10/9/09 pm Fri. Dow Closes at 9864.94 up 78.07 or .8%

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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 today's page C4 of The Wall St. Jrnl is
.132319125 unchanged where it is also noted that as of open today the Dow's trailing P/E ratio is 15.69 up from yesterday's 15.31, its P/E estimate is 15.32 unchanged and its Dividend yield is 2.87 down from yesterday's 2.94.

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 today 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)

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

T $25.66 -0.28 1.08% 33,122,153 NYSE
AA $14.24 -0.11 0.77% 37,672,288 NYSE
AXP $34.94 -0.04 0.11% 7,107,527 NYSE
BAC $17.5 +0.17 0.98% 87,126,756 NYSE
BA $52.69 +0.39 0.75% 2,589,274 NYSE
CAT $53.64 +0.55 1.04% 8,049,895 NYSE
CVX $72.76 +1.31 1.83% 8,791,881 NYSE
CSCO $24.03 +0.36 1.52% 45,614,115 NASDAQ-GS
KO $54.65 +0.06 0.11% 5,914,104 NYSE
DIS $28.64 -0.03 0.1% 7,091,535 NYSE
DD $32.95 +0.35 1.07% 5,254,418 NYSE
XOM $69.27 +0.22 0.32% 13,540,827 NYSE
GE $16.18 -0.04 0.25% 70,289,644 NYSE
HPQ $47.38 +0.92 1.98% 14,294,936 NYSE
HD $26.96 +0.07 0.26% 11,100,201 NYSE
INTC $20.17 +0.29 1.46% 55,857,506 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $125.93 +3.64 2.98% 13,096,353 NYSE
JPM $45.85 +0.55 1.21% 25,908,337 NYSE
JNJ $61.74 +0.80 1.31% 9,193,706 NYSE
KFT $25.97 -0.14 0.54% 8,690,000 NYSE
MCD $56.7 -0.17 0.3% 10,227,779 NYSE
MRK $32.56 +0.13 0.4% 11,355,162 NYSE
MSFT $25.55 -0.12 0.47% 39,501,493 NASDAQ-GS
PFE $16.92 +0.22 1.32% 47,936,044 NYSE
PG $57.56 -0.09 0.16% 6,455,854 NYSE
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
VZ $29.16 unch unch 23,229,457 NYSE
WMT $49.97 +0.23 0.46% 16,369,593 NYSE

The following appeared in this morning's Blog:

A read of Friday's 10/9/09 print editions of: Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Investors Business Daily, New York Times, Atl Journal Const, & USA Today 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: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 9786.87 up 61.29 or 0.63% from Wednesday's close of 9725.58. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 9 declined and 21 gained. The biggest gainer percentage wise was Home Depot HD $26.89 +0.75 2.87% 15,764,664 NYSE and dollar wise was 3M MMM $74.53 +1.39 1.9% 3,205,330 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar wise and percentage wise was Travelers TRV $48.35 -0.58 1.19% 5,961,902 NYSE. Year to date the Dow is up 11.51%.

WSJ pC1 "Blue Chips Rise 61.29; Oil, Gold Both Rally by Peter A. McKay says stocks climbed as investors welcomed Alcoa's quarterly earnings report and better than expected retail sales signs the economy is improving, while gold hit yet another high and the dollar and Treasurys fell. Alcoa was up 1.1% after reporting a 3Q profit, ending a string of losses. Chevron rose 1.3% among the biggest contributors to the gains in the price weighted Dow.

WSJ pC5 "Macy's, Home Depot, Alcoa Lead Gainers" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks rose Thurs. as Alcoa kicked off the earnings season on a positive note, while Macy's, Home Depot and other discretionary stocks climbed on retailers' first collective same store sales since August '08. Still, the market's major indexes didn't end as high as they had been earlier int he session,as the excitement over the earnings and sales reports, as well as a bigger than expected rop in weekly jobless claims, seemed to wear off by the end of the day.

Fin Times p24 Profitable Alcoa sets 3Q in positive direction" by Samantha Pearson says US stocks pushed higher yesterday after encouraging jobs data and positive results from Alcoa, the country's biggest aluminum producer, raised investors' hopes about the pace of economic recovery.

NYT pB7 "After Heartening Reports, Shares Rise" by Jack Healy says the economy is still a long way from healthy, but on Thurs., a constellation of signals on job losses, company profits and retail sales gave Wall Street a little more reason for optimism. firs time unemployment claims fell by 33,000 last week to their lowest levels since early Jan., brightening hopes about employment. The aluminum maker Alcoa turned a profit over the summer after a year of losses. Mortgage rates fell, making it easier for borrowers to afford a home. And retailers poster their strongest sales of the year.

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 open today the Dow's trailing P/E ratio is 15.84 up from yesterday's 15.69, its P/E estimate is 15.32 unchanged and its Dividend yield is 2.85 down from yesterday's 2.87.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1294.99 up 8.11 from Wednesday's closing Dow numerator of 1286.88. 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 today of 8.11 by the divisor you get 61.29, the increase in Thursday's Dow close.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 43.17 up 0.27 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of 42.90. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 40.14 up 0.29 from Thursday's Dow Jones median closing price of 39.85. The highest closing price Wednesday again was IBM $122.29 -0.49 0.4% 6,357,060 NYSE and the lowest closing price Monday again was Alcoa AA $14.35 +0.15 1.06% 120,151,573 NYSE.

The lowest volume Wednesday again was 3M MMM $74.53 +1.39 1.9% 3,205,330 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $17.33 -0.02 0.12% 135,227,186 NYSE.

If Thursday 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 $822.
($129,510 - $128,688)

AT&T T $25.94 -0.24 0.92% 43,556,480 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Barnes & Noble Lines Up for Holiday Race With Plans for Its Own Brand of E-Reader" by Geoffrey A. Fowler says Barnes & Noble will bring out its own brand of digital book reader, setting the state for a holiday showdown with amazon.com Inc. and Sony in the market for electronic reading devices. The new e-reader will run on AT&T's wireless network.

AXP $34.98 +0.99 2.91% 11,751,526 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $14.35 +0.15 1.06% 120,151,573 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Blue Chips Rise 61.29; Oil, Gold Both Rally by Peter A. McKay says stocks climbed as investors welcomed Alcoa's quarterly earnings report and better than expected retail sales signs the economy is improving, while gold hit yet another high and the dollar and Treasurys fell. Alcoa was up 1.1% after reporting a 3Q profit, ending a string of losses. Chevron rose 1.3% among the biggest contributors to the gains in the price weighted Dow.

WSJ pC5 "Macy's, Home Depot, Alcoa Lead Gainers" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks rose Thurs. as Alcoa kicked off the earnings season on a positive note, while Macy's, Home Depot and other discretionary stocks climbed on retailers' first collective same store sales since August '08. Still, the market's major indexes didn't end as high as they had been earlier int he session,as the excitement over the earnings and sales reports, as well as a bigger than expected drop in weekly jobless claims, seemed to wear off by the end of the day.

WSJ pC12's Overhead item talks about a long winded analyst who asked a question at Alcoa's first earnings call of the third quarter.

Fin Times p24 Profitable Alcoa sets 3Q in positive direction" by Samantha Pearson says US stocks pushed higher yesterday after encouraging jobs data and positive results from Alcoa, the country's biggest aluminum producer, raised investors' hopes about the pace of economic recovery.

NYT pB7 "After Heartening Reports, Shares Rise" by Jack Healy says the economy is still a long way from healthy, but on Thurs., a constellation of signals on job losses, company profits and retail sales gave Wall Street a little more reason for optimism. firs time unemployment claims fell by 33,000 last week to their lowest levels since early Jan., brightening hopes about employment. The aluminum maker Alcoa turned a profit over the summer after a year of losses. Mortgage rates fell, making it easier for borrowers to afford a home. And retailers poster their strongest sales of the year.

Bank of America BAC $17.33 -0.02 0.12% 135,227,186 NYSE: WSJ pA3 "Loan Modification Plan Hits Target" by Ruth Simon, Corey Boles says the fed gov has met its goal of beginning trial loan modifications for 500,000 homeowners in a sign the foreclosure prevention plan is gaining traction. The largest mortgage services are Bank of America, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo and they have begun trial modifications for 11%, 27% and 20% of their respective elibible borrowers who are at least 60 days past due.

Also reported at NYT pB1 by Peter S. Goodman.

WSJ pA4 "Wall Street on Geithner's Speed Dial - Treasury Secretary's Calendar Shows Extensive Contacts with Big Bankers During a Time of Tumult" by Deborah Solomon, Damian Paletta says Treasury Sec'y Timothy Geithner has kept frequent contract with big bankers including JPMorgan Chase but has less contact with officials from Bank of America.

Boeing BA $52.3 +0.51 0.98% 3,086,574 NYSE: WSJ pB1 Flying Into Headwinds - Boeing Wins on One Plane, But Braces for Military Cuts" by Christopher Drew says Boeing has been hit harder than any major contractor since the Obama admin. started paring back weapons systems last string.

CAT $53.09 +1.19 2.29% 11,087,896 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $71.45 +0.94 1.33% 9,862,680 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "chevron Net Likely to Rise On Increases in Exploration" by Kathy Shwiff says Chevron said Thurs its 3Q earnings will be higher led by significant increases at its exploration and production operations as well as $400 mil of gains from asset sales and tax items. Chevron is the second largest US oil company by market cap after Exxon Mobil.

WSJ pb1 "Chevron Engineers Squeeze New Oil From Old Wells - Steam Bath for Aging Field Adds Millions of Barrels of Crude Oil to Reservoir's Output" by Ben Casselman says Chevron Corp. is using new technologies to extend the life of one of the world's oldest and most prolific oil fields, the Kern River field which has produced more than 2 bil barrels of oil in its 110 year history. The new technique injects steam into the ground which is expensive but sensors are used to use less steam. Exxon Mobil Corp and royal Dutch Shell are showing interest in such projects.

WSJ pC1 "Blue Chips Rise 61.29; Oil, Gold Both Rally by Peter A. McKay says stocks climbed as investors welcomed Alcoa's quarterly earnings report and better than expected retail sales signs the economy is improving, while gold hit yet another high and the dollar and Treasurys fell. Alcoa was up 1.1% after reporting a 3Q profit, ending a string of losses. Chevron rose 1.3% among the biggest contributors to the gains in the price weighted Dow.

CSCO $23.67 +0.06 0.25% 44,487,849 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

KO $54.59 -0.22 0.4% 8,789,619 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Pepsi Seeks Recipe in Age of Thrift" by Valeries Bauerlein, Anjali Cordero says strong sales of potato chips and snacks and growth in emerging markets helped PepsiCo have an 8.9% increase in profit for tis 3Q. US beverage sales have been under pressure for almost 2 years at Pepsi and rival Coca-Cola Co.

Similar story at Fin Times p17 by Jonathan Birchall.

Disney DIS $28.67 +0.50 1.77% 10,182,274 NYSE: WSJ pW1 by Lauren A.E. Schuker has a story about a new slate of classic children's movies out including "Alice In Wonderland" by Walt Disney due out next year starring Johnny Depp.

DD $32.6 +0.82 2.58% 5,751,609 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $69.05 +0.38 0.55% 18,745,268 NYSE: WSJ pb1 "Chevron Engineers Squeeze New Oil From Old Wells - Steam Bath for Aging Field Adds Millions of Barrels of Crude Oil to Reservoir's Output" by Ben Casselman says Chevron Corp. is using new technologies to extend the life of one of the world's oldest and most prolific oil fields, the Kern River field which has produced more than 2 bil barrels of oil in its 110 year history. The new technique injects steam into the ground which is expensive but sensors are used to use less steam. Exxon Mobil Corp and royal Dutch Shell are showing interest in such projects.

WSJ pB2 "chevron Net Likely to Rise On Increases in Exploration" by Kathy Shwiff says Chevron said Thurs its 3Q earnings will be higher led by significant increases at its exploration and production operations as well as $400 mil of gains from asset sales and tax items. Chevron is the second largest US oil company by market cap after Exxon Mobil.

GE $16.22 +0.06 0.37% 75,406,403 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Vivendi Ready to Sell NBC Universal Stake" by max Colchester, Sam Schechner says Vivendi SA will likely sell its 20% stae in GE's NBC Universal this year as GE and Comcast are discussing a deal to merge NBC Universal with Comcast's TV networks. The deal may happen only if Vivendi decides to sell.

NYT pB5 "Jet leasing Companies Stumble on Debt Burden - Airlines Let Contracts Lapse as Traffic Falls" by Nicola Clark has a chart of aircraft leasing companies with GE Capital Aviation Services at the top of the list with a fleet valued at $35.3 bil comprised of 1,812 planes.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $46.46 -0.10 0.21% 14,774,506 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Mainframes Remain Lucrative Line for IBM" by William M. Bulkeley, Keith J. Winstein says the half century old business of mainframe computers is still crucial enough to be drawing scrutiny from US antitrust investigators as was reported yesterday in this Blog. IBM is now almost alone in the market for these computers that run everything from Amtrak's reservation system to benefits payments for the Soc. Security Admin. However, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems have pushed their high end Unix servers as alternatives to mainframes. The story discusses litigation between IBM and T3T that raised antitrust allegations. T3T is being helped by money from Microsoft.

Home Depot HD $26.89 +0.75 2.87% 15,764,664 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Macy's, Home Depot, Alcoa Lead Gainers" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks rose Thurs. as Alcoa kicked off the earnings season on a positive note, while Macy's, Home Depot and other discretionary stocks climbed on retailers' first collective same store sales since August '08. Still, the market's major indexes didn't end as high as they had been earlier int he session,as the excitement over the earnings and sales reports, as well as a bigger than expected rop in weekly jobless claims, seemed to wear off by the end of the day.

INTC $19.88 +0.13 0.66% 72,761,319 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $122.29 -0.49 0.4% 6,357,060 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Mainframes Remain Lucrative Line for IBM" by William M. Bulkeley, Keith J. Winstein says the half century old business of mainframe computers is still crucial enough to be drawing scrutiny from US antitrust investigators as was reported yesterday in this Blog. IBM is now almost alone in the market for these computers that run everything from Amtrak's reservation system to benefits payments for the Soc. Security Admin. However, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems have pushed their high end Unix servers as alternatives to mainframes. The story discusses litigation between IBM and T3T that raised antitrust allegations. T3T is being helped by money from Microsoft.

Fin Times p18 "IBM braced for probe by Dept. of Justice" by Richard Wates says regulators are catching up with EU counterparts in challenging tech firms.

WSJ pC1 in a story by Jenny Strasburg, Scott Patterson says Renaissance Technologies founder James Simons will resign and will be succeeded by current co-presidents Peter Brown and Robert Mercer who both joined Renaissance in the '90s from IBM's speech recognition group.

JPMorgan JPM $45.3 -0.40 0.88% 35,825,010 NYSE: WSJ pA3 "Loan Modification Plan Hits Target" by Ruth Simon, Corey Boles says the fed gov has met its goal of beginning trial loan modifications for 500,000 homeowners in a sign the foreclosure prevention plan is gaining traction. The largest mortgage services are Bank of America, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo and they have begun trial modifications for 11%, 27% and 20% of their respective eligible borrowers who are at least 60 days past due.

WSJ pA4 "Wall Street on Geithner's Speed Dial - Treasury Secretary's Calendar Shows Extensive Contacts with Big Bankers During a Time of Tumult" by Deborah Solomon, Damian Paletta says Treasury Sec'y Timothy Geithner has kept frequent contract with big bankers including JPMorgan Chase but has less contact with officials from Bank of America.

JNJ $60.94 +0.23 0.38% 8,936,801 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $26.11 +0.06 0.23% 10,885,168 NYSE: WSJ pA4 "White House Tends to Business with CEO Lunches" by Elizabeth Williamson, Neil King Jr. says Pres. Obama hosted another in a series of private lunches with ceos to close rifts with the business sector over White House intervention in the private sectors. He has include Irene Rosenfeld of Kraft Foods Inc, Mike Duke ceo of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Jeff Kindler CEO of Pfizer Inc.

MCD $56.87 -0.27 0.47% 8,589,890 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $32.43 +0.24 0.75% 11,199,498 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $25.67 +0.57 2.27% 58,634,963 NASDAQ-GS: Fin Times p12 "Microsoft aims for a mobile rebirth" by Paul Taylor says the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5, the newest version of the veteran mobile phone operating system, is Microsoft's latest attempt to take on its smartphone rivals.

WSJ pB4 "Mainframes Remain Lucrative Line for IBM" by William M. Bulkeley, Keith J. Winstein says the half century old business of mainframe computers is still crucial enough to be drawing scrutiny from US antitrust investigators as was reported yesterday in this Blog. IBM is now almost alone in the market for these computers that run everything from Amtrak's reservation system to benefits payments for the Soc. Security Admin. However, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems have pushed their high end Unix servers as altenatives to mainframes. The story discusses litigation between IBM and T3T that riased antitrust allegations. T3T is being helped by money from Microsoft.

Pfizer PFE $16.7 +0.01 0.06% 43,996,465 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Outside Panel Supports Wider Use of HIV Drug" says a FDA panel backed the use of Pfizer's HIV drug Selzentry as part of a first line treatment regimen for newly diagnosed patients as reported here yesterday from Inv. Bus. Daily.

Also reported at AJC pA16.

WSJ pA4 "White House Tends to Business with CEO Lunches" by Elizabeth Williamson, Neil King Jr. says Pres. Obama hosted another in a series of private lunches with ceos to close rifts with the business sector over White House intervention in the private sectors. He has include Irene Rosenfeld of Kraft Foods Inc, Mike Duke ceo of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Jeff Kindler CEO of Pfizer Inc.

PG $57.65 -0.70 1.23% 12,500,393 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $74.53 +1.39 1.9% 3,205,330 NYSE: No mentions found.

TRV $48.35 -0.58 1.19% 5,961,902 NYSE: No mentions found.

UTX $61.78 +0.71 1.16% 4,359,433 NYSE: No mentions found.

VZ $29.16 -0.22 0.75% 18,775,297 NYSE: No mentions found.

Wal-Mart WMT $49.74 +0.25 0.51% 14,744,340 NYSE: WSJ pA4 "White House Tends to Business with CEO Lunches" by Elizabeth Williamson, Neil King Jr. says Pres. Obama hosted another in a series of private lunches with ceos to close rifts with the business sector over White House intervention in the private sectors. He has include Irene Rosenfeld of Kraft Foods Inc, Mike Duke ceo of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Jeff Kindler CEO of Pfizer Inc.


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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
12. Coke KO 121
13. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 112
14. Pfizer PFE 111
15. Intel INTC 109
16. Bank of Am BAC 109
17. Verizon VZ 86
18. Merck MRK 65
19. McDonald's MCD 61
20. United Technologies UTX 59
21. Disney DIS 52
22. 3M MMM 52
23. Home Depot 46
24. American Express AXP 40
25. Kraft KFT 39
26. Boeing BA 38
27. Caterpillar CAT 32
28. DuPont DD 29
29. Traveler's TRV 27
30. Alcoa AA 13