10/20/09 Tues. pm Dow Closes at 10041.48 down 50.71 or 0.5%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 10041.48 down 50.71 or 0.5% from Monday's close of 100092.19. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 19 declined and 6 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was for the second day in a row Caterpillar CAT $59.61 +1.76 3.04% 33,661,739 NYSE and the biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing BA $51.89 -1.56 2.92% 8,143,139 NYSE.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1328.68 down 6.71 from Monday's closing Dow numerator of 1355.39. 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.

The current divisor for the Dow found at today's page C4 of The Wall St. Jrnl is .132319125 unchanged where it is also noted that as of market open Tuesday the Dow's trailing P/E ratio is 16.21 up from yesterday's 16.06, the P/E estimate is 16.02 unchanged (1 year ago it was 10.80), and the dividends yield is 2.77 down from yesterday's 2.80 (a year ago it was 3.51). Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease of 6.71 for Tuesday by the divisor you get the decrease of 50.71 in Tuesday's Dow close.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 44.29 down 0.22 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of 44.51. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 40.73 down 0.13 from Monday's Dow Jones median closing price of 40.86.

The highest closing price Tuesday again was IBM $122.82 -0.24 0.2% 8,713,249 NYSE and the lowest closing price Tuesday again was Alcoa AA $13.79 -0.28 1.99% 36,481,175 NYSE.

The lowest volume Tuesday was Traveler's TRV $48.46 -0.34 0.7% 2,906,923 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $17.01 -0.15 0.87% 168,644,861 NYSE.

If Tuesday 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 lost $660.
($133,530 - 132,870)

Tuesday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market

T $25.99 -0.01 0.04% 34,555,446 NYSE
AA $13.79 -0.28 1.99% 36,481,175 NYSE
AXP $35.42 -0.32 0.9% 8,247,723 NYSE
BAC $17.01 -0.15 0.87% 168,644,861 NYSE
BA $51.89 -1.56 2.92% 8,143,139 NYSE
CAT $59.61 +1.76 3.04% 33,661,739 NYSE
CVX $77.03 -0.63 0.81% 8,064,620 NYSE
CSCO $24.11 -0.14 0.58% 52,345,738 NASDAQ-GS
KO $54.07 -0.72 1.31% 13,347,378 NYSE
DIS $29.35 -0.52 1.74% 10,296,274 NYSE
DD $33.87 -0.75 2.17% 7,793,470 NYSE
XOM $73.02 -0.60 0.81% 19,885,870 NYSE
GE $15.58 -0.26 1.64% 100,616,509 NYSE
HPQ $48.74 +0.27 0.56% 12,176,859 NYSE
HD $26.97 -0.66 2.39% 12,819,802 NYSE
INTC $20.18 -0.23 1.13% 66,747,315 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $122.82 -0.24 0.2% 8,713,249 NYSE
JPM $46.03 +0.05 0.11% 30,485,604 NYSE
JNJ $60.59 -0.57 0.93% 15,572,588 NYSE
KFT $27.23 +0.02 0.07% 8,301,910 NYSE
MCD $58.92 -0.36 0.61% 7,375,507 NYSE
MRK $33.72 -0.01 0.03% 23,016,791 NYSE
MSFT $26.37 +0.01 0.04% 54,164,503 NASDAQ-GS
PFE $17.93 -0.05 0.28% 89,670,010 NYSE
PG $58.13 +0.34 0.59% 11,229,127 NYSE
MMM $75.95 -0.37 0.48% 3,504,240 NYSE
TRV $48.46 -0.34 0.7% 2,906,923 NYSE
UTX $65.4 -0.04 0.06% 6,555,931 NYSE
VZ $28.8 -0.16 0.55% 18,908,988 NYSE
WMT $51.7 -0.19 0.37% 13,222,165 NYSE
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The following appeared in Tues. morning's Blog:

A read of Tuesday's 10/20/09 print editions of: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Financial Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & 11/2/09 issue of Forbes 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 Monday's closing price and related data:

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 10092.19 up 96.28 or 0.96% from Friday's close of 9995.91. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 5 declined and 25 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $57.85 +3.28 6.01% 18,721,764 NYSE and the biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was GE $15.84 -0.24 1.49% 98,740,375 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Rises 96.28 Points, Oil Keeps Climbing, Too" by Peter A. McKay, Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks bounced back from Fri's declines to hit new 12 month highs as uncertainty about quarterly earnings turned to optimism. Caterpillar, which reports rsults Tues morning, rose 6%, accounting for about a quarter of the 96.28 point or 1% gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, AmEx Lead Blue-Chip Rally" by Geoffrey Rogow says Caterpillar, American Express & several others due to post 3Q results this week paced US stocks higher, sending the Dow Jones INdustrial Average to another closing high for the year. Charted under "The Good News" is Caterpillar saying traders floced to it which is due to report results on Tues.

Fin Times p26 "Investors take rosy view in big week for earnings - Oil price closes in on 80 a barrel - rising risk appetite hit US dollar" by Jamie Chisholm says a week in which more than 25% of the S&P 500 are due to release their 3Q earnings starated in a broadly positive mood. Global equity markets put Fri's disappointing figures from conglomerate bellwether GE behind them, choosing to look ahead to the continuance of a reporting season that do date, has proved better than forecast.

Fin Times p26 "Bulls take charge to seek S&P 500 through 1,100 level" by Nicole Bullock says US equities rose yesterday with the S&P 500 breaking the 1,100 level, as optimism about earnings dominated sentiment at the start of a busy week for the release of corporate results. Shares of Caterpillar surged 6% ahead of the release of the earnings today for the maker of cosntruciton, farming and mining equipment. BofA yesterday raised its 12 month target on Caterpillar from $52 to $65.

NYT pB11 "Earnings Outlook Drives Wall Street Higher" by Jack Healy says Wall Street bounded ahead on Monday as investors bet that another round of strong corporate earnings would propel the markets even higher. Better earnings by the toymaker Hasbro, coming on the heels of a stronger than expected retail sales report from the gov helped to stengthen hopes that people were against spending money on nonessentials as the economy healed. Intel has said that computer sales are rebounding and sales at Apple, the maker of iPods and iPhones topped exectations when the company reported a profit after markets closed Mon.

USA Today p4B "Markets rise on good corporate news" by Matt Krantz says the rally in stock prices resumed Monday as expectations grew for more good news from corp. earnings.

AT&T $26 0.30 +1.17% 25,784,214 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $14.07 +0.03 0.21% 21,465,911 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $35.74 +0.79 2.26% 8,020,695 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, AmEx Lead Blue-Chip Rally" by Geoffrey Rogow says Caterpillar, American Express & several others due to post 3Q results this week paced US stocks higher, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to another closing high for the year. Charted under "The Good News" is Caterpillar saying traders flocked to it which is due to report results on Tues.

Bank of America BAC $17.16 -0.10 0.58% 155,122,757 NYSE: WSJ pC3 in a stroy about BB&T net falling 58% as bad loans surge by Matthias Rieker, Joan E. Solsman says BB&T doesn't have rev from capital markets to offset real estate exposure as does big banks such as BofA and citigroup that reported earnings last week.

Related story at WSJ pC10 "Heard on Street."

NYT pB1 "The Race to Save Lehman" by Andrew Ross Sorkin tells about Bank of America's role in this effort and has a strange picture of 4 of the involved CEO's eyes only including Ken Lewis, that again, has him the only one looking down, which is consistent with the print media consistently running bad photos of him (unfairly in my opinion).

Boeing BA $53.45 +0.26 0.49% 3,818,656 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $57.85 +3.28 6.01% 18,721,764 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "For Caterpillar Investors, Future Looks Bright" by Mark Gongloff says investors who have been buying Caterpillar shares lately might have been too early, bu they will rewarded eventually. 3Q results due Tues. morning from the world's largest construction and mining equip maker by sales might be the worst yet in what already has been a stretch of ugly quarters. Analysts think Cat earned a meager six cents a share, down from 1.39 a year earlier. Rev. is expected to ahve shrunk to $7.5bil from $13 bill. Still, many analyststhink a recovery is comming for Caterpillar.

Similar item at Inv Bus Daily pA2.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Rises 96.28 Points, Oil Keeps Climbing, Too" by Peter A. McKay, Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks bounced back from Fri's declines to hit new 12 month highs as uncertainty about quarterly earnings turned to optimism. Caterpillar, which reports rsults Tues morning, rose 6%, accounting for about a quarter of the 96.28 point or 1% gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, AmEx Lead Blue-Chip Rally" by Geoffrey Rogow says Caterpillar, American express & several others due to post 3Q results this week paced US stocks higher, sending the Dow Jones InNdustrial Average to another closing high for the year. Charted under "The Good News" is Caterpillar saying traders floced to it which is due to report results on Tues.

Fin Times p26 "Bulls take charge to seek S&P 500 through 1,100 level" by Nicole Bullock says US equities rose yesterday with the S&P 500 breaking the 1,100 level, as optimism about earnings dominated sentiment at the start of a busy week for the release of corporate results. Shares of Caterpillar surged 6% ahead of the release of the earnings today for the maker of cosntruciton, farming and mining equipment. BofA yesterday raised its 12 month target on Caterpillar from $52 to $65.

Chevron CVX $77.66 +0.85 1.11% 8,171,359 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $24.25 +0.23 0.96% 30,498,821 NASDAQ-GS: Forbes p52 "Cisco's Threat from China - Since the dot.com bust 3Com has been taking Chinese lessons. Now it's back and aiming for the leader in networking equipment." by Andy Greenberg says 3Com's boxes lack some of Cisco's newfangled features, like automatic configuration of devices attached to the network, smart video routing and the integration of fiber channel with Ethernet that allows computing workloads to be distributed among faraway data centers. But 3Com's products are cheaper.

Coca-Cola KO $54.79 -0.22 0.4% 10,324,645 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $29.87 +0.47 1.6% 12,627,079 NYSE: WSJ pB7 has a story about Weinstein Co. shifting its book publishing business into a joint venture with Perseus Books that will enable the struggling film studio to concentrate on its movie business says its CEO, Harvey Weinstein, made his mark in publishing with Miramax Books, an offshoot fo Miramax Films, which is now owned by Disney.

DuPont DD $34.62 +0.52 1.52% 6,345,552 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon Mobil XOM $73.62 +0.50 0.68% 20,388,989 NYSE: WSJ pA4 Exxon Ordered to Pay Nearly $105 Million in Suit" says a jury has ordered XOM to pay nearly $105 mil in damages in a lawsuit over alleged groundwater contamination from gas additive methyl tertiary butyl ether. Also reported in A section of NYT.

WSJ pC10 "Heard on Street" talks about oil deals and says that Exxon Mobil is competing with a Chinese state owned oil company for a stae in a big field off Ghana, the Jubilee field.

GE $15.84 -0.24 1.49% 98,740,375 NYSE: Fin Times p6 "GE says barriers harming green job creation" by Ed Crooks" says rampant protectionism in envornmental industries is udnderming the fight against global warning and holding back the creation of green jobs, according to John Krenick, vice-chairman of GE and ceo of the groups energy business who said using climate change as a justification for geen industrial policy was extremely dangerous and was becoming widespread round the world.

Fin Times p26 "Investors take rosy view in big week for earnings - Oil price closes in on 80 a barrel - rising risk appetite hit US dollar" by Jamie Chisholm says a week in which more than 25% of the S&P 500 are due to release their 3Q earnings starated in a broadly positive mood. Global equity markets put Fri's disappointing figures from conglomerate bellwether GE behind them, choosing to look ahead to the continuance of a reporting season that do date, has proved better than forecast.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.47 +0.10 0.21% 11,192,099 NYSE: WSJ pB9 "To Rebuild Windows, Mircrosoft Razed Walls - 3 Year Effort to Create latest Version Meant Close Collaboration Among Workers to Avoid Vista's Woes" by Nick Wingfield says Windows 7 which lands on store shelves this Thurs, was marked by close collaboration between the housands of people working on the product. Steve Ballmer, MSFT's CEO, who is pictured shouting like at a pep rally, directed that software developers work closely with computer makers including Hewlett-Packard and other PC players to head off the kidns of problems that hobbled Vista.

Home Depot HD $27.63 +0.37 1.36% 8,286,919 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $20.41 +0.23 1.14% 67,610,360 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pA1 Headline "Galleon Clients Abandon Ship - 2 Brokers Drop Fund as Redemption Requests Hit $1 Bil" by Susan Pulliam, Gregory Zuckerman says hedge fund giant Galleon Group is facing heavy investor withdrawal requests after Fri.'s arrest of founder Raj Rajaratman. He is accused of getting inside info from, among others, a top exec at each of Intel & IBM.

Related stories at Fin Times p3, NYT pB1 by Alex Berenson.

WSJ pB1 "Apple Profit Surges on Iphone< macs" by Yukari Iwatani Kane says Applie posted a 47% quarterly profit jump as consumers contributed to snap up its iPHones and Macs as Apple continued to gain ground on Windows-based machines. In 3Q Apple released Snow Leopard, a major upgrade to its mac operating system, and it's initial sales have been double that of the previous upgrade 2 years ago. MSFT will release a new version of its rival software Windows 7, this week. Apple's strong results appear to indicate that overall consumer spending is recovering. Other tech companies have also recently posted positive earnings, including Intel and Google.

NYT pB11 "Earnings Outlook Drives Wall Street Higher" by Jack Healy says Wall Street bounded ahead on Monday as investors bet that another round of strong corporate earnings would propel the markets even higher. Better earnings by the toymaker Hasbro, coming on the heels of a stronger than expected retail sales report from the gov helped to stengthen hopes that people were against spending money on nonessentials as the economy healed. Intel has said that computer sales are rebounding and sales at Apple, the maker of iPods and iPhones toppedexectations when the company reported a profit after markets closed Mon.

IBM $123.06 +1.42 1.17% 7,389,588 NYSE: WSJ pA1 Headline "Galleon Clients Abandon Ship - 2 Brokers Drop Fund as Redemption Requests Hit $1 Bil" by Susan Pulliam, Gregory Zuckerman says hedge fund giant Galleon Group is facing heavy investor withdrawal requests after Fri.'s arrest of founder Raj Rajaratman. He is accused of getting inside info from, among others, a top exec at each of Intel & IBM.

Related stories at Fin Times p3, NYT pB1 by Alex Berenson.

Related stories at WSJ pA6 by Eric Bellman, and WSJ pA7 by Kara Scannell.

WSJ pA4 "Indiana Cancels IBM Pact Following Complaints" says Ind. cancelled a $1.34 bi contract ending an effort to automate and outsource oeprations of many of the state's social services following complaints by recipients of food stamps, Medicaid and other social services, and criticisms by fed agencies monitoring programs. The system lost benefit apps, was to slow, denied benefits wrongfully and made it hard to check on claim status.

Related stories at WSJ pA6 by Eric Bellman, and WSJ pA7 by Kara Scannell.

J.P. Morgan JPM $45.98 -0.08 0.17% 30,342,215 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $61.16 +0.70 1.16% 11,413,970 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "3 Comapnies Agree to Settle Medicaid Claims" says Myaln,AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson's sub Ortho-McNeil agreed to a $124 mil settlement to resolve claims they failed to pay rebates for some state Medicaid programs. J Orth-McNeil's share is $3.4 mil.

Kraft KFT $27.21 +0.18 0.67% 11,181,871 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $59.28 +0.50 0.85% 7,539,501 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $33.73 +0.52 1.57% 27,987,541 NYSE: Forbes "At Our Throats" by Matthew Herper says a new form of tonsil is spreading rapidly caused not be smoking & drinking, but a virus. A solution may exist by vaccinating all boys starting at 9 years old, with Herck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, now heavily promotoed for cervical cancer. Antivaccine groups oppose it because of its high costs ($360 for 3 shots) and alleged side effects. The FDA says the vaccine is safe. GlaxoSmithkline is developing its own HPV vaccine.

Microsoft MSFT $26.36 -0.14 0.53% 47,894,737 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB6 by Suzanne Vranica, Jessica E. Vascellaro AJC pA8 say ad agencies are urging antitrust regulators to approve the Yahoo/Microsoft online search partnership agreement.

WSJ pB9 "To Rebuild Windows, Mircrosoft Razed Walls - 3 Year Effort to Create latest Version Meant Close Collaboration Among Workers to Avoid Vista's Woes" by Nick Wingfield says Windows 7 which lands on store shelves this Thurs, was marked by close collaboration between the housands of people working on the product. Steve Ballmer, MSFT's CEO, who is pictured shouting like at a pep rally, directed that software developers work closely with computer makers including Hewlett-Packard and other PC players to head off the kidns of problems that hobbled Vista.

WSJ pB1 "Apple Profit Surges on Iphone< macs" by Yukari Iwatani Kane says Applie posted a 47% quarterly profit jump as consumers contributed to snap up its iPHones and Macs as Apple continued to gain ground on Windows-based machines. In 3Q Apple released Snow Leopard, a major upgrade to its mac operating system, and it's initial sales have been double that of the previous upgrade 2 years ago. MSFT will release a new version of its rival software Windows 7, this week. Apple's strong results appear to indicate that overall consumer spending is recovering. Other tech companies have also recently posted positive earnings, including Intel and Google.

Similar story at USA Today p1B.

Fin Times p9 in an article that says for many people their first computer will be the cell phone in the developing world, it says Microsoft is looking to the developing world to exand it sales.

Pfizer PFE $17.98 +0.21 1.18% 90,719,048 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Mergers Thrive In Health Industry" by Jeffrey McCracken says the Obama admin's health care overhaul has caused unrest in the industry. But dealmaking in the medical field has rarely been stronger. This Jan., Pfizer agreed to spend $68.1 bil to acquire Wyeth. Then in March, Merck Co., said it would purchse Schering-Plough for $41.1 bil.

Procter & Gamble PG $57.79 +0.35 0.61% 7,891,730 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $76.32 +0.30 0.39% 3,064,430 NYSE: No mentions found.

Traveler's TRV $48.8 +0.13 0.27% 3,950,869 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $65.44 +0.55 0.85% 5,979,912 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $28.96 +0.06 0.21% 19,655,620 NYSE: No mentions found.

Wal-Mart WMT $51.89 +0.67 1.31% 15,387,431 NYSE: WSJ pB7 Target Joins Online Books Pricing Fray" by Ann Zimmerman says Target joined the online book price wars, bys lashing prices of 7 hot hardcover books available for preordering on its Web site. Walmart fired the first salvo in the price war last week when it first cut the prices on 10 books to $10 saying it plans to be the low price leader in e commerce and then Amazon.com matched their prices.

Similar story at USA Today pB1.

Inv Bus Daily pA1 "Wal-Mart Making Push Online, Where It's a Pygmy vs. Amazon" by Doug Tsuruoka also talks about the price war.
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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 10/12/09:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $337
2. Microsoft MSFT 229
3. WalMart WMT 191
4. JPMorgan Chase 181
5. GE 174
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 172
7. Procter & Gamble PG 168
8. IBM 167
9. Bank of Am BAC 156
10. At&t T 151
11. Chevron CVX 148
12. Cisco CSCO 137
13. Coke KO 127
14. Pfizer PFE 115
15. Intel INTC 114
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 112
17. Verizon VZ 82
18. Merck MRK 69
19. McDonald's MCD 62
20. United Technologies UTX 58
21. Disney DIS 53
22. 3M MMM 52
23. Home Depot 46
24. American Express AXP 42
25. Kraft KFT 39
26. Boeing BA 38
27. Caterpillar CAT 33
28. DuPont DD 30
29. Traveler's TRV 28
30. Alcoa AA 14

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 10/12/09 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: 10/2/09 11K Annual Report of employee stock purchase plan.

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 AT&T redeemed certain long-term debt issues as of September 28, 2009.

Alcoa AA: 10/8/09 announcing financial results for the third quarter.

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: 10/2/09 8K announcing departure of Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., as Pesident and head of AXP Global Consumer Group as of 4/10/09.

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: 10/9/09 several free writing prospectus regarding issuance of securities.

Boeing BA: 10/9/09 8K announcing the election to the Board and Audit & Fin. Committee of retired Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. former Vice-Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff '05- '07.

10/6/09 8K announcing a charge to third quarter earnings in connection with delays in the 747-8 program.

9/15/09 8K 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: 10/5/09 8K announcing price changes on most machines worldwide effective Jan. '10.

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 up 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 Manufacturers to 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.

Chevron CVX: 10/8/09 8K announcing third quarter interim financial results.

9/30/09 8K announcing the retirement of CEO David J. OReilly who is being replaced by John S. Watson and the election to the Board as Vice-Chairman of George L. Kirkland.

8/6/09 10Q

Cisco CSCO: 10/5/09 8K announcing its offer to buy the Norwegian fimr Tandberg ASA for $3 bil.

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.

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; Willaim 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: 10/7/09 8K regulation FD disclosure regarding comments made by Executive Vice President Mark Vergnano who said DuPont would return to its level of '08 profitability in 2 and a half years.

9/29/09 and 8/13/09 8Ks 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 announcing the election of 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

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: 10/8/09 amended the 9/21/09 tender offer regarding exchange of some of its stock options with its employees.

9/15/09 8K Intel announcing Intel's consolidation of 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.

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

7/28/09 10Q

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/9/09 Various free writing prospectus re: issuance of securities.

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

Kraft KFT: 10/6/09 8K announcing the promotion of Kim H. Jones, 49, to VP & Corp. Controller.

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: 9/25/09 8K announcing a quarterly cash dividend of .55 cents per share payable 12/15/09.

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 50percent 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: 10/6/09 Proxy Statement regarding the Shareholders Annual Meeting to be held in Bellevue, Washington on 11/19/09.

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 8K announcing the expansion of the Board to 14 members pursuant to the agreement to merge with Wyeth and electing two Wyeth directors to the newly expanded Board: Frances D. Fergusson and John P. Mascotte.

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: 11K Annual Report of Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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.
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