1/18/11 Tues pm Dow Closes at 11,837.93 up 50.55 or 0.43%

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Post No. 832 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 component's SEC filings as of January 10, 2011.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Tuesday at 11,837.93 up 50.55 points or 0.43% from Friday's close of 11,787.38. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 20 gained and 10 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing BA $72.47 +2.40 3.43% 9,575,424 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon VZ $34.36 -1.10 3.1% 41,947,103 Dual Listed.

As of the open of the market Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. The trailing P/E is 14.87 down from Friday's 14.88 (year ago it was 17.79); the P/E estimate is 12.75 down from Friday's 13.55 (year ago it was 13.65), and the dividend yield is 2.44 down from yesterday's 2.45 (last year it was 2.58). 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.

Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,564.14 up 6.69 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,557.45. 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 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.14 up $0.22 from Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $51.92. The median closing price of Tuesay's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $46.35 (HPQ/AXP) up $0.10 from Friday's median closing price of $46.25. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $88.14 +0.04 0.05% 2,295,491 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $15.-0.25 1.64% 196,604,899 NYSE.

If Tuesday 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 $668 ($156,414 - $155,746).

MarketWatch Tuesday 1/18/11 4:43 by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, after upbeat manufacturing data helped lift the energy and materials sectors, offsetting disappointing earnings from Citigroup Inc. and concerns about Apple Inc. “Given today’s resiliency in the face of Apple and Citi, the bulls are still in charge,” said Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,838, +50.55, +0.43%) rose 50.55 points, or 0.4%, to 11,837.93, with 20 of its 30 components higher. Boeing (BA 72.47, +2.40, +3.43%) led the blue chips, rising 3.4% after the company said it now expects to deliver its new 787 jet in the third quarter. Last week, the Dow finished its seventh straight week of gains. Monday’s advance once again led it to its highest level since mid-2008. U.S. financial markets were closed Monday. The S&P 500 (SPX 1,295, +1.78, +0.14%) gained 1.78 points to end at 1,295.02, with energy and materials the best performers of its 10 industry groups. Telecommunications fared the worst. Helping sentiment, a report released ahead of Wall Street’s start showed expansion in manufacturing this month in the New York region, with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s general economic index climbing to 11.9 from a revised 9.9 in December. Shares of iPod maker Apple (AAPL 346.19, +5.54, +1.63%) slumped 2.3% after news that Steve Jobs, its cofounder and chief executive, would be taking another medical leave. Apple released its earnings after Tuesday’s close. While Apple, with a market capitalization of $320 billion, is the second-largest company in the S&P 500, its weighting in the index amounts to a mere 2.72%, noted Mike O’Rourke, chief market strategist at BTIG LLC. The impact of Jobs’s medical leave was more readily apparent in the Nasdaq 100 (NDX 2,329, +5.36, +0.23%) , where Apple has a 20.7% weighting and has “fueled that index’s recovery to new, nearly decade-long highs last month,” O’Rourke said. “In a market placing a high degree of focus upon individual stocks, this represents the first test of 2011’s rising risk appetite,” the analyst noted.
The Nasdaq 100 (NDX 2,329, +5.36, +0.23%) edged up 0.2% to 2,328.79.
The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,766, +10.55, +0.38%) rose 10.55 points, or 0.4%, to 2,765.85. Advancing issues topped decliners by 8 to 7 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume topped 1.2 billion. On Tuesday, banking giant Citigroup (C 4.85, +0.05, +1.04%) reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed Wall Street’s expectations, while Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL 11.75, +0.05, +0.41%) also reported results that came up short. “The reports from Delta and Citigroup may bring some sense of reality to Wall Street, reminding investors that there will be some negative earnings surprises this quarter,” said Fred Dickson, chief investment strategist at Davidson Cos. Shares of Citigroup fell 6.4%, while those of Delta retreated 8.2%. Wall Street offered little reaction to the National Association of Home Builders’ report that its housing-market index held steady at 16 in January for a third consecutive month.
“We knew housing remains depressed in many areas of the country and thus the data are neither a surprise nor market moving,” said Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak.

Tuesday's Closing Dow Numbers:


AT&T T $28.33 -0.10 0.35% 31,127,136 NYSE
Alcoa AA $16.271 +0.301 1.88% 34,093,953 NYSE
Amex AXP $46.37 +0.12 0.26% 7,960,474 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $15 -0.25 1.64% 196,604,899 NYSE
Boeing BA $72.47 +2.40 3.43% 9,575,424 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $96.23 +2.22 2.36% 8,784,530 NYSE
Chevron CVX $93.35 +0.52 0.56% 7,688,982 NYSE
CSCO $21.215 +0.005 0.02% 45,981,005 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $63.48 +0.35 0.55% 8,112,221 NYSE
Disney DIS $39.39 0.10 0.25% 7,857,598 NYSE
DuPont DD $49.7 -0.10 0.2% 5,899,552 NYSE
Exxon XOM $78.71 +0.87 1.12% 23,785,150 NYSE
GE $18.6 -0.2175 1.16% 70,345,486 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $46.34 +0.09 0.19% 14,682,302 NYSE
Home Depot HD $36.02 +0.13 0.36% 10,727,168 NYSE
Intel INTC $21.0825 +0.0025 0.01% 54,940,447 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $150.65 0.65 +0.43% 8,941,631 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $44.75 -0.16 0.36% 45,896,436 NYSE
JNJ $62.1 -0.45 0.72% 13,865,947 NYSE
KFT $31.05 -0.29 0.93% 11,629,509 NYSE
MCD $74.68 +0.62 0.84% 11,182,696 NYSE
Merck MRK $33.87 -0.36 1.05% 58,798,809 NYSE
MSFT $28.66 +0.36 1.27% 53,141,931 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $18.38 +0.04 0.22% 31,232,491 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $65.5 -0.03 0.05% 12,359,849 NYSE
3M MMM $88.14 +0.04 0.05% 2,295,491 NYSE
Travelers TRV $54.67 +0.04 0.07% 2,541,372 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $79.57 +0.49 0.62% 3,767,288 NYSE
Verizon VZ $34.36 -1.10 3.1% 41,947,103 DualListed
Walmart WMT $55.14 +0.33 0.6% 10,501,050 NYSE




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The following are excerpts from Tuesday morning's Blog.



A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Barron's, & Saturday/Sunday's combined issues of each 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 Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 11,787.38 up 55.48 points or 0.47% from Thursday's close of 11,731.9. For the year the Dow is up 1.81%. For the week the Dow is up 112.62 or 0.96% from last Friday's close of 11,674.76. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 21 gained and 9 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's MCD $74.06 +1.39 1.91% 10,558,576 NYSE and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $46.25 +1.19 2.64% 10,490,736 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck MRK $34.23- 0.46 1.33% 41,594,243 NYSE.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,557.45 up 7.32 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,550.13. 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 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.92 up $0.25 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $51.67. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $46.25 (HPQ/AXP) down $0.09 from Thursday's median closing price of $45.36. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $88.1 +0.06 0.07% 2,089,290 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $15.25 +0.48 3.25% 281,237,861 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 $733 ($155,746 - $155,013).

MarketWatch Friday 1/14/11 4:17 by Nick Godt says U.S. stocks rose on Friday, and posted strong gains for the week, as easing concerns about European sovereign debt and upbeat earnings, including from JP Morgan Chase, fueled investor optimism. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,787, +55.40, +0.47%) rose 55.48 points, or 0.5%, to end at 11,787.38 on Friday. Blue-chip gains were led by a 3.3% gain in shares of Bank of America (BAC 15.25, +0.48, +3.25%) and a 2.6% advance in American Express (AXP 46.27, +0.02, +0.03%) . JP Morgan Chase (JPM 44.94, +0.03, +0.07%) rose 1% after its quarterly results topped expectations. For the week, the Dow industrials gained 1%. The S&P 500 index (SPX 1,293, +9.48, +0.74%) rose 9.48 points, or 0.7%, to 1,293.24 on Friday, led by a 1.7% gain in the financial sector. For the week, the broad index rose 1.7%. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,755, +20.01, +0.73%) gained 20 points, or 0.7%, to 2,755.30 on Friday. For the week, it gained 1.9%.


Friday's Closing Dow Numbers and Tuesday's News:

AT&T T $28.43 +0.35 1.25% 34,092,183 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $15.97 +0.22 1.4% 40,952,955 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "US firms see costs rise, hopes for sales to match" by John Shipman says Alcoa and others are forced to keep an acute focus on expenses as sales are down.

American Express AXP $46.25 +1.19 2.64% 10,490,736 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $15.25 +0.48 3.25% 281,237,861 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $70.07 +0.24 0.34% 4,529,879 NYSE: NYT pB3 "A big order lifts Airbus: by Jad Mouawad, WSJ pB1 "Airbus lands late deals to move ahead of Boeing" by Daniel Michaels say Airbus landed the first contract for an updated version of its A320 from Virgin America, helping push its '10 orders ahead of Boeing so Airbus now has 644 orders for $85 bil compared with Boeing's 625 aircraft orders worth $70 bil.

USA Today p1B "Boeing starts testing 787 again" says after test flights had been halted last fall an an inflight electrical fire forced an emergency landing Nov. 9.

Caterpillar CAT $94.01 -0.13 0.14% 4,567,382 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $92.83 +0.65 0.71% 5,517,614 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $21.21 +0.13 0.62% 34,989,039 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $63.13 -0.27 0.43% 6,280,596 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $39.29 +0.03 0.08% 5,197,705 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $49.8 +0.41 0.83% 4,453,102 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $77.84 +1.13 1.47% 23,173,386 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $18.8175 +0.2175 1.17% 42,008,836 NYSE: NYT pB1 "Trading tech for sale sin China" by David Barboza,WSJ pA13 "Aviation, energy deals are expected this week" by Bob Davis say GE is wrapping up a joint venture with a Chinese firm in he civilian avionics business.

WSJ pB1 "US near approving Comcast's NBC deal" by Amy Schatz says Fed regulators are about to approve Comcast's deal to acquire control of NBC Universal from GE.

WSJ pB2 Happening this week' says on Tues IBM reports earnings and GE on Fri.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $46.25 +0.60 1.31% 15,235,111 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $35.89 +0.62 1.76% 13,769,401 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.08 -0.21 0.99% 154,336,530 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $150 1.18 +0.79% 4,519,262 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "IBM ready for close up" by Spence Ante says IBM's CEO Sam Palmisano is making a big bet on a field called business analytics, which uses software to mine volumes of data to help make decisions.

WSJ pB2 Happening this week' says on Tues IBM reports earnings and GE on Fri.

JPMorgan JPM $44.91 +0.46 1.03% 86,737,279 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.55 -0.36 0.57% 11,219,273 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $31.34 -0.10 0.32% 5,989,866 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $74.06 +1.39 1.91% 10,558,576 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $34.23- 0.46 1.33% 41,594,243 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $28.3 +0.11 0.39% 61,785,095 NASDAQ-GS: Daily Rpt p6 "Google, Microsoft take bigger share of US search engine" by Bloomberg says Microsoft's share rose to 12% from 11.8 while Google's rose to 66.65.

Pfizer PFE $18.34 +0.12 0.66% 29,813,860 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $65.53 +0.05 0.08% 10,922,975 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $88.1 +0.06 0.07% 2,089,290 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $54.63 -0.04 0.07% 3,786,471 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $79.08 -0.42 0.53% 4,616,811 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $35.46 -0.34 0.95% 22,110,609 Dual Listed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $54.81 +0.02 0.04% 9,250,528 NYSE: Fin times p18 "Massmart shareholders approve Walmart offer" by Andrew England says Massmart, the S. African retailer, will sell a majority stake for $2.4 bil to Walmart as 97% of Massmart's shareholders approved it.
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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 Ian Read (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 1/10/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $378.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 241 [8.5]
3. GE 198 [10.5]
4. WalMart WMT 191.5 [3.5]
5. IBM 183.5 [1]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 182.5 [3]
7. Chevron CVX 182 [2]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 171 [3]
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 169.5 [4]
10. AT&T T 167.5 [6]
11. Coke KO 146 [2.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 146 [8]
13. Bank of America BAC 145 [10]
14. Intel INTC 115.5 [5.5]
15. Cisco CSCO 115.5 [5.5]
16. Merck MRK 115 [3]
17. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
18. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 98 [2]
19. McDonald's MCD 78 [1]
20. Disney DIS 74.5 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
22. 3M MMM 62 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 59.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 56.5 [1.5]
25. Kraft KFT 54.5 [2]
26. American Express AXP 53.5 [1]
27. Boeing BA 51 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 17 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K SEC filings as of 1/10/11:

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

AT&T T: 12/21/11 8K re: borrowing up to $8 bil
12/20/11 8K re: purchase of spectrum licenses from Walcomm
12/7/10 8K re: replacement of existing 5 year $9.4 bil revolving credit facility
12/1/10 8K re: redemption of all 7.8% notes due 3/1/11
11/5 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

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

American Express AXP: 12/16/11 8K re acquisition of Loyalty Partner, a marketing firm active in Germany, Poland & India
12/15/11 8K re; delinquency & write-off statistics through 10/31/10
11/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for period ending 10/31/10
11/3/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/2/10 8K re: changes to retirement plan for officers

Bank of Am BAC: 1/3/11 8K re: Agreement with Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to repurchase $3 bil of loan to settle Countrywide dispute
11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/5/10 8K re: status of Countrywide litigation
10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares

Boeing BA: 12/3/10 8K re: election o Ronald A. Williams to Board of Directors and the Audit & Finance Committees
11/16/10 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day revolving credit agreement

Caterpiller CAT: 12/16/10 8K re: Nov. dealer statistics
12/14/10 8K re: changes to By-laws re: holding of Board meetings
12/10/10 8K re: election of Jesse J. Greene, Jr. & Miles D. White to Board of Directors and Greene to the Audit Committee & White to Governance Committee
12/7/10 8K re: entering into bridge loan of up to $8.6 bil
11/18/10 8K re: status of acquisition of Bucyrus
11/18/10 8K 3 month dealer statistics
11/15/10 8K re: acquisition of Bucyrus for $8.6 bil to close mid '11
11/12/10 8K/A resignation of Gail D. Foster from Board of Directors
11/4/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

Chevron CVX:11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
10/29 8K re 3Q net income of $3.77 bil down from $3.83 bil for 3Q '09

Cisco CSCO 12/17/10 8K re: pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
11/23/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/30/10

Coke KO 12/15/10 8K re: expiration of tender offer for notes
12/15 & 12/9/10 8Ks re: election of Howard G. Buffett to Board of Directors & Public Issue & Diversity Relations Committees
11/23/10 8K re: result of cash tender offer for debt
11/18/10 8K re: completion of note offering
11/16/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen p. Black from Board to become Chancellor of NYC Schools
11/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/4/10 8K re tender offer for CCE debt
10/29/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/1/10

Disney DIS 12/14/10 8K re: issuance of $5 bil of Noes
11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10
11/12/10 8K re: results of 4Qtr earnings

DuPont DD: 12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L, Keefer as EVP
10/21/10 10Q for 3rd quarter ending 9/30/10
10/26/10 8K re 3Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan
11/16/10 10Q re 3Q results ending 9/30/10
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm

GE: 12/16/10 8K re: departure of Director Sir William M. Castell
11/3/10 10Q re 9/30/10 results

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/15/10 10K
12/2/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/22/10 8K re: 4Q results
10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Apotheker as Pres/CEO

Home Depot HD: 12/2/10 10Q re: results for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: update of fiscal year '10 guidance

Intel INTC: 11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend
11/2/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/25/10

IBM: 1/4/11 8K re: amendment of By-laws to decrease directors to 12
12/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement re: debt
12/6/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen Black from Board of Directors
10/26/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

JPMorganChase JPM: 12/13/10 8K re: termination of Replacement capital Covenants
10/28/10 8K/A re: amendment to replace capital covenants re: debt
10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 11/10/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10

Kraft KFT: 12/28/10 8K re: expiration & results of tender offer for notes
12/22/10 8K re: adoption of long term exec comp. program
212/13/10 28Ks re: status of tender offerfor notes
12/6/10 8K re: seeking preliminary injunction vs. Starbucks
11/30/10 8K re: arbitration with Starbucks'11/29/10 8K re: cash debt tender offer to holders of $1 bil of notes
11/8/10 8K re: status of agreement with Starbucks'
11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/4/10 8K re: 3Q results

McDonalds MCD: 12/20/10 8K re: departure and settlement re: Denis Hennequin as Pres. of MCD Europe
12/10 8K re: amendment of Cert. of Incorp re: designations of rights of preferred stock
12/9/10 8K re: global sales results
11/9/10 8K re: results of global sales results
11/5/10 8K re: resignation of Denis Hennequin as President of McDonald's Europe to be replaced by Steve Easterbook
11/5/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Merck MRK: 12/10/10 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '16
11/30/10 8K re: election of Kenneth C. Frazier a CEO with Richard T. Clark staying as Chair
11/8/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Microsoft MSFT: 11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 12/17/10 8K re: proposed settlement of shareholder derivative lawsuit in US Dist. Ct. SDNY
12/16/10 8K re: election of George A. Lorch as non-Exec Chair
12/9/10 8K re: resignation of Jeffrey B. Kindler as CEO & election of Ian C. Read as Pres/CEO
11/12/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10
11/2/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's purchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 12/14/10 8K re: election of Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 53, Chancellor of U of Cal. SF to Board
11/18/10 8K re: close of sale of $1 bil of 1.8% notes due '15
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10
10/27/10 8K re: results for quarter ending 9/30/10

3M MMM: 12/7/10 8K re: re: financial outlook for '11
11/5/10 10Q re: quarter ending 9/30/10'
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results of $6.9 bil sales

Travelers TRV: 11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures due '67
11/9/10 8K re: modification of rights of holders of 6.75% notes due '36
11/8/10 re: purchase of 43% of a Brazilian surety
11/8/10 8K & 11/5/10 8K re: amendment of consent solicitation of 6.75% notes
11/1/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for sale of notes
10/27/10 8K re: tender offer to holders of 6.25% due '67

United Technologies UTX: 12/10/10 8K re: election of Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO to Board of Directors
12/10/10 8K re: resignation of Carlos M. Gutierrez from Board
10/25/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/29/10 8K re: updated fin'l info re: divestiture of properties as a result of acquisition of Alltel Corp. in Jan '09
12/8/10 8K/A re: Board committee assignments of Rodney E. Slater
11/10/10 8K/A re: election of Lowell C. McAdam as Pres/COO & Francis J. Shammo EVP & CFO
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

WalMart WMT: 12/6/10 10Q for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: 3 Qtr EPS 0.95 cents and raising full year EPS guidance from $3.95 to $4.05