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A read of April 26, 2010 issue of Barron's and Monday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today & Atlanta Journal & Constitution 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 Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 11,204.28 up 69.99 or 0.63% from Thursday's close of 11,134.29. For the week the Dow was up 185.62 1.68% from last Friday's close of 11018.66. For the year the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 7.44%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 21 gained and 9 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck MRK $35.46 +1.69 5% 41,330,713 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing BA $75.13 -0.46 0.61% 5,191,340 and percentage-wise was Microsoft MSFT $30.96 -0.43 1.37% 126,650,397 NASDAQ-GS NYSE.

As of the open of the market Monday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132319125 unchanged, the trailing P/E ratio is 17.18 down from Friday's 17.19 (year ago it was 31.89) the P/E estimate is 14.10 up from Friday's 14.00 (year ago it was 22.30) and the current dividend yield is 2.44 down from Friday's 2.45 (it was 3.83 a year ago). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,482.54 up 9.26 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,473.28. 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 9.26 for Friday by the divisor you get the increase in friday's Dow close of 69.99. 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 Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $49.42 up 0.31 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $49.11. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 46.49 up 0.74 from Thursday's median closing price of $45.75. The lowest volume Travelers TRV $53.38 +0.41 0.76% 5,337,799 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $18.43 -0.11 0.59% 145,252,435 NYSE.

If Friday 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 $930 ($148,260- $147,330).

Market Watch 4/23/10 5:03 p.m. by Peter McKay, Donna Yesalavich says energy stocks led a steady market rally Friday, spurred by a rally in oil prices over $85 a barrel and an upbeat outlook from Schlumberger. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 11,204, +69.83, +0.63%) rallied steady from just before midday through the close, ending with a gain of 69.99 points, or 0.6%, at 11204.28, boosted by a 1.8% gain in Chevron (CVX 82.63, -0.04, -0.05%) . Merck /(MRK 35.67, +0.21, +0.59%) was up 5% after calming investors' anxiety about the effect of the U.S. health-care overhaul on its profits, and American Express (AXP 48.09, +0.04, +0.08%) moved higher by nearly 2.7% after a strong earnings report late Thursday. Investors grew more optimistic about the U.S. economy following a Commerce Department report showing that sales of new homes in the U.S. posted their largest year-over-year increase in nearly five years. Weak earnings from key companies create mixed trading in U.S. stocks Tuesday. Reports from Dow in members Cat, Coke, DuPont and Merck did nothing to cheer investors. Recent stock rally may have masked broader economic weakness, traders say as they drive oil prices lower. President Obama says his administration won't let the struggling U.S. auto industry 'simply vanish,' as shares of General Motors fall about 25% after the White House says bankruptcy may be an option for both GM and Chrysler.Commodity traders bet on an improving outlook for oil demand, pushing crude futures up $1.42 to settle at $85.12 a barrel in New York. Long-dated contracts suggested even stronger prices later in the year, including a move above $90 by December. Schlumberger (SLB 72.60, -0.08, -0.11%) was up 6.6% after it announced a 28% decline in first-quarter earnings but forecast a full-year turnaround. Smith International (SII 49.16, +0.01, +0.02%), which is due to be acquired by Schlumberger in a deal pending regulatory approval, was up 7.1%.
Worries about Greece's finances kept a lid on the market's gains but didn't derail the generally optimistic mood that pervaded the market all week. Traders remained focused on the first-quarter earnings season on Wall Street, which has provided far more pleasant surprises than bad. The dollar weakened against the euro after Greece Prime Minister George Papandreou formally asked to tap a €45 billion ($59.9 billion) European Union-International Monetary Fund aid package, after soaring borrowing costs were seen as making it nearly impossible for the country to meet its funding needs on the open market. However, investors warned that pressure in the euro zone is likely to persist given key uncertainties about the rescue package. Western Digital stock surges more than 8% after the hard-disk drive maker reports a higher quarterly profit, but investors are cool toward shares of Microsoft and Amazon.
Among stocks to watch, Microsoft (MSFT 30.92, -0.04, -0.13%) declined 1.4%. The company's quarterly profit rose 35%, largely due to sales of the latest version of its Windows operating system, but investors grew concerned over a lower-than-expected figure on total deferred revenue. Travelers (TRV 53.00, -0.38, -0.71%) slipped 0.8% as an improvement in investment income at the insurer was offset by a spike in catastrophe costs tied to snowstorms on the U.S. East Coast and the earthquake in Chile. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,530, +11.08, +0.44%) rose 0.4%, held in check by a 4.3% decline in Amazon.com (AMZN 143.83, +0.20, +0.14%) after the retailer posted strong first-quarter earnings accompanied by cautious guidance for the current quarter. Treasury prices fell. The benchmark 10-year note (UST10Y 3.81, +0.04, +0.98%) was off 11/32 to yield 3.821%.

AT&T T $26.25 -0.02 0.08% 27,977,803 NYSE: Barron's p46 "AT&T's Overlooked Allure" by Mark Veverka says AT&T's sahres shed 1.4$ after it beat earnings expectations Wed then slid even more Thurs. after rival Verizon communications reported disappointing numbers. Friday T made up some lost ground, closing up 1.2% for the week. the Street is overlooking AT&t's ability tos ell data, broadband, voice and other services to home and wireless custoemrs. Verizon eventually will gets its iPhone but AT&T is doing things right.

Alcoa AA $14.11 +0.26 1.88% 24,476,636 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $48.05 +1.28 2.74% 17,404,523 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC. $18.43 -0.11 0.59% 145,252,435 NYSE: WSJ pC8 "Memo to Congress, Regulators: Seek Streamlined Banks" by Peter Eavis says Bank of America now has $2.32 trillion of assets, compared with $1.46 trillion at the end of '06. JPMorgan now has $2.14 trillion in assets, vs. $1.35 tril in '06.

WSJ pC3 "BofA Near Chairman Decision" says former DuPont CEO Charles Holliday is considered a favorite to become Bank of America chairman. BofA is the largest US bank in assets. Holliday, 62, was chairman and ceo of DuPont.

USA Today p1B "BofA's Moynihan says challenges just starting" by Kathy Chu says in his first 100 days on the job, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan has won over analysts, suprised consumer advocates and angered politicians.

Boeing BA $75.13 -0.46 0.61% 5,191,340 NYSE: Barron's pM3 "Stocks Climb to a 19 Month High" by Vito Racanelli says 1Qtr earnings reports, from the likes of Boeing and United Technologies, among others, continued to show exceptionally strong, if not surprising, improvements.

Barron's p49 "Congress May Wallop Smaller Banks" by Jim McTague says financial reform would raise compliance costs for retail and manufacturing firms like WalMart and Boeing that have finance arms to provide customers with loans and leases as they would fall under the purview of the new consumer bureau and would also have to make contributions to a bank bailout fund.

Caterpillar CAT $68.78 +0.27 1.88% 9,043,727 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "Markets events this week" says Caterpillar reports earnings Mon (est. .08 vs. year ago of 0.58), DuPont (1.06/0.54) and 3M (1.21/0.81) on Tues, and on Thurs: Exxon (1.41/0.92) and Procter & Gamble (0.82/0.84) and Chevron on Fri. with est of 0.32 vs year ago 0.72.

Chevron CVX $82.67 +1.47 1.81% 9,917,625 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "FTC Probes Oil Hiring, Wages" by Thomas Catan says the Fed. TRade Comm. is investigating whether a dozen oil firms, including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and BP colluded to suppress managerial, professional and technical employees' wages in ways that violated US anti-trust law.

Fin Times p16 "Chevron chief shuns shale gas rush" by Sheila McNulty, says John Watson, ceo of Chevron, is refuisng to join rival int'l oil majors in the rush for US shale gas saying the price is too high.

WSJ pC2 "Markets events this week" says Caterpillar reports earnings Mon (est. .08 vs. year ago of 0.58), DuPont (1.06/0.54) and 3M (1.21/0.81) on Tues, and on Thurs: Exxon (1.41/0.92) and Procter & Gamble (0.82/0.84) and Chevron on Fri. with est of 0.32 vs year ago 0.72.

Cisco CSCO $27 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's pM14 "Opportunity Ahead in Tech M&A" by John Marshall says you can expect M&A activity from software consolidators such as Microsoft and Oracle, as well as large info tech incumbents such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, EMC and Cisco.

Fin times p15 "Cash-rich tech groups avoid the M&A path" by Richard Waters, Chris Nuttall says a handful of the largest US tech firms have increased their cash position by 40% over the past year, taking their reserves to nearly a quarer of a tril dollars. That has come in spite of declining revenues from firms such as Microsoft, Cisco and IBM. Microsoft ahd $25.3 bil in cash and marketable securities in Mar. '09 and in Mar. '10 it was $39.7 bil. Here are the same comparisons for Cisco ($29.5 up to $39.6 bil; IBM 12.3 bil up to $14 bil; Hewlett-Packard $11.2 bil up to $13.6 bil and Intel $7.8 bil up to $10.9 bil.

Coca-Cola KO $53.88 -0.43 0.79% 10,802,423 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $36.79 +0.01 0.03% 7,659,795 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Upfront Market Looks Primed for an Upswing" by Sam Schechner, Suzanne Vranica says after the major tv networks slashed ad rates amid a poor economy, advertisers are poised to boost spending on commercials for the coming tv season. A slew of big media firms are about to announce earnings and investors are looking for predictions about the fall TV season. Viacom reports Thurs, folled in the next 2 weeks by Newcorp., Time Warner, CBS and Walt Disney Co.

WSJ pB4 "Dragon Reclaims No. Box Office Spot" by AP says Disney's nature film Oceans had a solid opening for a documentary coming in at No. 8 this weekend with $6 mi.

DuPont DD $40.22 +0.75 1.9% 6,684,688 NYSE: Barron's "Preview" p19 says 3M, DuPont, Ford and UPS report results before the market opens on Tues.

WSJ pC2 "Markets events this week" says Caterpillar reports earnings Mon (est. .08 vs. year ago of 0.58), DuPont (1.06/0.54) and 3M (1.21/0.81) on Tues, and on Thurs: Exxon (1.41/0.92) and Procter & Gamble (0.82/0.84) and Chevron on Fri. with est of 0.32 vs year ago 0.72.

WSJ pC3 "BofA Near Chairman Decision" says former DuPont CEO Charles Holliday is considered a favorite to become Bank of America chairman. BofA is the largest US bank in assets. Holliday, 62, was chairman and ceo of DuPont.

Exxon XOM $69.24 +0.68 0.99% 24,290,246 NYSE: Barron's "Preview" p19 says 3M, DuPont, Ford and UPS report results before the market opens on Tues., Exxon reports on Thurs.

WSJ pB3 "FTC Probes Oil Hiring, Wages" by Thomas Catan says the Fed. TRade Comm. is investigating whether a dozen oil firms, including Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell and BP colluded to suppress managerial, professional and technical employees' wages in ways that violated US anti-trust law.

WSJ pC2 "Markets events this week" says Caterpillar reports earnings Mon (est. .08 vs. year ago of 0.58), DuPont (1.06/0.54) and 3M (1.21/0.81) on Tues, and on Thurs: Exxon (1.41/0.92) and Procter & Gamble (0.82/0.84) and Chevron on Fri. with est of 0.32 vs year ago 0.72.

GE $19.07 +0.12 0.63% 57,775,296 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $53.9 +0.59 1.11% 9,783,822 NYSE: Barron's pM14 "Opportunity Ahead in Tech M&A" by John Marshall says you can expect M&A activity from software consolidators such as Microsoft and Oracle, as well as large info tech incumbents such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, EMC and Cisco.

Fin times p15 "Cash-rich tech groups avoid the M&A path" by Richard Waters, Chris Nuttall says a handful of the largest US tech firms have increased their cash position by 40% over the past year, taking their reserves to nearly a quarer of a tril dollars. That has come in spite of declining revenues from firms such as Microsoft, Cisco and IBM. Microsoft ahd $25.3 bil in cash and marketable securities in Mar. '09 and in Mar. '10 it was $39.7 bil. Here are the same comparisons for Cisco ($29.5 up to $39.6 bil; IBM 12.3 bil up to $14 bil; Hewlett-Packard $11.2 bil up to $13.6 bil and Intel $7.8 bil up to $10.9 bil.

Home Depot HD $36.39 +0.67 1.88% 21,335,642 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $24.04 +0.05 0.21% 56,832,535 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB1 "Consumer Mojo Lifts Profits" by Paul Vigna, John Shipman says consumers are spending again, delivering a strong boost to 1Qtr corp. sales and profits, and prodding some firms to rehire laid off workers and others to start raising prices again. High tech bellwethers uch as Intel, which reported its best 1Qtr sales and operating income on strong consumer PC sales, show buyers are returning to their old ways.

Fin times p15 "Cash-rich tech groups avoid the M&A path" by Richard Waters, Chris Nuttall says a handful of the largest US tech firms have increased their cash position by 40% over the past year, taking their reserves to nearly a quarer of a tril dollars. That has come in spite of declining revenues from firms such as Microsoft, Cisco and IBM. Microsoft ahd $25.3 bil in cash and marketable securities in Mar. '09 and in Mar. '10 it was $39.7 bil. Here are the same comparisons for Cisco ($29.5 up to $39.6 bil; IBM 12.3 bil up to $14 bil; Hewlett-Packard $11.2 bil up to $13.6 bil and Intel $7.8 bil up to $10.9 bil.

IBM $129.99 +0.86 0.67% 6,197,282 NYSE: Barron's pM14 "Opportunity Ahead in Tech M&A" by John Marshall says you can expect M&A activity from software consolidators such as Microsoft and Oracle, as well as large info tech incumbents such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, EMC and Cisco.

Fin times p15 "Cash-rich tech groups avoid the M&A path" by Richard Waters, Chris Nuttall says a handful of the largest US tech firms have increased their cash position by 40% over the past year, taking their reserves to nearly a quarer of a tril dollars. That has come in spite of declining revenues from firms such as Microsoft, Cisco and IBM. Microsoft ahd $25.3 bil in cash and marketable securities in Mar. '09 and in Mar. '10 it was $39.7 bil. Here are the same comparisons for Cisco ($29.5 up to $39.6 bil; IBM 12.3 bil up to $14 bil; Hewlett-Packard $11.2 bil up to $13.6 bil and Intel $7.8 bil up to $10.9 bil.

J.P.Morgan JPM $44.94 +0.20 0.45% 32,467,508 NYSE: Barron's p20 "Fat Earnings don't Profit Goldman" says someinvestors are buying JPMorgan or Morgan Stanley instead of Goldman because those firms have less headline risk.

WSJ pC8 "Memo to Congress, Regulators: Seek Streamlined Banks" by Peter Eavis says Bank of America now has $2.32 trillion of assets, compared with $1.46 trillion at the end of '06. JPMorgan now has $2.14 trillion in assets, vs. $1.35 tril in '06.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.04 +0.26 0.4% 11,589,863 NYSE: Barron's pM12 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirley Lazo says Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson last week enriched their dividends again. P&G, the world's biggest consumer products maker, increased its quarterly common payout for the 54th consecutive year to 48.18 cents a share, up 9.5% from 44 cents. P&g ahs been disbursing dividends continuously since incorporation in 1890. Trading near its 52 week high of 64.58, P&G yields 3.04%. for the 48th year in a row, health care products giant J&J is raising its dividend, to 54 cents a share quarterly from 49 cents, a 10.2% increase. CEO William C. Weldon said the boost reflected J&J's strong financial position and confidence in its ability to deliver outstanding results now and in the future. The shares, which yield 3.33%, set a 52 week high of 66.20 Tues. Dividends have been ongoing since 1944.

Kraft KFT $30.09 -0.10 0.33% 11,815,211 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $71.15 +0.12 0.17% 5,923,672 NYSE: Barron's "Why ronald Mcdonald is smith Again" by Bob "Obrien says following a 12 month period in which MCD posted monthly sales in the US that averaged nearly 5% growth, sales in this country since Aug have slowed. But MCD ahs reignated domestic sales, tallying a 4.2% gain in March from a year earlier, while maintaining its trong sales in int'l markets. It may be hitting an all time high, but it still looks cheap and could jump at least 10%.

Merck MRK $35.46 +1.69 5% 41,330,713 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "health Overhaul to Redcue Drug maker's Rev" by Peter Loftus says Merck said the health care reform legis would reduce its rev by $170 mil this year and up to $350 mil next year, but it reaffirmed it long term profit forecast.

Microsoft MSFT $30.96 -0.43 1.37% 126,650,397 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's pM13 charts Microsoft saing it reported a 35% ain in quarterly profit that was boosted by windows 7 as corp. buyers stepped up to buy the new system.

Pfizer PFE $16.91 +0.43 2.61% 97,890,988 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $63.54 -0.05 0.08% 8,452,509 NYSE: Barron's pM12 "Speaking of Dividends" by Shirley Lazo says Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson last week enriched their dividends again. P&G, the world's biggest consumer products maker, increased its quarterly common payout for the 54th consecutive year to 48.18 cents a share, up 9.5% from 44 cents. P&g ahs been disbursing dividends continuously since incorporation in 1890. Trading near its 52 week high of 64.58, P&G yields 3.04%. for the 48th year in a row, health care products giant J&J is raising its dividend, to 54 cents a share quarterly from 49 cents, a 10.2% increase. CEO William C. Weldon said the boost reflected J&J's strong financial position and confidence in its ability to deliver outstanding results now and in the future. The shares, which yield 3.33%, set a 52 week high of 66.20 Tues. Dividends have been ongoing since 1944.

WSJ pC2 "Markets events this week" says Caterpillar reports earnings Mon (est. .08 vs. year ago of 0.58), DuPont (1.06/0.54) and 3M (1.21/0.81) on Tues, and on Thurs: Exxon (1.41/0.92) and Procter & Gamble (0.82/0.84) and Chevron on Fri. with est of 0.32 vs year ago 0.72.

3M MMM $86.58 -0.53 0.62% 3,983,427 NYSE: Barron's "Preview" p19 says 3M, DuPont, Ford and UPS report results before the market opens on Tues., Exxon reports on Thurs.

WSJ pC8 "Little Reason for 3M Stock Not to Stick" by Liam Denning says 3M reports quarterly earnings on Tues. Its shares have underperformed the sector since the armket bottomed in Mar. '09 and this year have trailed the broader market. More than 4/5 of industrial stocks have been earnings and sales expectations and 3M, trading at 16.6 times est. '10 earnings should be trading higher and closer to a sector average of more than 18 times.

WSJ pC2 "Markets events this week" says Caterpillar reports earnings Mon (est. .08 vs. year ago of 0.58), DuPont (1.06/0.54) and 3M (1.21/0.81) on Tues, and on Thurs: Exxon (1.41/0.92) and Procter & Gamble (0.82/0.84) and Chevron on Fri. with est of 0.32 vs year ago 0.72.

Travelers TRV $53.38 +0.41 0.76% 5,337,799 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $76.47 +0.04 0.05% 4,700,322 NYSE: Barron's pM3 "Stocks Climb to a 19 Month High" by Vito Racanelli says 1Qtr earnings reports, from the likes of Boeing and United Technologies, among others, continued to show exceptionally strong, if not surprising, improvements.

Verizon VZ $29.05 -0.23 0.79% 24,440,288 Dual Listed: Barron's p25 "Vodafone's Big Edge: emerging Markets" by Johanna Bennett says Vodafone Group is up 27% over the past 12 months. But it is cheap even though it is being challenged by wireless custoemrs choosing cheaper cellphone plans, a a trend that caused its rival and partner, Verizon Communications, to post an earning shortfall last week.

Barron's p46 "AT&T's Overlooked Allure" by Mark Veverka says AT&T's sahres shed 1.4$ after it beat earnings expectations Wed then slid even more Thurs. after rival Verizon communications reported disappointing numbers. Friday T made up some lost ground, closing up 1.2% for the week. the Street is overlooking AT&t's ability tos ell data, broadband, voice and other services to home and wireless custoemrs. Verizon eventually will gets its iPhone but AT&T is doing things right.

WalMart WMT $54.53 0.04 0.07% 16,579,194 NYSE: Barron's p49 "Congress May Wallop Smaller Banks" by Jim McTague says financial reform would raise compliance costs for retail and manufacturing firms like WalMart and Boeing that have finance arms to provide custoemrs with loans and leases as they would fall under the purview of the new consumer bureau and would also have to make contributions to a bank bailout fund.
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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 4/1/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $317 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 257 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 212 [4]
4. GE 200 [10.5]
5. Procter & Gamble PG 184 [3]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 180 [3]
7. BAC 179 [10]
8. JPMorgan Chase 178 [4]
9. IBM 167 [1]
10. AT&T 153 [6]
11. Chevron CVX 152 [2]
12. Cisco CSCO 149 [6]
13. Pfizer PFE 138 [8]
14. Coke KO 127 [2]
15. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 125 [2]
16. Intel INTC 123 [5.5]
17. Merck MRK 116 [3]
18. Verizon VZ 88 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 72 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 69 [1]
21. Disney DIS 67 [2]
22. 3M MMM 59 [.5]
23. Home Depot 55 [2]
24. Boeing BA 55 [1]
25. American Express AXP 49 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 45 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 39 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 34 [1]
29. Travelers 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 15 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 4/1/10 market open 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: 3/26/10 8K re: its intent to take a non-cash charge of approximately $1 billion in the first quarter of 2010 to reflect the impact of the health care reform legislation.

Alcoa AA: 3/2/10 Add'l def. proxy materials

American Express AXP: 3/18/10 Add'l def. proxy materials

Bank of Am BAC: 3/17/10 Add'l def. proxy materials

Boeing BA: 3/31/10 8K re: charge off re: income tax charge of approximately $150 million as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as modified by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act.

Caterpiller CAT: 3/24/10 8K re: charge off as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) signed into law on March 23, 2010

Chevron CVX: 3/31/10 Add'l def. proxy soliciting material

Cisco CSCO: 2/17/10 10Q Quarterly Report

Coke KO: 3/22/10 8K re: transactions related to CCE transaction.

Disney DIS: 3/16/10 8K re: amendment to stock option plan & by-laws

DuPont DD: 3/19/10 Def. add'l proxy materials

ExxonMobil XOM: 3/29/10 8K re: its 2009 Financial and Operating Review

GE: 3/25/10 8K re: credit agreement with lenders led by JPMorgan Chase re: the transaction wherein GE and Comcast will form a joint venture which will consist of the NBCU businesses and Comcast’s cable networks.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/10 8K re: amendment of its Stock Incentive Plan

Home Depot HD: 4/7/10 Proxy Statement

3/25/10 10K Annual Report

Intel INTC: 3/22/10 8K re: John Thornton will not stand for reelection at the Company’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting to be held on May 19, 2010

IBM: 3/25/10 Add'l def. proxy soliciting materials

JPMorganChase JPM: 3/31/10 Def. add'l proxy materials

Kraft KFT: 3/30/10 Definitive Add'l Proxy material

McDonalds MCD: 3/9/10 8K re: Press release "McDonald’s Global Comparable Sales Increased 4.8% in February"

Merck MRK: 3/11/10 8K re: amendment to the Call Option Agreement among Merck, Merck Sharp & Dohme and sanofi-aventis re: the option granted by Merck to sanofi-aventis to acquire 50% of Merck’s animal health business.

Microsoft MSFT: 1/28/10 10Q.

Pfizer PFE: 3/16/10 Add'l Proxy Materials

Procter & Gamble PG: 2/18/10 8K re: FD disclosures re: guidance given at an analyst conference

3M MMM: 3/26//10 8K re: one-time charge it expects to take in the first quarter of 2010 as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by the President on March 23, 2010.

Travelers TRV: 3/17/10 Add'l Proxy Materials

United Technologies UTX: 3/24/10 Add'l proxy solicitation materials

2/26/10 Def. Proxy Statement

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 3/30/10 Proxy Statement

WalMart WMT: 3/30/10 10K Annual Report