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A read of 7/5/10 issue of Barron's, Saturday's Wall Street Journal, Financial Times,Sat. & Sun. New York Times, 7/6/10 (Tue) issue of Investor's Business Daily & Sat. & Sun 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 9,686.48 or 46.05 or 0.49% from Thursday's close of 9,732.53. For the week the Dow is down 457.33 or 4.51% from last Friday's close of 10,143.81. For the year the Dow is down 7.11%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 4 gained,, American Express was unchanged and 25declined. The biggest gainers dollar-wise were Coke KO $50.14 +0.11 0.22% 6,962,488 NYSE and Microsoft MSFT $23.27 +0.11 0.47% 61,337,329 NASDAQ-GS and percentage-wise was GE $13.8675 -0.2525 1.79% 70,914,309 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon VZ $26.81 -1.32 4.69% 25,281,133 Dual Listed.

WSJ pB1 "Longest skid for the DJIA since crisis" by Peter McKay says the Dow ticked off a string of ignominous markers on Fri including the longest losing streak since the dark days of the fin'l crisis. The Dow slipped 46.05, its 7th decline in a row and longest losing streak since the 8 day fall ended 10/10/08.

WSJ pB2 "GE, 3M, Caterpillar Decline" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks fell Fri, with GE, Caterpillar and 3M among the decliners following disappointing reports on US employment & factory orders. Caterpillar and 3M were weighed down by a decline in US factory orders.

Fin Times p14 "Weak payroll figures keep S&P in negative territory" by Masa Serdarevic says US stocks were on track to close lower for the 2nd consecutive week with a number of disappointing economic reports weighing on investor sentiment. Google announced an acquisition of ITA Software for $700 mil, a travel tech group, opening a new front in its battle with Microsoft. The deal is among the search firm's biggest acquisitions and could giv it influence in a key area of online commerce. Microsoft's own relative success in travel search could help Google clear the antitrust process.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks tack on another loss in pre-holiday volume" by Paul Whitfield says the stock market piled on another loss Fri, showing few signs of turning things around. All 4 major indexes fell every day of the week, and the Dow extended its losing streak to 7 sessions.

NYT pB6 "Markets head into holiday on a losing streak" by Christine Hauser says stocks ended the week lower after the gov's jobs report showed another month of weak mployment. Consumer discretionary, financial and industrial stock were down in early trading, while health care and telecom utilities stocks rose slightly. AT&T fell 5 cents, Exxon Mobil dropped 4 cents and Bank of America was down 18 cents.

As of the close of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132319125 unchanged, the trailing P/E ratio is 14.06 down from Friday's 14.15 (year ago it was 12.06) the P/E estimate is 11.95 unchanged from Friday's 12.60 (year ago it was 13.38) and the current dividend yield is 2.87 up from Friday's 2.85 (it was 3.46 a year ago). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,281.71 down 5.79 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1287.50. 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 for Friday by the divisor (0.132319125) you get the decrease in Friday's Dow of . 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 $42.72 down 0.21 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $42.93. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $37.74 down $0.04 from Thursday's median price of $37.78. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $48.54 -0.39 0.8% 2,662,128 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.885- 0.135 0.96% 133,319,151 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 lost $609 ($128,780 - $128,171).

MarketWatch 7/2/10 Fri. 4:12 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks failed to hold onto a brief late-session rally Friday, ending the worst week since May 7 with moderate losses. Hampered by a disappointing jobs report, the latest in a string of weak U.S. economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 9,686, -46.05, -0.47%) lost 46.05 points, or 0.5%, to 9,686.48, with all but four components ending lower. The S&P 500 (SPX 1,023, -4.79, -0.47%) fell 4.8 points, or 0.5%, to 1,022.58. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,092, -9.57, -0.46%) fell 9.57 points, or 0.5%, to 2,091.79. For the week, the Dow lost 4.51%, the S&P 500 fell 5.03%, and the Nasdaq Composite sank 5.92%.

AT&T T $24.31 -0.03 0.12% 19,767,438 NYSE: WSJ pB8 "The cellular money pit" by Karen Blumenthal says in the past few weeks AT&T did away with its $30 a month unlimited data plan and began requiring new smartphone subscribers to choose one of two new data plans. It is expected to be copied by other carries int he next few months, meaning that consumers may have to pay for more capacity than they need or be more vigilant about monitoring their phone use.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB9 "Procs, cons for Verizon when iPhone comes" by Patrick Cain says Verizon, the alrgest mobile phone provider int he US, is expect to get the iPhone early next year. It will help Verizon upgrade many of its nonsmart phone using customers. Verizon has a smart phone penetration of 30% with its post paid customer base while its chief rival, AT&T, is at 50%, due to the iPHone.

Barron's p22 "Tempting 10s" by Andrew Bary says 13 of the top 25 firms in the S&P 500 now trade at or below 10 times estimated '11 profits, including ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Intel, Merck, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Other firms in the 25 come close to making the cut including Oracle, WalMart, Johnson & Johnson, GE and Cisco which are priced at about 11 times projected '11 earnings. Also among gthe 13 are AT&T, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Pfizer.

Alcoa AA $9.99 -0.06 0.6% 13,936,433 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $39.48 unch unch 5,998,992 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of Am BAC $13.885- 0.135 0.96% 133,319,151 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "BofA Hires Ex-Goldman Asia banekr" by Alison Tudor says Bank of America Merrill Lynch hashired Peter MacDonald, the man who helped set up Goldman Sachs' Chinese securities biz, as Asian-Pacific vice-chairman to help boost the bank's footprint in the fast growing economy.

WSJ B3 "Is Bank M&A set for Takeoff" by Michael Corkery says the big four banks, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan and Citigroup won't be buying banks as they are at or near the regulatory limits on the share of total US deposits they can hold and they have been the subject of intense concern about being too big o fail, so they aren't likely to be looking to get larger.

Boeing BA $61.93 -0.33 0.53% 2,957,613 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week Preview" says on 7/9 Fri. the US Air Force is due to award its aerial tanker cntract to Boeing or EADS by the end of the week.

Barron's pM3 "Fear makes a comback" by Kopin Tan says Boeing is offering $775 mil and a 41% premium to buy defense intelligence contractor Argon ST.

Caterpillar CAT $59.18 -0.79 1.32% 7,268,350 NYSE :WSJ pB2 "GE, 3M, Caterpillar Decline" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks fell Fri, with GE, Caterpillar and 3M among the decliners following disappointing reports on US employment & factory orders. Caterpillar and 3M were weighed down by a decline in US factory orders.

Chevron CVX $67.37 -0.11 0.16% 7,922,547 NYSE: Barron's p15 "Drilling for Value in Petrobras Shares" by Dimitra DeFotis says the fall in shares of Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant, now cause it to trade i line with other drug producers. It charts Exxon MObil as being down 20% for the past 12 months with a dividend yield of 3.1% while Chevron is up 1% for the same period with a 4.3% dividend yield.

Cisco CSCO $21.13 -0.13 0.61% 45,820,455 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Billion Dollar Thinking" says David Thomason, author of "Mastering the 7 Essentials of High Growth Companies" likes firms such as Apple, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Nike and Starbucks.

Coke KO $50.14 +0.11 0.22% 6,962,488 NYSE: AJC pA12 "All quiet on soda front" by Jeremiah McWilliams says after drastically dropping prices on Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper over Memorial Day,retailers are not being as aggressive on soft drink discounts this week end. The article compares Walmart and several other retailers. Walmart is getting a lot of attention from analysts for its plans to use intense price cuts this year ons oft drinks and a variety of other products such as seasonla products.

Disney DIS $31.43 -0.06 0.19% 14,247,976 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 " Comcast's NBC (owned by GE) Approval Delayed" by Reinhardt Krause says Hulu and net neutrality are among issues delaying the merger until next year. Disney and News corp own Hulu along with NBC Universal and this raises concerns about Comcast linking online video to its cable pay TV service. This ensnares the deal in the broader net neutrality debate.

DuPont DD $34.1 -0.39 1.13% 5,433,725 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $56.7 +0.09 0.16% 28,965,848 NYSE: NYT pB6 "Markets head into holiday on a losing streak" by Christine Hauser says stocks ended the week lower after the gov's jobs report showed another month of weak mployment. Consumer discretionary, financial and industrial stock were down in early trading, while health care and telecom utilities stocks rose slightly. AT&T fell 5 cents, Exxon Mobil dropped 4 cents and Bank of America was down 18 cents.

Barron's p13 "Week Preview" says on 7/8 Thurs. ExxonMobil holds a call to discuss the copletion of its all stock bi for XTO.

Barron's p15 "Drilling for Value in Petrobras Shares" by Dimitra DeFotis says the fall in shares of Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant, now cause it to trade i line with other drug producers. It charts Exxon MObil as being down 20% for the past 12 months with a dividend yield of 3.1% while Chevron is up 1% for the same period with a 4.3% dividend yield.

Barron's p22 "Tempting 10s" by Andrew Bary says 13 of the top 25 firms in the S&P 500 now trade at or below 10 times estimated '11 profits, including ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Intel, Merck, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Other firms in the 25 come close to making the cut including Oracle, WalMart, Johnson & Johnson, GE and Cisco which are priced at about 11 times projected '11 earnings. Also among gthe 13 are AT&T, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Pfizer.

GE $13.8675 -0.2525 1.79% 70,914,309 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 " Comcast's NBC (owned by GE) Approval Delayed" by Reinhardt Krause says Hulu and net neutrality are among issues delaying the merger until next year. Disney and News corp own Hulu along with NBC Universal and this raises concerns about Comcast linking online video to its cable pay TV service. This ensnares the deal in the broader net neutrality debate.

Barron's p12 "Week in Review" says GE CEO Jefrey Immelt told a private dinner that it was getting harder to do business in China but a GE spokesman said the remarks did not represent GE's views.

WSJ pB2 "GE, 3M, Caterpillar Decline" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks fell Fri, with GE, Caterpillar and 3M among the decliners following disappointing reports on US employment & factory orders. Caterpillar and 3M were weighed down by a decline in US factory orders.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.88 -0.01 0.02% 15,263,800 NYSE: Barron's p26 "After plunge, PC stocks are screaming buys' by Eric Savitz says Intel, Microsoft, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Marvell, Seagate, Western Digital and Nvidia all had losses for the first half of the year ranging from 4% for Intel to 44% for Nvidia. On average, all of these PC related shares had fallen 23%. He concludes they are all screaming buys.

Home Depot HD $27.81 -0.11 0.39% 13,990,900 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $19.2 -0.05 0.26% 57,432,910 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p26 "After plunge, PC stocks are screaming buys' by Eric Savitz says Intel, Microsoft, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Marvell, Seagate, Western Digital and Nvidia all had losses for the first half of the year ranging from 4% for Intel to 44% for Nvidia. On average, all of these PC related shares had fallen 23%. He concludes they are all screaming buys.

IBM $121.98 -0.59 0.48% 5,707,730 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $36.01 -0.07 0.19% 33,594,139 NYSE: WSJ B3 "Is Bank M&A set for Takeoff" by Michael Corkery says the big four banks, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan and Citigroup won't be buying banks as they are at or near the regulatory limits on the share of total US deposits they can hold and they have been the subject of intense concern about being too big o fail, so they aren't likely to be looking to get larger.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $59.17 +0.10 0.17% 8,839,547 NYSE: Barron's p22 "Tempting 10s" by Andrew Bary says 13 of the top 25 firms in the S&P 500 now trade at or below 10 times estimated '11 profits, including ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Intel, Merck, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Other firms in the 25 come close to making the cut including Oracle, WalMart, Johnson & Johnson, GE and Cisco which are priced at about 11 times projected '11 earnings. Also among gthe 13 are AT&T, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Pfizer.

Kraft KFT $27.84 -0.16 0.57% 5,915,750 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonalds MCD $66.24 -0.47 0.7% 4,525,501 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $34.25 -0.19 0.55% 15,095,331 NYSE: Barron's p22 "Tempting 10s" by Andrew Bary says 13 of the top 25 firms in the S&P 500 now trade at or below 10 times estimated '11 profits, including ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Intel, Merck, IBM and Hewlett-Packard. Other firms in the 25 come close to making the cut including Oracle, WalMart, Johnson & Johnson, GE and Cisco which are priced at about 11 times projected '11 earnings. Also among gthe 13 are AT&T, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Pfizer.

Microsoft MSFT $23.27 +0.11 0.47% 61,337,329 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p26 "After plunge, PC stocks are screaming buys' by Eric Savitz says Intel, Microsoft, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Marvell, Seagate, Western Digital and Nvidia all had losses for the first half of the year ranging from 4% for Intel to 44% for Nvidia. On average, all of these PC related shares had fallen 23%. He concludes they are all screaming buys.

Pfizer PFE $14.17 -0.06 0.42% 34,297,791 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA9 "Tale of 2 companies: it's all about buyouts" by Peter Benesh says Warner Chilcott's stock is up 72% for the last 12 months, while the larger Pfizer see its stock down 4%. Warner Chilcott benefited from its big acquiistion of the purchase of Procter & Gamble's prescription pharam biz for $3.1 bil. Pfizer is on the edge of a patent clieff as its Lipitor faces generic competition in '11 and Viagra loses its patent in '12.

Procter & Gamble PG $59.38 -0.16 0.27% 11,944,653 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA9 "Tale of 2 companies: it's all about buyouts" by Peter Benesh says Warner Chilcott's stock is up 72% for the last 12 months, while the larger Pfizer see its stock down 4%. Warner Chilcott benefited from its big acquiistion of the purchase of Procter & Gamble's prescription pharam biz for $3.1 bil. Pfizer is on the edge of a patent clieff as its Lipitor faces generic competition in '11 and Viagra loses its patent in '12.

3M MMM $77.67 -0.88 1.12% 3,709,215 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "GE, 3M, Caterpillar Decline" by Donna Yesalavich says US stocks fell Fri, with GE, Caterpillar and 3M among the decliners following disappointing reports on US employment & factory orders. Caterpillar and 3M were weighed down by a decline in US factory orders.

Travelers TRV $48.54 -0.39 0.8% 2,662,128 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tech UTX $64.29 -0.10 0.16% 3,920,982 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $26.81 -1.32 4.69% 25,281,133 Dual Listed: WSJ pB14 "Bracing for a tower surge in stocks" by Martin Peers says the coming upgrades to 4th generation wireless tech, led by Clearwire and Verizon Communications will be good for cell tower firms such as American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA Communications which offer investors exposure to wireless growth, without the competition facing carriers.

Inv. Bus. Daily pB9 "Procs, cons for Verizon when iPhone comes" by Patrick Cain says Verizon, the alrgest mobile phone provider int he US, is expect to get the iPhone early next year. It will help Verizon upgrade many of its nonsmart phone using customers. Verizon has a smart phone penetration of 30% with its post paid customer base while its chief rival, AT&T, is at 50%, due to the iPHone.

Walmart WMT $48 -0.34 0.7% 13,457,439 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Walmart exec. departs as retailer's top ranks shift" by Miguel Bustillo says the shake up of top execs at Walmart continued Fri. when it announced that its chief merchandising officer, John Fleming, is leaving the firm. He was widely credited with helping rejuvenate Walmart's product assortment.

AJC pA12 "All quiet on soda front" by Jeremiah McWilliams says after drastically dropping prices on Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper over Memorial Day,retailers are not being as aggressive on soft drink discounts this week end. The article compares Walmart and several other retailers. Walmart is getting a lot of attention from analysts for its plans to use intense price cuts this year ons oft drinks and a variety of other products such as seasonal products.

Barron's p13 "Week Preview" says 7/7 Wed. Family Dollar's earning will be a chance to see how much Walmart's rollbacks have affected it.

Barron's p14 "PetSmart Outsmarts the Pack" says PetSmart continues t innovate even as it staves off copetition from the likes of Walmart.
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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 1/2 billion as of 6/4/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $283 [4.5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 244.5 [4]
3. Microsoft MSFT 229 [9]
4. WalMart WMT 190.5 [4]
5. GE 168 [10.5]
6. IBM 161 [1]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 160 [3]
8. Bank of America BAC 155.5 [10]
9. JPMorgan Chase 152 [4]
10. Chevron CVX 144 [2]
11. AT&T 143 [6]
12. Cisco CSCO 132 [6]
13. Pfizer PFE 120 [8]
14. Coke KO 119 [2.5]
15. Intel INTC 117 [5.5]
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 108.5 [2.5]
17. Merck MRK 104 [3]
18. Verizon VZ 77 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 72 [1]
20. Disney DIS 66.5 [2.5]
21. United Technologies UTX 61 [1]
22. 3M MMM 55 [1]
23. Home Depot 54.5 [1.5]
24. Kraft KFT 50 [2]
25. Boeing BA 47 [1]
26. American Express AXP 47 [1]
27. Caterpillar CAT 36.5 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 31 [1]
29. Travelers 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 6/4/10 other than ownership filings, registration of shares for employee benefit plans, free writing prospectuses and third party shareholder proposals:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T: 5/24/10 8K: re: sale ofl its Sterling Commerce subsidiary to IBM for $1.4 billion in cash. Sterling Commerce provides business to business applications and integration solutions to more than 18,000 customers worldwide. AT&T expects the transaction to close in the second half of '10, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals . AT&T expects to record a one-time, pre-tax gain of $750 million for the quarter in which the transaction closes.

5/6/10 10-Q

5/4/10 8K: re: results from the annual meeting of the stockholders of AT&T Inc. held on April 30, 2010, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Alcoa AA: 5/4/10 8K re: Alcoa Inc.’s 2009 Sustainability Highlights Report.

American Express AXP: 6/2/10 8K re: statistics re: worldwide billed business.

5/17/10 8K re: delinquency and write-off statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services operating segment for the months ended February 28, March 31 and April 30, 2010.

5/5/10 10Q

4/28/10 8-K re: transcript of 4/22/10 American Express live audio conference call/webcast to discuss the Company’s financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010

Bank of Am BAC: 6/4/10 Free Writing Prospectuses

5/10/10 Rule 424(b) Prospectus

5/7/10 10-Q

Boeing BA: 4/28/10 8-K re: results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 26, 2010

Caterpiller CAT: 6/1/10 8K re: purchase of Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. for $820 million in cash from Berkshire Partners LLC and Greenbriar Equity Group LLC.

5/28/10 8K re: retirement of David B. Burritt, VP & CFO as of 6/1/10.

5/20/10 8K re: statistics re: deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business.

5/10/10 Definitive Proxy materials

5/510 8-K re: departure of directors and officers

5/3/10 10Q

Chevron CVX: 6/2/10 8K re: results of 5/26/10 vote at annual meeting for election of Directors & other matters.

5/19/10 definitive proxy materials

5/13/10 8K re: certain revisions of 10-K annual report for year ended 12/31/09.

DuPont DD: 4/29/10 8K re: voting results from annual meeting held on 4/28/10.

4/27/10 10Q

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/1/10 8K re: voting results from 5/26/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

5/6/10 10Q

GE: 5/7/10 8K to update fin'l info from form 10K

5/7/10 10Q

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/1/10 8K re: plans to invest $1 billion in its enterprise services business to enhance client experience and better position the business for growth.

5/18/10 8K re: 2Qtr results

Home Depot HD: 6/3/10 10Q

5/25/10 8K re: voting results from 5/20/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

5/18/10 8K re: results for quarter ended 5/2/10

Intel INTC: 5/21/10 8K re: voting results from 5/19/10 annual meeting of stockholders.

5/12/10 8K re: info provided at an Investor meeting by Paul S. Otellini, Pres. & CEO.

5/7/10 8K re: Micron Technology, Inc. completed its acquisition of Numonyx Holdings BV & issued shares of common stock to Numonyx shareholders. In exchange for Intel’s investment in Numonyx, Intel received approximately 64.2 million shares of Micron common stock, and issued a $72 million short-term payable.

5/3/10 10Q

IBM: 5/12/10 8K re: information presented at Investor Briefing on 5/12/10.

4/29/10 8K re: voting results from annual meeting of stockholders on 4/27/10

4/27/10 10Q

JPMorganChase JPM: 6/3/10 Rule 424 Prospectus

5/26/10 8K re: Washington Mutual Litigations.

5/20/10 8K re: voting results from 5/18/10 annual meeting of shareholders

5/10/10 10Q

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 5/10/10 10 Q

Kraft KFT: 5/21/10 8K: re voting results from 5/18/10 annual meeting of shareholders

5/7/10 10Q

McDonalds MCD: 5/24/10 8K re: voting results of 5/20/10 annual shareholders' meeting

5/17/10 additional proxy materials

5/11/10 8K re: press release re: April and year to date '10 sales.

5/6/10 10Q

Merck MRK: 5/28/10 8K re: Kenneth C. Frazier to succeed Richard T. Clark as Pres. Of the Company as of 5/1/10 and Dr. Sam Their's retirement from the Board & voting results from 5/25/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

5/11/10 8K re: information presented at 5/11/10 Annual Business Briefing

5/7/10 10Q

Microsoft MSFT: 5/28/10 8K re: retirement of Robbie Bach, pres. Of Entertainment & Devices Div.

Pfizer PFE: 5/26/10 8K re: retirement of Dr. Martin Mackay, Sr. VP & Pres, Pharma Therapeutics R&D of Pfizer Inc.

5/13/10 10Q

5/4/10 8K re: 1Qtr results

4/28/10 8K re: voting results of Pfizer's annual meeting of shareholders held on 4/22/10

Procter & Gamble PG: 5/19/10 8K re: closing of 100 bil Euro 0.955 Note Offering due 2015.

4/30/10 10Q

3M MMM: 5/17/10 8K re: reclassification of certain data in 10K for 12/31/09.

5/12/10 8K re: voting results of 5/11/10 annual meeting of stockholders.

5/5/10 10Q

Travelers TRV: 5/7/10 8K re: voting results of 5/4/10 annual meeting of shareholders

4/23/10 10Q

United Technologies UTX: 5/14/10 8K re: exercise of its rights to redeem $500 mil of outstanding 7.125% Notes due 11/15/10.

4/26/10 10Q

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 5/27/10 8K re: record date of 6/7/10 re: proposed spinof of shares of New Communications Holdings.

5/12/10 8K re: voting results from 5/6/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

4/28/10 10Q

WalMart WMT: 6/14/10 10Q.

5/18/10 8K reconciliation of non-GAP measures.