2/9/11 Wed am Dis Profit Up; McDonald's Post Strong Jan Sales; GECC to Sell $2 Bil 10 Year Bond

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Post No. 865 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.

A read of the print editions of Wednesday's Barron's, Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report - Ga. (carriers 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 Tuesday at 12,233.15 up 71.52 points or 0.59% from Monday's close of 12,161.63. For the year the Dow is up 5.66%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 24 gained, Hewlett-Packard was unchanged and 5 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was McDonald's MCD $75.36 +1.91 2.6% 11,846,838 NYSE and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $45.88 +1.06 2.37% 9,800,501 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Exxon XOM $82.98 -0.95 1.13% 17,463,426 NYSE.

WSJ pC5 "Dow touches 2 1/2 year highs" by Dona Yesalavich says the consumer sector led US stocks to fresh highs after McDonald's reported strong Jan sales. Stores open ore than a year rose to 5.3% in Jan from a year earlier, topping the 3.1% rise expected due to the diversity of its menu and the addition of oatmeal.

Fin Times p22 "McDonald's sales surge & small biz hopes push S&P higher" by Michael Stothard says McDonald's led gains for US equities as the wider markets edged up on news that small business confidence had risen to highest level in 3 years.

NYT pB10 "Shares post gains after China raises interest rates" by AP says athe Dow closed higher for the 7th straight day on Tues in the longest series of gains for the index since July. McDonald's was the biggest gainer of the Dow after saying jan sales were higher than expected.

USA Today p4B "Stocks add another positive trading day" by Bloomberg says stocks rose again Tues giving the Dow the longest winning streak since July as retail sales rebounded & as McDonald's rallied after reporting higher than estimated monthly results.

As of the open of the market Wednesday, 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 15.23 up from Tuesday's 15.14 (year ago it was 16.29); the P/E estimate is 12.64 unchanged from Tuesday's 12.64 (year ago it was 12.67), and the dividend yield is 2.36 down from Tuesday's 2.37 (last year it was 2.71). 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 1,616.35 up 9.44 from Monday's closing numerator of 1,606.91. 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 $53.88 up $0.32 from Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.56. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.01(HPQ/AXP) up 0.19 from Monday's median closing price of $46.82. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $83.88 +0.22 0.26% 2,563,373 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14.61 -0.06 0.41% 158,150,254 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 $944 ($161,636 - $160,691.

MarketWatch Tuesday 2/8/11 5:10 by Kate Gibson says US stocks on Tuesday extended multiyear highs, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up for a seventh session, after McDonald’s Corp. posted better-than-anticipated sales. ‘Investors have this burning desire to buy the dips right now, so they keep piling in on any sign of weakness.’ The Dow industrials (DJIA 12,233, +71.52, +0.59%) closed up 71.52 points, or 0.6%, at 12,233.15, the highest close since June 16, 2008. All but six of its 30 components tallied gains, led by McDonald’s Corp. (MCD 75.45, +0.09, +0.12%) . The fast-food giant’s shares rose 2.6% after it reported better-than-expected gains in sales in every part of the globe except the United States during January. The gain pushed the Dow’s daily winning streak to its longest in nearly seven months, since the seven-session stretch that ended July 14, 2010. Investors have increasingly focused on largely positive corporate results over the last week, overlooking uncertainty clouding Egypt’s leadership change and on Tuesday, China’s latest interest-rate hike to tamp down inflation. “If trends continue with the firms left to report, fourth-quarter 2010 could be the seventh consecutive quarter of earnings outperformance by 70% or more of companies,” noted William Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Financial Services Group. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX 1,325, +5.52, +0.42%) ended up 5.52 points, or 0.4%, to 1,324.57, the highest close since June 19, 2008. Consumer-discretionary shares fared the best and energy ranked the worst among its 10 industry groups. Breaking own the Verizon Wireless iPhone shows that it contains several changes, including an improved antenna design and a chip supplied by Qualcomm, according to IHS iSuppli. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP 2,797, +13.06, +0.47%) added 13.06 points, or 0.5%, to 2,797.05, the highest since November 6, 2007. “The market was weak early on because of China raising rates; we’re obviously worried about the implications for global economic growth,” said Michael Gibbs, director of equity strategy at Morgan Keegan, referring to the third interest-rate hike by China since mid-October. Read about latest move by the People’s Bank of China.For every two stocks that fell nearly two gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume hit 889 million shares. Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN 37.06, +1.95, +5.55%) shares gained 5.6%, Family Dollar Stores Inc. fdo (FDO 44.00, -0.01, -0.02%) added 5.2% and Starbucks Corp. (SBUX 32.88, -0.24, -0.74%) gained 2.4% -- all driving gains among retail stocks on the S&P 500. Treasury prices fell, sending yields sharply higher, after the government’s sale of $32 billion of three-year debt brought the lowest demand in more than three years from bidders including central banks. “The highest 3-year note yield since last May wasn’t enough to entice buyers, which is why I believe Treasuries across the curve sold off after the results were posted,” Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller Tabak, wrote in an email. “The average 30-year mortgage rate will be back above 5% tomorrow after touching 4.99% yesterday,” Boockvar wrote. Sapping energy stocks, crude-oil futures for March delivery (CLH11 87.45, +0.51, +0.59%) fell 54 cents to $86.94 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while April gold /quotes/comstock/21e!f:gc\j11 (GCJ11 1,363, -1.60, -0.12%) rose $15.90 to end at $1,364.10 an ounce, its highest close in nearly three weeks.

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


AT&T T $27.91 -0.05 0.18% 19,824,475 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Apple readies next iPad" by Yukari Kane says the new iPad will be thinner, add a camera, & have a faster processor and will initially be available through Verizon Wireless and AT&T. On Tues Dell said it will release later this year a 10 inch tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Hewlett-Packard is expected today to show off a tablet that runs the WebOS operating system it got along with Palm.

Alcoa AA $17.4+0.08 0.46% 20,063,707 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $45.88 +1.06 2.37% 9,800,501 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $14.61 -0.06 0.41% 158,150,254 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $72.71 +0.78 1.08% 4,083,856 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Defense mergers opposed by US" by Nathan Hodge says the Defense Dept wants to discourage potential consolidation among top tier defense contractors. Rumors flew last fall that Boeing was contemplating a merger with Northrop.

CAT $100.61 +0.14 0.14% 5,043,923 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $97.74 +0.08 0.08% 5,710,094 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $21.99 -0.04 0.18% 73,083,843 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC1 "Cisco struggles to rise above its air pockets" by Cari Tuna says Cisco reports 2Q results Wed may be falling behind the pack as analysts expect rev to increase just 4% from a year earlier. CEO John Chambers says Cisco faces weakness in sales to US state govs, a lukewarm European economic environment and market share losses in its set top box biz.

Coke KO $62.87 +0.35 0.56% 6,528,070 NYSE: No mentions found.

DIS $41.18 +0.24 0.59% 11,789,984 NYSE: NYT pB4 "Disney parks help drive gain in profit" by Brooks Barnes, WSJ pB3 "Ad rates, parks fuel Disney profit" by Ethan Smith, USAToday p1B "Earnings" say Walt Disney's profit for the 1Q ended1/1 surged 54% to $1.3 bil from $844 mil a year earlier or 68 cents a share up from 44 cents. Rev rose 10% to $10.7 bil due improved ad rate at ESPN partly due to Monday Night Football while Disney's movie studio saw flat sales. There was gorwing theme park attendance.

DuPont DD $53.71 +0.38 0.71% 7,835,835 NYSE: No mentions found. No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $82.98 -0.95 1.13% 17,463,426 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $21.28 +0.41 1.96% 54,879,888 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "GE Capital to sell $2 bil, 10 year bond" by Kellie Geressy-Nilsen says it will use the proceeds of this subordinated bond to bolser its balance sheet in anticipation of tighter capital requirements from regulators. It will probably have a premium of 1.625 over comparable Treasurys.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $48.14 unch unch 9,899,160 NYS: WSJ pB1 "Apple readies next iPad" by Yukari Kane says the new iPad will be thinner, add a camera, & have a faster processor and will initially be available through Verizon Wireless and AT&T. On Tues Dell said it will release later this year a 10 inch tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Hewlett-Packard is expected today to show off a tablet that runs the WebOS operating system it got along with Palm

Home Depot HD $37.16 +0.56 1.53% 6,123,927 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.635 -0.055 0.25% 48,197,583 NASDAQ-GS: Fin Times p13 "Pace of US equity buy backs picks up" by Telis Demos lists recent announcements of buy-backs and includes Pfizer on Feb 1 for $5 bil and Intel on Jan 24 for $10 bil.

IBM $166.05 +1.23 0.75% 5,612,093 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $45.74 +0.24 0.53% 28,600,342 NYSE: Fin Times p21 "JPMorgan to break long US absence from samurai issuance" by Linday Whipp says JPMOrgan will become the first bank to issue samurai bonds since Lehman collapsed in '08, aiding the recovery of the Japanese market.

JNJ $60.94 +0.07 0.11% 7,867,577 NYSE: Fin Times pB9 "Drugs companies have lost far more than their rude health" by John Kay says Pfizer's decision to close its research lab at Sandwich, England is seen as a setback for recovery in Britain. This story recounts Merck's problems that Merck had with its Vioxx and J&J's reputation being tarnished. It quotes George Merck who said that the "medicine is for the people. Its not for the profits". The article says that pharma firms care more about profit margins than innovative research.

KFT $31.13 +0.26 0.84% 9,266,981 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $75.36 +1.91 2.6% 11,846,838 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "McDonald's posts rise in same store sales" by Annie Gasparro, WSJ pC5 "Dow touches 2 1/2 year highs" by Dona Yesalavich say the consumer sector led US stocks to fresh highs after McDonald's reported strong Jan sales. Stores open ore than a year rose to 5.3% in Jan from a year earlier, topping the 3.1% rise expected due to the diversity of its menu and the addition of oatmeal.

Fin Times p22 "McDonald's sales surge & small biz hopes push S&P higher" by Michael Stothard says McDonald's led gains for US equities as the wider markets edged up on news that small business confidence had risen to highest level in 3 years.

NYT pB10 "Shares post gains after China raises interest rates" by AP says athe Dow closed higher for the 7th straight day on Tues in the longest series of gains for the index since July. McDonald's was the biggest gainer of the Dow after saying jan sales were higher than expected.

MRK $33.27 +0.27 0.82% 11,865,413 NYSE: Fin Times pB9 "Drugs companies have lost far more than their rude health" by John Kay says Pfizer's decision to close its research lab at Sandwich, England is seen as a setback for recovery in Britain. This story recounts Merck's problems that Merck had with its Vioxx and J&J's reputation being tarnished. It quotes George Merck who said that the "medicine is for the people. Its not for the profits". The article says that pharma firms care more about profit margins than innovative research.

MSFT $28.2825 +0.085 0.3% 34,904,106 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB1 "Apple readies next iPad" by Yukari Kane says the new iPad will be thinner, add a camera, & have a faster processor and will initially be available through Verizon Wireless and AT&T. On Tues Dell said it will release later this year a 10 inch tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Hewlett-Packard is expected today to show off a tablet that runs the WebOS operating system it got along with Palm

Pfizer PFE $19.16 +0.12 0.63% 25,219,687 NYSE: Fin Times p13 "Pace of US equity buy backs picks up" by Telis Demos lists recent announcements of buy-backs and includes Pfizer on Feb 1 for $5 bil and Intel on Jan 24 for $10 bil.

Fin Times pB9 "Drugs companies have lost far more than their rude health" by John Kay says Pfizer's decision to close its research lab at Sandwich, England is seen as a setback for recovery in Britain. This story recounts Merck's problems that Merck had with its Vioxx and J&J's reputation being tarnished. It quotes George Merck who said that the "medicine is for the people. Its not for the profits". The article says that pharma firms care more about profit margins than innovative research.

Procter & Gamble PG $64.64 +0.09 0.14% 8,193,003 NYSE: No mentions found.

MMM $89.47 +0.68 0.77% 2,707,939 NYSE: No mentions found.

TRV $57.88 0+.70 1.22% 2,885,966 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $83.88 +0.22 0.26% 2,563,373 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.34 +0.32 0.89% 11,868,063 DualListed: WSJ pB1 "Apple readies next iPad" by Yukari Kane says the new iPad will be thinner, add a camera, & have a faster processor and will initially be available through Verizon Wireless and AT&T. On Tues Dell said it will release later this year a 10 inch tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. Hewlett-Packard is expected today to show off a tablet that runs the WebOS operating system it got along with Palm

WMT $56.38 +0.31 0.55% 8,817,347 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 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