2/10/10 Wed pm Dow Closes 10038.38 down 20.26 or 0.2%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 10038.38 down 20.26 or 0.2% from Tuesday's close of 10,058.64. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 10 gained and 20 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was J.P. Morgan Chase JPM $38.87 +0.48 1.25% 39,305,449 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $14.67 +0.20 1.38% 175,436,474 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $70.75 -0.56 0.79% 11,618,085 NYSE and percentage-wise was DuPont DD $32.38 -0.50 1.52% 6,403,701 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Jrnl is 0.132319125 unchanged, the trailing P/E ratio is 16.29 up from Tuesday morning's 16.09 (year ago it was 18.68) the P/E estimate is 12.67 unchanged from Tuesday's 12.67 (year ago it was 10.06) and the current dividend yield is 2.71 down from Tuesday's 2.75 (it was 398 a year ago).

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,328.27 down 2.68 from Tuesday's closing Dow numerator of 1,330.95. 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 2.68 for Wednesday by the divisor you get the decrease in Wednesday's Dow close of 20.26. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 44.28 down 0.09 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $44.37. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 38.31 up 0.34 from Tuesday's median closing price of 37.97. The lowest volume again was 3M MMM $78.62 -0.10 0.13% 2,444,086 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $14.67 +0.20 1.38% 175,436,474 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 lost $270 ($133,110 - 132,840).

MarketWatch Wednesday by Kate Gibson 2/10/10 4:26 pm says U.S. financial stocks rose Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke detailed his plans for an eventual tightening of monetary policy and as traders eyed an expected resolution to Greece's debt crisis.

The Financial Select Sector, which tracks the financial stocks in the S&P 500, added 0.8%. The financial sector was the only of the S&P 500 Index's 10 industry groups to maintain gains throughout the session, with the broad-market gauge ending at 1,068.13, off 2.39 points. Legg Mason Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!lm/quotes/nls/lm (LM 26.62, +0.17, +0.62%) on Wednesday reported assets under management fell to $679.4 billion at the end of last month, down some from $681.6 billion at the end of December. Its shares gained 5.5%. American International Group Inc.gained more than 16%, its shares rising one day after published reports that AIG was in talks to sell its life insurance unit Alico for about $15 million to MetLife Inc. On the Dow Jones Industrial Average Bank of America Corp. was the best-performing stock among its 30 components, rising 1.4%, closely followed by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. up 1.3%. In testimony prepared, but not delivered due to the snowstorm battering the nation's capital, Bernanke said the central bank might hike the discount rate before long, but the move would not mark a change in the Fed's outlook for monetary policy.
Financial stocks fell in the wake of Bernanke's comments, though they have since rebounded, noted TJ Marta, chief market strategist at Marta on the Markets. The Fed in December 2008 cut the discount rate, charged on direct loans to commercial banks, to 0.5% while also reducing the federal funds rates used by banks for overnight loans to one another to between zero and 0.25%. Read The Fed. Bernanke also said hiking the interest rate paid on money deposited by banks at the Fed would likely be among the first tools used to tighten credit. The market was also reacting positively to an apparently likely resolution to a debt crisis in Greece and shook off concerns about a larger-than-expected rise in the trade deficit.

Wednesday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market

AT&T T $25.12 -0.14 0.55% 26,648,263 NYSE
Alcoa AA $13.16 -0.12 0.9% 33,005,243 NYSE
American Express AXP $37.75 +0.21 0.56% 8,879,697 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $14.67 +0.20 1.38% 175,436,474 NYSE
Boeing BA $59.54 -0.20 0.33% 4,237,065 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $53.15 -0.38 0.71% 8,580,164 NYSE
Chevron CVX $70.75 -0.56 0.79% 11,618,085 NYSE
Cisco CSCO $23.76 -0.13 0.54% 50,550,337 NASDAQ-GS
Coca-Cola KO $53.79 -0.22 0.41% 9,358,703 NYSE
Disney DIS $30.03 +0.19 0.64% 24,190,539 NYSE
DuPont DD $32.38 -0.50 1.52% 6,403,701 NYSE
ExxonMobil XOM $64.85 -0.35 0.54% 21,695,292 NYSE
GE $15.69 +0.09 0.58% 68,312,602 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.02 -0.10 0.21% 13,872,973 NYSE
Home Depot HD $28.65 -0.22 0.76% 14,478,596 NYSE
Intel INTC $19.69 +0.04 0.2% 56,223,719 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $122.81 -0.40 0.32% 5,219,060 NYSE
JPMorgan Chase JPM $38.87 +0.48 1.25% 39,305,449 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.73 -0.03 0.05% 10,115,778 NYSE
Kraft KFT $28.93 +0.03 0.1% 19,987,222 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $63.25 -0.32 0.5% 6,137,956 NYSE
Merck MRK $36.2 -0.27 0.74% 16,820,418 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $27.99 -0.02 0.07% 47,949,344 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $17.74 -0.14 0.78% 59,954,469 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $61.67 -0.09 0.15% 9,854,584 NYSE
3M MMM $78.62 -0.10 0.13% 2,444,086 NYSE
Travelers TRV $49.69 +0.12 0.24% 4,619,385 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $66.64 +0.12 0.18% 4,933,051 NYSE
Verizon VZ $28.87 +0.12 0.42% 15,147,208 NYSE
WalMart WMT $53.24 -0.01 0.02% 9,408,393 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Wednesday morning's Blog:

A read of Wednesday's print editions of: The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, The New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution, & (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 stock prices and related data.

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 10058.64 up 150.26 or 1.52% from Monday's close of 9,908.39. Year to date the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 3.54%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 26 gained, 1 (GE) was unchanged and 2 (Bank of America and Merck) declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $53.53 2.75 5.42% 15,493,301 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck MRK $36.47 0.12 0.33% 17,142,788 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Jumps to Reclaim 10000" by Peter A. McKay says hopes for a financial rescue of Greece drove the stock market to its best one day gain in more than a month. Germany was leading efforts to guarantee the debt of eurozone members and that propelled fin'l markets and encouraged investors to rush back into risky assets, including stocks and gold and oil. The euro rebounded against the US dollar and Treasurys, seen as a sfe haven in times of turmoil, declined. The Dow was led bya 5.4% jump in Caterpillar, which was upgraded along with several other industrial firms by analysts at Morgan Stanley. Coca-Cola was also a big gainer among the blue chips, rising 2.6% after reporting a 55% gain in 4Q profits.

WSJ pC5 "UAL Soars by 18%; Electronic Arts Falls" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks rallied broadly on hopes that a rescue for Greece is in the works with metals firms such as AK Steel and US Steel and energy firms among the beneficiaries as commodities climbed. Caterpillar rose as it said its outlook for industrial conglomerates had improved. Coke rose as its 4Q profits rose 55%.

Fin Times p26 "Coca-Cola and industrials sector help stocks rally" by Samantha Pearson says encouraging results from KO and renewed optimism in the industrials sector helped US stocks bounce back yesterday. McDonald's reported that sales had risen 2.6% at restaurants open for more than a year while rev continued to declned in the US and sales rose in Europe, the Mid East, Africa and Asia.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Greece Hopes Lift Stocks; Volume Rises" by Alan R. Elliott says another day of currency related trading handed the stock market solid gains Tues. Tuesday's action saw indexes sharply higher in strong volume. The current outlook is the market is still in a correction.

USA Today p4B "US markets jump as Greece fears ease" by AP says the Dow jumpted aove 10000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden. The Dow got a boost from Morgan Stanley's upgrade of Caterpillar which was Morgan's first upbeat take on the stock in 3 years. A cautious forecast from CAT hurt stocks late last month.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,330.95 up 19.88 from Monday's closing Dow numerator of 1,311.07. 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 19.88 for Tuesday by the divisor you get the increase in Tuesday's Dow close of 150.26. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 44.37 up 0.67 from Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of $43.70. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 37.97 up 0.92 from Monday's median closing price of 37.25. The lowest volume again was 3M MMM $78.72 1.19 1.53% 4,252,308 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $14.47 -0.01 0.07% 251,260,128 NYSE.

If Tuesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $2,010 ($133,110 - $131,100).

MarketWatch Tues. 2/9/10 4:33 pm says U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, with the Dow average notching its best day in five weeks, as investors focused on reports Germany was considering a rescue package for debt-strapped Greece.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 150.25 points, or 1.5%, at 10,058.64, its best one-day gain in both point and percentage terms since Jan. 4, the year's first trading session. At its intraday high just after midday, the blue-chip average posted a gain of 231 points. The Dow was led by a 5.4% jump in Caterpillar Inc., which was upgraded along with several other industrial names by analysts at Morgan Stanley. Coca-Cola CO. was also a big gainer among the blue chips, up 2.6% after reporting a 55% gain in fourth-quarter profit. The rally provided a welcome break for investors who had watched major indexes retreat by as much as 8% from their recent highs coming into Tuesday's action. The Nasdaq Composite Index 1.2%. The S&P 500 ended up 1.3%, helped by gains in every sector, and led by materials and energy stocks, as gold futures climbed and crude oil futures topped $73 a barrel. Commodities were boosted by a retreat in the dollar, which often falls out of favor when investors are in the mood to take on risk. In recent action, one euro cost $1.3789, up from $1.3660 late Monday. The broad U.S. Dollar Index was off 0.7%. Treasurys dropped, with the 10-year note off 21/32 to yield 3.641%. Supporting gains, media reports said Germany was working on a plan to help Greece, whose high government deficits have sparked worries about a reprise of 2008's global financial crisis. The Wall Street Journal reported that Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default. Read more on Germany and Greece. It followed a report in The Financial Times Deutschland that Germany was engaged in efforts to help Greece. Concerns over Greece's debt load, and that of other weak members of the 16-nation euro zone, had weighed on U.S. stocks for weeks.
Greece's benchmark index jumped 5%, although a pan-European benchmark ended the day unchanged.

AT&T T $25.26 +0.28 1.12% 34,938,010 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $13.28 +0.22 1.68% 43,993,696 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $37.54 +0.75 2.04% 10,677,078 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $14.47 -0.01 0.07% 251,260,128 NYSE: Fin times p15 "BofA and Citi warned over credit ratings" by Francesco Guerrera, Nicole Bullock says S&P warned it might downgrade the credit rating of Citigroup and BofA on concerns that the proposed US fin'l rules wold make it less likely that the banks would be bailed out by US taxpayers if they ran into trouble again.

Fin Times p18 "BofA names global capital co-heads" by Justin Baer says it named Alastair Borthwick and Lisa Carnoy as co-heads of its global capital markets div, pairing a veteran of the US lender with an exec from its Merrill Lynch acquisition.

Boeing BA $59.74 +1.85 3.2% 8,250,744 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $53.53 +2.75 5.42% 15,493,301 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Dow Jumps to Reclaim 10000" by Peter A. McKay says hopes for a financial rescue of Greece drove the stock market to its best one day gain in more than a month. Germany was leading efforts to guarantee the debt of eurozone members and that propelled fin'l markets and encouraged investors to rush back into risky assets, including stocks and gold and oil. The euro rebounded against the US dollar and Treasurys, seen as a sfe haven in times of turmoil, declined. The Dow was led bya 5.4% jump in Caterpillar, which was upgraded along with several other industrial firms by analysts at Morgan Stanley. Coca-Cola was also a big gainer among the blue chips, rising 2.6% after reporting a 55% gain in 4Q profits.

WSJ pC5 "UAL Soars by 18%; Electronic Arts Falls" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks rallied broadly on hopes that a rescue for Greece is in the works with metals firms such as AK Steel and US Steel and energy firms among the beneficiaries as commodities climbed. Caterpillar rose as it said its outlook for industrial conglomerates had improved. Coke rose as its 4Q profits rose 55%. Caterpillar is charted udner Good News saying its shares rose after Morgan Stanley offered a brighter view of the firm and the sector. Coke is charted under Good news as its net leapt 55% and did well in India and China.

USA Today p4B "US markets jump as Greece fears ease" by AP says the Dow jumpted aove 10000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden. The Dow got a boost from Morgan Stanley's upgrade of Caterpillar which was Morgan's first upbeat take on the stock in 3 years. A cautious forecast from CAT hurt stocks late last month.

Chevron CVX $71.31 +1.18 1.68% 13,044,724 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $23.89 +0.391 1.66% 60,325,901 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $54.01 +1.36 2.58% 15,747,308 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Coca-Cola Gets Overseas Lift" by Anjali Cordeiro, NYT pB2 "Coca-Cola Posts Strong Profit on Emerging market Sales" by Reuters, USA Today p1B say strong soda sales in developing economies such as Brazil and India pushed Coke's 4Q profit up 55%, but tepid consumer spending continued to pressure its biz in N. America. Coke had a 4Q profit of $1.54 bil or 66 cents a share up from $995 mil or 43 cents a share a year earlier. Rev increased 5.3% to 47.51 bil. coke said it will buy back about $1.5 bil of stock in '10 as much as it bought in '09. Gross margin rose to 64.7% from 63.9%.

Fin Times p26 "Coca-Cola and industrials sector help stocks rally" by Samantha Pearson says encouraging results from KO and renewed optimism in the industrials sector helped US stocks bounce back yesterday. McDonald's reported that sales had risen 2.6% at restaurants open for more than a year while rev continued to declned in the US and sales rose in Europe, the Mid East, Africa and Asia.

WSJ pB3 "Pepsi, Coke Back Calories labeling" by John Kell says Pepsi and Coke wer among those in the beverage industry to support new labeling plans that will move the calorie content to the front of their containers by the end of '12, as part of a wider initiative pushed by Michelle Obama.

WSJ pC1 "Dow Jumps to Reclaim 10000" by Peter A. McKay says hopes for a financial rescue of Greece drove the stock market to its best one day gain in more than a month. Germany was leading efforts to guarantee the debt of eurozone members and that propelled fin'l markets and encouraged investors to rush back into risky assets, including stocks and gold and oil. The euro rebounded against the US dollar and Treasurys, seen as a sfe haven in times of turmoil, declined. The Dow was led bya 5.4% jump in Caterpillar, which was upgraded along with several other industrial firms by analysts at Morgan Stanley. Coca-Cola was also a big gainer among the blue chips, rising 2.6% after reporting a 55% gain in 4Q profits.

WSJ pC14 "Coke Growth Rests on Bet For Overseas" by John Jannarone says Coke's 4Q performance were good because unit volumes outside of N. America, where Coke gets more than 80% of operating profits, rose faster than expected. This year overseas exposure may be tougher to manage because of gov stimulus in countries like France which will lessen this year. Coke is trading 16 times expected earnings.

Fin Times p14 says Coke keeps expanding into developing markets. Long term agreements with bottlers about their responsibilities and share of profits should increase incentives to help returns. Coke should consider cutting its equity ownership levels in bottlers that have improved. Coke has its fizz back.

WSJ pC5 "UAL Soars by 18%; Electronic Arts Falls" by Donna Kardos Yesalavich says stocks rallied broadly on hopes that a rescue for Greece is in the works with metals firms such as AK Steel and US Steel and energy firms among the beneficiaries as commodities climbed. Caterpillar rose as it said its outlook for industrial conglomerates had improved. Coke rose as its 4Q profits rose 55%. Coke is charted under Good news as its net leapt 55% and did well in India and China.

Disney DIS $29.84 +0.36 1.22% 14,108,754 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Customer Caution Restrains Disney" by Ethan Smith, NYT pB3 "Profit Falls At Dis, But Rises At Its Studio" by Brooks Barnes", USA Today p1B say Disney's results suffered as advertiser and consumers alike are hesitant to pull the trigger on spending decisions. For the quarter ended 1/2, rev edged up to $9.7 bil from $9.6 bil a year earlier as profit slipped to $844 mil from $845 mil. Per share earnings were vv cents vs. 45 a year earlier. ESPN contributed the biggest boost to Disney's tv biz, due to hot contests in pro and college football. Rev was flat at $2.7 bil at its parks and resorts.

WSJ pB6 "Disney's ESPN Plays Up the Web" by Sam Schechner says ESPN is putting muscle into a Web site that shows live events for paying subscribers. ESPN is doing a new marketing campaign and adding interactive features for its ESPN 360.com site which will be renamed ESPN3.com. ESPN360 is a subscription Web site offering live video of a wide array of sports. and comes bundled with Internet service from providers such as Verizon Communication.

DuPont DD $32.88 +0.69 2.14% 7,201,412 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $65.2 +0.85 1.32% 36,238,364 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $15.6 unch unch 97,537,381 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.12 +0.53 1.11% 17,621,770 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $28.87 +0.28 0.98% 18,055,754 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $19.65 +0.30 1.55% 69,180,358 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $123.21 +1.33 1.09% 6,044,466 NYSE: No mentions found.

J.P.Morgan JPM $38.39 +0.69 1.83% 45,166,452 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.76 +0.39 0.63% 11,342,309 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $28.9 +0.54 1.9% 24,554,493 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "Cadbury's Carr Faults UK's Takeover Rules" by Jessica Hodgson says, Carr, who stepped down as Cadbury chairman after Kraft took over Cadbury for $18.6 bil called for an overhaul of UK takeover regulation.

WSJ pB3 Kraft Closes Cadbury Plant in UK" which is located in Somerdale.

McDonald's MCD $63.57 +0.65 1.03% 10,115,219 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "McDonald's Sales rise Overseas" by Tess Stynes, Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 say McDonald's recorded a 2.6% rise in Jan sales at outlets open at least a year, with strength overseas offsetting weakness in the US. Same store sales in the US dropped 0.7% dipping back into negative territory after rising slightly in Dec. Systemwide sales rose 9.1% last month.

Fin Times p26 "Coca-Cola and industrials sector help stocks rally" by Samantha Pearson says encouraging results from KO and renewed optimism in the industrials sector helped US stocks bounce back yesterday. McDonald's reported that sales had risen 2.6% at restaurants open for more than a year while rev continued to declned in the US and sales rose in Europe, the Mid East, Africa and Asia.

Fin times p19 "Japan's healthy eating, with a side of McDoanld's fries" by Michiyo Nakamoto, Paul Betts says in the 30 years since MCD landed in Japan, it has grown to more than 3,700 outlets there and became the first fast food chain in Japan to exceed in $5.5 mil in sales. MCD hasn't suffered from Japanese health officials sounding the alarm about obesity.

Merck MRK $36.47 -0.12 0.33% 17,142,788 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $28.01 +0.29 1.05% 59,116,142 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB5 "Game makers Push Beyond Christmas" by Yukari Iwatani Kane says videogame publishers are set to releae more than a dozen major titles in the next months as they try to spark demand and reverse an industry sales slump. Also firms are cutting prices on ame consoles like Sony's PlyStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360.

WSJ pA17 "The Microsofting of Apple?" by Homan W.Jenkins, jr. says this may be the year when Apple's market cap may surpass Microsoft's. There are rumors that Apple is considering a deal with Microsoft's search engine Bing to displace Google on the iPhone and tha Apple will get into the advertising biz.

Pfizer PFE $17.88 +0.04 0.22% 70,968,451 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $61.76 +0.75 1.23% 11,423,931 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $78.72 +1.19 1.53% 4,252,308 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $49.57 +0.52 1.06% 5,355,306 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $66.52 +1.12 1.71% 5,277,448 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "dividends lag Behind Upturn" by Paul Vigna, John Shipman says it is disconcerting to look as dividends this year as more firms are saying they are obtimistic but a smaller number are being generous about dividends. In Jan, just 15 firms boosted payouts, compared to 17 a year ago and 31 in Jan. of '08. United Technologies, the maker of Sikorsky helicopters, raised its dividend 10%to $1.70 a share per year this month in a sign of its confidence in the year ahead even as it posted a 6% 4Q profit decline. CEO Lous Chenevert said UTX was optimistic about '10 and beyond.

Verizon VZ $28.75 +0.38 1.34% 23,966,314 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Disney's ESPN Plays Up the Web" by Sam Schechner says ESPN is putting muscle into a Web site that shows live events for paying subscribers. ESPN is doing a new marketing campaign and adding interactive features for its ESPN 360.com site which will be renamed ESPN3.com. ESPN360 is a subscription Web site offering live video of a wide array of sports. and comes bundled with Internet service from providers such as Verizon Communication.

WalMart WMT $53.25 +0.32 0.6% 10,824,920 NYSE: No mentions found.
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Here are the current 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 Watson
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 2/1/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $318 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 252 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 203 [4]
4. Chevron CVX 180 [2.5]
5. Procter & Gamble PG 180 [3]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 174 [3]
7. GE 173 [10.5]
8. IBM 164 [1.5]
9 JPMorgan Chase 156 [4]
10. Pfizer PFE 152 [8]
11. AT&T 150 [6]
12. BAC 134 [8.5]
13. Cisco CSCO 131 [6]
14. Coke KO 126 [2]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 113 [2]
16. Intel INTC 108 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 106 [1.5]
18. Verizon VZ 84 [3]
19. Merck MRK 81 [2]
20. United Technologies UTX 63 [1]
21. 3M MMM 57 [.5]
22. Disney DIS 57 [2]
23. Home Depot 48 [2]
24. American Express AXP 45 [1]
25. Boeing BA 45 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 41 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 33 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 30 [1]
29. Travelers 28 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 13 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 2/1/10 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: 1/29/10 8K re: 29,500 employees represented by Communications Workers of America District 3 failed to ratify the tentative labor agreement announced on December 14, 2009.

1/28/10 8K re: 4Q earnings were $0.51 per diluted share compared with $0.41 per share for the 4Q '08. 4Q net income was $3.0 bil compared with $2.4 bil for 4Q '08. Reported earnings for the full year '09 were $2.12 per diluted share, down from $2.16 per share for the full year '0 &net income for '09 was $12.5 bil, down from $12.9 bil for '08.

Alcoa AA: 1/27/10 8K re: contributions to pension plan of stock.

1/25/10 8K re: quarterly dividend on Alcoa’s common stock and preferred stock and that a contribution was authorized of up to $600 million in Alcoa common stock to Alcoa’s defined benefit pension plans.

1/12/10 8K re: Alcoa finished its 4Q '08 free cash flow positive, the first such quarterly achievement since 2Q '08. In 4Q '09, Alcoa generated free cash flow of $761 million, a $947 million improvement from 3Q '09 driven by strong cash from operations performance of $1.1 billion, a $940 million increase from the third quarter of 2009.

American Express AXP: 1/25/10 8K re: increases to the annual base salaries Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman & CEO from $1,250,000 $2,000,000; Edward P. Gilligan, Vice Chairman from $1,100,000 to $1,450,000; Stephen J. Squeri, Group President – Global Services & Chief Information Officer from $750,000 to $1,000,000; and Daniel T. Henry, Exec. VP & CFO from $700,000 to $850,000.

1/21/10 8K re: 4Q EPS of $0.59, up from $0.26 a year ago & other fin'l results.

1/15/10 8K re: owned and managed basis delinquency and write-off statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services operating segment for the months of Oct., Nov. and Dec. '09.

Bank of Am BAC: 1/20/10 8K re: '09 net income of $6.3 bil, compared with net income of $4.0 bil '08. Including preferred stock dividends & the negative impact from the repayment of the U.S. gov’s $45 billion preferred stock investment in the company under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, income applicable to common shareholders was a net loss of $2.2 billion, or $0.29 per diluted share.

1/15/10 8K re: Brian Moynihan, CEO's new senior management team: Steele Alphin, chief admin. officer; Cathy Bessant, Global Technology & Operations exec, David Darnell, pres. of Global Commercial Banking; Barbara Desoer, pres. of Home Loans & Insurance; Anne Finucane, global strategy & marketing officer; Sallie Krawcheck, pres. of Global Wealth & Investment Management; Tom Montag, pres. Global Banking & Markets; Ed O’Keefe, gen'. counsel; Joe Price, president of Consumer, Small Business & Card Banking; Neil Cotty interim CFO; Bruce Thompson chief risk officer; & Greg Curl will focus on key strategic partnerships critical to BAC’s global capabilities.

12/17/09 8K 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.

Boeing BA: 1/27/10 8K re: 4Q '09 results: rev grew to $17.9 bil & operating margin grew to 9.4% with net income of $1.75 per share. Operating cash flow increased to $3.2 bil.

Caterpiller CAT: 1/27/10 8K re: supplemental information concerning deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business.
12/15/09 8K re: amendments to Bylaws.

1/27/10 8K re: sales & rev of $32.39 bil for '09, a decrease of 37% from $51.32 biln in '08. Profit per share was $1.43, down 75%. 4Q sales & rev. were $7.9 bil, down 39% from 4Q '08. Profit per share for 4Q was $0.36, down 67% from 4Q '08.

Chevron CVX: 1/29/10 8K re: earnings for 4Q '09: net income was $3.1 bil, down 37% from $4.9 bil in 4Q '08.

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: 11/25/09 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: 1/22/10 Proxy Statement for '10 Annual Meeting of shareholders, which will be held on Wednesday, 3/10/10 at 10 a.m. at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country in San Antonio, Texas.

1/12/10 8K re: new form of agreement for the award of stock units and stock options awarded to executive officers.

1/4/10 8K re: new employment agreement with James A. Rasulo and amendment of employment agreement with Thomas O. Staggs. Rasulo will serve as Sr. EVP & CFO with an annual salary of $1,400,000.

DuPont DD: 1/26/10 8K re: 4Q EPS of $.48 compared to a 4Q '08 loss of $.70 per share. Sales of $6.4 bil were up 10% vs prior year, led by sales growth greater than 20% for titanium dioxide, electronic materials, performance polymers & seed products.

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/1/10 8K re: 4Q results: earnings were $6,050 mil, a decrease of 23% or $1,770 mil from 4Q '08. EPS were $1.27, a decrease of 18%. Capital & exploration expenditures were $8.3 bil, up 21% from the 4Q '08.

GE: 1/22/10 8K re: 4Q ’09 EPS of $0.28; FY ’09 EPS of $1.03; rev of $41.4 bil for Quarter; $157 bi for Year.

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: 1/27/10 Def. Proxy Statement re: annual stockholders meeting on 3/1710 at 2 pm at Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View, Cal.

1/27/10 8K re: Electronic Data Systems Corporation, which HP acquired in '08 is a defendant in litigation filed in the United Kingdom by Sky Subscribers Services Limited and British Sky Broadcasting Limited in '04 alleging deceit, negligent misrepresentation, negligent misstatement and breach of contract. On 1/26/10, the court issued a decision finding EDS UK liable to BSkyB for deceit in one area of the claim, for negligent misrepresentation and negligent misstatement in another area of the claim, and for breach of contract. The court also dismissed all of BSkyB’s other claims. The court will issue a final quantification of damages at a later date. HP plans to appeal.

Home Depot HD: 12/3/09 10Q

Intel INTC: 1/25/10 8K re: promotions of Renee J. James, Thomas M. Kilroy, Brian M. Krzanich & Stacy J. Smith to sr. vp.

1/15/10 8K re: 4Q earnings of revenue of $10.6B, up 13% sequentially; nearly twice the average seasonal sequential growth seen in 4Q; gross margin of 64.7% was a record, and up 7 points compared to 3Q; operating income of $2.5B was down 3% sequentially, and up 62% from a year ago. Net income of $2.3B was up 23% sequentially, and up 875% from a year ago.

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

IBM: 1/29/10 8K re: compensation for its top 5 execs.

1/19/10 8K re: Record diluted earnings per share of $10.01, up 13%; 7th consecutive year of double-digit EPS growth; record net income of $13.4 bil, up 9%; gross profit margin of 45.7%, 6th consecutive year of increase; record free cash flow of $15.1 bil, up $0.8 bil.

JPMorganChase JPM: 1/25/10 8K re: amendments to By-laws re: special meetings of stockholders.

1/19/10 8K re: 4Q results.

Kraft KFT: 2/1/10 8K re: further details about the dealing facilities that will be available to accepting Cadbury Securityholders who hold their Cadbury Shares or Cadbury ADSs in certificated form.

1/27/10 8K re: Kraft reduced the number of acceptances required to fulfil the Acceptance Condition of the recommended Final Offer for Cadbury from 90% to 50% plus one Cadbury Share.

1/12/10 8K re: increase of guidance for '09 diluted earnings per share to at least $2.00 versus the previous expectation of at least $1.97.1 reflecting strong operating gains & a significant increase in marketing investments versus the prior year.

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.

McDonalds MCD: 1/26/10 8K re: compensation to execs.

1/22/10 8K re: '09 results: global comparable sales increase of 3.8%, fueled by the U.S. 2.6%, Europe 5.2% & Asia/Pacific, Middle East & Africa 3.4%; growth in McDonald’s combined operating margin to 30.1%; consolidated operating income increase of 6% (10% in constant currencies) over the prior year; earnings per share of $4.11, up 9% over the prior year; & return of $5.1 bil to shareholders through shares repurchased & dividends paid, bringing the 3-year total to
$16.6 bil under MCD’s $15 bil to $17 bil cash return to shareholders target for '07 through '09.

1/15/10 8K re: Donald Thompson elected Pres. & Chief Operating Officer. He's been with McDonald's for 19 years.

12/23/09 8K re: am agreement re: the retirement of Ralph Alvarez, President and Chief Operating Officer.

Merck MRK: 11/18/09 8KA amending financial stmts re: the earlier announcement of the consummation on November 3, 2009 of the merger of Merck & Co., Inc. &, Schering-Plough Corporation.

Microsoft MSFT: 1/28/10 10Q.

1/28/10 8K re: record revenue of $19.02 bil for 2Q ended 12/31/09, a 14% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income & diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $8.51 bil, $6.66 bil & $0.74 per share, which represented increases of 43%, 60% and 57%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period.

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

Pfizer PFE: 12/16/09 8K re: amendment of bylaws & change in fiscal year.

Procter & Gamble PG: 1/28/10 8K re: net sales growth of 6% for the October - December quarter to $21.0 bil. Organic sales grew 5%. Diluted net earnings per share were $1.49.

1/28/10 10Q

1/12/10 8K re: quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share on the Common Stock & on the Series A & Series B ESOP Conv. Class A Pref. Stock, payable 2/16/10 with record date of 1/22/10, which is its consistent dividend since incorporation in 1890. 4 bil times a day, P&G brands are sold globally, products include Pampers, Tide, Ariel, Always, Whisper, Pantene, Mach3, Bounty, Dawn, Gain, Pringles, Charmin, Downy, Lenor, Iams, Crest, Oral-B, Duracell, Olay, Head & Shoulders, Wella, Gillette, Braun Fusion. P&G has 135,000 employees in 80 countries.

1/8/10 8K re:changes to its segment reporting structure & agreement to sell its global pharmaceuticals business to Warner Chilcott plc.

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: 1/28/10 8K re: 4Q earnings of $1.30 per share on sales of $6.1 bil, with operating income margins of 21.9%. Sales & per-share earnings increased 11.1% & 69% year-on-year, respectively. Profits grew at double-digit rates in each of the company’s six business segments and in all geographic regions. Free cash flow for 4Q grew by 16% to $770 million. 3M '09 sales of $23.1 bil & earnings per share of $4.52, down 8.5% & 7.6% respectively. Excluding special items, '09 earnings declined 9.3%to $4.69 per share.

Travelers TRV: 1/26/10 8K re: net income of $1.285 bil, or $2.36 per diluted share, for the quarter ended 12/31/09, compared to $801 mil, or $1.35 per diluted share, for the quarter ended 12/3108. Operating income in the current quarter was $1.155 bil, or $2.12 per diluted share, compared to $939 mil, or $1.58 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter.

United Technologies UTX: 1/27/10 8K re: 4Q '09 earnings per share of $1.15 & net income attributable to common shareowners of $1.1 bil, down 7% and 6%, respectively, over the year ago quarter. Consolidated revenues for the quarter of $14.1 billion were 5% below prior year.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 1/26/10 8K re: Consolidated cash flow growth in 4Q '09: $31.6 bil in cash flow from operations in '09, up $4.0 bil, or 14.5 percent, from '08 & other financial results inlcuding a loss of 23 cents per share and adjusted earnings of 54 cents per share, compared with 4Q '08 EPS of 43 cents and 61 cents, respectively.

WalMartWMT: 1/28/10 8K re: business restructurings to leverage operating expenses consistent with its priorities of growth, leverage and returns. These include the closure of 10 Sam’s Clubs announced on 1/11/10, the elimination of Sam’s Club new business membership representatives, the new operations structure for Walmart U.S.; the integration of the Puerto Rican operations into Walmart U.S. and Sam’s Club.
The net impact from the charges for these business restructurings on 4Q earnings for fiscal year 2010 is estimated to be 0.04 per share. Walmart will announce fourth quarter earnings before the market opens on February 18, 2010.

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