109
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26. Boeing BA 38
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30. Alcoa AA 13