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A read of Tuesday's issues of Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga) 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 Monday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 10,698.75 up 45.19 or 0.42% from Friday's close of 10,653.56. For the year the Dow is up 2.60%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 26 gained, Intel was unchanged and 3 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $132 +1.86 1.43% 6,127,391 NYSE and percentage-wise was Cisco CSCO $24.77 +0.70 2.91% 63,912,913 NASDAQ-GS. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $39.82 -0.62 1.53% 37,635,811 NYSE and percentage-wise was GE $16.38 -0.07 0.43% 39,840,742 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Summer lull: Dow up 45.19 in slow trade" by Jonathan Cheng says just 3.3 bil shares trading in NYSE composite volume, below the year's daily average of 5.4 bil shares. The lackluster mood was echoed in the modest movement of major indexes. After a poor jobs report last week, which capped a series of disappointing economic data, investors are focused on Tues's meeting of the Fed Res. What little action there was focused on Hewlett-Packard which was down 8% after CEO Mark Hurd resigned. Hewlett-Packard's troubles gave a bump to rival Cisco Systems which gained 2.9%.

WSJ pC6 "IBM logs 1.4% gain; Tyson falls" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Mon following encouraging sales results from McDonald's and as tech firms Cisco and IBM benefited from Hewlett-Packard's moment of weakness. McDonald's is charted under Good News says analysts and investors are loving' it as same store sales rose 7% in July with McDonald's' results in all regions better than analyst expectations. Under Bad News Hewlett-Packard is charted saying investors got their first chance during regular trading hours to reach to CEO Hurd's resignation.

Fin times p24 "Housebuilders rise as indices re-enter positive territory" by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks advanced yesterday after speculation that the Fed Res may introduce measures to stimulate economic growth.

NYT pB9 "Sharesgain as investors await Fed meeting" by Christine Hauser says stocks closed highe on Mon, but trading was light as investors were hesitant to act before the next Fed Res meeting. Shares of telecom firms, consumer goods makers, fin'ls and industrials drove the indexes higher, even after recent tepid economic reports that showed a weak job market and slack retail sales.

USA Today p4B "Stocksup on expectation of Fed moves" by Stpehn Bernard, AP says investors are getting optimistic that the Fed Res will restart some of its economic stimulus programs as stocks closed moderately higher Mon, a sign that many investors expect the Fed to take steps to put some energy back into the recovery.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493, the trailing P/E ratio is 14.47 up from Monday's 14.41 (year ago it was 15.09) the P/E estimate is 12.80 unchanged from Monday's 12.80 (year ago it was 14.75) and the current dividend yield is 2.61 down from Monday's 2.62 (it was 3.06 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,413.62 up 5.97 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,407.65. 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 5.97 for Monday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in Monday's Dow of 45.19. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.12 up $0.20 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $46.92. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.79 down $0.18 from Friday's median price of $41.97. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $50.61 +0.34 0.68% 2,244,764 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.91 -0.05 0.36% 121,308,493 NYSE.

If Monday 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 $597 ($140,765 - $141,362 - $140,765).

MarketWatch 8/9/10 Fri. 4:20 pm by Nick Godt says U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, with investors for now overcoming concerns about the slowing economy amid speculation the Federal Reserve will revive measures to provide a boost. The central bank meeting is on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,699, +45.19, +0.42%) rose 45.19 points, or 0.4%, to end at 10,698.75, with 25 of its 30 component stocks rising, led by a 2.9% gain in shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO 24.81, +0.04, +0.16%) . Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ 42.70, +0.10, +0.24%) slumped 8% after the resignation of chief executive Mark Hurd in the wake of a sexual-harrassment probe. The S&P 500 (SPX 1,128, +6.15, +0.55%) gained 6.15 points, or 0.6%, to 1,127.79, led by the consumer discretionary sector. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,306, +17.22, +0.75%) rose 17.22 points, or 0.8%, to 2,305.69

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

AT&T T $26.86 +0.32 1.21% 22,420,028 NYSE: Daily Report p6 "Torch appeals to BlackBerry fans but won't win new ones" by Rich Jaroslovsky says the new oepating system is an upgrade but the model still falls short of other smartphones. It goes on sale in the US from AT&T on 8/12 at a cost of $199 for a 2 year contrack.

Alcoa AA $11.66 +0.07 0.6% 14,546,787 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $43.75 +0.25 0.57% 5,069,433 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $13.91 -0.05 0.36% 121,308,493 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $68.99 +0.29 0.42% 2,896,352 NYSE: AJC pA10 'Boeing may get $7 bil to upgrade Navy fighters" says it may get this money to extend the use of the Navy's older fleet of F/A-18 jets because of delays in Lockheed Martin's F-35 joint strike fighters. 300 F/A-18A and D fighters would be upgraded starting in '12.

WSJ pB3 "Boeing747 fix ordered" by Any Paztor says US air safety regulators have proposed mandatory fixes on the largest 747 jets regarding potentially hazardous takeoff problems. Sensors on equipment called thrust reversers could prompt some leading edge flaps to retract without pilot commands.

NYTpB9 ""Frequent flier" interviews timothy Garrett, an aeronautical engineer for Boeing Defense, Space & SecurityPhantom Works.

Caterpillar CAT $72.07 +0.51 0.71% 3,624,306 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $79.29 +0.56 0.71% 7,009,967 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $24.77 +0.70 2.91% 63,912,913 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC1 "Summer lull: Dow up 45.19 in slow trade" by Jonathan Cheng says just 3.3 bil shares trading in NYSE composite volume, below the year's daily average of 5.4 bil shares. The lackluster mood was echoed in the modest movement of major indexes. After a poor jobs report last week, which capped a series of disappointing economic data, investors are focused on Tues's meeting of the Fed Res. What little action there was focused on Hewlett-Packard which was down 8% after CEO Mark Hurd resigned. Hewlett-Packard's troubles gave a bump to rival Cisco Systems which gained 2.9%.

WSJ pC6 "IBM logs 1.4% gain; Tyson falls" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Mon following encouraging sales results from McDonald's and as tech firms Cisco and IBM benefited from Hewlett-Packard's moment of weakness. McDonald's is charted under Good News says analysts and investors are loving' it as same store sales rose 7% in July with McDonald's' results in all regions better than analyst expectations. Under Bad News Hewlett-Packard is charted saying investors got their first chance during regular trading hours to reach to CEO Hurd's resignation.

Coca-Cola KO $57.11 +0.36 0.63% 9,289,945 NYSE: No mentions found.

Walt Disney DIS $35.16 +0.16 0.46% 7,808,612 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $42.41 +0.28 0.66% 4,957,445 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $62.45 +0.48 0.77% 14,722,673 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $16.38 -0.07 0.43% 39,840,742 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.6 +0.60 1.43% 200,485,418 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Summer lull: Dow up 45.19 in slow trade" by Jonathan Cheng says just 3.3 bil shares trading in NYSE composite volume, below the year's daily average of 5.4 bil shares. The lackluster mood was echoed in the modest movement of major indexes. After a poor jobs report last week, which capped a series of disappointing economic data, investors are focused on Tues's meeting of the Fed Res. What little action there was focused on Hewlett-Packard which was down 8% after CEO Mark Hurd resigned. Hewlett-Packard's troubles gave a bump to rival Cisco Systems which gained 2.9%.

WSJ pC10 "With Hurd on street, H-P up in air" by Rolfe Winkler says Hurd leaves behind a tight ship so juicing margins doesn't look like an option to create shareholder value from here. His successor will have to look for growth, a tough challenge for a firm already generating $125 bil in sales. After its 8% selloff, H-P trades a 9 times expected '11 earnings which is cheaper than Intel (10 times), Microsoft (11 times) and nearest rival IBM (11 times). "Overheard" column as sidebar says even though Hurd's ouster cut $8.7 bil from H-P's market cap, while he was CEO, H-P's market value rose 77% even after the drop. Related storya t WSJ pC6 "H-P slid, even if it seemed not to" by Carla Mozee.

WSJ pC6 "IBM logs 1.4% gain; Tyson falls" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Mon following encouraging sales results from McDonald's and as tech firms Cisco and IBM benefited from Hewlett-Packard's moment of weakness. McDonald's is charted under Good News says analysts and investors are loving' it as same store sales rose 7% in July with McDonald's' results in all regions better than analyst expectations. Under Bad News Hewlett-Packard is charted saying investors got their first chance during regular trading hours to reach to CEO Hurd's resignation.

Fin Times p12 "Hurd instinct" says ousting Hurd was the safe decision but it may not have been the right one since Hewlett-Packard did so well under him.

NYT pB5 "In ousting Hurd, Hewlett took a PR firm's advice" by Ashlee Vance says the firm was APCOpublic reklations firm.

USA Tkoday p3B "Hurd's successor inherits strong company, big challenges" by Jon Swartz says the next CEO faces integrating major acquisitions such as the recent buyout of Palm for $1.4 bil in June.

Home Depot HD $28.7 +0.02 0.07% 8,352,979 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $20.65 unch unch 46,044,284 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC10 "With Hurd on street, H-P up in air" by Rolfe Winkler says Hurd leaves behind a tight ship so juicing margins doesn't look like an option to create shareholder value from here. His successor will have to look for growth, a tough challenge for a firm already generating $125 bil in sales. After its 8% selloff, H-P trades a 9 times expected '11 earnings which is cheaper than Intel (10 times), Microsoft (11 times) and nearest rival IBM (11 times). "Overheard" column as sidebar says even though Hurd's ouster cut $8.7 bil from H-P's market cap, while he was CEO, H-P's market value rose 77% even after the drop.

IBM $132 +1.86 1.43% 6,127,391 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Chasing yields, chasing our tails" by Dennis Beman last week bond buyers clamored to get a piece of a 3 year debt offering from IBM yielding 1%. McDonald's recently sold 10 year bonds with an annual payout of 3.5%.

WSJ pC10 "With Hurd on street, H-P up in air" by Rolfe Winkler says Hurd leaves behind a tight ship so juicing margins doesn't look like an option to create shareholder value from here. His successor will have to look for growth, a tough challenge for a firm already generating $125 bil in sales. After its 8% selloff, H-P trades a 9 times expected '11 earnings which is cheaper than Intel (10 times), Microsoft (11 times) and nearest rival IBM (11 times). "Overheard" column as sidebar says even though Hurd's ouster cut $8.7 bil from H-P's market cap, while he was CEO, H-P's market value rose 77% even after the drop.

WSJ pC6 "IBM logs 1.4% gain; Tyson falls" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Mon following encouraging sales results from McDonald's and as tech firms Cisco and IBM benefited from Hewlett-Packard's moment of weakness. McDonald's is charted under Good News says analysts and investors are loving' it as same store sales rose 7% in July with McDonald's' results in all regions better than analyst expectations. Under Bad News Hewlett-Packard is charted saying investors got their first chance during regular trading hours to reach to CEO Hurd's resignation.

J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $39.82 -0.62 1.53% 37,635,811 NYSE: Fin Times p13 "Turbulence on WallSt. shaeks big banks" by Justin Baer says Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase traders made money on every single business day during the first quarter, a first for eah. The first quarter is usually Wal lSt's strongest, providing up to one thrid of the sector's annual profits, and market volatility would push many corp and institutional clients to the sideline not long after the next period began. Goldman and Morgan Stanley each suffered at least 10 days of trading losses in 2Q, underling how turbulent markets have become since April.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $60.05 +0.09 0.15% 6,659,827 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $30.39 +0.03 0.1% 7,402,018 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $72.92 +1.18 1.64% 8,919,834 NYSE: WSJ pB8 "Mcdonald's cup runs over" by Julie Jargon, NYT pB6 "New drinks lift domestic sales for McDonald's", AJC pA10 "Mcdonald's says frappes boosted key sales figure" say McDonald's posted its biggest monthly increase of a key US sales figure in more than a year due to its new fruit smoothies and frappes during a hot July. Sales climbed at stores open at least 13 months by 57%, its biggest monthly increase since April '09.

WSJ pC1 "Chasing yields, chasing our tails" by Dennis Beman last week bond buyers clamored to get a piece of a 3 year debt offering from IBM yielding 1%. McDonald's recently sold 10 year bonds with an annual payout of 3.5%.

Merck MRK $35.36 +0.38 1.09% 10,293,683 NYSE: NYT pB6 "Merck is subject of 2 US invesgtigations into possible bribery overseas" by AP,USA Today p1B "Justice, SEC look into Merck foreign sales", AJC pA10 "Merck investigated for possible bribery" say Merck is being investigated by Dept. of Justice and SEC for breaking anti-bribery laws in emerging markets including China, Russia, India & Brazil.

Microsoft MSFT $25.61 +0.06 0.23% 57,064,674 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC10 "With Hurd on street, H-P up in air" by Rolfe Winkler says Hurd leaves behind a tight ship so juicing margins doesn't look like an option to create shareholder value from here. His successor will have to look for growth, a tough challenge for a firm already generating $125 bil in sales. After its 8% selloff, H-P trades a 9 times expected '11 earnings which is cheaper than Intel (10 times), Microsoft (11 times) and nearest rival IBM (11 times). "Overheard" column as sidebar says even though Hurd's ouster cut $8.7 bil from H-P's market cap, while he was CEO, H-P's market value rose 77% even after the drop.

Pfizer PFE $16.42 +0.18 1.11% 47,133,078 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $60.38 +0.36 0.6% 11,104,651 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $88.03 +0.74 0.85% 3,187,053 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $50.61 +0.34 0.68% 2,244,764 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $73.35 +0.62 0.85% 2,665,728 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $29.86 +0.31 1.05% 15,324,794 Dual Listed: WSJ pB1 "Verizon, Google map traffic plan" by Amy Schatz, NYT pB1 "Web plan from Google & Verizon is criticized" by Claire Cai nMiller USA Today p1B "Anger greets Google-Verizon plan for routing Web traffic" by Byron Acohido say Google and Verizon Communications called for equal treatment of most Internet traffic while at the same time saying fasat growing cellular networks and yet to be developed broadband services should be exempt from such restrictions They proposed Internet rules that would discourage online providers from favoring or slowing traffic; allow new networks that would be faster for a fee, keep cellular based Web services largely unregulated, and limit FCC's authority over broadband Internet lines.

Walmart WMT $52.06 +0.27 0.52% 8,262,497 NYSE: No mentions found.

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
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 Cathie Lesjak (Interim) (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner
Merck MRK Richard Clark (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
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 7/25/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $280.5 [4.5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 248 [4]
3. Microsoft MSFT 226 [9]
4. WalMart WMT 191.5 [3.5]
5. GE 168 [10.5]
6. IBM 164.5 [1]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 159 [3]
8. JPMorgan Chase 158.5 [4]
9. AT&T 151 [6]
10. Chevron CVX 147.5 [2]
11. Bank of America BAC 138 [10]
12. Cisco CSCO 133.5 [6]
13. Coke KO 126.5 [2.5]
14. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
15. Pfizer PFE 117.5 [8]
16. Merck MRK 109 [3]
17. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 108 [2.5]
18. Verizon VZ 79 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 75 [1]
20. Disney DIS 67 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 66 [1]
22. 3M MMM 61.5 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 54 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 51.5 [2]
25. Boeing BA 51.5 [1]
26. Home Depot 47.5 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 43.5 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 35 [1]
29. Travelers 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 7/25/10 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: 7/22/10 8K re: 2Q earnings

6/25/10 8K: re: amendments to employee compensation plans.

5/24/10 8K: re: sale of its Sterling Commerce subsidiary to IBM for $1.4 billion in cash.

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: 7/23/10 8K re: election of Tony Theme CFO Engineered Products & Graeme Bottger, Controller

7/22/10 10Q

7/15 & 7/13/10 8K's relating to 2Q results

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

American Express AXP: 7/22/10 8K 2Q results

7/21/10 8K re: Personnel changes & Board of Dir. elections

7/15/10 8K Delinquency & write-off statistics through 6/30/10

6/15/10 8K re: delinquency statistics through 5/31/10.

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

Bank of Am BAC: 7/22/10 8K re: impairment resulting from fin'l reform legislation passed by Congress

7/16/10 8K re: 2Q results

7/9/10 Free Writings Prospectuses

6/4/10 Free Writing Prospectuses

5/10/10 Rule 424(b) Prospectus

5/7/10 10-Q

Boeing BA: 6/10/10 8K re: election of Edward M. Liddy to Board of Dirs. & Audit & Fin. Committees. By-laws were amended to increase number of directors from 12 to 13.

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

Caterpiller CAT: 7/22/10 8K (two of them) dealing with 4Q results for period ending 6/30/10

7/22/10 8K: re: dealer statistics

6/18/10 8K re: dealer statistics.

6/17/10 8K re: plans to produce a full range of mining shovels and increase dump truck production.

6/11/10 8K re: as previously announced, Board elected Douglas R. Oberhelman as CEO effective 8/1/10.

6/11/10 8K re: results of 6/9 annual meeting of shareholders.

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: 7/12/10 8K re: updated on 2Q results

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.

Cisco CSCO 6/29/10 8K 6/29/10 10b5-1 re: stock trading plans adopted by insiders

5/26/10 10Q for quarter ending 5/1/10

Coke KO 7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Disney DIS 10Q for quarter ended 4/3/10

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

4/27/10 10Q

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/25/10 8K re: completion of its acquisition of XTO Energy Inc.

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

5/6/10 10Q

GE: 7/16/10 8K re: 2Q reports

6/16/10 8K re; election of James S. Tisch to Board of Directors. He is Pres. & CEO of Loew's.

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

5/7/10 10Q

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/10 8K re: 10Q

6/1/10 10Q

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: 7/22/10 8K re: agreement with FTC to delay antitrust case while settlement talks continue.

7/16/10 8K re: Intel's interest in SMART Technologies Inc. which did an IPO.

7/14/10 8K re: CFO commenting on 2Q results.

7/13/10 8K re: 2Q results.

6/22/10 8K re: agreed upon suspension of FTC admin. proceedings while settlement discussions are held.

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.

IBM: 7/20/10 8K re: 2Q earnings presentation.

7/19/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10.

JPMorganChase JPM: 7/22/10 8K re: completion of public offering of debt issues.

7/16/10 & 7/15/10 8Ks re: 2Q results

6/24/10 8K re: closing of sale of $1.25 bil of 3.40% Notes due '15.

6/24/10 8K re: election of Douglas L. Braunstein as CFO.

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 : 7/20/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 7/4/10

7/19/10 8K re: Bd of Dirs. election

7/12/10 K re: agreement to buy Micrus Endovascular.

5/10/10 10 Q

Kraft KFT: 5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10

6/9/10 8K re: year to date sales figures

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

Merck MRK: 7/8/10 8K re: global restructuring program in conjunction with the integration of the Schering-Plough acquisition; reduction of work force by 15% & closing of plants and research sites.

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: 7/22/10 8K re: 4Q results ending 6/30/10.

6/18/10 8K re: sale of $1.25 bil of Zero Coupon Convertible Sr. Notes due '13 (and related 6/9 8K).

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: 7/13/10 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend.

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

4/30/10 10Q

3M MMM: 7/22/10 8K re: 2Q results

6/28/10 8K re: projected sales range for 2Q '10.

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: 7/22/10 8K & 10Q

6/15/10 8K re: $1 bil 3 year revolving credit agreement.

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

4/23/10 10Q

United Technologies UTX: 7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

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: 7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10

7/1/10 8K re: completion of acquisition of Frontier Communications Corp. and spin off of shares to VZ shareholders.

6/11/10 8K re: agreement with certain unions.

5/27/10 8K re: record date of 6/7/10 re: proposed spin off 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: 7/7/10 8K re: underwriting to the public of several series of notes.

7/2/10 8K re: departure of John E. Fleming EVP & Chief Merchandising Officer effective 8/1/10.

6/29/10 8K re: appointment of Eduwardo Castro-Wright as CEO fo global.com & William S. Simon as CEO of Walmart U.S.

6/9/10 8K re: results of 6/4 annual meeting of shareholders.

6/14/10 10Q.

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