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Post No. 1,399 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 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings in each case as of December 1, 2011.

A read of the print editions of Tuesday's Investor's Business Daily, Monday's Barron's, the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of The Wall St. Journal and 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 12,217.56 down 69.48 or 0.57% from Thursday's close of 12,287.04. For the week the Dow is down 76.44 or 6.22% from last Friday's close of 12,294. For the year the Dow ended up 5.53% from last year's close of 11,577.51. Nasdaq closed at 2,605.15 down from last year's close of 2,652.87 and the S&P 500 closed at 1,257.60 essentailly the same as last year's close of 1,257.64. Of the 30 Dow components 7 gained and 23 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Hewlett-Packard HPQ $25.76 +0.14 0.55% 11,493,016 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $5.56 +0.10 1.83% 176,076,969 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was IBM $183.88 -2.30 1.24% 3,530,180 NYSE.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Year ends on weak note" by Paul Whitfield says the year 2011 will go down in history as a bear market even though the Dow was up 5.5% for the year, while the S&P 500 was flat and Nasdaq slipped 1.8% and NYSE composite dropped 6.1%. The bear market was confirmed in Oct when three of the 4 major indexes dropped 20% to 26% off their highs. A beer market is traditionally defined as a drop of 20% ore more. Friday's action saw the market down in mixed volume as the current outlook is the market is in a confirmed uptrend.

Fin Times p11 "Large cp resilience takes the sting out of S&P's falls" by Ajay Makan says one theme dominated the year: the collapse of financials. The 4 companies that have weighed most heavily on the S&P were Bank of America down 59.2%, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan down 22%. Exxon's 16.3% move gave the S&P a boost while IBM also boosted the index 5 points.

Sat. WSJ pA3 "Dow ends year of tumult up 6%" by Joanthan Cehng says the Dow ended the year up nearly 6%, a modest rise that belied the turmoil of the last half of the year when the Dow averaged a daily intraday swing of 270 points between Aug and Nov more than twice as wide than the same period in '10.

Sat. NYT pB1 "Wall street ends back where it started" by Christine Hauser says like a roller coaster returning to the platform the stock market in the US ended the last day of trading in '11 just about where it started the year before as the S&P 500 closed on Friday at 1,257.60.

As of the close of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B5 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Saturday's and Dow's final for 2011 trailing P/E ratio is 13.21 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 13.29 (year ago it was 14.76); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.49 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.37 (year ago it was 13.54), and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.60 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.59 (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 1,614.30 down 9.18 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,623.48. 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 $53.81 down $0.31 from Thursday's average closing price of $54.12. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.91 (DD/HD) down $0.02 from Thursday's median closing price of $43.93. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.17 -0.51 0.85% 1,637,406 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $5.56 +0.10 1.83% 176,076,969 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 $918 ($162,348 - $161,430).

MarketWatch Friday 12/30/11 4:26 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks slid Friday, with the S&P 500 relinquishing its 2011 gain, as investors closed the books on a volatile year largely driven by Europe’s uncertain efforts to stem its debt crisis.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.57% ended the year up 5.5%, its second consecutive yearly rise. What had been a slight gain for 2011 vanished in the final moments of trade for the S&P 500 Index SPX -0.43%, which finished a fraction below its 2010 close. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.33% finished 2011 down 1.8% for its first annual loss since 2008.“As we end the year we are pretty much right where we started,” said Chris Hobart, chief executive officer of Hobart Financial Group in Charlotte, N.C.“This is a process that is going to have to be worked out over time and unfortunately we’ve seen a relatively small country like Greece have their issues, then trickle through Italy, and now come to life in Spain,” Hobart of Europe’s regional debt trouble.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 69.48 points, or 0.6%, to 12,217.56.The Dow’s best performer of the day happened to be its worst performer for the year, with Bank of America Corp. BAC -0.18% up 1.8% on the day and down 58% for 2011.Conversely, McDonald’s Corp. MCD +0.12% lost 0.5% during the session but was the best-performing blue chip for 2011, up almost 31%.Dow component Verizon Communications Inc. VZ -0.20% on Friday backed down from its plan to charge wireless customers a $2 ‘convenience fee’ when making certain one-time payments.The S&P 500 SPX -0.43% fell 2.60 points, or 0.2%, to 1,260.42, with consumer staples the greatest laggard and telecommunications faring best among its 10 industry groups.Defensive sectors fared best for 2011, with utilities, consumer staples and health-care leading sector gains for the year, while financial firms, natural-resource companies and industrials were hardest hit.Leading the S&P’s gainers, shares of MetroPCS Communications Inc. PCS -0.99% climbed 5.3% after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said the pay-as-you-go carrier could be targeted for acquisition by bigger competitors At&T Inc. T -0.10% or T-Mobile USA.The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.33% lost 8.59 points, or 0.3%, to 2,605.15.Decliners ran just ahead of advancers on the New York Stock Exchange, with volume hitting 588 million shares. Composite volume neared 2.3 billion.The time “between Christmas and New Year’s tends to be slow; there might be an uptick (in volume) near the close, with people making final moves, whether for tax preparation or whatever,” said Hobart of the minuscule volume.“Here in the U.S. there is not a ton of news to react to,” he added of the dearth of market-moving events on the domestic front.Gold futures GC2G +1.73% rebounded from a string of losses, rising $25.90 to end at $1,566.80 an ounce the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The metal finished 10% higher for the year.Oil futures CL2G -0.59% fell 82 cents to end the session at $98.83 a barrel in New York, with the commodity tallying an 8.2% rise from the close of 2010.Ahead of Friday’s opening bell, Spain’s new government unveiled austerity measures and said it expects a 2011 budget gap of nearly 8%. “Economic conditions in Europe remain tenuous, with no clear end in sight,” Kevin Giddis, fixed-income strategist at Morgan Keegan, wrote in emailed commentary. “European leaders have little choice but to institute real austerity measures in order to correct for years of fiscal irresponsibility, but such measures virtually guarantee that the region will experience no small amount of economic pain,” Giddis noted.
Investors drew limited cheer from reassurances made by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who ruled out a breakup of the euro region in an interview published Friday.“I think that in the next 12 months we will have avoided the danger of contagion and will have stabilized the euro zone,” Schaeuble told Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $30.24 +0.07 0.23% 15,685,252 NYSE:

Alcoa AA $8.65 +0.02 0.23% 18,541,981 NYSE:

American Express AXP $47.17 -0.35 0.74% 3,332,768 NYSE:

Bank of America BAC $5.56 +0.10 1.83% 176,076,969 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Stocks with training wheels" by Andrew Barys ays Bank of America's convertible securities offer a nice combination of yield and equity upside. BofA's are known as busted converts because their conversion features are way out of the money but they amount to yield plays because they are trading a deep discounts yielding 9.35.

Sat. WSJ pB1 "Verizon Wireless abandons new fee" by Greg Bensinger says Verizon Wireless abruptly backed off a plan to charge some customers extra to pay their bills online or over the phone, joining the ignominious parade of corporate retreats in '11. The reversal came a day after the $2 charge became public and followed a barrage of customer complaints and the scrutiny of federal regulators. In a side bar "A year of flip-fops" its give three examples: Netflix's abandoned plans to separate its DVD by mail business from its Internet service, Bank of America's reversal on its $5 monthly fee after 5 weeks and Hewlett-Packard's reversal of spinning off its PC division and it ousted its CEO.

Fin Times p11 "Large cp resilience takes the sting out of S&P's falls" by Ajay Makan says one theme dominated the year: the collapse of financials. The 4 companies that have weighed most heavily on the S&P were Bank of America down 59.2%, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan down 22%. Exxon's 16.3% move gave the S&P a boost while IBM also boosted the index 5 points.

Boeing BA $73.35 -0.76 1.03% 2,799,243 NYSE:

Caterpillar CAT $90.6 +0.02 0.02% 3,269,614 NYSE:

Chevron CVX $106.4 -1.07 1% 5,009,255 NYSE:

Cisco CSCO $18.08 -0.17 0.93% 20,764,262 NASDAQ-GS:

Coke KO $69.97 -0.19 0.27% 3,914,351 NYSE:

Disney DIS $37.5 -0.21 0.56% 4,776,071 NYSE:

DuPont DD $45.78 -0.07 0.15% 3,359,260 NYSE:

Exxon XOM $84.76 -0.51 0.6% 9,767,865 NYSE: Fin Times p11 "Large cp resilience takes the sting out of S&P's falls" by Ajay Makan says one theme dominated the year: the collapse of financials. The 4 companies that have weighed most heavily on the S&P were Bank of America down 59.2%, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan down 22%. Exxon's 16.3% move gave the S&P a boost while IBM also boosted the index 5 points.

GE $17.91 -0.16 0.89% 31,167,681 NYSE: Barron's pM15 says Sterne Agee released a research report on Ge on 12/27 as a buy says GE's acquisition in the depository business means it has moved decisively toward its goal of alternative funding.

Barron's p10 "Week review" says Macy's and Walmart benefited from higher than expected retail holiday sales. GE Capital said it would pay $7.5 bil for MetLife's US retail deposit business in order to get a more relaible funding source.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $25.76 +0.14 0.55% 11,493,016 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Letter details HP CEO conduct" says a Delaware court ruled that a letter by Jodie Fisher's lawyer about the conduct of ex-HPQ CEO Mark Hurd be made public.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 "2012 crystal ball says IBM, Amazon rising" by Brian Deagon says when Steve Ballmer took charge of Microsoft 11 years ago, the stock traded near 44 and it now is near 26 as Microsoft has missed or fumbled most every major new idea in tech the past decade, from browsers to smartphones. Its portable music player was a joke, was was its Windows Vista operating system. Xb ox is a winner, but the video game console market is troubled. There's little innovation at Microsoft. Tablet computers are lagely an entertainment device and are just smartphones on steroids. People will realize that getting real work done requires PC performance. Ultrabooks, fueled by Intel, will work like tablets only better. Amazon & IBM are well positioned for the future, unlike Hewlett-Packard. Buffer bought $10.7 bil in IBM stock for a 5.4% share.

Sat. WSJ pB1 "Verizon Wireless abandons new fee" by Greg Bensinger says Verizon Wireless abruptly backed off a plan to charge some customers extra to pay their bills online or over the phone, joining the ignominious parade of corporate retreats in '11. The reversal came a day after the $2 charge became public and followed a barrage of customer complaints and the scrutiny of federal regulators. In a side bar "A year of flip-fops" its give three examples: Netflix's abandoned plans to separate its DVD by mail business from its Internet service, Bank of America's reversal on its $5 monthly fee after 5 weeks and Hewlett-Packard's reversal of spinning off its PC division and it ousted its CEO.

Home Depot HD $42.04 +0.03 0.07% 4,761,732 NYSE:

Intel INTC $24.25 -0.30 1.22% 21,689,609 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 "2012 tech trends: social , mobile, cloud" by Patrick Seitz says in '12 Intel will debut a radically redesigned microprocessor and Microsoft will come out with its make or break operating system, Windows 8. Facebook will get more business oriented and likely will partner with Microsoft, IBM and others.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 "2012 crystal ball says IBM, Amazon rising" by Brian Deagon says when Steve Ballmer took charge of Microsoft 11 years ago, the stock traded near 44 and it now is near 26 as Microsoft has missed or fumbled most every major new idea in tech the past decade, from browsers to smartphones. Its portable music player was a joke, was was its Windows Vista operating system. Xb ox is a winner, but the video game console market is troubled. There's little innovation at Microsoft. Tablet computers are lagely an entertainment device and are just smartphones on steroids. People will realize that getting real work done requires PC performance. Ultrabooks, fueled by Intel, will work like tablets only better. Amazon & IBM are well positioned for the future, unlike Hewlett-Packard. Buffer bought $10.7 bil in IBM stock for a 5.4% share.

IBM $183.88 -2.30 1.24% 3,530,180 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 "2012 tech trends: social , mobile, cloud" by Patrick Seitz says in '12 Intel will debut a radically redesigned microprocessor and Microsoft will come out with its make or break operating system, Windows 8. Facebook will get more business oriented and likely will partner with Microsoft, IBM and others.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 "2012 crystal ball says IBM, Amazon rising" by Brian Deagon says when Steve Ballmer took charge of Microsoft 11 years ago, the stock traded near 44 and it now is near 26 as Microsoft has missed or fumbled most every major new idea in tech the past decade, from browsers to smartphones. Its portable music player was a joke, was was its Windows Vista operating system. Xb ox is a winner, but the video game console market is troubled. There's little innovation at Microsoft. Tablet computers are lagely an entertainment device and are just smartphones on steroids. People will realize that getting real work done requires PC performance. Ultrabooks, fueled by Intel, will work like tablets only better. Amazon & IBM are well positioned for the future, unlike Hewlett-Packard. Buffer bought $10.7 bil in IBM stock for a 5.4% share.

JPMorgan JPM $33.25 -0.17 0.51% 18,163,137 NYSE: Fin Times p11 "Large cp resilience takes the sting out of S&P's falls" by Ajay Makan says one theme dominated the year: the collapse of financials. The 4 companies that have weighed most heavily on the S&P were Bank of America down 59.2%, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan down 22%. Exxon's 16.3% move gave the S&P a boost while IBM also boosted the index 5 points.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.58 -0.30 0.46% 4,938,894 NYSE:

Kraft KFT $37.36 -0.32 0.85% 4,405,660 NYSE:

McDonald's MCD $100.33 -0.48 0.48% 2,947,971 NYSE:

Merck MRK $37.7- 0.03 0.08% 7,859,842 NYSE:

Microsoft MSFT $25.96 -0.06 0.23% 27,393,828 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily pA6 "2012 crystal ball says IBM, Amazon rising" by Brian Deagon says when Steve Ballmer took charge of Microsoft 11 years ago, the stock traded near 44 and it now is near 26 as Microsoft has missed or fumbled most every major new idea in tech the past decade, from browsers to smartphones. Its portable music player was a joke, was was its Windows Vista operating system. Xb ox is a winner, but the video game console market is troubled. There's little innovation at Microsoft. Tablet computers are lagely an entertainment device and are just smartphones on steroids. People will realize that getting real work done requires PC performance. Ultrabooks, fueled by Intel, will work like tablets only better. Amazon & IBM are well positioned for the future, unlike Hewlett-Packard. Buffer bought $10.7 bil in IBM stock for a 5.4% share.

Pfizer PFE $21.64 -0.07 0.32% 24,684,893 NYSE:

Procter & Gamble PG $66.71 -0.26 0.39% 4,062,213 NYSE:

3M MMM $81.73 -0.38 0.46% 1,706,463 NYSE:

Travelers TRV $59.17 -0.51 0.85% 1,637,406 NYSE:

United Technologies UTX $73.09 -0.73 0.99% 2,427,201 NYSE:

Verizon VZ $40.12 +0.07 0.17% 10,109,512 Dual Listed: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Verizon backs away from fee", Sat. WSJ pB1 "Verizon Wireless abandons new fee" by Greg Bensinger, Sat. NYT pB1 "After outcry, Verizona bandons $2 fee" by Ron Lieber, Sat. AJC pA10 "Verizon drops bill payment fee plan" by AP say Verizon Wireless abruptly backed off a plan to charge some customers extra to pay their bills online or over the phone, joining the ignominious parade of corporate retreats in '11. The reversal came a day after the $2 charge became public and followed a barrage of customer complaints and the scrutiny of federal regulators. In a side bar "A year of flip-fops" its give three examples: Netflix's abandoned plans to separate its DVD by mail business from its Internet service, Bank of America's reversal on its $5 monthly fee after 5 weeks and Hewlett-Packard's reversal of spinning off its PC division and it ousted its CEO.

Walmart WMT $59.76 -0.23 0.38% 4,655,498 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA9 "Adopting an innovative defense" says stores like Dollar General and Family Dollar stores site their stores along access routes to Walmart and Target stores.

Barron's p10 "Week review" says Macy's and Walmart benefited from higher than expected retail holiday sales. GE Capital said it would pay $7.5 bil for MetLife's US retail deposit business in order to get a more relaible funding source.

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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