9/17/10 Fri. pm Dow Closes 10,607.85 up 13 or 0.12%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 10,572.73 up 46.2 or 0.44% from Thursday's close of 10,572.73. For the week the Dow is up 145.08 or 1.39% from last Friday's close of 10,462.77. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 13 gained and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $73.18 +1.18 1.64% 11,302,247 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $39.14 -1.21 3% 35,299,502 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Friday, 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 14.29 up from Wednesday's 14.26 (year ago it was 15.79) the P/E estimate is 12.53 unchanged from Thurday's 12.53 (year ago it was 15.35) and the current dividend yield is 2.66 down from Thursday's 2.67 (it was 2.88 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 1,401.60 up 1.72 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,399.88. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase of 1.72 for Friday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in Friday's Dow of 13. 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 $46.72 up 0.06 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $46.66. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $40.36 (JPM/AXP) down 0.60 from Thursday's Dow Jones median price of 40.96. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $86.07 +1.12 1.32% 5,932,850 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.4 -0.15 1.11% 132,138,754 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 $172 ($140,160 - $139,988).

MarketWatch 9/17/10 Friday 5:05 pm by Kristina Peterson & Jonathan Cheng says U.S. stocks climbed narrowly into positive territory on Friday, as technology companies added to the week's modest gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,608, +13.10, +0.12%) rose 13.02 points, or 0.12%, to 10,607.85 on Friday. The measure climbed for a third straight week, adding 1.4% in the past week. The Standard & Poor's 500-share index (SPX 1,126, +0.93, +0.08%) gained 0.93 point, or 0.08%, to 1,125.59. The S&P 500 closed up for a third consecutive week, rising 1.45%. But the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,316, +12.36, +0.54%) was the best performer, rising for eight straight days and outperforming both blue chips and the broader market. The Nasdaq gained 12.36, or 0.54%, to 2,315.61 on Friday, and climbed 3.26% over the week, as ebbing fears of a double-dip recession and encouraging earnings lifted technology stocks. Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM 46.54, -0.18, -0.39%) (CA:RIM 47.78, +0.08, +0.17%) shares rose 0.5% after the BlackBerry maker posted a surge in its fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue, though it added fewer new subscribers than it had expected. Oracle Corp. (ORCL 27.47, -0.01, -0.04%) shares jumped 8.4% after the business-software maker said its fiscal first-quarter profit grew 20% as the company benefited from new revenue from its Sun Microsystems acquisition, as well as strong demand for software licenses. Texas Instruments (TXI 32.19, +0.01, +0.02%) shares climbed or 3%, to 25.72, after the chipmaker said it plans to buy back $7.5 billion worth of its shares and would raise its quarterly dividend by 8%.While the large-cap indexes have surged in September, much of that gain came early in the month. This week's gains were slim, as investors continued to buy safe-haven assets including Treasurys and gold. "We're still struggling on a daily basis on: are we up or down for the year?" noted Julius Ridgway, investment adviser at Medley & Brown. The Dow is currently up 1.72% for the year; the S&P 500 is up 0.94% since Dec. 31. "Before we break out to new highs, you're going to have to see a compelling reason and in the absence of a compelling reason, you'll see choppy markets," he said. Financials lagged Friday as concerns circulated over the health of the European banking system and global currency-exchange rate tensions. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM 40.08, +0.02, +0.05%) led financial stocks lower, falling 2.3% as the bank continued to struggle with the fallout from problems with its banking website. Bank of America (BAC 13.39, -0.01, -0.08%) shed 1.1%, while Morgan Stanley (MS 26.50, +0.03, +0.11%) lost 1.2%. In U.S. economic data, a Reuters/University of Michigan survey of consumer sentiment came in below economists’ expectations and declined from the previous month.Read full story on sentiment. The data came as a rude surprise to investors whose optimism had been slowly mounting this month. “The fact that sentiment and optimism were so high in the near term is probably a headwind until we get better economic data or sentiment backs off,” said Mike O’Rourke, chief market strategist at institutional broker BTIG. The U.S. dollar strengthened against both the euro and the yen. The euro (EURUSD 1.3045, -0.0031, -0.2371%) was trading recently at $1.304551, down from $1.3085 late Thursday in New York. Crude-oil prices declined.


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

AT&T T $28.17 +0.06 0.21% 30,953,025 NYSE
Alcoa AA $11.1715 -0.0885 0.79% 22,681,128 NYSE
Amex AXP $41.37 +0.41 1% 29,050,839 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $13.4 -0.15 1.11% 132,138,754 NYSE
Boeing BA $62.95 +0.37 0.59% 10,639,887 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $73.18 +1.18 1.64% 11,302,247 NYSE
Chevron CVX $78.46 -0.59 0.75% 12,276,556 NYSE
Cisco CSCO $21.8625 -0.0675 0.31% 54,158,146 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $57.56 +0.05 0.09% 9,927,327 NYSE
Disney DIS $34.56 +0.39 1.14% 18,938,933 NYSE
DuPont DD $43.95 +0.57 1.31% 8,484,217 NYSE
ExxonMobil XOM $60.78 -0.19 0.31% 26,318,344 NYSE
GE $16.29 +0.06 0.37% 71,613,468 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $39.14 -1.21 3% 35,299,502 NYSE
Home Depot HD $29.89 -0.06 0.2% 12,972,180 NYSE
Intel INTC $18.81 -0.16 0.84% 70,063,896 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $130.19 +0.52 0.4% 10,363,408 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $40.06 -0.93 2.27% 45,788,438 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $61.57 +0.28 0.46% 12,160,500 NYSE
Kraft KFT $31.35 -0.05 0.16% 8,123,704 NYSE
McDonalds MCD $74.32 -0.48 0.64% 7,895,782 NYSE
Merck MRK $36.33 -0.10 0.27% 16,321,135 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $25.22 -0.11 0.43% 69,654,431 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $17.0625 -0.1025 0.6% 53,134,027 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $60.97 -0.14 0.23% 17,720,307 NYSE
3M MMM $86.07 +1.12 1.32% 5,932,850 NYSE
Travelers TRV $52.67 -0.03 0.06% 7,193,266 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $69.53 +1 1.46% 5,190,111 NYSE
Verizon VZ $31.68 +0.26 0.83% 21,523,482 DualListed
Walmart WMT $53.01 -0.14 0.26% 20,774,476 NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog.



A read of Friday's 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 10,572.73 up 46.2 or 0.44% from Wednesday's close of 10,572.73. For the year the Dow is up 1.60%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 13 gained, Procter & Gamble was unchanged and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $40.35 +0.73 1.84% 23,285,103 NYSE and percentage-wise was NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Kraft KFT $31.4 -0.185 0.59% 9,905,308 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $11.26 -0.17 1.49% 28,498,100 NYSE.

WSJ pC5 "HP, Cisco & Intel lift Dow' by Kristina Peterson says tech firms boosted blue chip stocks to a narrow gain as confidence mounted that the economy would avoid a double dip recession. Leading the Dow, Hewlett-Packard rose 73 cents while Cisco gained 34 cents and Intel added 25 cents.

WSJ pC1 "DJIA climbs; fear gauge keeps falling" by Jonathan Cheng says stocks posted another day of steady, if unspectacular gains creeping upwards amid a Sept characterized by low volatility and thin volumes.

NYT pB6 "Wall st. ends mixed as data reflects a sluggish recovery" by Reuters says stock prices were little changed Thurs as investors reacted cautiously to data suggesting that the recovery remained halting.

USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

USA p4B "Markets mixed as FedEx plans job cuts" by AP says stocks struggled toa mixed finish Thurs as a 2 week rally lost momentum. Noews of a etrenchment by FedEx also discouraged buyers.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,399.88 up 1.92 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,396.96. 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 1.92 for Thursday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in Thursday's Dow of 22.1. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $46.66 up 0.09 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $46.57. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $40.96 (JPM/AXP) up 0.05 from Wednesday's Dow Jones median price of 40.91. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $84. 95 +0.37 0.44% 2,426,934 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.55 -0.16 1.17% 120,300,137 NYSE.

If Thursday 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 $291 ($139,988 - 139,697).

MarketWatch 9/16/10 Thursday 4:52 pm by Kristina Peterson says technology companies boosted U.S. blue-chip stocks to a narrow gain Thursday, as confidence mounted that the economy would avoid a double-dip recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 22.10 points, or 0.21%, at 10594.83, its highest close since Aug. 10. Technology stocks led the climb, as investors gained faith that the economic recovery is slowing but not headed toward a second slump. Leading the Dow Industrials' climb, Hewlett-Packard rose 73 cents, or 1.8%, to 40.35, while Cisco Systems gained 34 cents, or 1.6%, to 21.93 and Intel added 25 cents, or 1.3%, to 18.97. "It seems like we priced in too much of a double dip, and it's not coming to pass as bad as people anticipated," said Patrick Becker, Jr., principal at Becker Capital Management. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index slipped 0.41, or 0.04%, to 1124.66. The Nasdaq Composite edged up 1.93, or 0.08%, to 2303.25. While all the benchmark indexes have surged this month, the Nasdaq has outpaced its peers. The measure has climbed 8.95% since the start of September as fears of a double-dip recession have relaxed. The Nasdaq has climbed for seven straight sessions, its longest streak since the seven-day run that ended July 14.
"Technology just got walloped, and many of the value-oriented tech names really underperformed in the first half of the year," Becker said. "You do have a valuation bounce occurring in those names." Meanwhile, the DJIA has gained 5.79% this month, while the S&P 500 has added 7.18%. Still, recent muddy economic data have left investors hesitant about the rally's sustainability and kept trading confined to a narrow range. As concerns over the economy have loosened their grip, anxiety rose Thursday over U.S. lawmakers' aggressive stance on China's exchange-rate policy and the potential to strain relations with China. Industrials weakened, weighed by a drop in FedEx. The shipping giant fell 3.22, or 3.8%, to 82.72, after its fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled on a rise in revenue, but the company forecast second-quarter earnings below analysts' average estimate. The company also said it will combine its FedEx Freight and FedEx National LTL operations at the end of January, as it cuts 1,700 full-time employees and closes 100 facilities.
"Their profit doubled, but they're going to cut 1,700 jobs," noted Brian Peardon, wealth advisor at Harrison Financial Group. "It's just the story that's been resonating amongst a lot of companies this year." Shipping peer United Parcel Service also weakened, shedding 94 cents, or 1.4%, to 66.72. Meanwhile, Ford Motor jumped 57 cents, or 4.8%, to 12.44, after the car maker was upgraded to "overweight" from "equal weight" by Barclays Capital, which said the North American market will sustain strong margins.

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

AT&T T $28.11 +0.10 0.36% 21,133,704 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "blackberry gets squeezed by rivals" by Stuart Weinberg says Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry posted a surge in quarterly profit and revenue. RIM said it expects stronger sales and subscriber gains in the 3Q when the Torch, which launced exclusively with AT&T will hit more markets. In Feb, RIM released a free version of its enterprise server for smal businesses. The software only works with Microsoft email software and supports 2,000 users.

USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Alcoa AA $11.26 -0.17 1.49% 28,498,100 NYSE: No mentions found.

AXP $40.96 +0.11 0.27% 7,174,735 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $13.55 -0.16 1.17% 120,300,137 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $62.58 -0.15 0.24% 4,386,078 NYSE: NYT bPB3 "A feud between Airbus & Boeing ahs given neither side a clear advantage" by Chris Drew says afer years of hearings on both sides fo the Atlantic the dispute over aircraft subsidies is where it is when it all started 5 years ago witht he latest salvo coming Wed after a WTO panel concluded that Boeing had benefited from improper US subsidies.

AJC pA16 "Boeing signs up orders for 20 total 737s & 777s says the customers for 7 of the 737s is Continental.

CAT $72 -0.13 0.18% 6,219,699 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $79.05 -0.16 0.2% 6,897,186 NYSE: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Cisco CSCO $21.93 +0.34 1.57% 47,496,407 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC10 "overheard" says a Bernstein analyst predicted Cisco would start paying a dividend and now analyst Heather Bellini is saying Microsoft should boost its dividend.

WSJ pC5 "HP, Cisco & Intel lift Dow' by Kristina Peterson says tech firms boosted blue chip stocks to a narrow gain as confidence mounted that the economy would avoid a double dip recession. Leading the Dow, Hewlett-Packard rose 73 cents while Cisco gained 34 cents and Intel added 25 cents.

Coke KO $57.51 +0.09 0.16% 7,979,623 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $34.17 -0.04 0.12% 7,285,303 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "US tech rpobe enars end" by Thomas Catan says several of the largest US tech firms, including Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Disney's unit Pixar Anaimation, are in advanced talks with the Justice Dept to avoid a court battle over whether they colluded to hold down wages by agreeing not to opach each other's employees.

Dupont DD $43.38 +0.45 1.05% 4,894,755 NYSE: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Exxon XOM $60.97 -0.03 0.05% 16,416,095 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $16.23 -0.11 0.67% 47,019,129 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $40.35 +0.73 1.84% 23,285,103 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Oracle profit rises 20%, Great to be here says new hire Hurd" by Cari Tuna says Oracles 1Q profit rose 20% following a surprise change that brought former Hewlett-packard chief exec mark Hurd to Oracle. Larry Ellison Oracle CEO said it plans to grab market share from rivals like IBM by introducing more combined hardware software systems. Orace is the first major tech firm to resport results that include Aug and its upbeat remarks contrasted with other indicators such as Cisco's July quarter results being lower than expected and Intel reducing its projection for 3Q growth.

WSJ pC5 "HP, Cisco & Intel lift Dow' by Kristina Peterson says tech firms boosted blue chip stocks to a narrow gain as confidence mounted that the economy would avoid a double dip recession. Leading the Dow, Hewlett-Packard rose 73 cents while Cisco gained 34 cents and Intel added 25 cents.

Home Depot HD $29.95 +0.01 0.03% 9,348,514 NYSE: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Intel INTC $18.97 +0.25 1.34% 68,880,317 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB1 "US tech rpobe enars end" by Thomas Catan says several of the largest US tech firms, including Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Disney's unit Pixar Anaimation, are in advanced talks with the Justice Dept to avoid a court battle over whether they colluded to hold down wages by agreeing not to opach each other's employees.

WSJ pB3 "Oracle profit rises 20%, Great to be here says new hire Hurd" by Cari Tuna says Oracles 1Q profit rose 20% following a surprise change that brought former Hewlett-packard chief exec mark Hurd to Oracle. Larry Ellison Oracle CEO said it plans to grab market share from rivals like IBM by introducing more combined hardware software systems. Orace is the first major tech firm to resport results that include Aug and its upbeat remarks contrasted with other indicators such as Cisco's July quarter results being lower than expected and Intel reducing its projection for 3Q growth.

Fin Times p24 "Negative sentiment unmoved by fall in jobless figures" by Hanah Kuchler says US stocks closed almost flat after a surprise dip in initial jobless claims failed to inspire investors to break out of their trading range.

USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

WSJ pC5 "HP, Cisco & Intel lift Dow' by Kristina Peterson says tech firms boosted blue chip stocks to a narrow gain as confidence mounted that the economy would avoid a double dip recession. Leading the Dow, Hewlett-Packard rose 73 cents while Cisco gained 34 cents and Intel added 25 cents.

IBM $129.67 +0.24 0.19% 4,676,252 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Oracle profit rises 20%, Great to be here says new hire Hurd" by Cari Tuna says Oracles 1Q profit rose 20% following a surprise change that brought former Hewlett-packard chief exec mark Hurd to Oracle. Larry Ellison Oracle CEO said itplans to grab market share from rivals like IBM by ingtroducing more combined hardware software systems. Orace is the first major tech firm to resport results that include Aug and its upbeat remarks contrasted with other indicators such as Cisco's July quarter results being lower than expected and Intel reducing its projection for 3Q growth.

JPM $40.99 +0.01 0.02% 25,148,010 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $61.29 +0.24 0.39% 10,156,630 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Consumer Chief at J&J to leave" by onathan D. Rockoff, NYT pB1 "Cief of unit with recalls to exit J&J" by natasha Singer says Colleen A. Goggins the exec in charge of JNJ's consume products division is leaving early next year, signaling a shake-up after a troubling series fo recalls, such as children's Tylenol, that tarnished the firm's reputation last year.

USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Kraft KFT $31.4 -0.185 0.59% 9,905,308 NYSE: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

MCD $74.8 +0.09 0.12% 5,070,388 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $36.43 -0.08 0.22% 9,078,556 NYSE: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Microsoft MSFT $25.33 +0.215 0.86% 44,344,962 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB3 "blackberry gets squeezed by rivals" by Stuart Weinberg says Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry posted a surge in quarterly profit and revenue. RIM said it expects stronger sales and subscriber gains in the 3Q when the Torch, which launced exclusively with AT&T will hit more markets. In Feb, RIM released a free version of its enterprise server for smal businesses. The software only works with Microsoft email software and supports 2,000 users.

WSJ pC10 "overheard" says a Bernstein analyst predicted Cisco would start paying a dividend and now analyst Heather Bellini is saying Microsoft should boost its dividend.

AJC pA16 "microsoft ramping up for smartphone release" says MSFT isn't giving an exact launch date for Windows Phone 7 but it will be before the holidays.

Pfizer PFE $17.165 -0.1075 0.62% 38,693,613 NYSE: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Procter & Gam PG $61.11 unch unch 7,637,460 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $84.95 +0.37 0.44% 2,426,934 NYSE: No mentions found.

TRV $52.7 +0.21 0.4% 5,763,503 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tech UTX $68.53 +0.26 0.38% 2,798,621 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $31.42 +0.23 0.74% 16,006,487 DualListed: USA Today p3B "Dogs of the Dow can fetch you some decent returns" by John Waggoner says here's how the Dogs of the Dow work: buy the 10 stocks in the Dow with the highest dividend yield & repeat very 12 months selling those that are no longer among the 10 highest yielding. Here are the current Dogs of the Dow ranked by dividend yield with the highest being Verizon 6.3, AT&T 6, Pfizer, 4.2, Merck 4.2, DuPont 3.8, Kraft 3.7, Chevron 3.6, Johnson & Johnson 3.5, Intel 3.4 and Home Depot 3.2%.

Fin times p15 "disposals plan pleases Vodafone shareholders" by Andrew Parker says the plan for Vodafone is dispose of its minority interests including in Verizon Wireless is welcomed by shareholders since Verizon Communications which has a 55% stake in Verizon Wireless never pays dividends.

WMT $53.15 +0.29 0.55% 10,718,127 NYSE: No mentions found.
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The following are excerpts from Thurs. am Blog.

A read of Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Dailey, 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:

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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 (NY, NY)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Cyhicago, Ill)
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)
Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)
Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Cathie Lesjak (Interim) (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (Oak Brook, Ill)
Merck MRK Richard Clark (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Jeffrey Kindler (NY, NY)
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)
3M MMM George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 9/12/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $311.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 209 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 189 [3.5]
4. Procter & Gamble PG 171 [3]
5. GE 171 [10.5]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 165 [3]
7. AT&T T 164.5 [6]
8. IBM 161.5 [1]
9. Chevron CVX 158.5 [2]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 157.5 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 136.5 [8]
12. Bank of America BAC 136 [10]
13. Coke KO 135 [2.5]
14. Cisco CSCO 118 [6]
15. Merck MRK 112.5 [3]
16. Intel INTC 100 [5.5]
17. Verizon VZ 91.5 [3]
18. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 89 [2.5]
19. McDonald's MCD 80 [1]
20. Disney DIS 66 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 64 [1]
22. 3M MMM 60 [.5]
23. Kraft KFT 53.5 [2]
24. Home Depot 49.5 [1.5]
25.American Express AXP 48 [1]
26. Boeing BA 47 [1]
27. Caterpillar CAT 45 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 38 [1]
29. Travelers 23.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11.5 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 9/12/10 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: 9/2/10 8K re: issuance of 5.35% Notes due '40
8/19/10 8K re: agreement with Comm. Workers of America for a new 3 year contract for the 4,000 CWA workers in AT&T's East region
8/18/10 8K re: exchange offer of 5.35% Notes due '40 for outstanding 8.85% Sr. Notes of New Cingular Wireless due '31
8/6/10 10Q re: 2Q results 6/30/10
8/4/10 8K re: offer to exchange New Cingular Wireless Notes
7/30/10 8K re: sale of 2.5% Global Notes due '15
7/22/10 8K re: 2Q earnings
6/25/10 8K: re: amendments to employee compensation plans.

Alcoa AA: 8/24/10 8K re: tender offer for its 6% Notes due '12 & 5.3% Notes due '13
8/23/10 10Q/A amends prior 10Q
8/10/10 8K re: tender for notes due '12
8/3/10 8K re: sale of notes
7/27/10 8K re: offering of 6.15% notes due '20
7/23/10 8K re: election of Tony Theme CFO Engineered Products & Graeme Bottger, Controller

American Express AXP: 8/16/10 2 8Ks re: delinquency and write-off statistics
8/5/10 10Q 2Q results 6/30/10
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

Bank of Am BAC: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: by-law amendments
7/27/10 8K re: issuance of Euro Medium Term Notes
7/22/10 8K re: impairment resulting from fin'l reform legislation passed by Congress

Boeing BA: 8/27/10 8K re: delay of delivery of first 787 to mid 1Q '11 due to Rolls Royce Engine supply problems
7/28/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/28/10 8K re 2Q results
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.

Caterpiller CAT: 8/26/10 10Q/A amends prior 10Q
8/19/10 8K re: July dealer statistics
7/30/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
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.
/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.

Chevron CVX: 8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results
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.

Cisco CSCO 9/10/10 Prelim Proxy Stmt re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/18/10 at Santa Clara, Cal.
8/11/10 8K re: 4Q results fiscal year 7/31/10
6/29/108K 6/29/10 10b5-1 re: stock trading plans adopted by insiders

Coke KO 9/27/10 8K re: settlement in Georgia of one of 3 shareholder class action suits challenging takeover of CCE
8/27 & 8/24 8Ks re: refiling of Hart-Scott-Rodino filing & similar filing with Candadian Corp. Bureau to give regulators more time to review acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises
8/2/10 10Q 2Q 7/2/10
7/30/10 8K re: refiling of Hart-Scott-Rodino filing re: acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Disney DIS 8/10/10 10Q 3Q 6/27/10
8/10/10 8K re: 3Q results

DuPont DD: 7/27/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/27/10 8K re: 2Q results
4/29/10 8K re: voting results from annual meeting held on 4/28/10.

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/4/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/29/10 8K re: 2Q results
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

GE: 8/2/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
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.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 9/9/10 10Q
9/7/10 8K re; agreement to buy 3Par, Inc.
8/30/10 8K re: Board authorizing add'l $10 bil for share repurchases
8/23/10 8K re: proposal to buy 3Par for $24 per share cash
8/19/10 8K re: reporting 3Q results
8/6/10 8K re: resignation of Mark V. Hurd as chairman, CEO, Pres
8/2/10 8K re: settleemnt with US Dept. of Justice re: Rille Complaint
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.

Home Depot HD: 9/10/10 re: sale of 3.95% Sr. Note due '20 & 5.4% Sr. Notes due '40
9/2/10 10Q
8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 8/1/10
6/3/10 10Q
5/25/10 8K re: voting results from 5/20/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

Intel INTC: 8/30/10 8K re: acquisition of Infineion's Wireless Business for $1.4 bil to close 1Q '11
8/27/10 8K re: lower expectations for 3Q result
8/19/10 8K re; transcript of conference call announcing acquisition of McAfee, Inc.
8/4/10 8K re: antitrust settlement with US Dept. of Justice
7/30/10 10Q 2Q 6/26/10
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: 8/31/10 8K re: FD disclosure re:change in reporting operating income
8/4/10 8K re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt
7/27/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/20/10 8K re: 2Q earnings presentation.
7/19/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10.

JPMorganChase JPM: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K re: completion of public offering of debt issues.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 8/18/10 8K: re: offer of 2.95% Notes due '20 & 4.5% Notes due '40
8/11/10 10Q 2Q 7/4/10
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.

Kraft KFT: 8/19/10 10Q/A amended prior 10Q
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/5/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 9/10/10 8K re: global sales in Aug. up 4.9%
8/10/10 8K re: July and end of year sale statistics
8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10
6/9/10 8K re: year to date sales figures
/24/10 8K re: voting results of 5/20/10 annual shareholders' meeting

Merck MRK: 9/7/10 8K re: arbitration re: Meck's rights to distribute Remicade & Simponi based on agreements from Merck's acquisition of Schering-Plough
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results
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.

Microsoft MSFT: 7/30/10 10K year ended 6/30/10
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: 8/12/10 10Q 2Q 7/4/10
8/3/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/26/10 8K re: retirement of Dr. Martin Mackay, Sr. VP & Pres, Pharma Therapeutics R&D of Pfizer Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 8/27/10 Proxy Stmt re: Annual Sahreholder Meeting to be held Tues. 10/12/10 at 9:00 am in Cincinnati, Ohio
8/13/10 10K year ended 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: exec comp plans
8/3/10 8K re: 4Q and year end results
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.

3M MMM: 8/30/10 8K re: acquisition of Cogent Inc. for $10.50 per share or $943 mil.
8/4/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K re: 2Q results
6/28/10 8K re: projected sales range for 2Q '10.

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: 8/31/10 8K re: dedemption of 6.35% Notes due '11
8/19/10 8K re: deaprture of EVP Ari Bousbib to become CEO of IMS Health
7/26/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 9/10/10 8K re: reclassification of results due to spin off of assets as a result of Alltel acquisition
7/29/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/27/10 8K re: 2Q results
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.

WalMart WMT: 9/1/10 10Q
8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 7/31/10
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.