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Post #298 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Towards the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 CEO's, a ranking of the Dow 30 by market capitalization as of 1/4/10 and an update of the Dow 30's most recent SEC filings as of 1/4/10.

A read of Wednesday's 165/10 print editions of: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Investors Business Daily, The New York Times, Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA Today and (Ga.) Daily Report 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 10,572.02 down 11.94 or 0.11% from Monday's close of 10,583.96. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 14 gained and 26 declined. Year totdate the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1.38%. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing BA $58.02 +1.84 3.28% 8,686,493 NYSE and percentage-wise was Kraft KFT $28.77 +1.34 4.89% 37,146,343 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM $130.85 -1.60 1.21% 6,839,999 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $16.13 -0.52 3.12% 49,843,769 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Gives up 11.94 Points of 1st-Day Rally" by Peter A. McKay says stocks slipped following reports of weak home sales, a sign that overall US consumer spending remains weak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. The blue chip measure was led lower by a 3.1% decline in Alcoa, which is often sensitive to housing reports as a harbinger of demand for aluminum. The Dow's losses were tempered by a 4.9% surge in Kraft after Warren Buffett moved to block Kaft from issuing shares to fund its offer for Cadbury.

Fin Times p22 "Gains for airlines but contradictory data prompt caution" by Samantha Pearson says a rally among airlines & a surprise jump in factory otders pushed US stocks higher in choppy trading Tues. Wall St. initially lingered inthe red as the market remained cautious after surging commodity prices lifted stocks to 15 month highs in the previous session. Data showing factory orders had climbed 1.1% in ov. briefly renewed the market's optimism. Predatory manuevers in the consumer industry boosted confidence. Shares in Kraft climbed 4.9% after Kraft sold its pizza biz to Nestle and used the cash to sweeten its hostile bid for Cadbury.

WSJ pC5 "Ford Jumps 6.6%; Continental Climbs" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks closed nearly flat, with IBM and United Technologies among the decliners as a bigger than expected drop in pending home sales damped sentiment, although Ford Motor jumped after reporting strong Dec. auto sales. Kraft climbed keeping the Dow's declines in check.

WSJ pC5 "Consumer Staples Poised to Move" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says with investors looking at rev as the key to growth this year following the cost cutting of '09, consumer staples could move into the lead among large cap stocks. Indexes run by RevenueShares, which weights the holdings in the S&P's indexes according to revnuee, handily outperformed the corresponding S&P indexes, which weight according to market cap. Among the stock specific moves prompted by the latest RevenueShares rebalancing, Walmart rose to the highest weighting i nthe large cap index after being in the No. 3 position. Other top weightings include Exxon Mobil, GE, Chevron and Bank of America. All of those were in the RevenueShares Large Cap Fund's top 10 weightings in the prior year except Bank of America.

NYT pB9 "Wall St. Ends Mixed on Disappointing Home Sales" & USA Today p4B "Stocks mixed as investors seek direction" both by AP says major stock indexes ended mixed Tues, a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 150 points on upbeat manufacturing reports in the US and China. Uncertainty over crucial reports this week on employment and the service industry also kept buyers at bay.

WSJ pC6 "Corrected Charts" says two charts published Monin the year End Reveiw for the 2009 performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite Index were wrong and new ones were published.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, 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 18.34 down from Tuesday's 18.36 (year ago it was 18.83) the P/E estimate is 16.40 unchanged from Tuesday's 16.40 (year ago it was 10.62) and the current dividend yield is 2.59 up from Tuesday's 2.52 (it was 3.48 a year ago).

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1398.88 down 1.58 from Monday's closing Dow numerator of 1400.46. 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 1.58 for Tuesday by the divisor you get the decrease in Tuesday's Dow close of 11.94.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 46.63 down 0.05 from Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $46.68. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 42.26 up 0.37 from Monday's $41.89. The lowest volume was again 3M MMM $82.5 -0.52 0.63% 2,839,917 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $16.2 +0.51 3.25% 208,701,860 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 lost $150 ($140,040 - $139,890).

AT&T T $28.44 -0.14 0.49% 35,204,766 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Google Opens New Front in Smart Phone War" by Jessica E. Vascellaro, Niraj Sheth & NYT "A Long-AwaitedIntroduction Draws Some Polite Applause" by Miguel Helft, & "USA Today pA1 "Google Launches its own smartphone to take on Apple" by Jefferson Graham say Google muscled its way further into the mobile industry, unveiling its own branded mobile phone dubbed Nexus One and debuting a new online phone store through which it plans to sell the device and others directly to consumers. The launch of Nexus One, a thin touch screen device that runs Google's Android mobile operating system, thrusts Google deeper into competition with Apple, which makes the popular iPhone. Most US consumers now buy their phones from carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless who play a big role designing devices and spend to market them. They also subsidize the cost for consumers in exchange for getting them to sign service contracts. Google will sell phones directly to consumers only and will offer devices withmore advanced features faster and will lower the costs of high end phones over time. Verizon Wireless in the US and Vodafone in Europe plan to offer service for the device through Google's online store in the spring.

Daily Rejport p6 "Sponsors are wagging a judgmental finer at Tiger" by Matthew Lynn says last week AT&T decided Woods should not be their corporate ambassador. accenture Plc had already made the same decision. Procter & Gamble has said it will start phasing out Woods from promotions for its Gillette razors and shaving foams.

Alcoa AA $16.13 -0.52 3.12% 49,843,769 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Dow Gives up 11.94 Points of 1st-Day Rally" by Peter A. McKay says stocks slipped following reports of weak home sales, a sign that overall US consumer spending remains weak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. The blue chip measure was led lower by a 3.1% decline in Alcoa, which is often sensitive to housing reports as a harbinger of demand for aluminum. The Dow's losses were tempered by a 4.9% surge in Kraft after Warren Buffett moved to block Kaft from issuing shares to fund its offer for Cadbury

American Express AXP $40.83 -0.09 0.22% 10,621,317 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Stjock-fraud suits take bid dip in '09" by Bob Van Moris, Jamie McGee says securities fraud class action lawsuits fell 24% in '09 as litigation related to the credit cruch, and especially subprime mortgage losses, began to dry up. The number of firms sued on such claims dropped to 169 from 223 in '08, compared with an annual average of 197 cases over the previous decade. The firms sued for alleged securities faud in '09 on behalf of groups of investors include UbS AG, American Express co., GE, Citigroup, Moody's Investors Service, Genzyme Corp., Boeing Co., State Street Ckorp, Royal Bank of Standord and Chesapeake Energy Corp. All these cases must and were filed in federal court.

Bank of America BAC $16.2 +0.51 3.25% 208,701,860 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Consumer Staples Poised to Move" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says with investors looking at rev as the key to growth this year following the cost cutting of '09, consumer staples could move into the lead among large cap stocks. Indexes run by RevenueShares, which weights the holdings in the S&P's indexes according to revnuee, handily outperformed the corresponding S&P indexes, which weight according to market cap. Among the stock specific moves prompted by the latest RevenueShares rebalancing, Walmart rose to the highest weighting i nthe large cap index after being in the No. 3 position. Other top weightings include Exxon Mobil, GE, Chevron and Bank of America. All of those were in the RevenueShares Large Cap Fund's top 10 weightings in the prior year except Bank of America.

Boeing BA $58.02 +1.84 3.28% 8,686,493 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Stjock-fraud suits take bid dip in '09" by Bob Van Moris, Jamie McGee says securities fraud class action lawsuits fell 24% in '09 as litigation related to the credit cruch, and especially subprime mortgage losses, began to dry up. The number of firms sued on such claims dropped to 169 from 223 in '08, compared with an annual average of 197 cases over the previous decade. The firms sued for alleged securities faud in '09 on behalf of groups of investors include UbS AG, American Express co., GE, Citigroup, Moody's Investors Service, Genzyme Corp., Boeing Co., State Street Ckorp, Royal Bank of Standord and Chesapeake Energy Corp. All these cases must and were filed in federal court.

Caterpillar CAT $59.25 +0.70 1.2% 5,690,090 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $79.62 +0.56 0.71% 9,897,075 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Consumer Staples Poised to Move" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says with investors looking at rev as the key to growth this year following the cost cutting of '09, consumer staples could move into the lead among large cap stocks. Indexes run by RevenueShares, which weights the holdings in the S&P's indexes according to revnuee, handily outperformed the corresponding S&P indexes, which weight according to market cap. Among the stock specific moves prompted by the latest RevenueShares rebalancing, Walmart rose to the highest weighting i nthe large cap index after being in the No. 3 position. Other top weightings include Exxon Mobil, GE, Chevron and Bank of America. All of those were in the RevenueShares Large Cap Fund's top 10 weightings in the prior year except Bank of America.

Cisco CSCO $24.58 -0.11 0.45% 45,106,485 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $56.35 -0.69 1.21% 11,564,647 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $31.99 -0.08 0.25% 10,305,577 NYSE: Fin Times p15 "ESPN to launch first 3D channel for home TV" by Matthew Garrahan, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, WSJ pB6 "Groups Plan to Launch 3-D TV" by Sam Schechner, NYT pA1 "TV Begins a Push Into the 3rd Dimension" by Brian Stelter, Brad Stone & USA Today p1B "3D gets close enough to touch" by Edward C. Baig say the first 3D tv channel is to be launched in the US by ESPN, the sports netwrok owned by Walt Disney, in a further sign that a technology which has revolutionized Hollywood is heading for the home. The channel will start with live coverage from the football World Cup in S. Africa, will be the first in a series of forays into 3D by broadcasters banking on the nascent format to spur growth in an industry battered by declining ad revs. The move comes as Sony, Imax & discovery unveiled plans for a 3D channel broadcasating films, science programs and children's shows.

DuPont DD $33.93 -0.33 0.96% 8,741,785 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $69.42 +0.27 0.39% 30,165,809 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Consumer Staples Poised to Move" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says with investors looking at rev as the key to growth this year following the cost cutting of '09, consumer staples could move into the lead among large cap stocks. Indexes run by RevenueShares, which weights the holdings in the S&P's indexes according to revnuee, handily outperformed the corresponding S&P indexes, which weight according to market cap. Among the stock specific moves prompted by the latest RevenueShares rebalancing, Walmart rose to the highest weighting i nthe large cap index after being in the No. 3 position. Other top weightings include Exxon Mobil, GE, Chevron and Bank of America. All of those were in the RevenueShares Large Cap Fund's top 10 weightings in the prior year except Bank of America.

GE $15.53 +0.08 0.52% 64,392,859 NYSE: AJC pA8 "GE unit based in Atlanta to grow" by David Markiewicz, Kristl E. Swartz says GE is shifting control of its electrical operations from the Louisville, Ky.-based Consumer & Industrial division to the Atlanta based GE Energy unit under a new Industrial Solutions group. The electrical operations unit's 11,000 employees won't be coming to town because no production is moving.

WSJ pC7 "Corporate Bond Sales' Blowout" by Romy Varghese, Carol Dean says the corporate bond market started '10 with a bank, with firms selling $23.5 bil of bonds on Tues, the second largest daily tally on record. The flurry of sales, from GE to Lloyds TSB Bank, follows a blowout year in which sales of investment grade corp. bonds reached $1.4 trillion, outstripping corp. bank loans for the first time. GE Capital Corp. did a $4 bil deal yesterday.

WSJ pC5 "Consumer Staples Poised to Move" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says with investors looking at rev as the key to growth this year following the cost cutting of '09, consumer staples could move into the lead among large cap stocks. Indexes run by RevenueShares, which weights the holdings in the S&P's indexes according to revnuee, handily outperformed the corresponding S&P indexes, which weight according to market cap. Among the stock specific moves prompted by the latest RevenueShares rebalancing, Walmart rose to the highest weighting i nthe large cap index after being in the No. 3 position. Other top weightings include Exxon Mobil, GE, Chevron and Bank of America. All of those were in the RevenueShares Large Cap Fund's top 10 weightings in the prior year except Bank of America.

HewlettPackard HPQ $52.67 +0.22 0.42% 13,091,444 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Body in Motion: Consumer Electronics Show to Showcase Touch Gizmos" by Nick Wingfield says thereis a major shift away from tapping keys and clicking mice to matural natural actions like fingers swipes and full body movements to operate computers and other gadgets. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer will give a keynote speech Wed night at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to showcase a variety of Microsoft products with natural user interfaces such as the Project Natal, a video camera due out by the end of the year that is designed to let people play Xbox 360 videogames purely with body movements. It also will promote a new wave of new PCs with touch sensing screens that run its recently released Windows 7 op system. Touch sensing notebooks accounted for less than 1% of total notebook sales because PC firms didn't start releasing significant numbers of them until late last year. But cheaper price tags could help sales in this category. Hewlett-Packard will announce a $399 touch notebook computer with a touch display called the HP Mini 5102. H-P was among the first to push touch sensing PCs a few years ago with a lne of PCs called TouchSmart that allow users to navigate photo, music 7 video collections with the swipe of finger on a display.

Home Depot HD $28.88 +0.21 0.73% 15,593,662 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $20.87 -0.01 0.05% 52,073,391 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $130.85 -1.60 1.21% 6,839,999 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Ford Jumps 6.6%; Continental Climbs" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks closed nearly flat, with IBM and United Technologies among the decliners as a bigger than expected drop in pending home sales damped sentiment, although Ford Motor jumped after reporting strong Dec. auto sales. Kraft climbed keeping the Dow's declines in check.

J.P. Morgan Chase JPM $43.68 +0.83 1.94% 41,030,674 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.93 -0.75 1.16% 10,614,704 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $28.77 +1.34 4.89% 37,146,343 NYSE: Fin Times p1 "Buffett wades into battle for Cadbury" by Jonathan Birchall, Justin Baer, Jenny Wiggins, WSJ pA1 headline "Buffett Hits Kraft on Cadbury" by Dana Cimilluca, Jeffrey McCracken, AJC pA9 say Kraft's hostile bid for Cadbury grew more contentious Tues as Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sternly warned against the deal, even Kraft sweetened its offer. Kraft plans to sell its N. American frozen pizza biz, whose brands include Tombstone and DiGiorno, to Nestle for $3.7 Bil. Berkshire Hathaway, Kraft's largest shareholder, voetd against Kraft's proposal to issue shares to fiance part of the $16.5 bil bid because it would give Kraft a blank check to raise the bid even higher. Nestle, the world's largest food firm, said it would not bid for Cadbury. Kraft has until Jan. 19 to further raise its bid.

"Kraft's strategy" Fin Times p12 is says Kraft ceo Irene Rosenfeld is being tested because she will have to increase her bid for Cadbury even more even though Nestle isn't bidding and Buffett is saying Kraft is overpaying.

Related stories: Fin Times p17 "Buffett looks to stop Kraft getting carried away with takeover bid" by Justin Baer & "Sideshows galore in quest for Cadbury" & "Nestle' takes high margin foods slice" by Haig Simonian, WSJ pB3 "Nestle Buys US Piza LInes" by Martin Gelnar, WSJ pC14 "Cadbury's Hopes Take a Buffetting" by Matthew Curtin, John Jannarone, NYT pB2 "Kraft Bolstes Its Hostile Bid for Cadburyby Raising New Cash" by Michael J. de la Merced, Chris V.icholson, & UsA Today p3B "Kraft to sell pizza to fund Cadbury deal" by Bloomberg.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Gives up 11.94 Points of 1st-Day Rally" by Peter A. McKay says stocks slipped following reports of weak home sales, a sign that overall US consumer spending remains weak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. The blue chip measure was led lower by a 3.1% decline in Alcoa, which is often sensitive to housing reports as a harbinger of demand for aluminum. The Dow's losses were tempered by a 4.9% surge in Kraft after Warren Buffett moved to block Kaft from issuing shares to fund its offer for Cadbury

Fin Times p22 "Gains for airlines but contradictory data prompt caution" by Samantha Pearson says a rally among airlines & a surprise jump in factory otders pushed US stocks higher in choppy trading Tues. Wall St. initially lingered inthe red as the market remained cautious after surging commodity prices lifted stocks to 15 month highs in the previous session. Data showing factory orders had climbed 1.1% in ov. briefly renewed the market's optimism. Predatory manuevers in the consumer industry boosted confidence. Shares in Kraft climbed 4.9% after Kraft sold its pizza biz to Nestle and used the cash to sweeten its hostile bid for Cadbury. Sidebar charts Cadbury under "Bad news" saying it spurned Kraft's sweetened offer.

McDonald's MCD $62.3 -0.48 0.76% 7,076,927 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $37.16 +0.15 0.41% 14,743,151 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $30.96 +0.01 0.03% 49,635,838 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB5 "Body in Motion: Consumer Electronics Show to Showcase Touch Gizmos" by Nick Wingfield says thereis a major shift away from tapping keys and clicking mice to matural natural actions like fingers swipes and full body movements to operate computers and other gadgets. Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer will give a keynote speech Wed night at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to showcase a variety of Microsoft products with natural user interfaces such as the Project Natal, a video camera due out by the end of the year that is designed to let people play Xbox 360 videogames purely with body movements. It also will promote a new wave of new PCs with touch sensing screens that run its recently released Windows 7 op system. Touch sensing notebooks accounted for less than 1% of total notebook sales because PC firms didn't start releasing significant numbers of them until late last year. But cheaper price tags could help sales in this category. Hewlett-Packard will announce a $399 touch notebook computer with a touch display called the HP Mini 5102. H-P was among the first to push touch sensing PCs a few years ago with a lne of PCs called TouchSmart that allow users to navigate photo, music 7 video collections with the swipe of finger on a display.

Pfizer PFE $18.66 -0.27 1.43% 43,361,555 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $61.14 +0.02 0.03% 8,144,658 NYSE: Daily Rejport p6 "Sponsors are wagging a judgmental finer at Tiger" by Matthew Lynn says last week AT&T decided Woods should not be their corporate ambassador. accenture Plc had already made the same decision. Procter & Gamble has said it will start phasing out Woods from promotions for its Gillette razors and shaving foams.

3M MMM $82.5 -0.52 0.63% 2,839,917 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $48.63 -1.18 2.37% 5,940,690 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $70.56 -1.07 1.49% 5,003,632 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Ford Jumps 6.6%; Continental Climbs" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks closed nearly flat, with IBM and United Technologies among the decliners as a bigger than expected drop in pending home sales damped sentiment, although Ford Motor jumped after reporting strong Dec. auto sales. Kraft climbed keeping the Dow's declines in check.

Verizon VZ $33.34 +0.06 0.18% 22,244,553 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Google Opens New Frontin Smart Phone War" by Jessica E. Vascellaro, Niraj Sheth says Google muscled its way further into the mobile industry, unveiling its own branded mobile phone dubbed Nexus One and debuting a new online phone store through which it plans to sell the device and others directly to consumers. The launch of Nexus One, a thin touch screen device that runs Google's Android mobile operating system, thrusts Google deeper into competition with Apple, which makes the popular iPhone. Most US consumers now buy their phones from carriers like AT&T and Verizon Wireless who play a big role designing devices and spend to market them. They also subsidize the cost for consumers in exchange for getting them to sign service contracts. Google will sell phones directly to consumers only and will offer devices withmore advanced features faster and will lower the costs of high end phones over time. Verizon Wireless in the US and Vodafone in Europe plan to offer service for the device through Google's online store in the spring

Walmart WMT $53.69 -0.54 1% 15,634,239 NYSE: No mentions found.
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Here are the CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan.
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr.
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman
Chevron CVX John Watso
Cisco CSCO John Chambers
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent
Disney DIS Robert Iger
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Mark Hurd
Home Depot HD Frank Blake
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner
Merck MRK Robert Clark
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer
Pfizer PFE Jeffrey Kindler
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald
3M MMM George W. Buckley
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest billion as of 1/4/10 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 204 [4]
4. Chevron CVX 188 [2.5]
5. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 178 [3]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 177 [3]
7. IBM 172 [1.5]
8. AT&T 165 [6]
9 JPMorgan Chase 164 [4]
10. GE 161 [10.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 147 [8]
12. Cisco CSCO 138 [6]
13. Coke KO 132 [2]
14. BAC 130 [8.5]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 122 [2]
16. Intel INTC 113 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 104 [1.5]
18. Verizon VZ 94 [3]
19. Merck MRK 77 [2]
20. United Technologies UTX 65 [1]
21. Disney DIS 60 [2]
22. 3M MMM 58 [.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 35 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 30 [1]
29. Travelers 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 16 [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: 12/24/09 8K re: a joint venture with Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) for the development of an integrated bauxite mine, alumina refinery, aluminum smelter, and rolling mill in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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: 12/22/09 8K re: the closing of a public offering of $1,500,000,000 aggregate liquidation amount of an affiliated trust.

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.

Kraft KFT: 12/22/09 8K re: amendment of By-Laws to expand the Board to twelve members and appointment of Mackey J. McDonald & Jean-Francois M. L. van Boxmeer as directors, effective January 1, 2010. Mr. McDonald will serve on the Audit Committee, and Mr. van Boxmeer will serve on the Public Affairs Committee.

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.

McDonalds MCD: 12/18/09 8K re: am agreement re: the retirement of Ralph Alvarez, President and Chief Operating Officer.

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: 12/23/09 8K re: grant of stock options to executives.

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

WalMartWMT: 12/8/09 10Q