Monday, February 14, 2011

2/14/11 Mon am Boieng Displys New 747; Barron's Favor's IBM & McDonald's Hits Cisco, Johnson & Johnson

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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, the Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution * Daily Report (Ga) (carries Bloomberg) 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 12,273.26 up 43.97 points or 0.36% from Thursday's close of 12,229.29. For the week the Dow is up 181.11 points or %1.49% from last Friday's close of 12,092.15. For the year the Dow is up 6.01%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 19 gained and 11 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $103.54 +2.94 2.92% 6,406,336 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Boeing BA $72.14 -0.52 0.72% 4,069,217 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Monday, 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 15.03 up from Friday's 14.95 (year ago it was 16.36); the P/E estimate is 12.81 up from Friday's 12.64 (year ago it was 12.85), and the dividend yield is 2.35 down from Friday's 2.36 (last year it was 2.70). 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 1,621.66 up 5.81 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,615.85. 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 $54.06 up $0.20 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.86. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.70 (HPQ/AXP) up 0.14 from Thursday's median closing price of $47.56. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $85.2 +0.45 0.53% 2,909,962 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14. 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 $442 ($162,166 - $161,724)

MarketWatch Friday 2/11/11 4:54 by Kristina Peterson says US stocks climbed Friday, concluding a second-straight week of gains at fresh 2 1/2-year closing highs after the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak removed a layer of uncertainty from global markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 12,273, +43.97, +0.36%) rose 43.97 points, or 0.36%, to 12,273.26, its highest close since June 13, 2008. The measure rose 1.5% this week and posted its strongest two-week performance since June with a 3.8% jump over the period. U.S. stocks head into the new week on a positive footing, a trend that could be affected in coming days by data on retail sales, earnings news from the likes of Dell and CBS, along with further developments in Egypt's political upheaval. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,809, +18.99, +0.68%) rose 18.99, or 0.68%, to 2,809.44, its highest close since Nov. 6, 2007. It climbed 1.45% this week. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index (SPX 1,329, +7.28, +0.55%) added 7.28, or 0.55%, to 1,329.15, its highest close since June 19, 2008. It leapt 1.39% on the week. The gains came after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak succumbed to the demands of hundreds of thousands of his compatriots Friday and resigned from office, bringing to an end three decades of autocratic rule. The announcement was delivered by Vice President Omar Suleiman in a brief statement on state television. Mubarak delegated control of the country’s affairs to Egypt’s army, Suleiman said. “The market is excited about the fact that we’re getting closer to a resolution,” said Burt White, chief investment officer at LPL Financial. “It just kind of lowers the blood pressure of the market a little bit.” Still, investors noted that not all the uncertainty over the situation in Egypt has been removed. “It’s still not clear who’s going to be in power, what the regime’s going to look like,” Don Montanaro, chairman and CEO of TradeKing. He said investors are still awaiting clarity on some of those questions. Nevertheless, Montanaro said, investors using his company’s trading platform “are bullish and are more bullish than they’ve been for many quarters.” He said more new accounts being opened, more funds are being put into those accounts, and “we’re just seeing enthusiasm gradually and steadily picking up.” Financials led Friday’s ascent as stocks in mortgage insurers surged on a government proposal to shrink the size of the Federal Housing Administration, a government-run competitor to the private mortgage insurance industry. Genworth Financial Inc. (GNW 13.59, +0.57, +4.38%) jumped 4.4%, MGIC Investment Corp. (MTG 10.05, +0.00, +0.03%) surged 9.6% and PMI Group Inc. (PMI 3.34, +0.09, +2.77%) climbed 2.8%. Among other stocks in focus, Nokia Corp.’s (NOK 9.38, +0.02, +0.21%) U.S. shares tumbled 14% after the handset maker said it will adopt Windows Phone as its main smartphone platform, as part of a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT 27.27, +0.02, +0.07%). Nokia offered no projections for next year or new products, and said 2011 and 2012 are likely to be transition years. Microsoft slipped 0.9%. Shares of Ford Motor Co. (F 16.34, -0.04, -0.24%) rose 2.7% after the auto maker said it will cut its debt load by another $3 billion. In economic data, the U.S. trade gap widened in December, with the full-year trade gap registering its biggest percentage increase in 10 years on the back of a record shortfall in trade with China. Separately, the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer-sentiment reading for February edged up to 75.1, slightly better than the 75 expected by economists.

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

AT&T T $28.47 +0.23 0.81% 22,185,288 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Alcoa AA $17.37 +0.25 1.46% 21,804,428 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.75 +0.18 0.39% 6,586,347 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $14.77 +0.28 1.93% 155,593,822 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st. Bank of America is 93rd.

Boeing BA $72.14 -0.52 0.72% 4,069,217 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Boeing displays new 747" by Peter Sanders, USA Today p3B and p1B "Boeing unveiles stretch 747 jet" by Ben Mutzabaugh say Boeing unveiled the latest version of its 747 jumbo jet, hoping to win orders since it only has 2 airline customers. It is scheduled to make its first test flight in the spring and is 18 feet longer that then 747-100. First deliveries will be in the fall.

Caterpillar CAT $103.54 +2.94 2.92% 6,406,336 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $96.45 -0.25 0.26% 7,306,502 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Cisco CSCO $18.7 -0.22 1.16% 189,056,471 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p14 "Cisco must deliver on promises" by Michael Santoli says Cisco's CEO is in danger of losing his credibility becuase for a 2nd straight quarter, Cisco's results differed from the guidance and resulted in a sell off.

Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Barron's p23 "No big rush to Cisco, Nokia or Verizon iPHones" by Tiernan Rays pretty much what Barron's Santoli says about Chamber's in the first story cited and says demand for the new Verizon iPhone was lighter than expected and that on March 14 HP's CEEO Leop Apotheker first meets with analysts.

Coke KO $63.57 +0.03 0.05% 9,544,619 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Disney DIS $43.41 +0.10 0.23% 14,186,605 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

DuPont DD $54.58 +0.25 0.46% 7,155,760 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $82.82 -0.38 0.46% 15,984,307 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Barron's p34 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley Lazo says last week 3M hiked its quarterly dividend 5% to 55 cents a share from 52.5 cents, marking 53 consecutive eyars of enriched disbursements. Exxon's pays 44 cents and yields 2.12%.

GE $21.33 +0.06 0.28% 40,517,030 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.64 +0.10 0.21% 14,345,614 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Barron's p23 "No big rush to Cisco, Nokia or Verizon iPHones" by Tiernan Rays pretty much what Barron's Santoli says about Chamber's in the first story cited and says demand for the new Verizon iPhone was lighter than expected and that on March 14 HP's CEEO Leop Apotheker first meets with analysts.

Home Depot HD $37.48 +0.17 0.46% 10,047,616 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.76 -0.04 0.18% 43,691,732 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

IBM $163.85 -0.24 0.15% 5,180,940 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

JPMorgan Chase JPM $46.57 +1.04 2.28% 40,698,481 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "JPMorgan plans new media fund" by Anupreeta Das, NYT pB3 "JPMorgan aims fund at investing in Internet" by Michael J. de la Merced, say JPM plans to start a fund that owuld invest in Internet & digital media firms to ride the wave of investor interest in fast growing tech firms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Barron's "Week preview" p15 says onon Tues 2/15 JPMorgan will have an investor day and that JPM's stock typically rises 15% on average in the 2 months after the event.

Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $60.7 -0.23 0.38% 9,598,424 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Kraft KFT $30.66 -0.45 1.45% 23,762,150 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $76.14 +0.38 0.5% 4,594,662 NYSE: Brron's "Week Review" p12 says Nokia announced a broad strategic partnership with Microsoft.

Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Merck MRK $33.07 +0.03 0.09% 10,677,696 NYSE: Barron's p15 "RX: bust up big pharma" by Andrew Bary says most of the drug firms could benefit from breakups and says Pfizer and Merck are both breakup candidates.

Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Microsoft MSFT $27.25 -0.25 0.91% 83,883,234 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB1 "Nokia to get billions" by Nick Wingfield, USA Today p1B "Nokia CEO defends Microsoft deal" says Nokia will receive bilions of dollars in financial support from Microsoft to help develop and market smartphones using Microsoft's operating system.

Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Pfizer PFE $18.8275 -0.2025 1.06% 41,891,329 NYSE: Barron's p15 "RX: bust up big pharma" by Andrew Bary says most of the drug firms could benefit from breakups and says Pfizer and Merck are both breakup candidates.

Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Procter & Gamble PG $64.73 +0.15 0.23% 8,945,729 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

3M MMM $91.8 +1.34 1.48% 3,405,402 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Barron's p34 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley Lazo says last week 3M hiked its quarterly dividend 5% to 55 cents a share from 52.5 cents, marking 53 consecutive eyars of enriched disbursements. Exxon's pays 44 cents and yields 2.12%.

Travelers TRV $58.99 +0.53 0.91% 3,330,351 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $85.2 +0.45 0.53% 2,909,962 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Verizon VZ $36.39 -0.03 0.08% 16,056,066 Dual Listed: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

Barron's p23 "No big rush to Cisco, Nokia or Verizon iPHones" by Tiernan Rays pretty much what Barron's Santoli says about Chamber's in the first story cited and says demand for the new Verizon iPhone was lighter than expected and that on March 14 HP's CEEO Leop Apotheker first meets with analysts.

Walmart WMT $55.69 +0.10 0.18% 9,576,715 NYSE: Barron's p18 and Cover "The most respected companies" by Vito Racanelli says Apple tops their list followed by Amazon, Berkshire, IBM & McDonald's. Fallen after big missteps: Johnson & Johnson, BP and Toyota. IBM is 4th, Mcdonald's is 5th, 3M 7th, Coke is 8th, Procter & Gamble 10th, Exxon is 11th, Disney is 12th, JPMorgan is 14th, Cisco is 15th, United Technologies is 16th, Intel is 17th, Walmart is 18th, Microsoft is 22nd, Johnson & Johnson is 25th, Chevron is 26th, Merck is 41st, Verizon Communications is 45th GE is 48th, Hewlett-Packard is 59th, Pfizer is 64th, AT&T is 71st.

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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 (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