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Post No. 878 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 February 14, 2011.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,288.17 up 61.53 points or 0.5% from Tuesday's close of 12,226.64. For the year the Dow is up 6.51%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 23 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was JPMorgan JPM $47.94 +1.12 2.39% 44,067,911 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Walmart WMT $54.55 +0.40 0.73% 15,361,965 NYSE.

WSJ pC1 "Rally doubles the pleasure of S&P 500" by Jonathan Cheng says the S&P 500 rose 8.31 points to close at double its postcrisis low of 666.79 which it hit in March '09. The Dow is up 88% from its March 9, 2009 low. Wednesday's strength came from the materials and energy sectors, with JPMorgan and Hewlett Packard the biggest Dow gainers.

NYT pB11 "Shares rise on strong earnings reports" by AP says strong earnings results and another round of corporate deals pushed stocks higher on Wed.

Fin Times p26 "S&P 500 reinvigorated by tech strength & flurry of deal activity" by Micahel Stothard says US stocks bounced to 30 month highs after strong earnings from Dell and a spate of del activity in the retail & pharma sector.

USA Today p4B "Earnings, deal news give markets a lift" by Chip Cutter says stronge arnings results and another round of corp deals pushed stocks higher on Wed: Family Dollar is being bought by Peltz & Genzyme by Sanof-Aventis.

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 14.97 down from Wednesday's 14.97 (year ago it was 16.19); the P/E estimate is 12.81 unchanged from Wedneday's 12.81 (year ago it was 12.85), and the dividend yield is 2.37 up from Wednesday's 2.37 (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 1,623.63 up 8.13 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,615.50. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $54.12 up $0.27 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.85. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.47 (HPQ/JPM) up 1.06 from Tuesday's median closing price of $47.41. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $85.06 +0.13 0.15% 2,970,187 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14.84 .07 0.47% 131,720,160 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 $813 ($162,363 - $161,550)

MarketWatch Wednesday 2/16/11 4:19 by Jonathan Cheng says investors pushed the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to more than double from its financial-crisis low Wednesday after an encouraging package of corporate earnings and merger news. The S&P 500 mounted a broad-based rally to finish at 1336.32, up 8.31 points, or 0.63%, to more than two times its intraday low of 666.79 on March 6, 2009. The S&P 500 doubled at its quickest pace since 1936, when it took just 501 days to rocket up to 16.15, from 8.06, according to Birinyi Associates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 61.53 points, or 0.50%, to 12288.17, up 89.9% from its March 6, 2009 intraday low. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 21.21, or 0.76%, to 2825.56. The gains came despite a midday pullback after Israel's foreign minister warned that two Iranian warships crossing the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea were "provocations" that Israel couldn't ignore. With stock prices having doubled off the lows, the market capitalization of the S&P 500 is now about $12 trillion, compared with the $6.9 trillion during the selloff in early 2009. The S&P 500's market capitalization, which reflects shifts in membership and share counts, needs to rise only another 11% to set an all-time high, according to Standard & Poor's. "In less than two years, the S&P 500 has doubled, which is great for those people that were prudent enough to stay in, but they've got to be cautious about overconfidence--we know that corrections happen quite regularly," said Erik Davidson, managing director of investments at Wells Fargo Private Bank, who pointed to low readings on the CBOE Market Volatility Index known as the "fear gauge," as well as signs of higher-than-average bullishness among individual investors.
"When you're up 100% and you've got this irrational exuberance, the only thing we have to fear is the lack of fear--that's when you've got to be afraid, as with tech or housing or Japanese stocks before," Davidson said. "People are disappointed that they've missed out on the 100% rally, and people are jumping back in because things have gotten 'back to normal.' That's when you've got to start feeling afraid." Investors also were watching minutes from the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee, which showed officials more optimistic about the U.S. economic outlook, raising their growth outlook for 2011. Officials also expected inflation to stay muted and unemployment to remain high, which suggests the central bank will likely follow through with its quantitative-easing effort to support the economy. Wednesday's strength came from the materials and energy sectors, while J.P. Morgan Chase and Hewlett-Packard were the biggest gainers among the Dow components. J.P. Morgan gained $1.12, or 2.4%, to finish at $47.95 a share, while H-P added 1.00, or 2.1%, to close at 48.99. Providing the market with a boost was U.S. home construction, which rose 15% in January to the highest level since September. Producer prices also showed muted gains, which could temper inflation concerns. However, market watchers noted out that the housing gains were boosted by multifamily homes, a volatile slice of the housing market, while producer-price inflation was much higher than expected. On the corporate front, Genzyme gained 80 cents, or 1.1%, to 75.10 after agreeing to the terms of a long-awaited takeover by French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis. Sanofi will pay $20.1 billion along with a series of milestone payments based on the performance of certain drugs. Genzyme separately reported stronger earnings, sales and margins in the fourth quarter. Sanofi gained 3.5% in Paris. Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores surged 9.29, or 21%, to 53.25 after the company said it received an unsolicited takeover bid from Trian Group valued at between $55 and $60 a share. In earnings news, Dell jumped 1.65, or 12%, to 15.56 after the computer maker reported a surge in profits, thanks to strong demand from corporate customers and lower component costs. Deere gained 2.24, or 2.4%, to 95.86 after fiscal first-quarter earnings more than doubled, helped by agricultural-equipment sales in the U.S. and Canada. Abercrombie & Fitch surged 4.05, or 7.6%, to 57.46 after fiscal fourth-quarter profits jumped 95%, topping expectations, as the teen retailer reported higher international and direct-to-consumer revenue. Sales began to recover in 2010 from poor year-earlier results, partly driven by international sales. Comcast gained 97 cents, or 4%, to 25.13 after beating consensus estimates on profits and revenue, while also increasing its annual dividend and speeding up its share buyback plan. The Philadelphia cable company reported a 6.6% increase in fourth-quarter earnings after recently completing its deal to acquire a majority stake in NBC Universal. Borders Group was suspended from trading after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announcing it would close about 30% of it stores nationwide in coming weeks. Borders shares have fallen 75% this year, and last traded at 23 cents. The dollar edged lower, while oil rose to add 0.8% after the Iranian news. Gold edged higher, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged up to 3.625%.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's News:


AT&T T $28.3 +0.06 0.21% 22,548,978 NYSE: WSJ pD1 "Atrix 4G: faux laptop itha phone for brains" by Walter Mssoberg says the new Atrix 4G is an Andorid device that will cost $200 with a 2 year contract, will run on AT&T and be out by March 6. It has an unusual and clever accessory called the laptop dock with an 11.6 inch screen, full keyboard, touch pad and stereo speaker and is dormant until you plug the Arix into. Overall it is a "very nice" phone with a limited version of a laptop.

Alcoa AA $17.59 +0.19 1.09% 19,726,467 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $46.86 +0.67 1.45% 6,905,314 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $72.48 +1.08 1.51% 4,406,197 NYSE: NYT pB1 "House votes to end alternate jet engine program" by Christopher Drew, WSJ pA4 "House shoots down Boehner-backed project" by Janet Hook say the House of Reps killed a military jet engine project that would have spent $450 mil to develop a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being developed by GE and Rolls-Royce. United Technology's Pratt-Whitney unit is already building the other engine in Ct.

Bank of America BAC $14.84 .07 0.47% 131,720,160 NYSE: Fin Times p17 "BofA deal with Eurasia Group on risk analysis" by Justin Baer says Bank of America has struck a deal with Eurasia Group to deliver the political risk consultancy's analysis to clients and develop investment portfolios based on its opinion on geopolitical events.

Caterpillar CAT $103.55 +0.55 0.53% 4,812,047 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $96.66 +0.32 0.33% 6,695,478 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $18.58 -0.09 0.48% 100,729,742 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $63.4 +0.21 0.33% 6,400,715 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Tropicana swaps carton for carafe" by Mike Esterl says Pepsi is ditching the 59 oz cardboard cartons holding its flagship Tropicana Pure Premium juices and replacing them with clear plastic carafes that resemble Coke's upstart Simply juice brand. Simply has been picking up market share since Coke launched it in '01 to compete against Tropicana, the long time market leader for not from concentrate orange juice. Coke filed a pending lawsuit vs Pepsi last year after Pepsico started using plastic, see through carafes for Trop50.

Disney DIS $43.7 +0.61 1.42% 7,803,493 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $54.67 +0.56 1.03% 7,159,950 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $83.69 +0.72 0.87% 16,434,576 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $21.44 -0.02 0.09% 38,536,262 NYSE: NYT pB1 "House votes to end alternate jet engine program" by Christopher Drew, WSJ pA4 "House shoots down Boehner-backed project" by Janet Hook say the House of Reps killed a military jet engine project that would have spent $450 mil to develop a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being developed by GE and Rolls-Royce. United Technology's Pratt-Whitney unit is already building the other engine in Ct.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.99 +1 2.08% 14,880,424 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Rally doubles the pleasure of S&P 500" by Jonathan Cheng says the S&P 500 rose 8.31 points to close at double its postcrisis low of 666.79 which it hit in March '09. The Dow is up 88% from its March 9, 2009 low. Wednesday's strength came from the materials and energy sectors, with JPMorgan and Hewlett Packard the biggest Dow gainers.

NYT pB9 "A Hewlett-Packard tablet, with some Palm inside" by Damon Darlin says Hewlett-packard announced that it would make a tablet computer, the Touchpad, running on the webOS operating system it got when it bought Palm 2 years ago.

Home Depot HD $37.86 +0.17 0.45% 6,720,753 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.75 +0.30 1.4% 54,214,645 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $163.4 +0.56 0.34% 3,155,850 NYSE: AJC pA11 "Machine eats men on Jeopardy" by John Markoff, WSJ pA19 "When computers beat humans on Jeopardy" by Ray Kurzweil say the machine won.

JPMorgan JPM $47.94 +1.12 2.39% 44,067,911 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "What JPMOrgan knew about Madoff fraud" by Dan Fitzpatrick says JPMorgan CEO wasn't told about a formal report that raised suspicions about Madoff but he did know about JPM's decision in '08 to pull money from many hedge funds including Madoff-related ones.

WSJ pC1 "Rally doubles the pleasure of S&P 500" by Jonathan Cheng says the S&P 500 rose 8.31 points to close at double its postcrisis low of 666.79 which it hit in March '09. The Dow is up 88% from its March 9, 2009 low. Wednesday's strength came from the materials and energy sectors, with JPMorgan and Hewlett Packard the biggest Dow gainers.

JNJ $60.52 -0.10 0.16% 9,266,106 NYSE: No mentions found.

KFT $30.8 +0.13 0.42% 11,912,249 NYSE: No mentions found.

MCD $76.02 -0.13 0.17% 3,999,113 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $32.96 +0.17 0.52% 13,844,475 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $27.02 +0.06 0.22% 70,362,286 NASDAQ-GS: Fin Times p14 "Nokia rivals prepare to pounce on market share" by Andrew Parker says Nokia's rivals will try to take market share from Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, as it embarks on the lengthy task of adopting Microsoft's smartphone operating system.

Pfizer PFE $19.28 +0.23 1.21% 36,842,960 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $63.76 -0.16 0.25% 9,800,398 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $92.33 +0.33 0.36% 3,889,128 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $59.46 +0.11 0.19% 3,576,041 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $85.06 +0.13 0.15% 2,970,187 NYSE: NYT pB1 "House votes to end alternate jet engine program" by Christopher Drew, WSJ pA4 "House shoots down Boehner-backed project" by Janet Hook say the House of Reps killed a military jet engine project that would have spent $450 mil to develop a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being developed by GE and Rolls-Royce. United Technology's Pratt-Whitney unit is already building the other engine in Ct.

Verizon VZ $36.17 -0.29 0.8% 17,755,994 DualListed: WSJ pB7 "GOP attacks Internet rules" by Amy Schatz says Verizon and MetroPCS have both sued to overturn the new regs for broadband Internet lines.

Walmart WMT $54.55 +0.40 0.73% 15,361,965 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 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 2/14/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $428 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 258.5 [4]
3. GE 229 [10.5]
4. Microsoft MSFT 233 [8.5]
5. IBM 203 [1]
6. WalMart WMT 195 [3.5]
7. Chevron CVX 195 [2]
8. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182 [4]
9. AT&T T 169 [6]
10. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 166.5 [3]
11. Pfizer PFE 152.5 [8]
12. Bank of America BAC 150 [10]
13. Coke KO 146.5 [2.5]
14. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
15. Verizon VZ 106.5 [3]
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 105 [2]
17. Cisco CSCO 104 [5.5]
18. Merck MRK 101 [3]
19. Disney DIS 82 [2]
20. McDonald's MCD 80.5 [1]
21. United Technologies UTX 78.5 [1]
22. 3M MMM 65.5 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 65.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 61.5 [1.5]
25. American Express AXP 56 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 53 [1]
28. DuPont DD 50 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 18 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy SEC filings as of 2/14/11:

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

AT&T T: 1/27/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/13/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
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

Alcoa AA: 2/11/11 8K re: resignation of Carlos Ghosen, CEO of Nissan, from Board of Directors
2/3/11 8K re: FD disclosaure re: flat rolled growth opport'ties in Europe
1/25/11 & 1/21/11 8Ks re: contributions to pension plan
1/13/11 8K re: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/11/11 8K re: 4Q results
12/8 8K Olivier Jarrault named Pres. Alcoa Engineered Products
11/30/11 8K re: pesonnel changes in management

American Express AXP: 1/18/11 8K re: comp to CEO Chanault
1/24/11 & 1/19/11 8K re 4Q results
1/18/11 8K re: write-off statistics for quarter ending 12/31/10
12/16/11 8K re acquisition of Loyalty Partner

Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/11 8K re: compensation of officers
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/3/11 8K re: Agreement with Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to repurchase $3 bil of loan to settle Countrywide dispute

Boeing BA: 2/9/11 10K & 1/26/11 8K re: 12/31/10 results & FY 2011 guidance
1/11/11 8K re: resignation of William M. Daley from Board to be Chief of Staff to Pres. Obama
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: 1/27/11 8K re 12/10 deale statistics
1/27/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY ended 2010
1/21/11 8K re: stocholders approval of acquisition of Bu8cyrus Int'l Inc.
1/20/11 8K re: Justice Dept. request for Hart-Scott-Rodino iinfo re: Bucyrus purchase
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

Chevron CVX: 2/1 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO John Watson
1/28/11 & 1/11/11 8K re 4Q results

Cisco CSCO 2/9/11 8K 2Q results
1/31/11 8K re: agreement re: issuance of $3 bil of commercial paper
12/17/10 8K re: pre-arranged exec stock trading plan

Coke KO 2/9/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY 2010
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

Disney DIS 2/8/11 10Q & 2/8/11 8K re: 1Q results
1/28/11 Proxy statement for annual sahreholder meeting to be held 3/23/11 at Salt Lake City, Utah
12/14/10 8K re: issuance of $5 bil of Notes
11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10

DuPont DD: 2/8/11 10K re FY 12/31/10
1/27/11 8K re: compensation for CEO Ellen Kullman
1/25/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 12/31/10
1/12/11 8K re: acquisition of Danish firm, Danisco
12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L. Keefer as EVP

ExxonMobil XOM: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q and FY 2010 results
11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan

GE: 2/14/11 8K re: amendments to bylaws re: calling of special meetings of shareholders
1/31/11 8K re: closing of Comcast deal giving it control of NBC Universal
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q and FY '10 results
12/16/10 8K re: departure of Director Sir William M. Castell

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/1/11 Proxy statement re: 3/23/11 shareholders meeting
1/20/11 8K re: election of 5 new members to Board of Directors
12/15/11 10K re: FY 10/31/10
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: 1/12/11 8K re: promotion of Aaron Carmack as Pres. of Home Depot Canada
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: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q results & 2011 guidance
1/26/11 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
1/24/11 8K re: dividend and shre repurchase program (increase)
1/14/11 & 1/13/11 8Ks re: results of quarter ended 12/25/11 & 2011 guidance
1/10/11 8K re: patent agreement with NVIDIA Corp.
11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend

IBM: 1/28/11 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO Sam Palmisano
1/27/11 8K re: bylaw amendment re: holding of stockholder meetings
1/19/11 & 1/18/11 8K re: 4Q results and 12/31/10 FY
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

JPMorganChase JPM: 1/14/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/29/10 8K re: results of tender offer for 5.8% securities
12/22/11 8K re: purchase of 25 Bank St in Canary Wharf as London Investment banking headquarters
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results ending 1/2/11

Kraft KFT: 2/10/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/31/11 8K re: status of lawsuit with Starbucks
1/24/11 8K re: amendment to articles of incorproation to eliminate Class B common Stock and amendment to bylaws re: shareholder meetings
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

McDonalds MCD: 2/8/11 8K re: Jan 2011 global sales
2.7/11 8K re: election to the Board of Donald Thompson, Pres. & CEO
1/24/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
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

Merck MRK: 2/3/11 8K re: 4Q results
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

Microsoft MSFT: 2/8/11 8K re: underwriting agreement for $750 mil of 2.5% Notes due 2016
1/27/11 10 & 1/27/11 8K for quarter ended 12/31/10
11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 2/1/11 8K re: 4Q results & reduction of research & development facilities
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: 2/11/11 8K re: election of Meg Whitman to Baord of Directors
2/1/11 8K re: retirement of Blboal Health Vice-Chair Robert A. Steele
1/28/11 10Q & 1/27/11 8K re: 2Q results
1/11/11 8K re: quarterly dividend of $0.4818 per share
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

3M MMM: 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
12/7/10 8K 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: 1/28/11 8K re: departure of Blythe McGarvie from Board
1/25/11 8K results of 4Q
11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures
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

United Technologies UTX: 2/10/11 10K for FY 12/31/10
1/26/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/3/11 8K re: increase to stock repurchase program
1/27/11 Proxy statement & 8K re: proposed purchase of Terremark to boost cloud capacity
1/27/11 8K re: 2011 guidance
1/25/11 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/21/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
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

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