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A read of Thursday's 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 Wednesday's closing price and related data.

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wedneday at 10,573.68 up 1.66 or 0.02% from Tuesday's close of 10,572.02. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 13 gained and 17 declined. Year to date the Dow is up 1.40%. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Boeing BA $59.78 +1.76 3.03% 8,783,331 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $16.97 +0.84 5.21% 46,543,844 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon VZ $31.92 -1.42 4.26% 35,079,673 NYSE.

WSJ pC6 "Alcoa Keeps Dow Up: Travelers Falls 1.4%" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks edged up Wed. as commodities related gains in materials and energy firms such as Alcoa and Exxon Mobil managed to outweigh declines across telecommunications firms including Verizon communications and AT&T. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat. Alcoa was its biggest performer, having jumped 5.2%. The stock was lifted by a rise in metals futures, along with a prediction by Goldman Sachs that the firm's 4Q results set for release next week will be strong. Exxon Mobil rose 0.9% as crude oil futures climbed while the dollar weakened. However, telecom firms At&T & Verizon tumbled. At a conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg reminded investors about the troubles facing the economy and the telecom industry. Travelers also weighed on the Dow as FBR Capital cu tits investment rating on the stock to "market perform" from "outperform." Data released Wed. showed a slight expansion in the nonmanufacturing sector last month while fewer than expected private sector jobs were lost.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Travels Narrow Path To 1.66 Gain" by Peter A. McKay says stocks ended little changed as a gain in commodities boosted raw materials firms, while tech and telecommunications stocks fell. The market was held in check by tepid data on private sector payrolls & activity in the US service sector, which damped confidence ahead of unemployment numbers due out on Fri. Investors took some comfort from the minutes of the Fed. Reserve rate committee's Dec. meeting, which reinforced Wall St.'s expectations that the central bank will keep interest rates low for now.

Fin Times p24 "Airliens decline as S&P 500 struggles to make headway" by Samantha Pearson says US stocks struggled to push higher yesterday after disappointing jobs data left investors concerned about Fri's nonfarm payrolls report.

NYT pB11 "Shares Show Little Change As Oil Continues Its Rise' by AP says stocks ended little changed but modest gains pushed the S&P 500 to a new 15 month high. The cautious tone came as investors awaited the gov's monthly employment report on Fri.

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 unchanged from Tuesday's 18.34 (year ago it was 18.81) 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 unchanged from Tuesday's 2.59 (it was 3.58 a year ago).

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1399.10 up 0.22 from Tuesday's closing Dow numerator of 1398.88. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase of 0.22 for Wednesday by the divisor you get the increase in Wednesday's Dow close of 1.66.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 46.64 up 0.01 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $46.63. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 42.86 up 0.60 from Tuesday's $42.26. The lowest volume was Caterpillar CAT $59.43 +0.18 0.3% 4,693,052 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $16.39 +0.19 1.17% 204,211,462 NYSE.

If Wednesday 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 $30 ($139,920- $139,890).

AT&T T $27.61 -0.83 2.92% 37,780,283 NYSE: NYT pB10 by Jenna Wortham & WSJ pB1 "AT&T Adds Android, alm to Its Lineup" by Roger Cheng, Niraj Sheth say AT&T said it will start selling mobile phones that run on tech backed by Google and Palm hedging its bets as its exclusive contract to host Apple's iPhone in the US ticks to an end in June.

WSJ pC6 "Alcoa Keeps Dow Up: Travelers Falls 1.4%" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks edged up Wed. as commodities related gains in materials and energy firms such as Alcoa and Exxon Mobil managed to outweigh declines across telecommunications firms including Verizon communications and AT&T. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat. Alcoa was its iggest performer, having jumped 5.2%. The stock was lifted by a rise in metals futures, along with a prediction by Goldman Sachs that the firm's 4Q results set for release next week will be strong. Exxon Mobil rose 0.9% as crude oil futures climbed while the dollar weakened. However, telecom firms At&T & Verizon tumbled. At a conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg reminded investors about the troubles facing the economy and the telecom industry. Travelers also weighed on the Dow as FBR Capital cu tits investment rating on the stock to "market perform" from "outperform." Data released Wed. showed a slight expansion in the nonmanufacturing sector last month while fewer than expected private sector jobs were lost.

Aloca AA $16.97 +0.84 5.21% 46,543,844 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Alcoa Keeps Dow Up: Travelers Falls 1.4%" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks edged up Wed. as commodities related gains in materials and energy firms such as Alcoa and Exxon Mobil managed to outweigh declines across telecommunications firms including Verizon communications and AT&T. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat. Alcoa was its bgest performer, having jumped 5.2%. The stock was lifted by a rise in metals futures, along with a prediction by Goldman Sachs that the firm's 4Q results set for release next week will be strong. Exxon Mobil rose 0.9% as crude oil futures climbed while the dollar weakened. However, telecom firms At&T & Verizon tumbled. At a conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg reminded investors about the troubles facing the economy and the telecom industry. Travelers also weighed on the Dow as FBR Capital cu tits investment rating on the stock to "market perform" from "outperform." Data released Wed. showed a slight expansion in the nonmanufacturing sector last month while fewer than expected private sector jobs were lost.

American Express AXP $41.49 +0.66 1.62% 8,371,783 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $16.39 +0.19 1.17% 204,211,462 NYSE: WSJ pC5 says GE Capital Corp. issues a $4 bil multitranche debt issue Tues through lead managers Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley

Boeing BA $59.78 +1.76 3.03% 8,783,331 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $59.43 +0.18 0.3% 4,693,052 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $79.63 +0.01 0.01% 10,986,426 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $24.42 -0.16 0.65% 35,638,165 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $56.33 -0.02 0.04% 9,614,221 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $31.82 -0.17 0.53% 10,651,297 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $34.04 +0.11 0.32% 7,102,013 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $70.02 +0.60 0.86% 34,950,997 NYSE: WSJ pB3 item by Nathan Becker says Exxon Mobil ahs agreed with Qatar Petroleum to develop a petrochemical complext fueled by a giant natural gas field off Qatar's Persian Gulf coast.

WSJ pC6 "Alcoa Keeps Dow Up: Travelers Falls 1.4%" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks edged up Wed. as commodities related gains in materials and energy firms such as Alcoa and Exxon Mobil managed to outweigh declines across telecommunications firms including Verizon communications and AT&T. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat. Alcoa was its bgest performer, having jumped 5.2%. The stock was lifted by a rise in metals futures, along with a prediction by Goldman Sachs that the firm's 4Q results set for release next week will be strong. Exxon Mobil rose 0.9% as crude oil futures climbed while the dollar weakened. However, telecom firms At&T & Verizon tumbled. At a conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg reminded investors about the troubles facing the economy and the telecom industry. Travelers also weighed on the Dow as FBR Capital cu tits investment rating on the stock to "market perform" from "outperform." Data released Wed. showed a slight expansion in the nonmanufacturing sector last month while fewer than expected private sector jobs were lost.

GE $15.45 -0.08 0.52% 55,118,092 NYSE: WSJ pC5 says GE Capital Corp. issues a $4 bil multitranche debt issue Tues through lead managers Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $52.18 -0.49 0.93% 11,733,078 NYSE: WSJ pB4 item by Nick Wingfield says Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer plans to show a slate style computer during his Consumer Electronics Show keynote speech which was to be delivered last night. It was supposed to be an extension of an HP built key boardless designed device to run on Windows 7. The item is very confusing and is unclear as to what Ballmer actually presented.

Home Depot HD $28.78 -0.10 0.35% 8,765,929 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $20.8 -0.07 0.34% 39,866,279 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $130 -0.85 0.65% 5,596,459 NYSE: No mentions found.

J.P. Morgan Chase JPM $43.92 +0.24 0.55% 27,571,616 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.45 +0.52 0.81% 13,016,419 NYSE: NYT pB3 "FDA Plans afety Check Of 3 Drugs For Anemai" by Andrew Pollack says the FDA will review 3 widely used anemia drugs sold by Amgen and Johnson & Johnson after another clinical trial suggested that high doses of one of the drugs might cause strokes. Johnson & Johnson sells Proctrit, which is manufactured by Amgen. The main drug in question is Aranesp.

Kraft KFT $28.97 +0.20 0.7% 40,779,469 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Cadbury, Hershey Directors Hold Talks" by Jeffrey McCracken,l Dana Cimilluca, Ilan Bart, "Kraft's CEO Put on the Defensive with Cadbury" by Joan S. Lublin, Anjali Cordeiro & Fin Times p17 "Kraft forgoes pizza as it gains taste for Cadbury" by Jonathan Birchall say board members at Cadbury resisting a hostile takeover bid by Kraft have held talks with directors at Hershey to encourage a rival offer. Irene Rosenfeld, ceo of Kraft, made known her intent to buy Cadbury back in Sept but she failed to keep Warrent Buffer, her biggest shareholder, on her side for an open ended hostile pursuit of Cadbury. She saw her efforts take an unexpected turn Tues, when Buffett said he would vote against her plan to issue new stock to pay for an acquisition and urged other shareholders to vote No as well. Berkshire Hathaway owns 9.4% of Kraft.

McDonald's MCD $61.45 -0.85 1.36% 10,089,615 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $37.66 +0.50 1.35% 15,150,738 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $30.77 -0.19 0.61% 57,801,699 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB4 item by Nick Wingfield says Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer plans to show a slate style computer during his Consumer Electronics Show keynote speech which was to be delivered last night. It was supposed to be an extension of an HP built key boardless designed device to run on Windows 7. The item is very confusing and is unclear as to what Ballmer actually presented.

Pfizer PFE $18.6 -0.06 0.32% 40,709,314 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $60.85 -0.29 0.47% 9,796,004 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Olay Highlights P&G's Push to Extend Brands" by Ellen Byron says under new CEO Robert McDonald, Procter & Gamble is stepping up its use of the firm's best known brands, such as Olay skin cream and Tide detergent, to smooth the way for new products. McDonald plans to spur PG's laggign sales by stretching the firm's biggest brands across more product categories and a wide range of prices. PG biz is largely based on premium brands but it plans to introduce 30% mroe products this year than last, hoping to avoid price cutting by tempting recession weary shoppers with new product features.

3M MMM $83.67 +1.17 1.42% 5,261,608 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $47.94 -0.69 1.42% 10,034,948 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Alcoa Keeps Dow Up: Travelers Falls 1.4%" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks edged up Wed. as commodities related gains in materials and energy firms such as Alcoa and Exxon Mobil managed to outweigh declines across telecommunications firms including Verizon communications and AT&T. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat. Alcoa was its biggest performer, having jumped 5.2%. The stock was lifted by a rise in metals futures, along with a prediction by Goldman Sachs that the firm's 4Q results set for release next week will be strong. Exxon Mobil rose 0.9% as crude oil futures climbed while the dollar weakened. However, telecom firms At&T & Verizon tumbled. At a conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg reminded investors about the troubles facing the economy and the telecom industry. Travelers also weighed on the Dow as FBR Capital cu tits investment rating on the stock to "market perform" from "outperform." Data released Wed. showed a slight expansion in the nonmanufacturing sector last month while fewer than expected private sector jobs were lost.

United Technologies UTX $70.19 -0.37 0.52% 4,711,982 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $31.92 -1.42 4.26% 35,079,673 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Alcoa Keeps Dow Up: Travelers Falls 1.4%" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks edged up Wed. as commodities related gains in materials and energy firms such as Alcoa and Exxon Mobil managed to outweigh declines across telecommunications firms including Verizon communications and AT&T. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearly flat. Alcoa was its bgest performer, having jumped 5.2%. The stock was lifted by a rise in metals futures, along with a prediction by Goldman Sachs that the firm's 4Q results set for release next week will be strong. Exxon Mobil rose 0.9% as crude oil futures climbed while the dollar weakened. However, telecom firms At&T & Verizon tumbled. At a conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg reminded investors about the troubles facing the economy and the telecom industry. Travelers also weighed on the Dow as FBR Capital cu tits investment rating on the stock to "market perform" from "outperform." Data released Wed. showed a slight expansion in the nonmanufacturing sector last month while fewer than expected private sector jobs were lost.

WalMart WMT $53.57 -0.12 0.22% 12,320,413 NYSE: No mentions found.
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