9/9/10 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 10,415.24 up 28.23 or 0.27%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 10,415.24 up 28.23 or 0.27% from Wednesday's close of 10,387.01. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 23 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $40.1 +0.98 2.51% 33,390,450 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's MCD $74.37 -1.71 2.25% 14,615,117 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Thursday, 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 14.01 up from Wednesday's 13.95 (year ago it was 15.40) the P/E estimate is 12.50 unchanged from Wednesday's 12.50 (year ago it was 14.91) and the current dividend yield is 2.71 down from Wednesday's 2.72 (it was 2.96 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,375.16 up 1.72 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,373.43. 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 Thursday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in Thursday's Dow of 28.23. 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 $45.87 up 0.12 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $45.75. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $40.35 (AXP/HPQ) up 0.92 from Wednesday's Dow Jones median price of 39.43. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $82.96 +0.21 0.25% 2,471,688 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.5 +0.13 0.97% 168,143,589 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 372 ($137,615 - $137,243 ).

MarketWatch 9/9/10 Thursday 4:35 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks on Thursday posted a second day of gains, with the Dow industrials just a few points away from posting gains for 2010, as investors cheered a drop in weekly jobless claims and an improvement in the trade deficit. The market pared its gains, however, after a report Deutsche Bank might sell stock to raise billions in cash. "They will likely not be the only bank that will have to raise more money," Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, said after Bloomberg reported Deutsche Bank AG (DB 59.97, -0.02, -0.03%) was considering a stock sale to raise as much as $11.4 billion.
While the report concerning Germany's largest bank triggered a softening in equities and the euro, Boockvar said the paring of gains "came in context of a market that keeps running up above 1,100 [on the S&P 500] and then stalling out." Tensions in the 'peripheral' euro-zone debt markets have eased after the Irish government acted to solve the Anglo Irish Bank crisis and a T-bill auction was successful.
The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,104, +5.31, +0.48%) ended up 5.31 points, or 0.5%, at 1,104.18. Given the index since early July has ranged from a low of 1,025 to 1,130 on the upside, "this is just technical noise as long as we remain in the middle," said Boockvar. "Now we're a little overbought and the market on low volume is taking a little breather," Boockvar added. Up about 90 points earlier during the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,415, +28.23, +0.27%) finished up 5.31 points, or 0.5%, at 10,415.24, with 23 of its 30 components rising, led by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM 40.00, -0.10, -0.25%) , up 2.2%. Financials were lifted in part after Morgan Stanley said banks would have the means to hike dividends and repurchase shares next year, while Rochdale Securities named more than a dozen regional players as possible takeover targets, according to Bloomberg. The blue-chip index's biggest weight was McDonald's Corp. (MCD 74.37, -1.71, -2.25%) , off 2.3% after the fast-food chain reported less of a lift in August sales than expected. See Retail Stocks for more on McDonald's. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,236, +7.33, +0.33%) advanced 7.33 points, or 0.3%, to 2,236.20. Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE 32.88, +0.02, +0.06%) shares rallied 12% after Apple Inc. (AAPL 262.54, -0.53, -0.20%) eased restrictions that had curbed use of Adobe's Flash software. Initial unemployment benefit claims fell by 27,000 to 451,000 last week, according to the Labor Department. The better-than-forecast report brings the weekly figure "back further from the psychologically challenging threshold of 500,000" reached two weeks ago, noted Jim Baird, chief investment strategist at Plante Moran Financial Advisors. "The market is showing signs of a bull flag," said Nick Kalivas, vice president of financial research at MF Global Inc. While the government data boosted investor confidence, MF Global's Kalivas finds even more impressive upward guidance from executive search firm Korn/Ferry International (KFY 15.39, -0.12, -0.75%) , which on Thursday reported a return to profit in its fiscal first quarter along with a forecast of a strong second quarter. Shares of the executive search firm, which counts global staffing firms such as Kelly Services Inc. (KELYA 11.89, -.00, -0.01%) and Manpower Inc. (MAN 47.44, -.00, -0.01%) among its rivals, rose 3.8%.
In another economic report Thursday, the Commerce Department reported the nation's trade deficit narrowed as imports fell and exports climbed to near two-year highs.
Nearly two stocks rose for each that declined on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 840 million shares traded. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude-oil futures fell to close at $74.25 a barrel, while gold futures lapsed 0.5% to end at $1,250.90 an ounce. Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN 23.45, -0.39, -1.64%) , National Semiconductor Corp. (NSM 12.17, -0.73, -5.66%) and gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC 3.60, -0.36, -9.09%) all report quarterly results after the close.

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

AT&T T $27.81 +0.42 1.53% 27,423,746 NYSE
Alcoa AA $11.23 +0.16 1.45% 25,406,587 NYSE
Amex AXP $40.69 +0.62 1.55% 7,890,754 NYSE
Bank of Am BAC $13.5 +0.13 0.97% 168,143,589 NYSE
Boeing BA $63.44 -1.06 1.64% 4,179,671 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $70.64 -0.10 0.14% 5,341,343 NYSE
Chevron CVX $77.36 +0.11 0.14% 6,646,146 NYSE
CSCO $20.61 -0.03 0.15% 43,583,325 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $58.29 +0.46 0.8% 9,053,276 NYSE
DIS $34.08 +0.24 0.71% 6,973,662 NYSE
DuPont DD $42.18 -0.21 0.5% 4,672,552 NYSE
Exxon XOM $61.05 +0.30 0.49% 16,525,186 NYSE
GE $15.91 +0.21 1.34% 60,364,450 NYSE
Hewlett Pack HPQ $38.82 +0.01 0.03% 17,855,402 NYSE
Home Dep HD $29.41 -0.04 0.14% 7,878,922 NYSE
Intel INTC $18 +0.10 0.56% 64,960,878 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $126.36 +0.28 0.22% 3,436,665 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $40.1 +0.98 2.51% 33,390,450 NYSE
JNJ $59.82 +0.97 1.65% 13,944,586 NYSE
KFT $30.74 0.16 0.52% 7,478,917 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $74.37 -1.71 2.25% 14,615,117 NYSE
MRK $36.08 +0.27 0.75% 11,564,414 NYSE
MSFT $24.01 +0.08 0.33% 45,973,012 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $16.77 +0.21 1.27% 52,174,998 NYSE
Procter Gam PG $60.29 -0.08 0.13% 7,937,754 NYSE
3M MMM $82.96 +0.21 0.25% 2,471,688 NYSE
Travelers TRV $50.27 +0.41 0.82% 2,830,216 NYSE
United Tech UTX $68.62 +0.15 0.22% 2,686,756 NYSE
Verizon VZ $30.84 +0.38 1.25% 17,026,756 DualListed
WMT $51.91 +0.08 0.15% 7,289,628 NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog.

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

Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 10,387.01 up 46.32 or 0.45% from Tuesday's close of 10,340.69. For the year the Dow is down 0.39%. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 6 gained, Disney was unchanged and 23 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing BA $64.5 +1.08 1.7% 3,717,915 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $38.81 -1.11 2.78% 32,727,543 NYSE.

WSJ pC6 "Boeing climbs 1.7%; Navistar gives up 7%" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Wed with JPMorgan, Alcoa and Boeing among the leaders as a report from the Fed Res suggested the economic expansion was continuing and Obama formally unveiled fresh economic stimulus ideas. Intel is charted under Bad News as it was among a handful of Dow loses on a day the Dow posted gains as Intel was hit by a downgrade from UBS.

WSJ pC1 "DJIA gains 46.32 points, led by banks" by Jonathan Cheng says stocks advanced modestly as a strong bond sale by Portugal calmed investor nerves about Europe's deb problems.

Fin Times p24 "Gains for Goldman and JPMorgan as fin'ls rebound" by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks rose on Wed as concerns about Europe's debt problems eased & Investors shrugged off the Fed's Beige Book, which reported a slowdown in the US economic recovery. Fin'ls, which led the fallers on Tues rebounded. JPMorgan climbed 2.2%. In industrials, Boeing gained 1.7% and Caterpillar jumped 1.5%. Hewlett-Packard's rating was cut by UBS and fell 2.8%.

NYT pB12 "Shares rebound as investors' concern over Portuguese debt subsides" by AP says indexes on Wall St resumed their rally Wed after a successful auction of Portuguese gov debt eased concerns about Europe's fin'l system.

USA Today p4B "Easing fears about Europe help stocks" by Bloomberg says stocks advanced Wed, sending the S&P 500 index higher for the 5th time in 6 sessions, as concern eased that Europe's sovereign debt crisis will derail the global economic recovery.

As of the open of the market Thursday, 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 14.01 up from Wednesday's 13.95 (year ago it was 15.40) the P/E estimate is 12.50 unchanged from Wednesday's 12.50 (year ago it was 14.91) and the current dividend yield is 2.71 down from Wednesday's 2.72 (it was 2.96 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.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,373.43 up 7.12 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,366.31. 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 7.12 for Wednesday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in Wednesday's Dow of 46.32. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.75up 0.21 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $45.54. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $39.43 (AXP/HPQ) down .57 from Tuesday's Dow Jones median price of $40. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $82.75 +0.61 0.74% 2,786,913 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.37 +0.16 1.21% 102,365,820 NYSE.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made 612 ($137,243 - $136,631).

MarketWatch 9/8/10 Wednesday 4:38 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as a successful sovereign debt auction in Portugal helped ease concerns about Europe, but with gains capped after the Federal Reserve confirmed the U.S. economy is slowing. In its survey by 12 regional banks, the Fed reported conditions mixed or decelerating in five regions and growing at a moderate pace in five.
In Ohio, President Barack Obama argued for giving tax cuts to Americans making $250,000 or less, and against continuing tax cuts for wealthier Americans, saying the country can't afford the $700 billion price tag. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,387, +46.32, +0.45%) rose 46.32 points, or 0.5%, to end at 10,387.01, about 40 points shy of returning to positive for 2010. Twenty-four of its 30 components rose, with aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. (AA 11.11, +0.04, +0.36%) paving the gains, up 2%. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ 38.85, +0.04, +0.10%) fell the most among the blue chips, losing 2.8% after UBS AG downgraded the computer manufacturer from buy to neutral. UBS also cut Intel Corp. (INTC 17.89, -0.01, -0.06%) , with the chip manufacturer off 1.2%. H-P has been part of an ongoing corporate drama involving former chief executive Mark Hurd, going to court on Tuesday in an effort to block Hurd from joining Oracle Corp. (ORCL 24.14, -0.13, -0.52%) its rival in the server computer market. A regulatory filing Wednesday has Oracle offering the ousted H-P executive a salary of $950,000 and a bonus of as much as $10 million for fiscal 2011, plus stock options, to join it as a co-president. The S&P 500 Index (SPX 1,099, +7.03, +0.64%) gained 7.03 points, or 0.6%, to 1,098.87, with financial and industrial companies, among the index's 10 industry groups, leading the rise. A rally for retail gainers include Staples and Costco, as both get upgraded by Goldman Sachs. Phillips-Van Heusen also jumps after its adjusted quarterly profit topped estimates, though Talbots disappoints. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,229, +19.98, +0.91%) added 19.98 points, or 0.9%, to 2,228.87. For every stock on the decline, more than two rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 880 million shares traded. After finishing at a record high Tuesday, gold futures fell $1.80 to end at $1,257.5 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while crude-oil futures tallied modest gains to finish at $74.67 a barrel. Shares of BP (BP 38.30, -0.07, -0.18%) gained 3.2% after the British-based energy giant released a report largely blaming contractors Transocean Ltd. (RIG 53.05, -0.69, -1.28%) and Halliburton Co. (HAL 29.98, -0.23, -0.76%) for the U.S.'s worst oil spill. See full story on BP's blame assignment. On Tuesday, Wall Street snapped a four-session run higher amid worries about European banks. But the worries dissipated after Portugal's sale of bonds drew increased demand on Wednesday.

Wednesday's Dow Closing Numbers:

AT&T T $27.39 +0.12 0.44% 15,092,794 NYSE: NYT pB6 "Finding a Smartpone to fit your needs, under $100" by Farhad Manjoo says there is no official definition for what makes a phone smart but it usually means access to email and displaying web pages in a way that doesn't distort them too much. Of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T, AT&T has the most affordable smartphone plan for $54.99 a month it will give you 450 minutes of voice calls and 200 megabytes of data use a month. Verizon's cheapest plan is 450 minutes of voice calls and unlimited data at $69.98 a month.

Alcoa AA $11.07 +0.21 1.93% 25,542,609 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Boeing climbs 1.7%; Navistar gives up 7%" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Wed with JPMorgan, Alcoa and Boeing among the leaders as a report from the Fed Res suggested the economic expansion was continuing and Obama formally unveiled fresh economic stimulus ideas. Intel is charted under Bad News as it was among a handful of Dow loses on a day the Dow posted gains as Intel was hit by a downgrade from UBS.

Amex AXP $40.07 -0.02 0.05% 9,083,949 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of Am BAC $13.37 +0.16 1.21% 102,365,820 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "JP Morgan taps Baer" by Dan Fitzpatrick says JPMorgan has hired Bank of America's Deputy Gen'l Counsel Greg Baer to deal with the new fin'l regulatory reforms.

Boeing BA $64.5 +1.08 1.7% 3,717,915 NYSE: Fin Times p24 "Gains for Goldman and JPMorgan as fin'ls rebound"by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks rose on Wed as concerns about Europe's debt problems eased & Investors shrugged off the Fed's Beige Book, which reported a slowdown in the US economic recovery. Fin'ls, which led the fallers on Tues rebounded. JPMorgan climbed 2.2%. In industrials, Boeing gained 1.7% and Caterpillar jumped 1.5%. hewlett-Packard's rating was cut by UBS and fell 2.8%.

WSJ pD2 "Dela equips its 747s with flat bed seats" by Jonnelle Marte says Delta next summer will remove 17 seats from its BusinessElite cabin to make room for a new configuration on all 16 of its 747 plans, which primarily fly to Tokyo. They will have 48 fully reclining BusinessElite seats and 338 economy class seats.

WSJ pC6 "Boeing climbs 1.7%; Navistar gives up 7%" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Wed with JPMorgan, Alcoa and Boeing among the leaders as a report from the Fed Res suggested the economic expansion was continuing and Obama formally unveiled fresh economic stimulus ideas. Intel is charted under Bad News as it was among a handful of Dow loses on a day the Dow posted gains as Intel was hit by a downgrade from UBS.

Caterpillar CAT $70.74 +1.04 1.49% 6,298,998 NYSE: Fin Times p24 "Gains for Goldman and JPMorgan as fin'ls rebound"by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks rose on Wed as concerns about Europe's debt problems eased & Investors shrugged off the Fed's Beige Book, which reported a slowdown in the US economic recovery. Fin'ls, which led the fallers on Tues rebounded. JPMorgan climbed 2.2%. In industrials, Boeing gained 1.7% and Caterpillar jumped 1.5%. hewlett-Packard's rating was cut by UBS and fell 2.8%.

Chevron CVX $77.25 +0.20 0.26% 6,832,451 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $20.64 +0.06 0.29% 40,601,760 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $57.83 +0.20 0.35% 9,187,753 NYSE: AJC pA15 "Coke reports income, sales up" by Jeremiah McWilliams says the cfo of Coke warned of the fragile economic recovery in the US and W. Europe but boasted Coke is gaining market share against rival Pepsi.

Disney DIS $33.84 unch unch 8,370,858 NYSE: WSJ pB10 "Univision seizes viewer milestone" by AP says Univision was the ost popular network among viewers 18 to 49 years old last week, the first time a Spanish language station has beaten the English language ones in the US. On cable, Disney's Channel's Camp Rock 2 was seen by 8 mil viewers last week, making it the most watched cable tv movie of the year. ABC is owned by Disney while GE owns NBC.

DuPont DD $42.39 +0.39 0.93% 4,606,087 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $60.75 +0.20 0.33% 17,340,776 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $15.7 +0.26 1.68% 74,958,810 NYSE: WSJ pB10 "Univision seizes viewer milestone" by AP says Univision was the ost popular network among viewers 18 to 49 years old last week, the first time a Spanish language station has beaten the English language ones in the US. On cable, Disney's Channel's Camp Rock 2 was seen by 8 mil viewers last week, making it the most watched cable tv movie of the year. ABC is owned by Disney while GE owns NBC.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $38.81 -1.11 2.78% 32,727,543 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "At Oracle, Hurd lands in rare situation" by Ben Worthen, Fin Times p14 "Hurd set for $11 mil pay deal at Oracle" by Richard Waters & Fin times p12 "Hewlett-Packard", NYT pB2 "Strategy for HP, courtesy of Apple" by Rob Cox, Daily Report p6 "Oracle: Suit over former HP CEO vindictive" by Rochelle Garner, Bloomberg, AJC pA15 "Oracle, HP fuss heats up" by AP say Hewlett-Packard's quarter century alliance with Oracle has been strained by the ispute over Oracle's hiring of ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd. HP is suing Hurd to keep him from becoming pres of Oracle based on a confidential agreement Hurd signed HP will need an order from the Cal court where it filed its lawsuit to stop Hurd from working for Oracle. The first hearing isn't set until Feb, although HP is expected to seek a temporary restraining order before then.

Fin Times p24 "Gains for Goldman and JPMorgan as fin'ls rebound"by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks rose on Wed as concerns about Europe's debt problems eased & Investors shrugged off the Fed's Beige Book, which reported a slowdown in the US economic recovery. Fin'ls, which led the fallers on Tues rebounded. JPMorgan climbed 2.2%. In industrials, Boeing gained 1.7% and Caterpillar jumped 1.5%. Hewlett-Packard's rating was cut by UBS and fell 2.8%.

Home Depo HD $29.45 +0.12 0.41% 9,548,363 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $17.9 -0.22 1.21% 101,619,698 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB8 "Intel chief chips away at plan beyond PCs" by Don Clark says Intel's CEO Paul Otellini is making acquisitions to compete beyond PCs. he's done 3 deals this sumer aimed at building Intel's biz outside computing, where its microprocessor chips dominate. He bought a Texas Instruments unit that sells cable mmodem chips, Infineion Tech's AG"s wireless chip biz for $1.4 bil and McAfee, a specialist in security software for $7.68 bi.

WSJ pC6 "Boeing climbs 1.7%; Navistar gives up 7%" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Wed with JPMorgan, Alcoa and Boeing among the leaders as a report from the Fed Res suggested the economic expansion was continuing and Obama formally unveiled fresh economic stimulus ideas. Intel is charted under Bad News as it was among a handful of Dow loses on a day the Dow posted gains as Intel was hit by a downgrade from UBS.

IBM $126.08 +0.13 0.1% 4,475,462 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $39.12 +0.84 2.19% 30,639,642 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "JP Morgan taps Baer" by Dan Fitzpatrick says JPMorgan has hired Bank of America's Deputy Gen'l Counsel Greg Baer to deal with the new fin'l regulatory reforms.

Fin Times p24 "Gains for Goldman and JPMorgan as fin'ls rebound" by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks rose on Wed as concerns about Europe's debt problems eased & Investors shrugged off the Fed's Beige Book, which reported a slowdown in the US economic recovery. Fin'ls, which led the fallers on Tues rebounded. JPMorgan climbed 2.2%. In industrials, Boeing gained 1.7% and Caterpillar jumped 1.5%. Hewlett-Packard's rating was cut by UBS and fell 2.8%.

WSJ pC6 "Boeing climbs 1.7%; Navistar gives up 7%" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks rose Wed with JPMorgan, Alcoa and Boeing among the leaders as a report from the Fed Res suggested the economic expansion was continuing and Obama formally unveiled fresh economic stimulus ideas. Intel is charted under Bad News as it was among a handful of Dow loses on a day the Dow posted gains as Intel was hit by a downgrade from UBS.

JNJ $58.85 +0.15 0.26% 8,308,264 NYSE: No mentions found.

KFT $30.58 +0.23 0.76% 5,820,520 NYSE: No mentions found.

MCD $76.08 +0.28 0.37% 6,808,625 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $35.81 +0.35 0.99% 22,133,552 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $23.93 -0.03 0.13% 65,322,444 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $16.56 +0.23 1.41% 55,098,641 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gam PG $60.37 +0.23 0.38% 7,719,422 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $82.75 +0.61 0.74% 2,786,913 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $49.86 -0.27 0.54% 3,597,550 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tech UTX $68.47 +0.49 0.72% 3,072,817 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $30.46 +0.24 0.79% 14,248,340 Dual Listed: NYT pB6 "Finding a Smartpone to fit your needs, under $100" by Farhad Manjoo says there is no official definition for what makes a phone smart but it usually means access to email and displaying web pages in a way that doesn't distort them too much. Of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T, AT&T has the most affordable smartphone plan for $54.99 a month it will give you 450 minutes of voice calls and 200 megabytes of data use a month. Verizon's cheapest plan is 450 minutes of voice calls and unlimited data at $69.98 a month.

Walmart WMT $51.83 -0.03 0.06% 8,947,514 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 (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 8/17/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $307.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 217 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 190 [3.5]
4. Procter & Gamble PG 170.5 [3]
5. GE 166 [10.5]
6. IBM 161.5 [1]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 161.5 [3]
8. AT&T 158.5 [6]
9. Chevron CVX 155 [2]
10. JPMorgan Chase 149.5 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 130 [8]
12. Coke KO 128 [2.5]
13. Bank of America BAC 133 [10]
14. Cisco CSCO 125.5 [6]
15. Intel INTC 109.5 [5.5]
16. Merck MRK 107.5 [3]
17. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 95 [2.5]
18. Verizon VZ 89.5 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 77 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 65 [1]
21. Disney DIS 64 [2]
22. 3M MMM 59 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 50 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 51 [2]
25. Boeing BA 47.5 [1]
26. Home Depot 47 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 44 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 37 [1]
29. Travelers 23.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 8/17/10 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: 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.
5/24/10 8K: re: sale of its Sterling Commerce subsidiary to IBM for $1.4 billion in cash.

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

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

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 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 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: 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: 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: 8/4/10 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: 8/4/10 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 : 8/11/10 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: 8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/5/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 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: 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: 8/13/10 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: 8/4/10 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: 7/26/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
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.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 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: 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.