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A read of Wednesday's 12/2/09 print editions of: Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution, & Daily Report (Ga) 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 Tuesday's closing price and related data:

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 10,471.48 up 126.74 or 1.23% from Monday's close of 10,344.84. Year to date the Dow is up 19.32%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 27 gained and 3 declined. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $41.3 -0.53 1.27% 11,633,857 NYSE. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $127.94 +1.59 1.26% 6,316,455 NYSE and percentage-wise was PFE $18.85 +0.68 3.74% 70,897,947 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "An Early Santa Rally? Dow Gains 126.74 Points" by Peter A. McKay says the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to its highest close in 14 months as fears about the Dubai debt crisis ebbed, paving he way for a renewed push by US investors into risky assets.

WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, Boeing Among Dow Gaines" by Geoffrey Rogow says an easing concern about the Dubai World debt crisis had Caterpillar and other global firms lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new closing high for the year Tues. Also helping stocks, Staples and Guess provided evidence that the holiday shopping season might surpass downbeat expectations. Bucking the trend of a rising market, some financials were weighed down by beearish rfrom JPMMoran Chase, wich trimmed its earnings estimates for some large cap banks such as SunTrust which fell 1.8%.

Fin Times p24 "Housebuilders and media give equities a boost" by Samantha Perason says encouraging signs from the housing market and deal activity in the media sector helped push US stocks higher yesterday. Homebuilders gained after data showed an unexpected rise in pending home sales. Shares in Pulte Homes, the nation's largest homebuilders climbed 1.9% and KB Home which targets first time buyers was up 1. Deal news helped lift investors' confidence in the health of corporate America. After months of speculation there were widespread reports that GE had agreed to pay Vivendi $5.8 bil for the French group's 20% stake in NBC Universal.

Inv. bus DailyA1 "Indexes Rally In Mixed Trade" by Vincent Mao says stocks started Dec. off with a bank Tues., thanks to easing Dubai fears and a weaker dollar. encouraging economic reports also helped. Tuesdays action was up in mixed volume. Current outlook is market uptrend under pressure.

NYT pB10 "Dubai Concerns Eased, Wall St. Moves Up" by Javier C. Hernandez says stocks were higher on Tues. as jitters over the debt crisis in Dubai eased and reports showed signs of stability in 3 cornerstones of the economy: housing, mfging and construction.

USA Today p4B "Dow rises on home sales, weak dollar" by Reuters says the Dow Jones Industrial average climbed to its highest close in 14 months Tues as a weak dollar boosted shares of natural resource firms and economic data reinforced hopes for a sustainable recovery.

As of the open of the market today, the current divisor for the Dow found at page C4 of Wall St. Jrnl is .132319125 unchanged, the trailing P/E ratio is 18.17 17.95 up from Tuesday's 17.95 (year ago it was 17.58) the P/E estimate is 16.04 unchanged (year ago it was 10.27) and the current dividend yield is 2.67 down from Tuesday's 2.70 (it was 3.76 a year ago).

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1385.59 up 16.77 from Tuesday's closing Dow numerator of 1368.82. 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 of 16.77 for Tuesday by the divisor you get the increase in Tuesday's Dow close of 126.74.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 46.19 down 0.56 from Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $45.63. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.76. The lowest volume Tuesday was again 3M MMM $78.63 +1.19 1.54% 3,046,416 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $15.9 +0.05 0.32% 142,681,041 NYSE.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $1,680 ($138,570 - $136,890).

AT&T T $27.18 +0.24 0.89% 26,681,599 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $12.8 +0.28 2.24% 25,677,986 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $41.3 -0.53 1.27% 11,633,857 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $15.9 +0.05 0.32% 142,681,041 NYSE: WSJ pC1"BofA Breakup Is New Snag in CEO Hunt" by Dan Fitzpatrick says at least 2 candidates for the top job at Bank of America told directors that it should consider breaking itself but but the board members in charge of the CEO search have rejected this idea.

AJC pA20 says Internet glitch hits BofA due to a computer malfunction which prevented online customers from transferrring funds. BofA has 29 mil online customers, more than any other US bank.

Boeing BA $53.72 +1.31 2.5% 6,222,359 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Northrop Weighs Forgoing Tanker Bid" by August Cole, NYT pB2 "Northrop Could Withdraw From Bidding on Tanker" by Christopher Drew & AJC pA20 say Northrop Gruman may drop out of a major Air Force tanker project valued at$35 bil unless the gov changes its request for bids. Northrop and Boeing have been fighting over the tanker contract of more than 5 year.

WSJ pB3 "Almost Ready for Takeoff" by Daniel Michaels says Airbus aims to get its troubled A400M military transporter airborne for the first time as soon as next week, but financial and political problems could still ground he pan European plane which is one of Europe's most ambitious defense projects. Airbus parent European Aeronautic Defence and Space agreed in '03 with seven nations from NATO to build 180 of the planes for $30 bil. In '03 EADS said it could turn a profit on a fixed price basis because it would use the same biz management skills that had helped Airbus win half the world market in jetliners from US rival Boeing.

WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, Boeing Among Dow Gaines" by Geoffrey Rogow says an easing concern about the Dubai World debt crisis had Caterpillar and other global firms lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new closing high for the year Tues. Also helping stocks, Staples and Guess provided evidence that the holiday shopping season might surpass downbeat expectations. Bucking the trend of a rising market, some financials were weighed down by beearish rfrom JPMorgan Chase, wich trimmed its earnings estimates for some large cap banks such as SunTrust which fell 1.8%.

Caterpillar CAT $59.68 +1.29 2.21% 9,802,526 NYS: WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, Boeing Among Dow Gaines" by Geoffrey Rogow says an easing concern about the Dubai World debt crisis had Caterpillar and other global firms lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new closing high for the year Tues. Also helping stocks, Staples and Guess provided evidence that the holiday shopping season might surpass downbeat expectations. Bucking the trend of a rising market, some financials were weighed down by beearish rfrom JPMorgan Chase, wich trimmed its earnings estimates for some large cap banks such as SunTrust which fell 1.8%.

Chevron CVX $79.06 +1.02 1.31% 7,097,164 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $23.92 +0.52 2.22% 39,248,300 NASDAQ-GS: AJC pA20 says Cisco extends bid for Noway's Tandberg by 2 ddays after failing to secure enough support for the offer within the original time frame. Cisco on Nov. 16 increased its bid for Tandberg to $3.4 bil or $30.23 per share. Tandberg is the world's largest provider of videoconferencing equipment for business users. Cisco needs 90% of Tandberg's stock to close the deal.

Coca-Cola KO $58.08 +0.88 1.54% 7,619,004 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $30.73 +0.51 1.69% 8,588,163 NYSE: Fin Times p12 "Comcast" says now that GE and Vivendi have agreed to a $5.8 bil price for Vivendi's 20% interest in NBC Universal, Comcast should now be able to fulfill its ambition of combining media content production with the physical pipes of distribution. But the benefits of merging are so obvious that politicans and regulators will strive to stop them being realized. Shareholders have frowned. Since atttempting to buy Walt Disney in '04, Comcast has underperformed the broader market, and 15% has been knocked off its share price after its intentions towards NBCU emerged. Meanwhile, the implicit lack of confidence in Comcast's core cable biz depresses valuations for the entire sector.

DuPont DD $35.1 +0.52 1.5% 5,019,875 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $76.04 +0.97 1.29% 17,242,100 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $16.17 +0.15 0.94% 97,134,876 NYSE: AJC pA21 "GE to turn from films to factories" by Stephen Manning, AP says for 23 years gE has been making sitcoms and movies along with jet engines, dishwashers and light bulbs which has often confounded investors. But this mix will likely end as an expected $30 bil deal will give control of NBC to cable TV operator Comcast as part of GE's shift in focus back to its industrial divisions. GE is also shrinking its financing arm. GE earned $8.1 bil for the first nine months on rev of $115 bil, a 43% drop in profit and a 15%rev. decline.

USA Today pB1 Cover Story "Comcast Closes in on NBC deal" by David Lieberman & IBD PA2 says GE clears path to sale of NBC by ageeing to Vivendi's 20% stake in NBCU for $5.8 bil.

Fin Times p12 "Comcast" says now that GE and Vivendi have agreed to a $5.8 bil price for Vivendi's 20% interest in NBC Universal, Comcast should now be able to fulfill its ambition of combining media content production with the physical pipes of distribution. But the benefits of merging are so obvious that politicans and regulators will strive to stop them being realized. Shareholders have frowned. Since atttempting to buy Walt Disney in '04, Comcast has underperformed the broader market, and 15% has been knocked off its share price after its intentions towards NBCU emerged. Meanwhile, the implicit lack of confidence in Comcast's core cable biz depresses valuations for the entire sector.

NYT pB1 "Surviving NBC's Upheaval" by Bill Carter says Jeff Tucker, pres. and ceo of NBC Universal since '07 is expected to stay on as Comcast takes over. His success with the cable channels, which are expected to produce more than $2.3 bil in operating profit in '09, made the deal attractive to Comcast, which is looking for more control over the content that flows through its pipes. NBC was on pace to lose $600 mil a year. The deal with Comcast is expected to be announced Thurs.

Fin Times p18 "Vivendi investors hail buy-out" by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Justin Baer, Francesco Guerrera, Ben Hall says investors in Vivendi yesterday welcomed news of a potential $5.8 bil buy out of its stake in NBC Universal, but warned that the merits of the deal would depend on how long it took the French media group to receive the full payment. Vivendi shares rose 4% on the news late on Mon. that GE had agreed to buy out its minority partner in NBCU.

Fin Times p24 "Housebuilders and media give equities a boost" by Samantha Perason says encouraging signs from the housing market and deal activity in the media sector helped push US stocks higher yesterday. Homebuilders gained after data showed an unexpected rise in pending home sales. Shares in Pulte Homes, the nation's largest homebuilders climbed 1.9% and KB Home which targets first time buyers was up 1. Deal news helped lift investors' confidence in the health of corporate America. After months of speculation there were widespread reports that GE had agreed to pay Vivendi $5.8 bil for the French group's 20% stake in NBC Universal.

NYT pB4 "With Sale of NBC, Analysts Say Vivendi Can Pursue Other Acquisitions" by Chris V. Nicholson says selling its stake in NBCU will allow Vivendi to shed one of the most important pieces of the legacy of its former ceo and use the proceeds to search for growth in emerging economies.

WSJ pC2 "Dubai Deals "Sukuk Setback" by Joanna Slater says only days ago Islamic bonds were geting talked about in the same sentence as GE. Now they are synonymous with the worst storms to hit global markets in months. Last month GE Capital Corp. became the first major US firm to issue a sukuk in a $500 mil deal that was hailed as a watershed. But now problems in Dubai have had a chilling effect on the market for sukuk.

IBD pA4 "Printed Electronics Emerging" by James Detar says one of the next big tech moneymakers could be an emerging process called printed electronics which uses a high quality inkjet printer to make chips, replacing the long costly process of layering silicon and metal and etching circuitry. Konica Minolta makes the inkjet printers for the process and is working with GE to use printed electronics to make thin and flexible LEDs, or light emitting diodes, to create new types of lighting. Printed electronics can slash the cost of making certain taypes of goods. Chip lead Intel, GE, BMW, Adidas and 60 other firms are slated to participate in the Printed Electornics USA show in San Jose, Ca. this week. Procter & Gamble will do a presentation there about how they want to use printed electronics to help merchandise items, ultimately on items for retail sale but at first for shelves and signage.

Hewlet-Packard HPQ $49.59 +0.53 1.08% 17,892,025 NYSE: "WSJ pB7 "Squeezing Web Sites Onto Cellphones" by Roger Cheng says firms such as tech giant Hewlett-Packard are discussing ways to build their first Web sites specifically for wireless users. Web sites now are not mobile friendly.

Home Depot HD $28 +0.64 2.34% 20,385,921 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $19.66 +0.46 2.4% 45,972,960 NASDAQ-GS: IBD pA4"Printed Electronics Emerging" by James Detar says one of the next big tech moneymakers could be an emerging process called printed electronics which uses a high quality inkjet printer to make chips, replacing the long costly process of layering silicon and metal and etching circuitry. Konica Minolta makes the inkjet printers for the process and is working with GE to use printed electronics to make thin and flexible LEDs, or light emitting diodes, to create new types of lighting. Printed electronics can slash the cost of making certain taypes of goods. Chip lead Intel, GE, BMW, Adidas and 60 other firms are slated to participate in the Printed Electornics USA show in San Jose, Ca. this week. Procter & Gamble will do a presentation there about how they want to use printed electronics to help merchandise items, ultimately on items for retail sale but at first for shelves and signage.

IBM $127.94 +1.59 1.26% 6,316,455 NYSE: No mentions found.

J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $42.22 -0.27 0.64% 38,766,227 NYSE: WSJ pC8 "Another CMBS Bright Spot" by Lingling Wei says JPMorgan is expected to sell $500 mil in debt for Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust which owns some 300 retail properties nationwide. CMBS means commercial mortgage backed securities.

WSJ pC6 "Caterpillar, Boeing Among Dow Gaines" by Geoffrey Rogow says an easing concern about the Dubai World debt crisis had Caterpillar and other global firms lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new closing high for the year Tues. Also helping stocks, Staples and Guess provided evidence that the holiday shopping season might surpass downbeat expectations. Bucking the trend of a rising market, some financials were weighed down by beearish rfrom JPMMoran Chase, wich trimmed its earnings estimates for some large cap banks such as SunTrust which fell 1.8%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.51 +0.67 1.07% 12,200,870 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $26.5 -0.08 0.3% 10,504,849 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "A Cadbury Descendant Crusades Against Kraft Taking Over Icon" by Cecilie Rohwedder says Felicity Loudon, a descendant of John Cadbury, founder of the British choco maker is fighting to prevents the firm's takeover by Kraft. She argues Cadbury is a piece of British history that should not follow a host of other brands into foreign ownership. She is an interior designer and Caddbury's great great granddaughter.

WSJ pB1 "The School Hershey Built" by Ilan Brat profiles the Milton Hershey School for disadvantaged children that is operated by the trust that controls Hershey Co. which is considering competing against Kraft for Cadbury.

McDonald's MCD $63.54 +0.29 0.46% 9,340,425 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "McDonald's Pres. Retires, Citing Health" by Julie Jargon says Ralph Alvarez, likely successor to MCD's CEO Jim Skinner, abruptly retired Tues citing health reasons. He is 55 years old and has years of chronic knee problems including 2 total knee replacements.

Merck MRK $36.88 +0.67 1.85% 16,563,331 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $30.01 +0.60 2.04% 48,877,544 NASDAQ-GS: IBD pA2 "Bing, News ckorp. buzz tempered" says reports taht Microsoft and News Corp., were int alks for an exclusive deal are ovberblow. News ckorp. was reportedly considering removing all links to its news stories from Google's Web search ersults and listing its articles only with Microsoft's Bing search engine in exchange for a fee but it may not happen.

Pfizer PFE $18.85 +0.68 3.74% 70,897,947 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Pfizer Deal for Experimental Drug" by Peter Loftus, NYT pB2 "Pfizer Deal Signals a Move Into Treating Rare Diseases" by Andrew Pollack & AJC pA20 say Pfizer will spend up to $115 mil for rights to an Israeli biotech firm's experimental drug and its technology for making drugs in carro cells. Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, is buying Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc, which is the first to use plnat cells to make protein based drugs that would be safer than the animal cells now used by biotech firms.

IBD pA2 "Pfizer targets Gaucher's disease" says Pfizer is paying biotech Proalix $60 mil upfront for licensing rights to a developing treatment for Gaucher's disease, an enzyme disorder that can lead to liver and neurologic problems.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.91 +0.56 0.9% 9,018,856 NYSE: IBD pA4 "Printed Electronics Emerging" by James Detar says one of the next big tech moneymakers could be an emerging process called printed electronics which uses a high quality inkjet printer to make chips, replacing the long costly process of layering silicon and metal and etching circuitry. Konica Minolta makes the inkjet printers for the process and is working with GE to use printed electronics to make thin and flexible LEDs, or light emitting diodes, to create new types of lighting. Printed electronics can slash the cost of making certain taypes of goods. Chip lead Intel, GE, BMW, Adidas and 60 other firms are slated to participate in the Printed Electornics USA show in San Jose, Ca. this week. Procter & Gamble will do a presentation there about how they want to use printed electronics to help merchandise items, ultimately on items for retail sale but at first for shelves and signage.

3M MMM $78.63 +1.19 1.54% 3,046,416 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $52.6 +0.21 0.4% 3,866,755 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $68 +0.76 1.13% 3,845,243 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $32.34 +0.88 2.8% 22,442,224 NYSE: No mentions found.

Wal-Mart WMT $54.75 +0.20 0.37% 11,850,324 NYSE: No mentions found.
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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 who will be replaced by Douglas Oberhelman in 2010.
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
11/30/09 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $360 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 260 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 211 [4]
4. Chevron CVX 191 [2.5]
5. Procter & Gamble PG 183 [3]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 174 [3]
7. GE 170 [10.5]
8. IBM 165 [1.5]
9. JPMorgan Chase 163 [4]
10. AT&T 159 [6]
11. Pfizer PFE 147 [8]
12. Cisco CSCO 134 [6]
13. BAC 134 [6.5]
14. Coke KO 132 [2]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 116 [2]
16. Intel INTC 107 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 106 [1]
18. Verizon VZ 90 [3]
19. Merck MRK 77 [2]
20. United Technologies UTX 63 [1]
21. Disney DIS 56 [2]
22. 3M MMM 54 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 49 [1]
24. Home Depot 47 [2]
25. Kraft KFT 39 [1.5]
26. Boeing BA 38 [1]
27. Caterpillar CAT 36 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 31 [1]
29. Travelers 28 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 12 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 11/30/09 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: 11/6/09 8K re:the acquisition of Centennial Communications Corp. a regional provider of wireless and wired communications services for $945 million in cash.

Alcoa AA: 11/20/09 8K re: that it will temporarily idle production at its two aluminum smelters in Fusina and Portovesme, Italy while appealing a European Commission decision that Italy’s extension of the existing electricity tariff after 2005 did not comply with European Union state aid rules and that a portion of the benefit received by Alcoa must be refunded. The curtailments in Italy will bring Alcoa’s total global smelting system curtailments to approximately 24 percent. Alcoa expects to take a 4Q '09 charge of between $300 million and $500 million, pre-tax, including the temporary curtailment and recovery actions.

American Express AXP: 11/18/09 8K re: acquisition of Revolution Money, a Revolution LLC company which was launched by AOL Co-founder Steve Case's Revolution LLC in '07 & provides secure payments through an internet based platform. No names or account numbers appear on Revolution cards and transactions are authorized by using a PIN number. Their online person-to-person payment accounts are FDIC insured and suited for social and instant messaging networks.

Bank of Am BAC: 11/27/09 8K re: the Board approved amendments to the 2009 compensation arrangements for Joe L. Price, Chief Financial Officer, & Barbara J. Desoer, President, Bank of America Mortgage, Home Equity and Insurance Services.

Boeing BA: 11/20/09 8K re: Boeing issued $700,000,000 of 1.875% Senior Notes due 2012 and $500,000,000 of 3.750% Senior Notes due 2016.

Caterpiller CAT: 11/19/09 8K disclosing supplemental information concerning deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business.

Chevron CVX: 11/5/09 10Q

Cisco CSCO: 11/24/09 8K re: Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, General Counsel & Secretary of Cisco Systems adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan to exercise Cisco stock options originally granted in 2001 and set to expire in February 2010 and sell the acquired shares of Cisco stock for up to 80,000 shares of Cisco stock.

Coke KO: 10/29/09 10QA

Disney DIS: 11/13/09 8K re: effective January 1, 2010, Thomas O. Staggs, currently Sr. Exec. VP & CFO, will become Chairman, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, & James A. Rasulo, currently Chairman, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, will become Sr. Exec. VP & CFO.

11/19/09 Amended S-4 related to the takeover of Marvel.

DuPont DD: 11/5/09 Prospectus relating to $1,000,000,000 3.250% Notes due 1/15 & $1,000,000,000 4.625% Notes due January 15, 2020

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/5/09 10Q

GE: 11/6/09 10QA

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 11/23/09 8K re: financial results for its 4Q ended 10/31/09, with net rev of $30.8 billion, down 8% from a year earlier.

Home Depot HD: 11/17/09 8K re: 3Q of fiscal 2009 net earnings of $689 million, or $0.41 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $756 million, or $0.45 per diluted share, in the same period in fiscal 2008.

Intel INTC: 11/16/09 8K re: board of directors approved a 12.5 percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend to 15.75 cents per share (63 cents per share on an annual basis), beginning with the dividend that will be declared in the first quarter of 2010.

IBM: 11/5/09 8K announcing its Form S-3, effective August 3, 2007, relating to $2,000,000,000 of debt securities of the Registrant.

JPMorganChase JPM: 11/20/09 re: Cazenove Group Limited (Cazenove) and J.P. Morgan have agreed a transaction under which their joint venture, J.P. Morgan Cazenove, will become a wholly owned part of J.P. Morgan.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 11/4/09 10Q

Kraft KFT: 11/9/09 8K re: pursuant to Rule 2.5 of the U.K. City Code on Takeovers and Mergers Kraft disclosed its intention to make an offer to acquire each outstanding ordinary share of Cadbury plc.

11/9/09 8K re: an acquisition and refinancing bridge credit agreement for a 364-day senior unsecured term loan facility with the lenders led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as joint bookrunners, and Citibank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, as co-administrative agents for loans up to £5.5 billion with a maturity date of 364 days.

McDonalds MCD: 11/12/09 8K re: CEO Jim Skinner outlined MCD’s priorities to continue to drive growth in sales, market share and returns through a strategic focus on its customers and restaurants under the successful Plan to Win. This includes plans to open about 1,000 new restaurants and reimage 2,300 existing locations worldwide in 2010.

Merck MRK: 11/4/09 8K announcing the consummation on November 3, 2009 of the merger of Merck & Co., Inc. &, Schering-Plough Corporation.

Microsoft MSFT: 11/24/09 8K re: Chris Liddell's departure as CFO to be replaced by Peter Klein.

Pfizer PFE: 11/5/09 10Q

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/29/09 10Q

3M MMM: 11/24/09 8K re: an amendment to its VIP Excess Plan that offers eligible highly compensated employees with the opportunity to defer the receipt of a portion of their current cash compensation on a tax-favored basis.

Travelers TRV: 11/10/09 8K re: the resignation of Robert I. Lipp from the Board.

United Technologies UTX: 11/17/09 8K re: its purchase of the GE Security business from GE for $1.82 billion. The closing is pending regulatory approvals. GE Security, part of GE Technology Infrastructure, supplies security and life safety technologies through a broad product portfolio for commercial and residential applications that include fire detection and life safety systems, intrusion alarms, and video surveillance and access control systems. Headquartered in Bradenton, Fla., the business has eight manufacturing facilities and approximately 4,700 employees in 26 countries.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:/11/2/09 8K announcing VZ adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51 (SFAS No. 160).

Wal-Mart WMT: 11/12/09 8K re: diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for 3Q of fiscal year 2010 of $0.84, exceeding WMT’s guidance of $0.78 to $0.82. Walmart earned $0.77 per share from continuing operations in the third quarter last year.