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Post No. 997 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, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of April 24, 2011 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 24, 2011.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times,Investor's Business Daily's, USA Today, New York Times, 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 12,810.54 up 47.23 or 0.37% from Thursday's close of 12,763.31. For the week the Dow was up 2.4% and for the month up 3.3%. For the year the Dow is up 10.65%. Of the 30 Dow components 18 gained, Kraft was unchanged and 11 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $115.45 +2.81 2.49% 11,144,174 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Microsoft MSFT $25.92 -0.79 2.96% 260,293,973 NASDAQ-GS.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks tack on gains in rising volume" by Paul Whitfield says stocks posted small gains Fri, wrapping up a second positive week in a row. Friday's action was up in higher volume with the current outlook being a confirmed uptrend. Caterpillar was the lead listed in "Leaders up in volume".

As of the open of the market Monday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of Monday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. The trailing P/E is 14.53 down from Friday's trailing P/E of 14.95 (year ago it was 16.21); the P/E estimate is 12.91 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.68 (year ago it was 13.95), and the dividend yield is 2.30 down from Friday's dividend yield of 2.31 (last year it was 2.48). 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 1,692.65 up 6.24 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,686.41. 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 $56.42 up 0.21 from Thursday's average closing price of $56.21. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.38 (AXP/JPM) up 0.19 from Thursday's median closing price of $47.19. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $63.28 +0.22 0.35% 2,444,231 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $12.3 -0.12 0.97% 66,096,631 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 $624 ($169,265 - $168,641).

MarketWatch Friday 4/29/11 4:16 pm by Carla Mozee says U.S. stocks rose Friday, and posted gains for the week and the month of April, with a climb in shares of Caterpillar Inc. helping to push the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 47.23 points, or 0.4%, higher to 12,810.54. For the week, the Dow rose 2.4% and finished April up 4%, its heftiest monthly rise since December. The S&P 500 Index closed Friday up 3.1 points, or 0.2%, at 1,363.61, with energy the best performer of the index's 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite on Friday edged up 1 point, or 0.04%, to 2,873.54. For the week, S&P 500 Index rose 2% and ended April up 2.9%. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.9% for the week, and posted a 3.3% rise in April.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers and Monday's News:
Closing Price & Change & % Change Volume

AT&T T $31.1 -0.27 0.86% 21,919,725 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $16.99 -0.10 0.59% 19,238,068 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $49.11 +0.59 1.22% 7,648,197 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $12.3 -0.12 0.97% 66,096,631 NYSE: Barron's p37 "the rusk to delay new fin'l rules" by Jim McTague says Morgan Stanley says Bank of America and JPMorgan are candidates to hit midteen ROE.

Boeing BA $79.75 +1.20 1.53% 7,510,425 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Hiring in the US still trails corp profit gains" by John Shipman says Caterpillar added 20,000 workers since April '10 but most of those, 12,000, were outside the US. During the recession in '09, Caterpillar cut over 10,000 US jobs. Since '08 1Q, earnings are up 33%. Boeing said it wold be hiring and growing employment during a 1Q earnings conference call last week.

Barron's p42 "Mailbag" is a letter from Matt Andersson, Pres of Indigo Aerospace who says Boeing could have problems in the future including competition from China and problems with the Dreamliner.

Barron's p14 "Week review" says Johnson & Johnson plans its biggest purchase, agreeing to buy Synthes, a maker of trauma treatment devices, for $21.3 bil. India rejected bids from Boeing & Lockheed Martin for $11 bil in warplanes, shortlisting France's Dassault & Eurofighter.

Caterpillar CAT $115.45 +2.81 2.49% 11,144,174 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Hiring in the US still trails corp profit gains" by John Shipman says Caterpillar added 20,000 workers since April '10 but most of those, 12,000, were outside the US. During the recession in '09, Caterpillar cut over 10,000 US jobs. Since '08 1Q, earnings are up 33%. Boeing said it wold be hiring and growing employment during a 1Q earnings conference call last week.

Barron's pM11 charts Caterpillar saying it posted a fivefold earnings gain on its way to its biggest yearly profit ever due to the global recovery.

Chevron CVX $109.44 +0.63 0.58% 5,289,727 NYSE: WSJ pB11 "Oil giant benefits from higher prices" by Tes Stynes, Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Higher oil fuels Chevron gains", Barron's pM2 "The trader" by Kopin Tan say profits rose 31% to $3.09 a share in q! vs a year ago topping analyst forecasts by 9 cents. Higher oil prices around the globe bolstered results, partly offset by lower natgas prices in US. Chevron's sales grew 25% to $60.34 bil above views. Thurs, Exxon reported Q1 EPS of $2.14, a 61% jump.

Cisco CSCO $17.52 +0.23 1.33% 101,823,409 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p11 "Needed: a chart to lue bulls" by Michael Santoli says Joel Greenblatt has a Website at www.magicformulainvesting.com which allows you to hunt for stocks based on value investing criteria, which largely rely on firms' return on capital.. Nearly half of the 30 highest ranked stocks there are tech names including Cisco & Hewlett-Packard.

Coke KO $67.46 +0.05 0.07% 5,963,114 NYSE: WSJ pC10 "Pepsi faces challenge on soda pricing" by John Jannarone says carbonated beverage volume for Coke and Pepsi peaked last decade and Americans may have decided too much soda isn't healthy.

Disney DIS $43.11 +0.09 0.21% 4,688,855 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Box office" says the number 5 movie through Sun was Disney which opened this weekend and sold $5.0 mil of tickets.

Barron's pM2 "The trader" by Kopin Tan says Disney reports earnings on May 10 and it earns 63% of its cash flow from cable networks, rules kids and sports fans and has a stellar balance sheet but with the stock at near all time highs, Disney looks fairly valued for now so he suggests selling call options.

duPont DD $56.78 +0.03 0.05% 4,783,222 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Danisco offer gets sweetened" by Flemming Emil Hansen says DuPont raised its effort to acquire Danisco to $6.64 bil, securing the backing of the Danish food ingredient and enzymes maker's key shareholders.

Exxon XOM $87.99 +0.65 0.74% 13,339,341 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Higher oil fuels Chevron gains", Barron's pM2 "The trader" by Kopin Tan say profits rose 31% to $3.09 a share in q! vs a year ago topping analyst forecasts by 9 cents. Higher oil prices around the globe bolstered results, partly offset by lower natgas prices in US. Chevron's sales grew 25% to $60.34 bil above views. Thurs, Exxon reported Q1 EPS of $2.14, a 61% jump.

GE $20.48 -0.12 0.58% 34,865,702 NYSE: Fin Times p16 "GE targets Latin America for growth" by Samantha Pearson says rev at GE's Latin American operations surged 30% in 1Q from the same period in '10 and should continue to climb as the growing region rushes to improve its infrastructure. Brazil is GE's largest market in latin America followed by Mexico.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $40.37 -0.16 0.39% 12,691,882 NYSE: Barron's p11 "Needed: a chart to lue bulls" by Michael Santoli says Joel Greenblatt has a Website at www.magicformulainvesting.com which allows you to hunt for stocks based on value investing criteria, which largely rely on firms' return on capital.. Nearly half of the 30 highest ranked stocks there are tech names including Cisco & Hewlett-Packard.

Home Depot HD $37.18 -0.29 0.77% 11,470,407 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $23.15 +0.35 1.54% 118,762,097 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's pM2 "The Trader" by Kopin Tan says the Dow was up 4% in April with Intel up in April 15% and Johnson & Johnson up 11%.

IBM $170.69 -0.09 0.05% 4,371,043 NYSE: Barron's p40 "Big hearted blue" by Shirley Lazo says IBM last tues said it will up investors' dividend take by $485 mil annually via a 15% increase in its quarterly common payout to 75 cents from 65 cents. IBM is up 18% so far this year setting a new 52 week high Fri. It is yielding only 1.7%.

JPMorgan JPM $45.64 -0.21 0.46% 20,581,504 NYSE: Barron's p37 "the rusk to delay new fin'l rules" by Jim McTague says Morgan Stanley says Bank of America and JPMorgan are candidates to hit midteen ROE.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.7001 +0.3201 0.49% 10,632,015 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Week review" says Johnson & Johnson plans its biggest purchase, agreeing to buy Synthes, a maker of trauma treatment devices, for $21.3 bil.

Barron's pM2 "The Trader" by Kopin Tan says the Dow was up 4% in April with Intel up in April 15% and Johnson & Johnson up 11%.

Kraft KFT $33.6 unch unch 8,015,889 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Happening this week", Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Thursday, May 5, Kraft reports quarterly results.

McDonald's MCD $78.28 +0.25 0.32% 3,699,672 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA16 "So where are the jobs again?" editorializes that McDonald's said it received a mil applications across the US for 62,000 low skill jobs and asks that does that say about the state of job creation n US?

Merck MRK $35.9309 +0.1609 0.45% 17,214,148 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $25.92 -0.79 2.96% 260,293,973 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $20.98 +0.15 0.72% 38,325,636 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Lie beyond Lipitor for Pfizer chief" by Jonathan Rockoff says Pfizer is on the verge of losing patent protection for Lipitor which sold $10.7 bil of the $67.8 bil sales last year. The article is an interview with CEO Ian Read.

Procter & Gamble PG $64.9 +0.40 0.62% 13,104,055 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $97.21 -0.02 0.02% 3,040,929 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $63.28 +0.22 0.35% 2,444,231 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $89.58 +0.57 0.64% 3,453,443 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $37.78 -0.49 1.28% 13,013,515 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $54.98 +0.29 0.53% 9,643,466 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. (Chicago, 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 as of 4/24/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $428 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 253.5 [4]
3. Chevron CVX 217.5 [2]
4. Microsoft MSFT 214.5 [8.5]
5. GE 212 [10.5]
6. IBM 205 [1]
7. WalMart WMT 187 [3.5]
8. AT&T T 181.5 [6]
9. JPMorgan Chase JPM 178 [4]
10. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 175.5 [3]
11. Pfizer PFE 158 [8]
12. Coke KO 156 [2.5]
13. Bank of America BAC 125 [10]
14. Intel INTC 118 [5.5]
15. Merck MRK 105 [3]
16. Verizon VZ 104 [3]
17. Cisco CSCO 93.5 [5.5]
18. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 88.5 [2]
19. Disney DIS 80 [2]
20. McDonald's MCD 80 [1]
21. United Technologies UTX 80 [1]
22. Caterpillar CAT 70 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 67 [.5]
24. Home Depot HD 61.5 [1.5]
25. Kraft KFT 58.5 [2]
26. American Express AXP 56.5 [1]
27. Boeing BA 55.5 [1]
28. DuPont DD 52 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 26 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 18 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/24/11:

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

AT&T T: 4/20/11 2 8Ks re: first quarter results
4/13/11 Prospectus & 4/1/aa S-4 re: offer to exchange $3.5 bil of 5.35% Global Notes due '40
3/31/11 & 3/21/11 2 8Ks re: purchase of T-Mobile USA, Inc. from Deutsche Telekom for $20 bil
3/29/11 8KA re: replacement of Richard Lindner as CFO with John J. Stephens
3/10/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/29/11 in Little Rock, Ark
3/7/11 8K re; departure of Richard G. Lindner as CFO to be replaced by John T. Stephens
3/1/11 10K re: Fiscal year ended 12/31/10

Alcoa AA: 4/21/11 10Q & 4/12/11 8K re: first quarter results ending 3/31/11
4/14/11 8K transcript re: 1Q earnings conference call
4/13/11 8K & Prospectus re: issuance of $1.2 bil of 5.4% Notes due '21 & tnender offer for 5.3% Notes due '13
3/7/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 5/6/11 in Pittsburg, PA

American Express AXP: 4/20/11 8K re: 1Q results ending 3/31/11
4/18/11 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for 1Q ended 3/31/11
3/28/11 8K re new digital payments platform "Serve"
3/24/11 & 3/23 & 3/22 Proxy materials re: 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders at 5/2/11 at AXP Headquarters in NYC
3/18/11 8K re: Reg. FD disclosures re: its Comprehensive Capital Plan re: share repurchases & dividends
3/15/11 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for 3 months ended 2/28/11
3/4/11 Prelim Proxy Statement re: Shareholder Meeting to be held 5/2/11 in NYC

Bank of Am BAC: 4/15/11 8K re: shuffling of execs, C. Noski, E. O'Keefe & B. Thompson
4/15/11 re results of 1Q ending 3/31/11
3/3011 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 5/11/11 at BAC Headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.
3/23/11 8K re: submission to Fed Res. Baord of comprehensive capital plan
3/17/11 8K re: issuance of $1.5 bil of 3.625% of Senior Notes due 2016
3/16/11 8K re: election of Mukesh D. Ambani to Board of Directors & Compensation & Benefit Committee & Audit Committee

Boeing BA: 3/21/11 Annual Report to Sahreholders
3/18/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 5/2/11 in Chicago

Caterpiller CAT: 4/15/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/8/11 at Little Rock, Ark.
3/8/11 8K re: price changes of products
3/18/11 8K re: Reg FD disclosures re: 3 months dealer statistics

Chevron CVX: 4/14/11 4 Proxy filings re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 5/25/11at Chevron headquarters in San Ramon, CA.
4/11/11 8K re: first quarter interim update
4/4/11 8K re: increase of exec comp.

Cisco CSCO 3/28/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for certain execs
3/22/11 8K-A re: election of Gary B. Moore as COO
3/18/11 8K re: initiation of quarterly cash dividends of 6 cents per share to be paid 4/20
3/16 & 3/15 8Ks re: issuance of debt securities
3/9/11 8K re: recasting of fin'l stmts due to combining Asia Pacific & Japan operations

Coke KO 3/10/11 Proxy Statement re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 4/27/11 in Atlanta
2/28/11 10K re: Fiscal year ended 12/31/10
2/17/11 8K re: election of Evan G. Greenberg to Board of Directors & Audit Comm.
2/17/11 8K re: Amendment of Stock Option Plan

Disney DIS 3/25/11 8K re: adoption of exec stock option plan
3/18/11 two 8Ks re: amendment to employment Agreement of CEO Robert A. Iger & other execs.
3/2/11 Proxy Materials re: shareholder proposal re: exec compensation

DuPont DD: 4/21/11 8K re results for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/13/11 Proxy re annual meeting of stockholders on 4/27/11in Wilmington, DE
3/31/11 S-3 shelf registration for debt securities and common stock
3/18/11 Proxy re: Annual Stockholders Meeting to be held on 4/27/11 in Wilmington, DE
3/8/11 8K re: retirement of Samuel W. Bodman & John T. Dillon from Board of Directors due to reaching age 72

ExxonMobil XOM: 4/14/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/13/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/25/11 in Dallas, TX
3/31/11 8K re: result of operations for 2010
3/15/11 8K re: results of operations presentation at analyst meeting
2/28 10K/A & 2/25 10K re: Fiscal year ended 12/31/10

GE: 4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/18/11 proxy re: answers to shareholder's question re: CEO's stock options
4/15/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/711 & 3/30/11 Proxy materials re: proposal on exec comp proposal at annual meeting of shareholders on 4/27/11
3/14/11 Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 4/27/11 in Salt Lake City, Utah
2/25/11 10K re: Fiscal year ended 12/31/10

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/28/11 8K re amendment of by-laws to decrease number of directors from 17 to 13
3/22/11 8K re: info re: status of Hewlett-Packard employees as a result of Japanese earthquake
3/11/11 Proxy Materials re: opposition to ISS voting recommendations re: exec comp.
3/11/11 & *k 2/22/11 re: Quarter ended 1/31/11

Home Depot HD: 4/18/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/15/11 proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 6/2/11 in Atlanta
3/31/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: $3 bil of Senior Notes due 2021 & 2041
3/2/11 8K re: approval of Stock Option Plan

Intel INTC: 4/20/11 & 4/19/11 8Ks re: financial info & CFO commentary re: results for quarter ended 4/2/11
4/13/11 8K re: fin'l info re: recently closed acquisition of Infineon Wireless & McAfee
4/7/11, 4/5/11 & 4/4/11 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/19/11 at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, CA
3/21/11 8K re: fin'l info re: its McAfeesubsidiary
2/28/11 8K re: completion of acquisition of McAfee
2/28/11 10K re: Fiscal year ended 12/25/10

IBM: 4/20/11 & 4/19/11 8Ks re: CFO comments re: 1Qtr fin'l results ended 3/31/11
3/25/11 Proxy re: voting at annual meeting of stockholders on 4/26
3/18/11 8K re: settlement with SEC of bribery charges in Asia for $10 mil
3/8/11 8K re: FD disclosure re: presentation at investor briefing
3/7/11 Proxy rel Annual Stockholders Meeting on 4/26 in St. Louis, Mo.

JPMorganChase JPM: 4/20/11 Proxy brochure entitled "Overview"
4/14/11 8K re: entering into consent orders with Fed. Reserve re: residential mortgage servicing activities
4/13/11 2 8Ks re: first quarter results
4/7/11 3 proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17/11 in Columbus, Ohio
3/24/11 8K re: offering of $500 mil Floating Rate Notes due 2016
3/24/11 & 3/23/11 8Ks re: offering of Global Medium Term Notes

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 4/19/11 Proxy re: annual meeting of shareholders on 4/28 in New Brunswick, NJ
4/19/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 8K re: settlement between Merck & JNJ re: dispute re: distribution of Remicade & Simponi
4/8/11 8K re: payment of $70,0006,316 fine for violating Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
3/16/11 Proxy re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 4/28 in New Brunswick, NJ
3/10/11 8K re: Entering into a consent decree with the FDA regarding its oversight of JNJ's McNeil Unit plants in Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania

Kraft KFT: 4/8/11 8K & 3/14/11 8K re: departure of CFO Timothy R. McLevish to be replaced by David A. Brearton
4/5/11 8K re: entering into revolving credit agreement for $4.5 bil
3/31/11 8K & Proxy re: nomination of Dr. Peter Henry for Board of Dir at 5/24/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Skokie, Ill

McDonald's MCD: 4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 Proxy re: taking points
4/13/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/18/11 3 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/19/11 at McDonald's Headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill & proposal to amend cert. of incorp.
3/9/11 8K re: FD disclosure re: comparable sales rising 3.9% in Feb.
3/3/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 5/19/11 at Oak Brook, Ill.

Merck MRK: 4/15/11 8K re: settlement between Merck & JNJ re: dispute re: distribution of Remicade & Simponi
4/14/11 Annual Report to Shareholders
4/13/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/11 at North Branch, NJ
4/5/11 Schedule to tender offer to shareholders of Inspire Pharmaceuticals
3/24/11 8K re: termination of agreement between Merck & Sanofi-Aventis re: Sanofi's right to buy Merck's Merial animal health subsidiary

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

Pfizer PFE: 4/14/11 & 4/11/11 Proxy & 3/22/11 2 Proxy filings re: 4/28/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Dallas, TX
4/4/11 8K re: selling Capsugel subsidiary to KKR
3/24/11 Annual report to shareholders
2/28/11 10K re: fiscal year ended 12/31/10

Procter & Gamble PG: 4/11/11 8K re: declaration of 9% quarterly dividend increase
4/5/11 8K re: sale of Pringles to Diamond
3/24/11 8K re: P&G & Teva Pharmaceutical Industries partnership for OTC medicines
3/1/11 8K re: resignation of Rajat KJ. Gupta from Board of Directors
2/11/11 8K re: election of Meg Whitman to Board of Directors

3M MMM: 4/7/11 8K re: results of first quarter 2011
4/6/11 8K re: executive changes re: chief accounting officer
3/29/11 Proxy material to correct errors re: prior filing re: stock ownership of directors & officers
3/24/11 annual report to shareholders
3/23/11 2 proxy filings re: 5/10/11 annual meeting of stockholders in St. Paul, Minnesota
3/15/11 8K re: retirement of CFO Patrick D. Cambell to be replaced by David W. Meline

Travelers TRV:4/21/11 10Q & 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/12/11 anual report to shareholders
4/12/11 2 proxy filings re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/26/11 at Hartford, CT

United Technologies UTX: 4/20/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/19/11 8K re proposal to amend long term incentive plan
2/25/11 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders on 4/13/11 in Phoenix, AZ

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/11/11 8K re: Verizon completion of Terremark acquisition
4/8/11 Schedule to tender offer re: Terremark acquisition
4/4/11 Proxy re; compensation proposal
3/25/11 Prospectus re: $6.25 bil notes
3/21/11 Proxy re: 5/5/11 annual meeting of shareholders in Indianapolis, Indiana
3/7/11 8K re: election of Lowell C. McAdam to Board of Director (he is Pres/COO)

WalMart WMT: 4/19/11 annual report to shareholders
4/18/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting o shareholders on 6/3/11 at U. of Ark in Fayetteville, Ark.
4/15/11 8K & 4/13/11 Prospectus re: issuance of $5 bil of notes
3/30/11 10K for fiscal year ended 1/31/11