7/30/11 Sat Merck Cuts 13,000 Jobs, Chevron's Profits Up with Gas Prices

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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's & Investors Business Daily, each of the combined Sat/Sun issues of Wall St. Journal & Financial Times, and Saturday's New York Times & Atlanta Journal Constitution 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 AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,143.24 down 96.87 or 0.79% from Thursday's close of 12,240.11. For the week the Dow is down 538.62 or 4.25% from last Friday's close of 12,681.86. For the year the Dow is up 4.89%. Of the 30 Dow components only IBM gained, AT&T was unchanged and 28 declined. The only and therefore the biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM $181.85 +0.05 0.03% 6,665,564 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was ExxonMobil XOM $79.79 -1.67 2.05% 26,566,849 NYSE and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $35.17 -1.06 2.93% 20,433,791 NYSE.

WSJ pB5 "Stocks add to their losses" by Steven Russolillo, Benjamin Levisohn says stocks fell for a 6th straight session & posted the biggest weekly fall in a year,k as a blur of debt ceiling developments left the market uncertain over the course of DC's deadlocked negotiations. Exxon is charted as it reported a jump in 2Q profit, but missed expectations & siad it would ramp up domestic spending to its highest level in 20 years.

Investors Business Daily pA1 "Stocks close sorry week on losing note" by Paul Whitfield says stocks fell Fri for a 5th straight day on the S&P 500 & a 6th decline in a row on the NYSE composite. The market was down in rising volume with the current outlook still is the market is in a correction.

Fin Times p11 "S&P 500 suffers worst weekly result in a year" by Micole Bullock says US equities fell this week, with the S&P 500 registering its worst weekly performance in a year & its biggest losing streak since '08, as investors weighed the likelihood that lawmakers can iron out a deal to avoid a US default.

As of the close of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B6 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.62 down from the prior day's trailing P/E ratio of 13.91 (year ago it was 14.18); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.57 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.75 (year ago it was 12.70), and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.49 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.47 (last year it was 2.66). 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 1,604.48 down 12.80 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,617.28. 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 decrease for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease 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 $53.48 down 0.43 from Thursday's average closing price of $53.91. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.25 (AXP/JPM) down 0.40 from Thursday's median closing price of $45.65. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $55.13 -0.37 0.67% 4,674,885 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $9.1 -0.08 0.82% 187,562,713 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 lost $1,280 ($$161,728 - $160,448).

MarketWatch Friday 7/29/11 5:32 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks slid Friday, sending two major indexes to their worst week in more than a year, as Congress prolonged the uncertainty over the nation’s debt ceiling. “The debt issue is hurting the economy,” said Aaron Smith, senior economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Confidence is dissolving more rapidly than the data and markets would suggest.” Even as the debt-limit crisis dominates U.S. market attention, next week's news calendar is packed with major corporate earnings reports and key economic indicators. The White House said President Barack Obama would consider signing a short-term extension of the debt ceiling if it would give lawmakers time to complete a longer-term deal.
But spokesman Jay Carney said the administration still believes a deal can be done to raise the borrowing limit by Aug. 2.“I don’t think Tuesday is as big of a deal as say midmonth; interest payments are due on the 15th, so if we didn’t have a deal by then it could get ugly pretty fast,” added Smith at Moody’s Analytics. Recovering from a 156-point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.79% ended down 96.87 points, or 0.8%, to 12,143.24. The blue-chip benchmark lost 4.2% from a week ago, its worst week in percentage terms since early July 2010. It’s fallen 2.2% for the month of July, its third straight monthly loss. The S&P 500 Index SPX -0.65% declined 8.39 points, or 0.7%, to 1,292.28, with a drop in energy and materials leading declines for all 10 industry groups. For the week, the index of large-cap U.S. companies has lost 3.9% — also its worst stretch in just over a year — and 2.2% for the month. Despite the ongoing nervousness over the debt negotiations, Mike Santoli and David Callaway argue that Treasurys are still some of the safest investments there are. The Nasdaq Composite Index ended down 9.87 points, or 0.4%, to 2,756.38. It’s lost 3.6% for the week and 0.6% for the month.
For every stock that rose about two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 1.2 billion shares traded hands. In the week ahead, “the debt-ceiling debate is issue number one, and then the attention will quickly shift to the jobs report on Friday, we’re thinking we’ll see some improvement,” said Smith at Moody’s Analytics of the nonfarm payrolls report for July. “The concerning thing is if we do get a weak number, the July numbers are going to predate the most intense debt-ceiling driven caution on the part of companies that we’ve seen,” said Smith of reluctance on the part of cash-flush corporate America to hire, given the shaky climate.
Given the July employment data is based on a survey conducted fairly early in the month and the debt-ceiling dysfunction has ramped up in the past seven to 10 days, the “uncertainty this is creating will be fully reflected in August (payrolls) number, particularly if we don’t get a quick resolution in the next week,” Smith said.Stock investors also wrestled with a new report showcasing slower growth for the U.S. economy. On Thursday, the Commerce Department said gross domestic product expanded at a 1.3% rate in the second quarter, below the 1.6% forecast by economists. Separately, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan gauge of consumer sentiment fell in July to its lowest level since March 2009. The disappointing GDP report helped drive up Treasurys, as investors sought U.S. government debt as safe-havens — even as the prospect of a U.S. default loomed. Yields on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes tumbled 15 basis points to 2.8%. Yields move inversely to prices, and a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.
Crude-oil futures fell $1.74 to end at $95.7 a barrel, while December gold futures gained $15 to finish at a record $1,631.20 an ounce. But stalled efforts to come to an agreement on hiking the nation’s debt ceiling overshadowed the day’s economic reports, with only four days to go before a threatened default according to a Treasury Department deadline. “We’re almost out of time,” said Obama in making another bid for compromise on the deficit and debt ceiling, arguing that while the House plan is moot and that both sides are not that far apart.On Capitol Hill, House Republicans planned a second attempt at passing Speaker John Boehner’s proposed debt legislation, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he had asked his minority counterpart Mitch McConnell to meet with him for a “good-faith” negotiation.

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


AT&T T $29.26 unch unch 27,478,644 NYSE: Sat AJC pA13 "AT&T will limit speeds for unlimited plans" says AT&T will limit speeds for the 5% of its customers with unlimited data plans starting Oct. 1. Verizon recently stopped signing up new customers for unlimited service.

Sat WSJ pB8 "Have you been ht by cramming charges" by Karen Blumenthal says AT&T & Verizon will remove cramming charges by third parties if you complain.

Alcoa AA $14.73 -0.10 0.67% 22,212,550 NYSE:

American Express AXP $50.04 -0.51 1.01% 6,879,514 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday Pfizer reports 2Q results with consensus estimates of 0.59 per share vs. a year ago actual of 0.62. On Wed 8/3, American Express will hold its semiannual meeting with the fin'l community. On Thursday 8/4 Kraft Foods reports results.

Bank of America BAC $9.71 -0.08 0.82% 187,562,713 NYSE: Barron's p12 "Week review" says Boeing raised its full year earnings forecast to $3.90 to $4.10 a share and posted better thane expected quarterly profit on higher commercial jet sale & deliveries. Also former Countrywide investors sued Bank of America in fed court in LA saying the unit misled shareholders.

Boeing BA $70.47 -0.19 0.27% 5,961,931 NYSE: Barron's p12 "Week review" says Boeing raised its full year earnings forecast to $3.90 to $4.10 a share and posted better thane expected quarterly profit on higher commercial jet sale & deliveries. Also former Countrywide investors sued Bank of America in fed court in LA saying the unit misled shareholders.

Caterpillar CAT $98.79 -0.85 0.85% 12,280,268 NYSE:

Chevron CVX $104.02 -1.01 0.96% 9,697,497 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Chevron rises with gas prices", Sat NYT pB4 "Chevron helped by oil prices & better refinery margins" by Reuters, Sat AJC pA13 "Rising oil, gas prices send Chevron profits soearing" says Q2 profit jumped 43% to $3.85 a share, beating forecasts by 34 cents. Rev grew 30% to $68.95 bil which was below estimates.

Cisco CSCO $15.97 -0.04 0.25% 66,836,237 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Merck may cut 13,000 jobs" says Merck will cut the jobs under a new restructuring that brings 30,000 jb cuts since the Nov. '09 buy of Schering-Plough. Credit Suisse, Cisco and others have set layoffs recently. Merck's 10% EPS gain met Q2 views as sales grew 7% to $12.15 bil.

Coca-Cola KO $68.01 -0.80 1.16% 10,272,600 NYSE: Barron's p36 "CEO Spotlight Fred Smith" by Lawrence C. Strauss says the FedEx CEO looks for inspiration to Walmart founder Sam Walton and Coca-Cola's Roberto Goizueta.

Disney DIS $38.62 -0.78 1.98% 16,020,841 NYSE:

DuPont DD $51.42 -0.88 1.68% 10,058,986 NYSE:

ExxonMobil XOM $79.79 -1.67 2.05% 26,566,849 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Stocks add to their losses" by Steven Russolillo, Benjamin Levisohn says stocks fell for a 6th straight session & posted the biggest weekly fall in a year,k as a blur of debt ceiling developments left the market uncertain over the course of DC's deadlocked negotiations. Exxon is charted as it reported a jump in 2Q profit, but missed expectations & siad it would ramp up domestic spending to its highest level in 20 years.

GE $17.91 -0.20 1.1% 69,849,693 NYSE:

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $35.17 -1.06 2.93% 20,433,791 NYSE:

Home Depot HD $34.93 -0.22 0.63% 12,098,692 NYSE: Barron's p11 "Pity the poor orphans" by Michael Santoli says managers at Home Depot and Lowe's are stocking up on leaf blowers & hurricane window guards, the typical late summer routines. Both firms are tethered to stabilizing home values and the ability of consumers to spend on house projects. Home Depot is 40% larger than Lowe's based on rev but has nearly twice Lowe's market value. Home Depot trades at 15 times earnings a 2 multiple point premium to Lowe's. Writer concludes Lowe's shares are a good bet relative to Home Depot.

Intel INTC $22.33 -0.22 0.98% 51,865,366 NASDAQ-GS:

IBM $181.85 +0.05 0.03% 6,665,564 NYSE: Sat AJC pA13 "Google on patent buying spree to protect itself" says Google bought 1,000 patents from IBM to shore up its defense against suits by other tech firms.

JPMorgan Chase JPM $40.45 -0.23 0.57% 37,778,425 NYSE: Sat NYT pA19 "The Madoff trustee's bad day" by Joe Nocera says the trustee had a setback in going after HSBC and JPMorgan on the grounds that as Madoff's bankers they enabled his Ponzi scheme.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64.79 -0.29 0.45% 16,829,627 NYSE:

Kraft KFT $34.38 -0.21 0.61% 8,084,159 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday Pfizer reports 2Q results with consensus estimates of 0.59 per share vs. a year ago actual of 0.62. On Wed 8/3, American Express will hold its semiannual meeting with the fin'l community. On Thursday 8/4 Kraft Foods reports results.

McDonald's MCD $86.48 -0.30 0.35% 5,706,988 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pB7 "McDonald's tops views; margin slips" by Vincent Mao says Mcdonald's delivered its best quarterly performance in a long time as robust global reuslts lifted Q2 earnings by 19% to $1.35 a share or 7 cents over views. The gain was the biggest in 5 quarters. Its Europena sales climbed 5.9%.

Merck MRK $34.13 -0.80 2.29% 19,267,804 NYSE: Sat WSJ pB1 "Merck to cut 13,000 more jobs as patents expire" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, Peer Loftus,Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Merck may cut 13,000 jobs", Fin Times p9 "Merck looks to cut 13,000 jobs in savings push" by Alan Rappeport, Sat NYT pB3 "Merck says it will cut an additional 13,000 jobs" by Duff Wilson say Merck will cut the jobs under a new restructuring that brings 30,000 jb cuts since the Nov. '09 buy of Schering-Plough. Credit Suisse, Cisco and others have set layoffs recently. Merck's 10% EPS gain met Q2 views as sales grew 7% to $12.15 bil. CEO Ken Frazier says he won't cut r&d labs tot he extent that Pfizer is doing.

Microsoft MSFT $27.4 -0.32 1.15% 104,288,752 NASDAQ-GS:

Pfizer PFE $19.249 -0.111 0.57% 69,456,628 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday Pfizer reports 2Q results with consensus estimates of 0.59 per share vs. a year ago actual of 0.62. On Wed 8/3, American Express will hold its semiannual meeting with the fin'l community. On Thursday 8/4 Kraft Foods reports results.

Sat WSJ pB1 "Merck to cut 13,000 more jobs as patents expire" by Jonathan D. Rockoff, Peer Loftus,Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Merck may cut 13,000 jobs" say Merck will cut the jobs under a new restructuring that brings 30,000 jb cuts since the Nov. '09 buy of Schering-Plough. Credit Suisse, Cisco and others have set layoffs recently. Merck's 10% EPS gain met Q2 views as sales grew 7% to $12.15 bil. CEO Ken Frazier says he won't cut r&d labs tot he extent that Pfizer is doing.

Procter & Gamble PG $61.49 -0.43 0.69% 10,349,581 NYSE:

3M MMM $87.14 -0.43 0.49% 4,883,790 NYSE:

Travelers TRV $55.13 -0.37 0.67% 4,674,885 NYSE:

United Technologies UTX $82.84 -0.08 0.1% 4,869,095 NYSE:

Verizon VZ $35.29 -0.37 1.04% 16,652,154 DualListed: Sat NYT pA16 "In an early 1900's neighborhood, a glimpse of "2001" by Joseph Berger describes a fight between Verizon and a Brooklyn Historic Districts neighbors who object to the ambience of a Verizon pole.

Sat AJC pA13 "AT&T will limit speeds for unlimited plans" says AT&T will limit speeds for the 5% of its customers with unlimited data plans starting Oct. 1. Verizon recently stopped signing up new customers for unlimited service.

Sat WSJ pB8 "Have you been ht by cramming charges" by Karen Blumenthal says AT&T & Verizon will remove cramming charges by third parties if you complain.

Walmart WMT $52.71 -0.28 0.53% 13,194,711 NYSE: Barron's p14 "It's all about the revenues at Amazon"by Mark Veverka compares Amazon to Walmart in the 90's when Walmart posted a 35% increase in revenues to $44 bil.

Barron's p36 "CEO Spotlight Fred Smith" by Lawrence C. Strauss says the FedEx CEO looks for inspiration to Walmart founder Sam Walton and Coca-Cola's Roberto Goizueta.

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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) (Lowell McAdam becomes CEO in August)
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 7/7/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $404 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 260 [4]
3. Microsoft MSFT 224.5 [8.5]
4. Chevron CVX 214 [2]
5. IBM 214 [1]
6. GE 204.5 [10.5]
7. WalMart WMT 190.5 [3.5]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 185.6 [3]
9. AT&T T 185 [6]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 165 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 161 [8]
12. Coke KO 157.5 [2.5]
13. Intel INTC 123 [5.5]
14. Verizon VZ 110.5 [3]
15. Merck MRK 110 [3]
16. Bank of America BAC 110 [10]
17. McDonald's MCD 89 [1]
18. Cisco CSCO 87 [5.5]
19. United Technologies UTX 83 [1]
20. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 75.5 [2]
21. Disney DIS 75.5 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 72 [.5]
23. 3M MMM 69 [.5]
24. American Express AXP 64.5 [1]
25. Kraft KFT 63 [2]
26. Home Depot HD 59 [1.5]
27. Boeing BA 55.5 [1]
28. DuPont DD 52 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 17.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 7/7/11:

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

AT&T T: 6/27/11 8K re: minor amendments to Bylaws
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/5/11 8K re: voting results of 4/29 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/29/11 8K re: sale of $3 bil of Global Notes due '16 & '21
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

Alcoa AA: 6/2/11 8K re: Regulation FD disclosure re: Internal Relations Presentation of "Nomura Aluminum Seminar"
5/31/11 8K re: redemption of notes due '13
5/18/11 8K re: Chris Ayers elected Pres. of AA Blobal Primary Products
5/11/11 8K re: retirement of Joe Gorman from Bd. of Dires
5/6/11 8K re: Issuance of Sustainability Highlights Report
4/29/11 8K re: tender offer for 6% '13 Notes
4/29/11 8K re: grants under Stock Incentive Plan
4/27/11 Proxy materials re: exec comp
4/21/11 10Q & 4/21/11 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: 6/15/11 8K re: U.S. Card Services delinquency & write-off statistics for 3 months ended 5/31/11
5/16/11 re: delinquency & write-off stats for period ended 4/30/11
5/5/11 8KA & 8K re: appointment & compensation of David Cornish as Acting Comptroller
5/4/11 10Q quarter ended 3/31/11
4/26/11 8K re: departure of Comptroller & also Deputy Comptroller
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: 7/6/11 8KA re: settlement of Countrywide mortgage claims
6/29 8K re: election of Bruce R. Thompson as CFO
5/11/11 8K re: Voting results of Stockholders Annual Meeting held 5/16
5/5 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/2/11 8K re: update of legal opinion re: Medium-Term Notes
4/28/11 Proxy re: voting at 5/11 Stockholder Meeting and info re: independence of nominee for Board
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: 6/14/11 8K re: resignation of John E. Bryson from Baord of Directors to be Pres. Obama's US Sec'y of Comerce & amendment of By-Laws to decrease number of directors from 12 to 11
5/3/11 8K re: amending bylaws decreasing Board from 13 to 12
4/27 10Q & 4/27/11 8K re: quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 6/20/11 8K re: 3 months dealer statistics ended 5/31/11
6/9/11 8K re: voting results of 6/8 Annual Stockholders Meeting
6/8/11 two 8Ks re: press release and declaration of 0.46 cents per share dividend payable 8/20 for record holders on 7/20
5/26/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: floting rate senior notes due '12 through '17
5/26/11 Porxy Material re Letter to institutional stockholders re: voting recommendingations at upcoming annual meeting of stockholders
5/23/11 Proxy re: voting reminder re: 6/8 Meeting of Stockholders
5/23/11 8K re: revisions to 10K fin'l statements
5/19/11 8K re: dealer stats
5/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: info re: sales to dealers
4/29/11 8K re fin'l results quarter ended 3/31/11
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

Chevron CVX: 6/1/11 8K re: results of votes at 5/25 Annual Stockholder Meeting
5/31/11 8K re: receipt of imminent danger order under Fed. Mine Safety Act re: Kemmerer Mine, Lincoln, WY and the vacating of the order on 5/26
5/5/11 10Q & 4/29/11 8K re quarter ended 3/31/11
4/14/11 4 Proxy filings re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 5/25/11 at Chevron headquarters in San Ramon, CA.

Cisco CSCO 6/22/11 8K re: executives' pre-arranged stock trading plans
5/25/11 10Q re: Qtr ended 4/30/11
5/11/11 8K re: results of quarter ended 4/30/11
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

Coke KO 5/2/11 10Q & 4/26/11 8K for quarter ended 4/1/11
4/29/11 8K re: voting results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on 4/27
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.

Disney DIS 5/20/11 8K re: sales of $500 mil 3.75% Global Notes Due '21
5/10 8K & 5/10/11 10Q re: quarter ended 4/2/11
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.

DuPont DD: 5/24/11 8K re: completion of acquisition of 92.2% of shares of Danisco SA
5/5/11 8K re: tender offer for Danisco
5/3/11 8K re: voting results of 4/27 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
4/26/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/21/11 8K re results for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/13/11 Proxy re annual meeting of stockholders on 4/27/11 in 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: 5/31/11 8K re: results of voting of 5/25 Annual Shareholders Meeting
5/6/11 Proxy re: add'l material re: advisory vote on exec comp
5/5/11 10Q & 4/28/11 for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: amendment of bylaws making Treasurer also CFO
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

GE: 5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/2/11 8K re: voting results of 4/27 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/16/11 8K re: election of Ann Livermore to Board of Directors, her resignation as Exec. VP & amendment to By-Laws to increase number of directors from 13 to 14
6/8/11 10Q re: Quarter ended 4/30/11
6/1/11 8K re: underwriting agreement re: Flaoting Rate Glboal Notes due '14 through '21
5/7/11 8k re: fin'l results for quarter ended 4/30/11
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.

Home Depot HD: 6/7/11 8K re: amnding by-laws re voting by consent for shareholders
6/8/11 10Q re: Quarter ended 4/30/11
5/17/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 5/1/11
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

Intel INTC: 5/24/11 8K re: Voting results of 5/19/11 Annual Meeting of Stockhodlers
5/17/11 8K re: FD disclosures re: investor Meeting
5/11/11 8K re: increase in 3rd Quarter dividend
5/9/11 8K & 5/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 4/2/11
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

IBM: 5/11/11 8K re: issuance of $1 bil of debt
4/28/11 8K re: voting results of 4/26/11 Meeting of Stockholders
4/26/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 6/29/11 8K re: closing of $2.5 bil issue of 3.15% Notes due 2016
6/21/11 8K re: closing of $400 mil flotating rate senior med-term notes dues '14
5/24/11 8K re: legal opinion re: $500 mil Floating Senior Medium Term Notes due '16
5/23/11 8K Voting results of Shareholder Meeting held 5/17/11
5/10/11 8K re: legal opinion re: $2 bil of 4.6% Notes due '21
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/29/11 8K re: legal opinion for $2 bil Floating Senior Medium Term Notes
4/29/11 8K re: registering Global Notes
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 : 5/20/11 8K re: sale of over $4 bil of Notes due '13 - '41
5/2/11 8K re: merger agreement with Synthes
4/29/11 8K re: voting results of 4/28 Meeting of Shareholders
4/27/11 8K re: offer to buy Synthes for $21.3 bil
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: 7/1/11 8K re: departure of CFO timothy R. McLevish (change to termination agreement)
5/31/11 8K re: results of 5/24 Annual Shareholder Meeting
5/6/11 10Q & 5/5/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 7/1/11 Prospectus re: issuance of 3,430,000 shares of commons tock in Direct Stock Purchase Plan
6/10/11 8K re: press release re: global sales rising 3.1% in May
5/23/11 8K re: voting results of 5/19 Shareholder Meeting
5/20/11 8K re: issuance of $400 mil Medium-Term Notes
5/16/11 proxy material re: stock options
5/9/11 8K re: Invetor Release re: April sales
5/6/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
5/3/11 proxy materials re: reminder how to vote
4/21/11 8K re: first quarter results
4/15/11 Proxy re: talking 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: 5/27/11 8K re: Voting results of 5/24 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
5/9/11 10Q & 4/29/11 8K re: quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 5/10/11 8K re: purchase of Skype for $8.5 bil in cash
4/28/11 10Q & 4/28/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
2/8/11 8K re: underwriting agreement for $750 mil of 2.5% Notes due 2016

Pfizer PFE: 5/12/11 10Q & 5/3/11 8K for quarter ended 4/3/11
5/3/11 8K re: voting results of shareholder Meeting held on 4/28
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

Procter & Gamble PG: 7/1/11 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Shareholder Meeting 10/11/11 in Cincinnati
5/12/11 8KA re: election of Margaret Whitman to Board
5/4/11 8K re: retirement of Ed Shirley as Vice Chair, Beauty & Grooming
4/29/11 10Q & 4/28/11 8K for quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 5/26/11 8K re: restatement of Form 10K re: produ8ct moves between busienss segments
5/18/11 2 8Ks re: pre-arranged stock trading plans for General Counsel & CEO respectively
5/16/11 8K re: election of Inge Thulin as EVP & COO
5/11/11 8K re: voting results from 5/10/11 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
5/5/11 10Q & 4/26/11 for quarter ended 3/31/11
4/26/11 Porxy material re: how to vote at 5/10 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
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: 6/10/11 8K re: fin'l info re: annual investor conference
6/1/11 re: Voting results of 5/26 annual shareholders meeting
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: 6/9/11 8K/A re: amendment of 4/13 8K re: frequency of intent to take shareholder advisory votes
4/25/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 6/24/11 8K re: Gurantee of debentures of 10 domestic telephone subsidiaries
5/10/11 8K re: voting results from 5/5/11 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
4/28/11 10Q for quarter ended 3/31/11
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: 6/9/11 8K re: voting results of 6/3 annual shareholders meeting
6/3/11 10Q re: quarter ended 4/30/11
5/17/11 8K re: fin'l results for quarter ended 4/30/11
4/19/11 annual report to shareholders
4/18/11 2 Proxy filings re: annual meeting of 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