12/16/11 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 11,868.81 up 45.30 or 0.38%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 11,868.81 up 45.30 or 0.38% from Wednesday's close of 11,823.48. Of the 30 Dow components 22 gained, Intel was unchanged and 23 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Travelers TRV $56.81 +0.84 1.5% 4,506,182 NYSE and percentage-wise was Merck MRK $36.36 +0.80 2.25% 31,882,549 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM $187.48 -1.24 0.66% 4,467,574 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $8.78 -0.16 1.79% 45,140,851 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.79 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.93 (year ago it was 14.61); today's P/E estimate is 12.33 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.33 (year ago it was 13.34), and today's dividend yield is 2.69 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.64 (last year it was 2.50). 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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,568.22 up 4.99 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,562.23. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.27 up 0.20 from Wednesday's average closing price of $52.07. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.41 (DD/HD) up $0.23 from Wednesday's median closing price of $41.18. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $73.53 +0.36 0.49% 3,804,615 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.26 +0.03 0.57% 195,684,807 NYSE.

If Thursday 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 $499 ($156,822 - $156,223).

MarketWatch Thursday 12/15/11 4:43 pm by Brendan Conway says US stocks gained after investors took heart from stronger U.S. economic data, snapping a three-day losing streak, but finished off session highs after another warning about Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.38% rose 45.33 points, or 0.4%, to 11,868.81. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index SPX +0.32% tacked on 3.94 points, or 0.3%, to 1,215.76, and the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.07% eked out a gain of 1.7 point, or 0.1%, to 2,541.01. The defensive utilities, health care and consumer-staples sectors posted the strongest gains as investors edged back into stocks after three days of losses. Initial jobless claims filed in the U.S. last week were the lowest since May 2008, the Labor Department said, the latest indication of strength in the weak jobs market. Also helping sentiment, a gauge of mid-Atlantic manufacturing activity jumped for December versus the prior month. Read more on jobless claims and the Philly Fed’s activity index. But the blue-chip Dow pared a triple-digit gain midsession after International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde called the global economic outlook “quite gloomy” and urged international help in resolving Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis. “Europe can have a recession that doesn’t drag the U.S. into it,” said Howard Ward, portfolio manager at Gamco Growth Fund. “It’s important for people to understand that we will certainly be impacted in a negative way by the slowdown in Europe. But that doesn’t mean that we’re going to have a recession as well.” U.S. stocks will reward shareholders in 2012 more than emerging markets, says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab Corp. She tells MarketWatch's Jonathan Burton that investors should focus on the U.S. technology and industrials sectors.
The euro EURUSD +0.13% gained slightly versus the dollar, reclaiming the $1.30 level. It dropped to its lowest point since January on Wednesday, bogged down by doubts that the euro-zone bailout fund will have enough firepower to stem the crisis. European markets finished higher, with the Stoxx Europe 600 XX:SXXP +0.99% up 1%. Manufacturing activity in the euro zone contracted at a slower pace than expected in December, while Germany’s preliminary December figures rose versus the previous month. A successful Spanish bond auction also lifted investor spirits. Read more on Europe Markets. Asian bourses fell, with China’s Shanghai Composite CN:000001 -2.14% shedding 2.1% to its lowest close since March 2009. Data showed that China manufacturing activity contracted again in December, although at a slower rate than in November. Gold futures GC2G -0.08% for February delivery lost 0.6% to $1,577.20 a troy ounce after plunging 4.6% on Wednesday, while crude oil futures CL2F -0.31% lost 1.1% to $93.87 a barrel. Novellus Systems NVLS +0.42% was the biggest advancer in the S&P 500, rallying 16% after the company agreed to be acquired by fellow chip-equipment maker Lam Research in an all-stock deal that values Novellus around $3.3 billion. Lam LRCX +0.60% shares slipped 8.4%. FedEx Corp. FDX +8.00% was the measure’s second strongest stock, climbing 8% after the package-delivery service reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations and affirmed its full-year outlook. Discover Financial Services DFS +0.58% was one of the S&P 500’s biggest decliners, shedding 3.2%. The company’s fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped a better-than-expected 47%, but investors expressed concerns that credit improvements have run their course. Luxury-apparel designer Michael Kors Holdings KORS +21.00% surged 21% in its first day of trading after an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. nternational Business Machines Corp. IBM -0.01% lost 0.7%. Big Blue agreed to acquire Emptoris Inc., as the tech giant continues to place an emphasis on Web-based software-company purchases.
A slew of other U.S. economic data greeted investors. U.S. wholesale prices rose slightly in November due to higher food costs, but the underlying rate of increase in producer prices remained tame, indicating little inflation pressure, while the U.S. current account deficit narrowed in the third quarter. U.S. industrial production fell for the first time in seven months during November, an unexpected drop caused by declining output of cars, electronics, clothing, and other products.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $28.79 -0.02 0.07% 25,808,253 NYSE
Alcoa AA $8.78 -0.16 1.79% 45,140,851 NYSE
American Express AXP $46.42 -0.66 1.4% 7,124,241 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $5.26 +0.03 0.57% 195,684,807 NYSE
Boeing BA $70.61 +0.67 0.96% 4,073,132 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $87.7 +0.70 0.8% 7,627,733 NYSE
Chevron CVX $99.67 -0.86 0.86% 9,658,191 NYSE
CSCO $18.04 +0.06 0.33% 39,786,925 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $66.89 +0.63 0.95% 6,679,651 NYSE
Disney DIS $35.19 +0.03 0.09% 9,869,250 NYSE
DuPont DD $43.7 +0.48 1.11% 5,894,208 NYSE
Exxon XOM $80.03 +0.59 0.74% 17,931,316 NYSE
GE $16.79 +0.18 1.08% 61,378,739 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.16 -0.22 0.83% 17,899,962 NYSE
Home Depot HD $39.42 +0.28 0.72% 10,783,526 NYSE
Intel INTC $23.31 unch unch 38,691,666 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $187.48 -1.24 0.66% 4,467,574 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $31.76 +0.25 0.79% 33,400,738 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $64 +0.82 1.3% 9,631,054 NYSE
Kraft KFT $36.46 +0.30 0.83% 6,406,431 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $98.14 +0.53 0.54% 5,551,730 NYSE
Merck MRK $36.36 +0.80 2.25% 31,882,549 NYSE
MSFT $25.56 -0.03 0.12% 46,213,899 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21.14 +0.28 1.34% 56,659,515 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $64.99 +0.54 0.84% 9,650,563 NYSE
MMM $78.86 +0.35 0.45% 3,243,905 NYSE
Travelers TRV $56.81 +0.84 1.5% 4,506,182 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $73.53 +0.36 0.49% 3,804,615 NYSE
Verizon VZ $38.42 +0.16 0.42% 10,770,283 DualListed
Walmart WMT $57.95 +0.30 0.52% 8,549,048 NYSE

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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog.

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 AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 11,823.48 down 131.46 or 1.1% from Tuesday's close of 11,954.94. For the year the Dow is up 2.12%. Of the 30 Dow components 5 gained, Verizon was unchanged and 24 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Merck MRK $35.56 +0.57 1.63% 22,542,285 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $87 -3.98 4.37% 13,565,385 NYSE.

WSJ pC4 "Dow is a loser: Exxon off 1.4%" by Jon Cheng says stocks sank for a 3rd straight day due to a drop in the euro & steep declines in commodity prices. Caterpillar fell 3.98 to lead the Dow decliners while Chevron fell 3.09 and Exxon fell 1.09. Exxon fell 1.09. Tech stocks were weal as Cisco fell 49 cents, Hewlett-Packard fell 42 cents.

Fin Times p28 "Further shake up at First Solar dims confidence in sector outlook" by Ajay Makan says First Solar fell 21.4% as it announced its 2nd restructuring in 6 weeks. Elsewhere, markets fell sharply for the 3rd day running as investors once again took fright at newsflow from europe. JPMorgan was up 0.7%.

NYT pB10 "Italy's growing cost of borrowing weighs on investors" by Reuters says stocks, gold and the euro all fell on Wed as Italy's high borrowing fed fears that europe's debt crisis would spin out of control. Investors were disappointed that the European Central Bank was not buying more bonds of troubled European nations. Oil prices dropped and Chevron fell 3%, the Dow's biggest loser behind Caterpillar, whose global operations are vulnerable tot he economy fell 4.4%.

USA Today p1B "Europe worries keep stocks sliding" by Matt Krantz says stocks sputterd for the 3rd straight day amid a global sell off that also knocked down the price of metals from gold to copper.

As of the open of the market Thursday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 12.79 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.93 (year ago it was 14.61); today's P/E estimate is 12.33 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.33 (year ago it was 13.34), and today's dividend yield is 2.69 up from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.64 (last year it was 2.50). 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 1,562.23 down 16.65 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,579.59. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.07 down 0.58 from Tuesday's average closing price of $52.65. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.18 (DD/HD) down $0.32 from Tuesday's median closing price of $41.50. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $78.51 -0.90 1.13% 4,202,132 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.23 -0.09 1.69% 226,379,573 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 lost $1,665 ($157,959 - $156,223).

MarketWatch Wednesday 12/14/11 4:37 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks on Wednesday closed lower for a third straight day as Wall Street worried about the toll of Europe’s debt struggles on the global economy, with investors also unloading gold and the euro. “It’s hard to be too optimistic right now because Europe looks like a mess,” said Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist at RDM Financial. Then, in the new year, investors will be faced with the U.S. presidential election, “which could be very contentious.” Setting off the day’s hand-wringing over Europe, Italy’s borrowing costs rose to a euro-era record at a bond auction, and the euro EURUSD +0.06% broke 11-month lows against the dollar. “Investors are taking profits in an unsettled market, and gold is one area where they do have profits built up,” Sheldon added. Meetings of top European leaders last week also “were encouraging, but it seems over the past few months every time [they] meet, they overpromise and under deliver,” he said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -1.10% fell 131.46 points, or 1.1%, to 11,823.48, with 23 of its 30 components on the decline, led by heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT -4.37% , off 4.4%. The S&P 500 Index SPX -1.14% declined 13.91 points, or 1.1%, at 1,211.82, with energy falling the hardest and health-care lagging the least among 10 S&P industry groups, all of which closed lower. The benchmark indexes have lost 3% to 4% this week. For every stock gaining more than two fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 928.9 million shares traded hands, or about equal to the past 30 day’s average. NYSE Composite volume was 4.2 billion. The euro EURUSD +0.06% dropped under $1.30 for the first time in nearly a year and Italian borrowing costs rose to 6.47% at a $3.9 billion debt auction of 5-year bonds. Read more on the pullback in Europe’s shared currency. Gold futures fell sharply, with the contract for February delivery GC2G -0.72% losing $76.20 to end at $1,586.90 an ounce. Read more on acceleration of selling in gold. Investors were also reacting to central bank and political leader comments that have lowered the likelihood of more government stimulus soon. “Right now, Germany has strongly indicated against European Central Bank money-printing, and that has led investors to take profits on what has been a tremendous gold rally” over the years, said Sheldon at RDM Financial. Given “recent comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the ECB indicating a lack of new liquidity measures, investors see limited upside in gold over the near term.” The end-of-year liquidation moves extended to oil, with crude futures for January delivery CL2F +0.07% dropping $5.19, or 5.2%, to $94.95 a barrel.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $28.81 +0.23 0.79% 22,678,001 NYSE:

Alcoa AA $8.94 -0.10 1.11% 43,892,297 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $47.08 -0.31 0.65% 6,965,428 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $5.23 -0.09 1.69% 226,379,573 NYSE: Daily Report p1 "Judge comes down on BofA" by R. Robin McDonald says in Sept, a federal judge in Atlanta set aside a BofA foreclosure saying the bank had reneged on an agreement.

Boeing BA $69.94 -0.96 1.35% 5,999,252 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $87 -3.98 4.37% 13,565,385 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "Dow is a loser: Exxon off 1.4%" by Jon Ching says stocks sank for a 3rd straight day due to a drop in the euro & steep declines in commodity prices. Caterpillar fell 3.98 to lead the Dow decliners while Chevron fell 3.09 and Exxon fell 1.09. Exxon fell 1.09. Tech stocks were weal as Cisco fell 49 cents, Hewlett-Packard fell 42 cents.

NYT pB10 "Italy's growing cost of borrowing weighs on investors" by Reuters says stocks, gold and the euro all fell on Wed as Italy's high borrowing fed fears that europe's debt crisis would spin out of control. Investors were disappointed that the European Central Bank was not buying more bonds of troubled European nations. Oil prices dropped and Chevron fell 3%, the Dow's biggest loser behind Caterpillar, whose global operations are vulnerable tot he economy fell 4.4%.

Chevron CVX $100.53 -3.09 2.98% 15,514,210 NYSE: Fin Times p1 "Brazil sues Chevron over oil spill" says Brazil is suing Chevron & Transocean for $10.6 bil due to an oil spill off Rio de Janeiro last month and demanding the stop drilling.

WSJ pC4 "Dow is a loser: Exxon off 1.4%" by Jon Ching says stocks sank for a 3rd straight day due to a drop in the euro & steep declines in commodity prices. Caterpillar fell 3.98 to lead the Dow decliners while Chevron fell 3.09 and Exxon fell 1.09. Exxon fell 1.09. Tech stocks were weal as Cisco fell 49 cents, Hewlett-Packard fell 42 cents.

NYT pB10 "Italy's growing cost of borrowing weighs on investors" by Reuters says stocks, gold and the euro all fell on Wed as Italy's high borrowing fed fears that europe's debt crisis would spin out of control. Investors were disappointed that the European Central Bank was not buying more bonds of troubled European nations. Oil prices dropped and Chevron fell 3%, the Dow's biggest loser behind Caterpillar, whose global operations are vulnerable tot he economy fell 4.4%.

CSCO $17.98 -0.49 2.65% 59,667,174 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC4 "Dow is a loser: Exxon off 1.4%" by Jon Ching says stocks sank for a 3rd straight day due to a drop in the euro & steep declines in commodity prices. Caterpillar fell 3.98 to lead the Dow decliners while Chevron fell 3.09 and Exxon fell 1.09. Exxon fell 1.09. Tech stocks were weal as Cisco fell 49 cents, Hewlett-Packard fell 42 cents.

Coke KO $66.26 -0.22 0.33% 7,876,118 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Coca-Cola to expand in Mideast" by Ellen Knickmeyer, Fin Times p20 "Coca-Cola adds fizz to Mideast deals" by Simeon Kerr, AJC pA19 "Coca-Cola buys into Mideast brand" by AP say Coke is buying half of Aujan Industries a big competitor in the Mideast beverage market for $980 mil. It is one of the few regions in which it trails Pepsi in market share. Aujan based in Saudi Arabia, has $850 mil in annual sales with drinks such as the juice Rani and the malt beverage Barbican as well as Vimto, a fruity drink.

Disney DIS $35.16 -1.17 3.22% 10,663,212 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $43.22 -0.27 0.62% 8,312,562 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $79.44 -1.09 1.35% 23,932,445 NYSE: WSJ pB10 "Return to Gulf: bigoil grabs leases" by Tom Fowler says Conoco won 75 bids for leases in a Federal auction to drill leases off the Gulf of Mexico & Exxon placed 50 winning bids.

WSJ pC4 "Dow is a loser: Exxon off 1.4%" by Jon Ching says stocks sank for a 3rd straight day due to a drop in the euro & steep declines in commodity prices. Caterpillar fell 3.98 to lead the Dow decliners while Chevron fell 3.09 and Exxon fell 1.09. Exxon fell 1.09. Tech stocks were weal as Cisco fell 49 cents, Hewlett-Packard fell 42 cents.

GE $16.61 +0.19 1.16% 89,082,718 NYSE: Fin Times p8 "GE seen as touchstone for jobs revival" by Ed Crooks says in '01 GE employed 158,000 in the US and 1532,000 elsewhere while in '11 it will employ 133,000 in the US. GE's profits have been rising since '09 but the US workforce remained unchanged. The story has a time line from 1947 and notes in '90 Microsoft launched Windows 3.0.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $26.38 -0.42 1.57% 22,317,178 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "Dow is a loser: Exxon off 1.4%" by Jon Ching says stocks sank for a 3rd straight day due to a drop in the euro & steep declines in commodity prices. Caterpillar fell 3.98 to lead the Dow decliners while Chevron fell 3.09 and Exxon fell 1.09. Exxon fell 1.09. Tech stocks were weal as Cisco fell 49 cents, Hewlett-Packard fell 42 cents.

Home Depot HD $39.14 -0.37 0.94% 12,084,761 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $23.31 -0.25 1.06% 56,394,300 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $188.72 -2.43 1.27% 5,056,643 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $31.51 +0.22 0.7% 41,291,678 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "MF's regulators face panel today" by Julie Steinberg says MF Global was allowed to use $21.3 mil in cash collateral for operating expenses after JPMorgan consents which houses the funds.

Fin Times p28 "Further shake up at First Solar dims confidence in sector outlook" by Ajay Makan says First Solar fell 21.4% as it announced its 2nd restructuring in 6 weeks. Elsewhere, markets fell sharply for the 3rd day running as investors once again took fright at newsflow from europe. JPMorgan was up 0.7%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.18 -0.18 0.28% 9,802,321 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $36.16 -0.12 0.33% 7,480,171 NYSE: No mentions found.

NcDonald's MCD $97.61 -0.39 0.4% 6,344,844 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $35.56 +0.57 1.63% 22,542,285 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $25.59 -0.17 0.66% 47,925,536 NASDAQ-GS: Fin Times p8 "GE seen as touchstone for jobs revival" by Ed Crooks says in '01 GE employed 158,000 in the US and 1532,000 elsewhere while in '11 it will employ 133,000 in the US. GE's profits have been rising since '09 but the US workforce remained unchanged. The story has a time line from 1947 and notes in '90 Microsoft launched Windows 3.0.

Pfizer PFE $20.86 +0.10 0.48% 56,833,129 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $64.45 -0.28 0.43% 10,326,040 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $78.51 -0.90 1.13% 4,202,132 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "#M expects 1,000 to take retirement offer" by Doug Cameron says this is due to a voluntary retirement offer issued this week.

Travelers TRV $55.97 +0.04 0.07% 4,366,357 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $73.17 -1.03 1.39% 5,175,515 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $38.26 unch unch 11,896,383 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $57.65 -0.05 0.09% 8,980,448 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 Meg Whitman (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Virginia M. Rometty (replaces Samuel J. Palmisano 1/1/12) (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 Lowell McAdam (NY, NY) Lowell C. McAdam
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 12/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $302.5 [5]
2. IBM 223 [1]
3. Microsoft MSFT 212 [8.5]
4. Chevron CVX 203 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 202 [3.5]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 176.5 [3]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176 [3]
8. AT&T T 171 [6]
9. GE 168 [10.5]
10. Pfizer PFE 154 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 152 [2.5]
12. Intel INTC 131 [5]
13. JPMorgan Chase JPM 116 [4]
14. Merck MRK 109 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 98 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 69.5 [1]
19. Disney DIS 64.5 [2]
20. Kraft KFT 64.5 [2]
21. Caterpillar CAT 62.5 [.5]
22. Home Depot HD 60.5 [1.5]
23. Bank of America BAC 56 [10]
24. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
25. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 56 [2]
26. American Express AXP 55.5 [1]
27. Boeing BA 53 [1]
28. DuPont DD 43.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 23 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 12/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 11/28 8K re: redemption of subsidiary Cingular Wirelss' $2.97 bil debt
11/25/11 8K re: withdrawal from FCC of application to buy T-Mobile
11/7/11 10Q for qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
9/8/11 8K re: redemption of certain notes
9/1/11 8K re: Dept. of Justice lawsuit to block AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile saying it will lessen competition & raise prices

Alcoa AA: 11/16/11 8K re: exec changes
10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 11/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for Aug, Sept & Oct
11/4/11 8K re: exec changes
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
9/15/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re: delinquency & write-off stats for 3 months ended 8

Bank of Am BAC: 12/1/11 Proxy re: amendment of Dec. of Trust for Preferred HITs
11/17/11 8K re: exchange of preferred shares
11/2/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
9/7/11 8K re: exec changes including departure of Sallie Krawcheck
9/1/11 8K re: Amend Cert of Inc to designate Pref. Shares sold to Berkshire Hathaway for $5 bil

Boeing BA: 11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes
10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Caterpiller CAT: 11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: price increases
9/29/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreement

Chevron CVX: 11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Cisco CSCO 11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
9/20/11 8K re: contract with Exec VP Wim Elfrink
9/14/11 10K for year ended 7/30/11

Coke KO 11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes
10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes

Disney DIS 11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11
10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract

DuPont DD: 11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director
10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

GE: 11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 11/8/11 10Q & 11/21/11 8K re: results of year and Qtr ended 10/31/11
11/17/11 8K re: election of Ralph V. Whitworth to Board of Dirs
10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of flotaing global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
9/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

Home Depot HD: 11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11

Intel INTC: 11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11
10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes

IBM: 11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt
10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/30/11 8K re: reorganiz. of Retail Fin'l Services & Card Business segments
9/13/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: guidance given at investor conference

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 11/30/11 8K re: purchase of synthes & offer to hire its CEO
11/22/11 8K re: exec changes
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/2
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Kraft KFT: 11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference

McDonald's MCD: 11/14/11 8K re: Investor Release re: Growth Plans
11/8/11 8K re: Oct sales
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
9/12/11 8K re: August sales

Merck MRK: 12/1/11 8K re: election of CEO Ken Frazier to Bd & retirement of former CEO Richard Clark from Board
11/10/11 8K & 11/8/11 10Q re Investor Presentation re results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp

Microsoft MSFT: 11/17/11 8K re: votings results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Procter & Gamble PG: 11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food
10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
9/7/11 Def. 14A Proxy Material re: voting recommendations for directors

3M MMM: 11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
9/8/11 8K re: Distribution Agrmt with Goldman Sachs re: $3 bil of notes

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes

United Technologies UTX: 11/16/11 8K re: edemption of $500 mil of 6/1% Notes due 5/15/12
11/15/11 8K re: $15 bil Credit Agrmt
10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
9/29/11 8K re: exec personnel changes
9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acquisition of Goodrich

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
9/27/11 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair Eduardo Castro-Wright
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11