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A read of Friday's 12/4/09 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 Thursday's closing price and related data:

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 10,366.15 down 85.53 or 0.83% from Wednesday's close of 10,452.68. YTD Dow is up 18.11%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 7 gained and 23declined. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $38.87 -2.17 5.29% 19,809,271 NYSE. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $127.55 +0.34 0.27% 5,689,068 NYSE and percentage-wise was Intel INTC $19.87 +0.15 0.76% 49,390,461 NASDAQ-GS.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks Finish Lower Ahead of Jobs Data; Gold Up Again" by Peter A. McKay says a late day slump knocked the stock market squarely into negative territory as investors unloaded shares ahead of Fri's employment report and weighed comments about interest rates from a Fed. Res. official. In addition to the Nov report, worries about consumer spending also weighed on stocks. The market drew some support from Bank of America's move to repay its fed bailout money. BofA shares were up 0.7%.

WSJ pC6 Macy's Costco Fall: Comcast Climbs 6.5%" by Geoffrey Rogow says the combination of weak service sector and retail sales data weighed on American Express, Costco Wholesale and the broader market, causing jitters ahead of Fri's US nonfarmm payrolls report and contributing to a late day selloff. Partly offsetting the move lower for banks, Bank of America rose 0.7% after it agreed to repay $45 bil in fed bailout funds. Comcast agreed to take majority ownership of NBC Universal from GE in a deal valued at more than $30 bi, ending the conglomerate's more than 2 decade rule over the peacock network and satisfying the cable giant's push to own more content. The sidebar charts Comcast under "Good News" saying investors are pouud as peacocks after Comcast's agreement to buy NBCU.

Fin Times p26 "Unexpected dip for services sector holds back equities" by Samantha Pearson says an unexpected contraction in the services industry last month and sharp sales declines among retailers pushed US stocks lower yesterday. The services index from the Institute for Supply Management, which tracks businesses such as banks and restaurants, had shown the industry was expanding in Oct.

NYT pB10 "Shares Break Winning Streak Ahead of Jobs Report" by Bloomberg says shares declined on Thurs.,breaking a 3 day winning streak for the S&P 500 stock index after an unexpected contraction in service industries raised concern about the economic recovery a day before the gov's Nov. jobs report.

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 17.98 down from Thursday's 18.13 (year ago it was 17.49) the P/E estimate is 16.17 unchanged (year ago it was 10.27) and the current dividend yield is 2.67 up from Thursday's 2.65 (it was 3.75 a year ago).

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1371.64 down 11.45 from Wednesday's closing Dow numerator of 1383.09. 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 decrease of 11.45 for Thursday by the divisor you get the decrease in Thursday's Dow close of 86.53.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 45.72 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $46.10. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $40.14 down $1.35 from Wednesday's $41.49. The lowest volume Thursday was again 3M MMM $77.15 -1.26 1.61% 2,941,418 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $15.76 +0.11 0.7% 636,304,262 NYSE.

If Thursday 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 lost $1,136 ($138,300 - $137,164).

AT&T T $27.52 +0.17 0.62% 24,253,058 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $13.27 -0.37 2.71% 33,237,944 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $38.87 -2.17 5.29% 19,809,271 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $15.76 +0.11 0.7% 636,304,262 NYSE: Fin Times p14 "Investors cheer BofA capital raising" by Francesco Guerrera says investors yesterday welcomed Bank of America's plan to raise $18.8 bil to repay $45 bil of bail out funds as relief at its escape from US gov curbs on pay and operations outweighed concerns over the huge share issue.

WSJ pC3 "BofA's cue: It's Payback Time" by Matthias Rieker says for Bank of America, repaying $45 bil to the Treasury is a way to get the gov off its back; for the rest of the industry, it is a signal that it is time to exit the rescue program. Fifth Third Bancorp and Comerica are 2 large regional banks that are in the best position to follow BofA in repaying the loans.

NYT pB1 "Citigroup Stands Alone" by Andrew Martin, Eric Dash & Fin Times p14 "Citigroup left in sticky situation" by Francesco Guerrera say Citigroup is set to intensify efforts to break free from the US gov shackles on pay and management following Bank of America's decision to return $45 bil in bail out funds. BofA's repayment will leave only Citi and Wells Fargo as the 2 major US banks still covered by the restrictions that came with the gov support.

Fin Times p14 "Thunder is yet to be heard from new advisers" by Greg Farrell says Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch has paid off in unexpected ways but has yet to fulfill the promise envisioned by Ken Lewis, BofA's ceo, who staked his career and reputation on the deal. Merrill's capital markets prowess has been thrown into the spotlight by its position as the lead underwriter of BofA's $18.8 bil stock offering yesterday, the biggest by any US bank. In selling shares in itself, BofA will rely primarily on Merrill's institutional equities sales force housed in its global banking div. The thundering herd of 15,000 financial advisers will play a lesser role in the massive capital raise.

Fin Times p14 "Search for ceo gains clarity after 9 weeks" by Greg Farrell say BofA's plan to repay bail out funds has clarified its search for a new ceo and is good news for Greg Curl, BofA's chief risk officer, who is now the favorite to succeed Ken Lewis who steps down at the end of the month. Curl, 62, was the lead negotiator with the Fed Res. on the repayment of the TARP funds.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks Finish Lower Ahead of Jobs Data; Gold Up Again" by Peter A. McKay says a late day slump knocked the stock market squarely into negative territory as investors unloaded shares ahead of Fri's employment report and weighed comments about interest rates from a Fed. Res. official. In addition to the Nov report, worries about consumer spending also weighed on stocks. The market drew some support from Bank of America's move to repay its fed bailout money. BofA shares were up 0.7%.

WSJ pC6 Macy's Costco Fall: Comcast Climbs 6.5%" by Geoffrey Rogow says the combination of weak service sector and retail sales data weighed on American Express, Costco Wholesale and the broader market, causing jitters ahead of Fri's US nonfrarm payrolls report and contributing to a late day selloff. Partly offsetting the move lower for banks, Bank of America rose 0.7% after it agreed to repay $45 bil in fed bailout funds. Comcast agreed to take majority ownership of NBC Universal from GE in a deal valued at more than $30 bi, ending the conglomerate's more than 2 decade rule over the peacock network and satisfying the cable giant's push to own more content. The sidebar charts Comcast under "Good News" saying investors are pouud as peacocks after Comcast's agreement to buy NBCU.

Boeing BA $53.77 -0.01 0.02% 3,943,218 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Boeing Urges Overhauling Key Jet part" by Andy Pasztor says Boeing is urging airlines to conduct a major retrofit program on more than 220 of its widely used 777 jets worldwide, following a string of potentially dangerous overheating incidents and chronic structural damage to some engine parts. The service bulletin covers Boeing 777s euipped with Rolls-Royce PLC engines and a certain type of thrust reverser.

AJC pA20 says European planemaker Aribus says it took 225 jet orders in the first 11 months of '09, offsetting 31 cancellations and putting it ahead of rival Boeing.

WSJ pA7 "TARP Cash Targeted in Jobs Push" by Neil King Jr, Naftali Bendavid says Democrats have begun to hash out how to pay for a mix of unemployment benefits, state aid, tax credits and other incentives they hope will turn the around the nation's rising unemployment rate. The White House held a summit where Obama told more than 100 economists, biz leaders and union leaders that the TARP money would be used in this way. Boeing CEO James McNerney is quoted as saying the forum was a sincere effort by the Obama admin to reengage the business community on the subject of job growth.

Caterpillar CAT $58.2 -0.74 1.26% 7,529,345 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $77.96 -0.77 0.98% 7,479,089 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $23.83 -0.04 0.17% 35,110,279 NASDAQ-GS: NYT pB4 "A Big Namein Tech Tries a Common Touch" by Ashlee Vance says as the firm that makes the plumbing of the Internet, Cisco Systems rakes in the cash, but it is hardly a top tech brand among consumers, in the way of Apple or Microsoft. While it specializes in corporate equipment, Cisco does, in fact, sell some consumer gear. The problem is that Cisco's efforts to hawk such products have been lakcluster. But wit hits acquisition in March of Pure Digital, the tiny manufacturer of Flip video cameras, Cisco is finally getting serious about its consumer marketing efforts.

Coca-Cola KO $57.27- 0.69 1.19% 10,001,800 NYSE: AJC pA20 says Coca-Cola said that all new vending machines and coolers will be free of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs by2015, helping cut a source of greenhoouse gases that scientists say are aiding global warming.

Disney DIS $30.33 -0.46 1.49% 9,354,306 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "NBC in Hand, Comcast Now Faces New Hurdles" by Sam Schechner, Nat Worden says Comcast's deal to take control of NBC Universal from GE will create a tv and movie giant that faces challenges in an uncertain media biz and a lengthy review from regulators. Comcast is paying $13.75 bil in cash and assets, gains 51% of a jv that will own 2 broadcast networks, more than a dozen cable networks, a major movie studio and theme parks. As part of the deal, Vivendi agreed to sell its 20% stake in NBCU to GE for $5.8 bil. Comcast's operating chief is a former exec at Disney.

WSJ pW2 "A De-Disneyfied Wonderland" by MIchelle Kung says Exec. producer Robert Halmi said he waned to de-Disneyfy Alice in Wonderland in his new tv show "Alice" which is a 2 night miniseries

DuPont DD $34.83 -0.55 1.55% 4,532,375 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $74.99 -0.80 1.06% 17,611,262 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Shell Pulls Out of China Talks" by Wan Xu, TahaniKarrar says Royal Dutch Shell has pulled out of talks to join China Petroleum & Cheical Crop., known a Sinopec, and Kuwait Petroleum Corp. in a Chinese refinery project estimated to cost $9 bil. The story discusses another joint venture similar to this deal where. In the other jv, in China's Fujian province, a refinery and petrochemical project is owned by Sinopec Corp. and the Fujian provincial gov which owns 50% and the balance is split between Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil.

GE $16 -0.07 0.44% 74,063,018 NYSE: NYT pB3 "GE Makes It Official: NBC Will Go to Comcast" by Time Arango says after nine months of negotiations, Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, announced an agreement on Thurs. to acquire NBC Universal from the GE Comapny in a deal that would create a jv with Comcast owning 51% and GE 49%. The deal is valued at $30 bil. NBC will keep its name but could be changed down the road.

WSJ pC6 Macy's Costco Fall: Comcast Climbs 6.5%" by Geoffrey Rogow says the combination of weak service sector and retail sales data weighed on American Express, Costco Wholesale and the broader market, causing jittes ahead of Fri's US nonfrarm payrolls report and contributing to a late day selloff. Partly offsetting the move lower for banks, Bank of America rose 0.7% after it agreed to repay $45 bil in fed bailout funds. Comcast agreed to take majority ownership of NBC Universal from GE in a deal valued at more than $30 bi, ending the conglomerate's more than 2 decade rule over the peacock network and satisfying the cable giant's push to own more content. The sidebar charts Comcast under "Good News" saying investors are pouud as peacocks after Comcast's agreement to buy NBCU.

Fin Times p19 "GE poised to put NBC Universal cash to ready use" by Justin Baer & WSJ pB2 "GE to Invest in Industrial Businesses" by Paul Glader say GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt said GE will gain $8 bil in cash by selling its stake in NBC Universal which he plans to use to strengthen GE's industrial arm. Earlier this week, GE lost an auction for the transmission and distribution assets of French state owned Areva SA. Whne the Comcast deal closes, GE will shed 30,000 of its 300,000 employees. GE expects to finish '09 with a cash balance of about $8 bil and by the end of '10 cash will climb to over $23 bil. Immelt is pictured shaking hands withComcast CEO Brian Roberts, both smiling.

WSJ pB1 "NBC in Hand, Comcast Now Faces New Hurdles" by Sam Schechner, Nat Worden says Comcast's deal to take control of NBC Universal from GE will create a tv and movie giant that faces challenges in an uncertain media biz and a lengthy review from regulators. Comcast is paying $13.75 bil in cash and assets, gains 51% of a jv that will own 2 broadcast networks, more than a dozen cable networks, a major movie studio and theme parks. As part of the deal, Vivendi agreed to sell its 20% stake in NBCU to GE for $5.8 bil. Comcast's operating chief, Stephen Burke, is a former exec at Disney.

WSJ pBC3 "Comcast Deal Is Legal Boomlet" by Michael Corkery says ghe GE/Ckomcast deal used 79 lawyers, including 30 from Weil, Gotshal & Manges (where this Blogger started his legal career in 1977). WG&M represents GE and NBC Universal. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher had 10 lawyers working on the deal for Vivendi. Comcast's lawyers were David Polk & Wardwell.

WSJ pC10 "Comcast is Risking Double Vision" by Martin Peers says Comcast has limited its financial risk in the deal with GE Also, it has simultaneously annnounced a 40% rise in its dividend in response to investor pressure to return more cash to shareholders. There is no question the deal will hinder Comcast's ability to respond to the Internet driven evolution of mdeia. As a cable systems firm, offering both traditional tv and broadband access, Comcast could still make money out of customers who cut the cord by switching off cable video subscriptions and watching online video instead. As majority owner of NBC Universal,though, Comcast has to protect the cable channel biz model, which needs folks to keep paying tv subsscriptions. Comcast already owns a small portfolio of cable channnels and cable distribution will continue to be Comcast's biggest biz.

Fin Times p12 "Comcasting around" says Comcast's buying control of NBCU is about trying to time a recovery in advertising, a bet that content assets are undervalued, and diversifying a biz reliant on cable TV distribution. Investors can gain efficiently te dame exposure in the public market. Forming a jv with the NBCU assets owned by GE achievves the same end but also exposes both businesses to the risk of restrictive measures and other regulatory uncertainties.

Fin Times p13 "Lawmakers warn on Comcasat bid" by Kenneth Li, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Ben Hall says US lawmakers warned they would closely scrutinize Comcast's bid for control of NBCU as the cable firm sought to ease regulatory and shareholder concerns.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.96 -0.02 0.04% 15,657,314 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $27.93 -0.40 1.41% 15,397,484 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $19.87 +0.15 0.76% 49,390,461 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $127.55 +0.34 0.27% 5,689,068 NYSE: WSJ pC10 "Sovereign Credit Swaps: The Other Steepening Curve" by Richard Barley says for gov bond traders, this year has been all about the steep yield curve, which has provided booming profits. Loose monetary policy has anchored short dated yields and pushed long dated yields higher as investor anticipate an economic recovery. The curve shapes for large multinational firms such as IBM, BP and Siemens are little changed from 2 years ago.

J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $41.4 -0.53 1.26% 53,011,593 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.16 +0.28 0.44% 12,143,379 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $26.42 +0.19 0.71% 6,678,906 NYSE: Fin Times p15 "Kraft sets clock ticking on its Cadbury bid" by Jenny Wiggins says Kraft will release its offer documents today for its $16.2 hostile bid for Cadbury, reiterating the cash and stock terms it proposed last month. The docs, which must be released ahead of a deadline on Mon, will start a 60 day timetable by the end of which Cadbury's shareholders must decide whether to accept or reject the offer.

WSJ pC5 has a more than half page tombstone which is a paid Notice of Offer for Shares of Cadbury plc for 300 pence in cash and 0.2589 shares of common stock of Kraft Foods Inc. Georgeson is the information agent.

McDonalds MCD $61.97 -0.53 0.85% 10,655,499 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $36.77 -0.03 0.08% 12,841,782 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $29.83 -0.05 0.17% 42,572,908 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB5 "Microsoft, Google Take Maps in New Direction" by Nick Wingfield says the battle between Microsoft and Google has shifted into new territory; a race to see who can make online maps that make people feel like they're really there. After lagging behind Google Maps, Microsoft this week unveiled an overhaul of its Bing Maps Web site that supplements the traditional bird's eye view of cities and other locations with rich photographs on the ground.

Pfizer PFE $18.64 -0.10 0.53% 40,663,848 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.56 -0.63 1% 9,651,888 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $77.15 -1.26 1.61% 2,941,418 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $67.26 -0.89 1.31% 3,729,706 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $32.69 +0.04 0.12% 16,306,749 NYSE: No mentions found.

WalMart WMT $54.44 -0.13 0.24% 11,249,177 NYSE: NYT pB2 "Wal-Mart to Settle Mass. suit for $40 Mil" says WMT has agreed to pay this amount to 87,500 Mass. employees who claimed it denied them rest and meal breaks, manipulated time cards and refused to pay overtime. It settles a class action suit filed in '01 and comes less than 3 months after WMT reached a deal with state prosecutors to pay $3 mil to settle complaints that it failed to five its Mass. workers proper meal breaks.

AJC pA20 reports that WalMart will collaborate with Global brands Group to operate special shops advancing soccer's World Cup next year inside Walmart stores worldwide.
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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.