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A read of Tuesday's 12/22/09 print editions of: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times, Investors 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 Monday's closing price and related data:

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 10,414.14 up 85.25 or 0.83% from Friday's close of 10,328.89. Year to date the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 18.66%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 25 gained and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $15.73 +1.15 7.89% 60,885,669 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Procter & Gamble PG $61.3 -0.25 0.41% 9,541,972 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Turns Positive for Dec." by Peter A. McKay says stocks advanced on Mon., pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory for Dec., amid analyst upgrades and acquisitions in the mining and health care sectors. The Dow is up 0.7% for the month. Alcoa was the strongest component, up 7.9% after Morgan Stanley raised its investment rating. Intel gained 2.3% after an upgrade from Barclays Capital. Together, Alcoa and Intel contributed about 12 points to the Dow's gain. Health care stocks helped lead the market higher as the watered down health care legislation moved closer to passage. Health insured Aetna was up and Pfizer rose 1.7%.

Fin Timesp24 "Alcoa gains steer S&P 500 towards 15 month peak" by Samantha Pearson, Courtney Weaver says an upgrade to Alcoa and a flurry of deal activity helped lift US stocks higher yesterday. Intel benefits from an upgrade from Barlays.

WSJ pC5 "Alcoa and Intel lead Gainers on Upgrades" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich" says US stocks rose broadly Mon. as investment ratings upgrades boosted Alcoa and Intel while a host of health care firms including Aetna were lifted by a key Senate vote. Under "Good News" Alcoa is charted saying Morgan Stanley upgraded it to overweight from equal weight, citing favorable aluminum pricing, and raised its profit forecast.

NYT pB9 "Markets Rebound on Assit by Optimistic Analysts" by Bloomberg says stocks rose on Mon, erasing last week's losses, as analysts recommended firms from Alcoa to Intel. Health care shares also surged after Congress delayed a new tax in the proposed industry overhaul.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Jrnl is .132319125 unchanged, the trailing P/E ratio is 18.07 up from Mon.'s 17.92 (year ago it was 17.79) the P/E estimate is 16.00 unchanged from Monday's 16.00 (year ago it was 10.45) and the current dividend yield is 2.66 down from Mon's 2.69 (it was 3.68 a year ago).

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1377.99 up 11.28 from Friday's closing Dow numerator of 1366.71. 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 11.28 for Monday by the divisor you get the increase in Monday's Dow close of 85.25.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 45.93 up 0.37 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $45.56. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 41.46 up 0.73 from Friday's $40.73. The lowest volume Monday was 3M MMM $81.43 +0.46 0.57% 2,760,282 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $15.28 +0.25 1.66% 153,378,090 NYSE.

If Monday 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 $1,128 ($137,799 - $136,671).

AT&T T $27.54 +0.22 0.81% 21,169,121 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $15.73 +1.15 7.89% 60,885,669 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Alcoa Joins With Saudis to Put Alum Project Back on Track" by Mohammed Aly Sergie, Andrea Hotter & AJC pA16 say Alcoa said it plans to invest in a big alum production complex with the Saudi gov putting the stalled $10.8 bil project back on track. Alcoa, the largest alum maker in the US will control 40% of a jv in which Saudi Arabian Mining Co or Maaden will own the rest. The complex will include a bauxite mine with a capacity of 4 mil metric tons a year, an alumina refinery with a capacity of 1.8 mil metric tons annually, an alum smelter and a rolling mill.

WSJ pC5 "Alcoa and Intel lead Gainers on Upgrades" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich" says US stocks rose broadly Mon. as investment ratings upgrades boosted Alcoa and Intel while a host of health care firms including Aetna were lifted by a key Senate vote. Under "Good News" Alcoa is charted saying Morgan Stanley upgraded it to overweight from equal weight, citing favorable aluminum pricing, and raised its profit forecast.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Turns Positive for Dec." by Peter A. McKay says stocks advanced on Mon., pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory for Dec., amid analyst upgrades and acquisitions in the mining and health care sectors. The Dow is up 0.7% for the month. Alcoa was the strongest component, up 7.9% after Morgan Stanley raised its investment rating. Intel gained 2.3% after an upgrade from Barclays Capital. Together, Alcoa and Intel contributed about 12 points to the Dow's gain. Health care stocks helped lead the market higher as the watered down health care legislation moved closer to passage. Health insured Aetna was up and Pfizer rose 1.7%.

American Express AXP $41.02 +0.51 1.26% 5,421,691 NYSE: WSJ pC8 "Prepaid Cards Surge Amid Curbs" by Aparajita Saha-Bubna says the use of prepaid cards ha risen with the economic slump, as budget conscious consumers shun debt. Firms including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, American Express, masterCard, Visa Citigroup, and Discovery Financial Services are plowing millions of dollars in investments in this area which has grown to $247.7 bil in '08 and $220.3 bil in '07.

Bank of America BAC $15.28 +0.25 1.66% 153,378,090 NYSE: WSJ pC8 "Prepaid Cards Surge Amid Curbs" by Aparajita Saha-Bubna says the use of prepaid cards ha risen with the economic slump, as budget conscious consumers shun debt. Firms including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, American Express, masterCard, Visa Citigroup, and Discovery Financial Services are plowing millions of dollars in investments in this area which has grown to $247.7 bil in '08 and $220.3 bil in '07.

Boeing BA $54.3 +0.86 1.61% 3,557,420 NYSE: AJC pA16 says Japan's All Nippon Airways has ordered 5 Boeing 777s and 5 Boeing 767s in a deal worth $2 bil. ANA is the launch customer for Boeing's new 787 jetliner, which made its first flight last week. ANA will get its first 787 late next year.

Caterpillar CAT $57.6 +0.41 0.72% 5,327,966 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $77.5 +0.60 0.78% 6,734,973 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $23.64 +0.31 1.33% 35,519,268 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $57.18 +0.26 0.46% 7,299,421 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $32.4 +0.45 1.41% 7,695,193 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Apple TV Proposal Gets Some Nibbles" by Sam Schechner, Yukari Iwatani Kane says CBS and Disney are considering participating in Apple's plan to offer tv subscriptions over the Internet as Apple prepares a potential new competitor to cable and satellite tv. The proposed service by the maker of iPhones and iPod music players could offer access to some tv shows from a selection of major US tv networks for a monthly fee. Apple is pushing to complete licensing deals and hopes to introduce the sevice in '10. It is unclear whether any networks have signed on yet.

DuPont DD $32.15 0.+28 0.88% 5,014,909 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $68.51 +0.30 0.44% 34,402,944 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $15.57 -0.02 0.13% 52,738,922 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $51.99 0+.49 0.95% 15,743,517 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Print Outsourcing Gives Boost to Xerox, H-P" by William M.Bukleleysays the printer and copier industry seems to have found a bright spot as more firms are outsourcing their printing services. Big firm are increasingly hiring Xerox and Hewlett Packard among others to provide managed print services, a variety of outsourcing in which the vendor takes control of the firm's production of office docs, typically owning the machines, advising on how to use them, and taking a per page charge.

Home Depot HD $28.96 +0.31 1.08% 9,845,818 NYSE: AJC pA15 "Blake, Obama and Home Depot publicity" by Bob Keefe says the pres. invites Home Depot CEO Frank Blake to an economic forum on Dec. 3, another private meeting at the White House and came to a Home Depot store to give a speecch. Balke is a Republican and served as deputy sec'y of the US Dept. of Energy under Pres. Bush. The point of the story is Home Depot is getting good publicity from all of this attention from Pres. Obama.

Intel INTC $20.09 +0.46 2.34% 56,844,599 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC1 "Dow Turns Positive for Dec." by Peter A. McKay says stocks advanced on Mon., pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory for Dec., amid analyst upgrades and acquisitions in the mining and health care sectors. The Dow is up 0.7% for the month. Alcoa was the strongest component, up 7.9% after Morgan Stanley raised its investment rating. Intel gained 2.3% after an upgrade from Barclays Capital. Together, Alcoa and Intel contributed about 12 points to the Dow's gain. Health care stocks helped lead the market higher as the watered down health care legislation moved closer to passage. Health insured Aetna was up and Pfizer rose 1.7%.

WSJ pC5 "Alcoa and Intel lead Gainers on Upgrades" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich" says US stocks rose broadly Mon. as investment ratings upgrades boosted Alcoa and Intel while a host of health care firms including Aetna were lifted by a key Senate vote. Under "Good News" Alcoa is charted saying Morgan Stanley upgraded it to overweight from equal weight, citing favorable aluminum pricing, and raised its profit forecast.

IBM $128.65 +0.74 0.58% 4,755,832 NYSE: No mentions found.

J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $41.9 +0.95 2.32% 35,748,180 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "In '10, Year of the Regulator" by Dennis K. Berman says in '10, the most significant financial regulation in 75 years will take place,, that will bring in a new set of rules that will rest the US financial industry's profitability, core oversight and connection to Main Street investors. The new Consumer Financial Protection Agency strips some powers from the Fed and other agencies, empowering a new agency to police mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and home appraisals. JPMorgan Chase CEO James Dimon has railed against the plan, saying it creates unnecessary bureaucracy.

WSJ pC3 "Deal Journal" by Michael Corkery says the Treasury made a $1.1 bil profit selling warrants in Goldman Sachs and also made a $950 mil profit from the sale of warrants in JPMorgan Chase who received $25 bil in TARP fund, Goldman Sachs got $10 bil in TARP money.

WSJ pC8 "Prepaid Cards Surge Amid Curbs" by Aparajita Saha-Bubna says the use of prepaid cards ha risen with the economic slump, as budget conscious consumers shun debt. Firms including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, American Express, MasterCard, Visa Citigroup, and Discovery Financial Services are plowing millions of dollars in investments in this area which has grown to $247.7 bil in '08 and $220.3 bil in '07.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.33 -0.04 0.06% 11,118,915 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $26.99 -0.02 0.07% 6,467,990 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "Hopeful Sign: Credit Suisee Reshuffles M&A Ranks" by Anita Greil, Jel Bel Bruno says Credit Suisse named Boon Sim as its new global head of m&A as part of a broader management shake up amid hopes of a rebound in takeovers next year. It comes as the bank has seen a spike in work on major takeover deals, including helping to finance Kraft's $17 bil bid for Cadbury.

McDonald's MCD $62.66 +0.49 0.79% 4,625,117 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $37.69 +0.29 0.78% 14,781,298 NYSE: WSJ pB4 says Merck named Julie Gerberding, former director of the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, as head of Merck's $5 bil vaccines biz, effective Jan. 25. Gerberding was CDC director through most of Pres. Bush's admin from '02 until '09.

Microsoft MSFT $30.52 0+.16 0.53% 39,875,035 NASDAQ-GS: Fin Times p1 "GM picks Microsoft exec as finance chief" by Bernard Simon, Richard Waters, WSJ pB1 "GM Taps Microsoft's CFO" by John D. Stoll, Joann S. Lublin, NYT pB1 "GM Hires Finance Chief From Microsoft" by Nick Bunkley & AJC p A15 by Tom Krisher, AP say GM named Microsoft's outgoing finance chief, Chris Liddell, as its cfo and vice chairman. He replaces Ray Young, who is moving to GM's int'l operations in Shanghai. Liddell will get $700,000 a year, more than his MSFT salary of $500,000 of a total MSFT compensation for fical year ended June 30 of $3.5 mil down from the prior year of $4.8 mil in comp.

Pfizer PFE $18.61 +0.31 1.69% 38,715,487 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Dow Turns Positive for Dec." by Peter A. McKay says stocks advanced on Mon., pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average into positive territory for Dec., amid analyst upgrades and acquisitions in the mining and health care sectors. The Dow is up 0.7% for the month. Alcoa was the strongest component, up 7.9% after Morgan Stanley raised its investment rating. Intel gained 2.3% after an upgrade from Barclays Capital. Together, Alcoa and Intel contributed about 12 points to the Dow's gain. Health care stocks helped lead the market higher as the watered down health care legislation moved closer to passage. Health insured Aetna was up and Pfizer rose 1.7%.

Procter & Gamble PG $61.3 -0.25 0.41% 9,541,972 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $81.43 +0.46 0.57% 2,760,282 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $48.67 +0.53 1.1% 3,421,147 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $69.36 -0.10 0.14% 4,094,428 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $33.02 +0.22 0.67% 9,449,675 NYSE: No mentions found.

WalMart WMT $53.4 +0.55 1.04% 13,404,306 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 who will be replaced on 1/1 by Brian T. Moynihan.
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 12/20/09 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $328 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 271 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 201 [4]
4. Chevron CVX 188 [2.5]
5. Procter & Gamble PG 180 [3]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 178 [3]
7. IBM 168 [1.5]
8. GE 166 [10.5]
9. JPMorgan Chase 161 [4]
10. AT&T 161 [6]
11. Pfizer PFE 148 [8]
12. Cisco CSCO 135 [6]
13. BAC 130 [8.6]
14. Coke KO 132 [2]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 122 [2]
16. Intel INTC 110 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 103 [1.5]
18. Verizon VZ 93 [3]
19. Merck MRK 79 [2]
20. United Technologies UTX 65 [1]
21. Disney DIS 60 [2]
22. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
23. Home Depot 49 [2]
24. American Express AXP 48 [1]
25. Kraft KFT 40 [1.5]
26. Boeing BA 39 [1]
27. Caterpillar CAT 36 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 29 [1]
29. Travelers 26 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 14 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 12/18/09 other than ownership filings, registration of shares for employee benefit plans, free writing prospectuses 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: 12/18/09 8K re: amendment Bylaws to provide that the Chairman of the Board shall call a special meeting of the stockholders whenever requested in writing to do so by stockholders representing 15% (rather than 25%) of the outstanding shares of AT&T.

12/14/09 8K re: agreement with the Communications Workers of America on new, three-year contracts covering approximately 30,000 employees in CWA District 3 (AT&T's Southeast region).

Alcoa AA: 11/20/09 8K re: the temporarily idling of 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: 12/15/09 8K re: delinquency and write-off statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services operating segment for the months ended September 30, October 31 and November 30, 2009.

Bank of Am BAC: 12/17/09 re: election of Brian T. Moynihan to succeed Kenneth D. Lewis as the new President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2010 and his appointment to the Board and Executive Committee of the Board. Moynihan, 50, joined FleetBoston Financial Corporation in April 1993. He was promoted to lead Corporate Strategy and Development and then went on to lead Global Wealth and Investment Management at FleetBoston. Following the Corporation’s 2004 merger with FleetBoston, he served as president of Global Wealth and Investment Management from April 2004 to October 2007. From October 2007 to December 2008, Mr. Moynihan served as president of Global Corporate and Investment Banking. From December 2008 to January 2009, Mr. Moynihan served as the Corporation’s General Counsel. From January 2009 to August 2009, Mr. Moynihan served as president of Global Corporate and Investment Banking and Global Wealth Management. Since August 2009, he has served as president of Consumer and Small Business Banking.

12/9/09 8K re: amending its Certificate of Incorporation to fix the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Series S Preferred Stock.

12/3/09 Form 8K re: BAC's repaying the entire $45 billion investment borrowed under the Troubled Asset Relief Program.

12/3/09 8K re: BAC being named as a defendant in two related lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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: 12/18/09 8K re: supplemental information concerning deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business.

12/15/09 8K re: amendments to Bylaws.

Chevron CVX: 12/11/09 8K re: a new base salary of $1,500,000 for J.S. Watson (a $500,000 increase) to be effective January 1, 2010 when Mr. Watson assumes the position of Chairman & CEO and other exec compensation changes.

Cisco CSCO: 11/24/09 8K re: Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, Legal Services, General Counsel & Secretary of Cisco Systems adopting a pre-arranged stock trading plan.

Coke KO: 10/29/09 10QA

Disney DIS: 12/2/09 10K

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: 12/14/09 8K re: Merger Agreement to buy XTO Energy.


12/1/09 8K re: fixing a total ceiling of $139 million in respect of 2009 under XOM's Short Term Incentive Program, of which bonuses were granted to certain officers as follows


GE: 12/3/09 8K re: GE, NBC Universal, Inc. and Comcast Corporation entering into a Master Agreement pursuant to which they will form a joint venture. The joint venture will consist of the businesses of NBCU, including its cable networks, filmed entertainment, televised entertainment, theme parks and unconsolidated investments, collectively valued at $30 billion, and Comcast’s cable networks including E!, Versus and the Golf Channel, ten regional sports networks and certain digital media properties, collectively valued at $7.25 billion. NBCU will borrow $9.1 billion from third party lenders, and the proceeds of this debt financing will be distributed to GE. Comcast will make a payment of approximately $6.5 billion in cash to GE. GE also entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Vivendi SA pursuant to which,GE will acquire Vivendi’s 20% interest in NBCU for $5.8 billion. GE expects to realize approximately $9.8 billion pre-tax in cash after the buyout of Vivendi’s 20% interest. The new venture initially will be 51% owned by Comcast and 49% owned by GE.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/17/09 10K

Home Depot HD: 12/3/09 10Q

Intel INTC: 12/17/09 8K re: a press release commenting on the suit filed against Intel by the Federal Trade Commission alleging anticompetitive practices.

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

JPMorganChase JPM: 12/16/09 8K re: the U.S. Treasury selling in a secondary public offering, 88,401,697 warrants, each representing the right to purchase one share of the common stock, of JPM at an exercise price of $10.75 per warrant.

12/8/09 8K re: a presentation at an U.S. financial services investor conference.

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

Kraft KFT: 12/15/09 8K re: a press release relating to the formal response issued by Cadbury plc regarding the offer by Kraft Foods to acquire all of the shares of Cadbury plc.

12/1/09 8K re: a revolving credit agreement for a three-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $4.5 billion with the lenders named therein and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as joint bookrunners, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Citibank, N.A., as co-administrative agents.

McDonalds MCD: 12/9/09 8K re: an Investor Release reporting MCD's November and year-to-date 2009 sales.

12/4/09 8K re: resignation of Ralph Alvarez as President & COO effective December 31, 2009 & Director and MCD reduced its size by one for a total of 13 Directors.

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: 12/4/09 8K re: the resignation of Christopher P. Liddell, the former chief financial officer and his settlement agreement.

Pfizer PFE: 12/14/09 8K re: amendment of bylaws & change in fiscal year.


Procter & Gamble PG: 12/11/09 8K re: the purchase of Sara Lee's Ambi Pur brand by PG.

12/8/09 8K re: Angela F. Braly being appointed to the Board of Directors, effective December 8, 2009.

12/8/09 8K re: the retirement of Alan G. Lafley, Chairman of the Board and former President & CEO, will retire from his position as Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2010 & Robert A. McDonald (56), currently President & CEO being elected to Chairman of the Board effective January 1, 2010.

3M MMM: 12/8/09 8K re: 2010 sales and earnings outlook.

Travelers TRV: 12/11/09 8K re: the election of Donald J. Shepard as a director. He is the former chairman of the executive board and chief executive officer of AEGON N.V.

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: 12/7/09 8K re:amendments to bylaws.

12/1/09 8K re: agreement with Frontier Communications Corporation establishing a separate entity for its local exchange and related business assets in 14 states that will merge into Frontier. (Arizona, California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin).

Wal-Mart WMT: 12/8/09 10Q