Thursday, December 2, 2010

12/2/10 Thurs. pm Dow Closes 11,362.41 up 106.63 or 0.95%

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The Dow: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 11,362.41 up 106.63 points or 0.95% from Wednesday's close of 11,255.78. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $84.5 +1.80 2.18% 9,865,558 NYSE and percentage-wise was HD Home Depot $33.35 +1.74 5.5% 24,441,807 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Kraft KFT $30.425 -0.205 0.67% 9,321,531 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 is 14.35 (year ago it was 18.13); the P/E estimate is 12.95 unchanged from Wednesday's 12.95 (year ago it was 16.04) and the dividend yield is 2.54 (last year it was 2.65). 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 1,501.31 up 14.09 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1487.22. 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 for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. 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 $50.04 up $0.47 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $49.57. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.07 (HPQ/AXP) up 0.49 from Wednesday's closing median price of $42.58. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $86.51 +0.46 0.53% 4,065,724 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $11.67 +0.38 3.37% 261,157,850 NYSE.

If Thurssday 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 $1,398 ($150,120 - $148,722)

MarketWatch Thursday 12/1/10 4:53 pm by Kate Gibson says stocks rallied for a second straight day Thursday, with assurances of support from the European Central Bank helping ease investor concerns over the region’s debt, while upbeat U.S. reports on retail and home sales lifted investor sentiment. “A lot of consumers are experiencing recession fatigue for having denied themselves,” Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at S&P Equity Research, said of positive sales data from retailers including Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF 56.00, -0.02, -0.04%) and Target Corp. (TGT 59.90, +0.25, +0.42%). Better-than-expected economic reports from the U.S. and overseas in recent days have added “credence to bottom-up earnings forecasts previously viewed as too optimistic,” said Stovall.
Posting its first back-to-back sessions of triple-digit gains since late July, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,362, +106.63, +0.95%) gained 106.63 points, or 1%, to 11,362.41, with 27 of its 30 components rising, led by home-improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. (HD 33.36, +1.75, +5.54%), up 5.5%. The S&P 500 (SPX 1,222, +15.46, +1.28%) gained 15.46 points, or 1.3%, to 1,221.53, with financial companies pacing gains among its 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,579, +29.92, +1.17%) added 29.92 points, or 1.2%, to 2,579.35. For every stock that was declining, nearly three stocks gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume topped 1.1 billion shares. Before the opening bell, the government had reported that initial jobless claims increased by 26,000 to 436,000 last week, while the four-week average declined to a two-year low of 431,000. “Claims did rise, but the overall trend is still showing a bit of improvement. Even though unemployment remains above 9%, at least it’s not getting worse,” said Stovall of S&P, which is forecasting that the Labor Department will report the addition of 165,000 jobs in November, about 15,000 greater than the Wall Street consensus. Providing extra support to stocks, the National Association of Realtors said its pending-home-sales index climbed 10.4% in October, with the trade group’s chief economist saying an improving labor market is giving a lift to the housing industry, which was described as in a “recovery phase.” In Europe, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said the central bank would keep offering banks unfettered access to loans through the first quarter, helping to allay worries that Europe’s sovereign-debt troubles would deepen. The comments, and word that the ECB was in the market buying peripheral euro-zone debt Thursday, helped lift the euro against the dollar. The euro (EURUSD 1.3210, -0.0013, -0.0983%) bought $1.3218, up from $1.3129 late Wednesday. The dollar index /(DXY 80.25, -0.46, -0.57%) fell to 80.21 from 80.734. U.S.-listed shares of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD 31.30, +6.80, +27.76%) surged 28% after PepsiCo Inc. (PEP 65.18, -0.02, -0.03%) said it would buy a majority stake in the Russian company for $3.8 billion.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:


AT&T T $28.56 +0.28 0.99% 20,237,271 NYSE
Alcoa AA $14.095 +0.525 3.87% 42,242,741 NYSE
Amex AXP $44.965 +0.665 1.5% 9,951,757 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $11.67 +0.38 3.37% 261,157,850 NYSE
Boeing BA $66.5937 +0.8737 1.33% 4,439,665 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $88.66 +1.21 1.38% 5,946,774 NYSE
Chevron CVX $84.5 +1.80 2.18% 9,865,558 NYSE
CSCO $19.22 -0.10 0.52% 112,956,829 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $64.88 +0.18 0.28% 9,371,634 NYSE
DIS $37.35 +0.23 0.62% 7,495,024 NYSE
DuPont DD $48.64 +0.29 0.6% 6,216,289 NYSE
Exxon XOM $71.44 +0.11 0.15% 18,170,651 NYSE
GE $16.675 +0.375 2.3% 73,878,751 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $43.108 +0.538 1.26% 15,667,651 NYSE
Home Depot HD $33.35 +1.74 5.5% 24,441,807 NYSE
Intel INTC $21.7 +0.22 1.02% 47,118,084 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $145.25 +0.84 0.58% 4,679,152 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $39.27 +1.12 2.94% 37,408,891 NYSE
JNJ $62.6099 +0.1899 0.3% 9,044,829 NYSE
Kraft KFT $30.425 -0.205 0.67% 9,321,531 NYSE
MCD $79.25 -0.04 0.05% 4,322,935 NYSE
Merck MRK $35.235 +0.175 0.5% 12,834,753 NYSE
MSFT $26.89 +0.85 3.26% 91,231,458 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $16.69 -0.0115 0.07% 29,722,302 NYSE
PG $62.36 +0.21 0.34% 7,714,195 NYSE
3M MMM $86.51 +0.46 0.53% 4,065,724 NYSE
Travelers TRV $55.11 +0.22 0.4% 4,112,164 NYSE
United Technolgies UTX $78.71 +0.45 0.58% 4,567,266 NYSE
Verizon VZ $32.74 +0.39 1.21% 19,594,583 DualListed
Walmart WMT $54.75 +0.05 0.09% 11,283,032 NYSE





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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog.

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

Dow:The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 11,255.78 up 249.76 points or 2.27% from Tuesday's close of 11,006.02. For the year the Dow is up 7.94%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 30 gained and 0 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was UTX United Technologies NYSE and percentage-wise was HD Home Depot NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Dow soars 249.76 in a relief rally" by Jonathan Cheng says Globalfin'l markets rebounded on Wed as soothing news out of China, Europe & the US restored confidence in the world's economic recovery and bought temporary relief to fears about a debt contagion in the euro zone.

Fin Times p28 "S&P 500 records biggest one day gain in 3 months" by Hannah Kurchler says energy & materials stocks led a broad based rally after strong economic data out of the US & China combined with fading concerns about eurozone debt.

NYT pB7 "Shares soar on signs of global growth" by Chris Hauser says stocks surged on Wed as investors temporarily put aside worries over Europe's debt crisis & focused on signs of global economic growth, particularly in the US and Asia.

USA Today p1B "Stocks start Dec with rally" by Adam Shell says stocks soared on the first day of Dec, raising hopes that the final month of the year will live up to its reputation as the best month for stock performance.

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 is 14.35 (year ago it was 18.13); the P/E estimate is 12.95 unchanged from Wednesday's 12.95 (year ago it was 16.04) and the dividend yield is 2.54 (last year it was 2.65). 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 1,487.22. 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 for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. 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 $49.57 up from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $42.58 (HPQ/AXP) up 0.30 from Tuesday's closing median price. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC 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 $3,300 ($148,722 - 145,422)

MarketWatch Wednesday 12/1/10 was not reported.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and news (all components were up):


AT&T T $28.28 0.49 1.76% 23,578,867 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "FCC chief backs metered broadband" by AmySchatz says FCC Chair Julius Genachowski endorsed the idea that broadband providers could charge extra for providing heavy Internet uses with daa heavy services which is what AT&T wants.

AA $13.57 0.445 3.39% 21,578,718 NYSE

AXP $44.3 1.08 2.5% 15,222,935 NYSE

Bank of Am BAC $11.29 0.34 3.11% 289,105,761 NYSE: Fin Times p1 "Europe's banks tapped Fed" by Robin Harding, WSJ pC2 "Wall Street got a lifeline" by Liz Rappaport say data released Wed by the Fed show how much firms like Goldman, Morgan Sanley, Bank of America and others received money from the Fed Res during the credit crisis. Related story next to it by Dan Maxey says 9 of 10 funds borrowed money to keep from breaking the buck including JPMorgan.

BA $65.72 1.95 3.06% 7,515,183 NYSE
CAT $87.45 2.85 3.37% 8,858,542 NYSE
CVX $82.7 1.73 2.14% 10,628,716 NYSE
CSCO $19.32 0.16 0.84% 79,322,759 NASDAQ-GS
KO $64.7 1.53 2.42% 10,474,591 NYSE

DIS $37.12 0.61 1.67% 15,008,741 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Huluopen to new invstors to expand abroad" by Jessica Vascellaro says Hulu which is owned by Disney, GE's NBC Universal & News Corp wants to expand its online video service internatiionally and would be willing to take on new investors per jason Kilar its CEO.

DD $48.35 1.36 2.89% 8,057,729 NYSE
XOM $71.33 1.77 2.54% 26,579,683 NYSE

GE $16.3 0.47 2.97% 68,945,167 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "Wall Street got a lifeline" by Liz Rappaport says daa released Wed by the Fed show how much firms like Goldman, Morgan Sanley, Bank of America and others received money from the Fed Res during the credit crisis. Related story next to it by Dan Maxey says 9 of 10 funds borrowed money to keep from breaking the buck including JPMorgan. Related story at pC12 "Moral of Fed's $3.3 trillion story" by David Reilly says the Fed propped up industrial firms as well such a GE, Harley Davidson and Verizon.

HPQ $42.57 0.64 1.53% 20,673,741 NYSE
HD $31.61 1.40 4.63% 17,100,445 NYSE
INTC $21.48 0.3225 1.52% 52,939,209 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $144.41 2.95 2.09% 6,825,774 NYSE

JPMorgan JPM $38.15 0.75 2.01% 33,157,135 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "Wall Street got a lifeline" by Liz Rappaport says daa released Wed by the Fed show how much firms like Goldman, Morgan Sanley, Bank of America and others received money from the Fed Res during the credit crisis. Related story next to it by Dan Maxey says 9 of 10 funds borrowed money to keep from breaking the buck including JPMorgan. Related story at pC12 "Moral of Fed's $3.3 trillion story" by David Reilly says the Fed propped up industrial firms as well such a GE, Harley Davidson and Verizon.

JNJ $62.42 0.87 1.41% 15,364,681 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "J&J to leave open terms for acquiring Dutch biotech" by Anna Van der Meulen says Johnson & Johnson said it plans to proceed with its $2.27 purchase of Dutch biotech firm Crucell NV.

KFT $30.63 0.38 1.26% 8,651,692 NYSE

MCD $79.29 0.99 1.26% 5,331,781 NYSE: Fin Times p9 "Grant helped to provide skills training for McDonald's" by Andrew Ward says McDonald's receives training subsidies from the European Social Funds because its workforce includes a large number of women, immigrants and people with disabilities.

MRK $35.06 0.59 1.71% 33,120,243 NYSE
MSFT $26.04 0.7825 3.1% 74,123,490 NASDAQ-GS
PFE $16.7015 0.4015 2.46% 44,853,475 NYSE
PG $62.15 1.08 1.77% 11,599,218 NYSE
TRV $54.89 0.90 1.67% 6,000,297 NYSE
MMM $86.05 2.07 2.46% 5,152,365 NYSE
UTX $78.26 2.99 3.97% 7,948,600 NYSE

Verizon VZ $32.35 0.34 1.06% 14,718,375 DualListed: WSJpB7 "Verizon sets 4G prices" by Roger Cheng says Verizon will charge less for its 4G network than for some 3G plans and will offer a $50 a monthl4G plan for 5 megabytes of data.

WSJ pC2 "Wall Street got a lifeline" by Liz Rappaport says daa released Wed by the Fed show how much firms like Goldman, Morgan Sanley, Bank of America and others received money from the Fed Res during the credit crisis. Related story next to it by Dan Maxey says 9 of 10 funds borrowed money to keep from breaking the buck including JPMorgan. Related story at pC12 "Moral of Fed's $3.3 trillion story" by David Reilly says the Fed propped up industrial firms as well such a GE, Harley Davidson and Verizon.

Walmart WMT $54.7 0.61 1.13% 17,883,267 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Retailers fight to escape conflict minerals law" by Jessica Holzer says Walmart and others are battlign to limit a new fed law that could force them to report whether their store brand goods contain minerals from war torn Central Africa such as tin, tantalum, tungsten & gold.

WSJ pC1 "How pricing could take bite out of Kroger" by John Jannarone says Walmart sells grocers for 15 to 20% less than conventional orcers and Walmart's competing grocery products will increase 5% to 7% annually over the next few years compared with 3% for the overall grocery industry.

Fin Times p17 "Walmart slims down for China"by Jonathan Birchall says Walmart is launching a push to reach lower income and rural consumers in China with a new compact hypermarket format originally developed in its Latin American markets.


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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 Leo Apotheker (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 Kenneth Frazer 1/1/11 replaces 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 10/24/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $338 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 219.5 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 196.5 [3.5]
4. Procter & Gamble PG 180 [3]
5. IBM 176 [1]
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176 [3]
7. GE 171.5 [10.5]
8. Chevron CVX 170 [2]
9. AT&T T 167 [6]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 149 [4]
11. Coke KO 142 [2.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 140 [8]
13. Cisco CSCO 134 [6]
14. Bank of America BAC 115 [10]
15. Merck MRK 114 [3]
16. Intel INTC 110.5 [5.5]
17. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 97 [2.5]
18. Verizon VZ 95 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 83.5 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]
21. Disney DIS 67 [2]
22. 3M MMM 64.5 [.5]
23. Kraft KFT 55.5 [2]
24. Home Depot 52.5 [1.5]
25. Boeing BA 52 [1]
26. Caterpillar CAT 49 [.5]
27. American Express AXP 47 [1]
28. DuPont DD 42.5 [1]
29. Travelers 26 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 13 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 10/24/10 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: 10/21/10 & 10/10/10 2 8K's re: 3Q earnings of $2.08 per share
10/1/10 8K re: settlement with IRS to pay $300 mil re: '08 tax returns
9/3/10 8K re: increasing Board from 12 to 13 & election of Matthew K. Rose as director
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

Alcoa AA: 10/22/10 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings conference
10/8/10 8K re: 3Q results
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

American Express AXP: 10/21/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics
10/4/10 8K re: antitrust lawsuit filed by US Dept. of Justice accusing Amex of forcing merchants not to use competitors' services
9/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats
9/15/10 8K re: changes to certain credit cards
8/16/10 2 8Ks re: delinquency and write-off statistics

Bank of Am BAC: 10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares
10/19/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/8/10 8K re: extension of BofA's review of foreclosures in all 50 states
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: by-law amendments

Boeing BA: 10/10/10 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/10/10 8K re: 3Q results of $1.12 per share
8/27/10 8K re: delay of delivery of first 787 to mid 1Q '11 due to Rolls Royce Engine supply problems

Caterpiller CAT: 10/21/10 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/21/10 8K re: 3Q results
9/30/10 8K re: change of prices
9/21/10 8K re: credit facility
9/17/10 8K re: dealer stats

Chevron CVX: 10/12/10 *K re: 3Q fin'l update
9/30/10 8K re: bylaws amendments
8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results

Cisco CSCO 9/28/10 Def. Proxy materials
9/22/10 8K re: stock trading plans for directors
9/21/10 10K for year ended 7/31/10
9/16/10 8K re: award of employee stock options
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

Coke KO 10/19/10 8K re: 3Q fin'l results
10/5/10 8K re: completion of buyout of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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: 10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm
10/3/10 8K re: 3Q earnings'9/28/10 8K re: NBC Universal offer to sell notes in a private placement
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Aptheker as Pres/CEO
9/28/10 8K re: outlook for fiscal year '11
9/20/10 8K re: resolving litigation against ex-CEO mark Hurd
9/13/10 8K re: sale of Global Notes
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

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

Intel INTC: 10/13/10 & 10/12/10 2 8Ks re: results for 3Q ended 9/25/10
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.

IBM:10/19/10 & 10/18/10 2 8Ks re: results for 3Q ended 9/30/10
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

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results
10/13/10 8K re: 3Q results of $1.01 per share
9/15/10 8K re: presentation to a US fin'l services investor conference
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/19/10 8K re: results for 3Q ended 10/3/10
10/6/10 SC TO-C re: tender offer to buy Crucell N.V.
10/1/10 8K re; completion of acquisition of Micrus Endovascular Corp.
9/16/10 re: retirement of Colleen Goggins, Worldwide Chair of Consumer Group
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: 10/6/10 & 9/20/10 2 8Ks re: buyback of 5.125% Cadbury Notes due '13
9/15/10 8K re: new global growth strategy
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: 10/21/10 8K re: 3Q earnings rise 12%
9/24/10 8K re: dividend increase of 11% to 0.61 per share
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

Merck MRK:10/14/10 8K re: status of Remicade & Simponi arbitration
9/7/10 8K re: arbitration re: Merck'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.

Microsoft MSFT: 10/22; 10/12; 10/14; 10/1 & 9/30/10 Proxy Statement materials re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held on 11/16/10 at 8am at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue WA
9/27/10 8K re: sale of notes
9/13/10 8K re: resignation of Stephen Elop as Pres. of Microsoft Bus. Div. to become CEO of Nokia
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:10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's pruchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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: 10/14/10 8K re: voting results from 10/12/10 Annual Shareholders Meeting
10/12/10 8K re: dividend of 0.4818 cents per share
10/12/10 8K re: CEO's address at Annual Shareholders Meeting
8/27/10 Proxy Stmt re: Annual Shareholder 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.

3M MMM:10/8/10 SC TO-T/A re: tender offer statement re: Cogent offer
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:10/21/10 8K & 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30/10
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

United Technologies UTX:10/20/10 8K re: 3Q results
9/24/10 8K re: departure of certain officers
8/31/10 8K re: redemption of 6.35% Notes due '11
8/19/10 8K re: departure of EVP Ari Bousbib to become CEO of IMS Health
7/26/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results5/27/10 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.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/22/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/18/10 8K re: in'l info re: divestitures relating to 1/09 acquisition of Alltel Corp.
9/20/10 8K re: appointment of Verizon Wireless Pres/CEO Lowell C. McAdams as Pres/COO of Verizon Communications effective 10/1/10
9/13/10 8K re: retirement of John F. Killian as CFO
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.

WalMart WMT:10/22/10 8K re: issuance of Notes due 2013
9/29/10 8K re: election of Charles Holley as CFO
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 Edwardo Castro-Wright as CEO for global.com & William S. Simon as CEO of Walmart U.S.
6/9/10 8K re: results of 6/4 annual meeting of shareholders.