Sunday, February 12, 2012

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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's and Investor's Business Daily and the combined Saturday/Sunday issue of each of the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, and Sunday's and Saturday's New York Times and 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 12,801.23 down 89.23 or 0.69% from Thursday's close of 12,890.46. For the week the Dow was down 61 points or 0.047% from last Friday's close of 12,862.23. For the year the Dow is up 4.78%. Of the 30 Dow components only Home Depot gained and 29 declined. The only and therefore the biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Home Depot HD $45.33 +0.06 0.13% 4,987,451 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $105.28 -1.09 1.02% 6,085,290 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $10.29 -0.35 3.29% 23,200,359 NYSE.

Sun. NYT magazine p14 Why do we still care about the Sow" by Adam Davidson is an excellent article that describes the history of the Dow, why it is an imperfect indicator but concludes it still influences people tremendously, a must read for anyone interested in the Dow, it evens says what the Dow divisor is!

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks suffer biggest losses in weeks" by Paul Whitfield says the main indexes Fri suffered their biggest percentage losses in more than 6 weeks but lower volume eased concern. The current outlook is the market is in a confirmed uptrend. Ming equipment maker Joy Global fell for a 5th straight day as its rival Caterpillar gapped down 1%. Caterpillar closed under its 10 day line for the first time in 6 weeks.

Fin Times p13 "Strong Apple advance puts techs in positive territory" by Ajay Makan says US stocks are enjoying their best start to a year since '90 but the week ended with echoes of '11 as events in Greece had Wall St on edge once again. US indices made serene progress up to Fri with trading screens barely flickering as party leaders in Athens sought agreement on austerity measures required for add'l bailout funding. Apple now has a $60 bil lead over ExxonMobil as the largest US group by market cap. Bank of America climbed 2.9% over the week to top $8 for the first time since Sept but JPMorrgan fell 1.8%.

WSJ pB4 "Crossing a golden barrier" by Brendan Conway says some investors who worry that stocks are losing steam after a strong run are looking to the "Goden Cross" technical indicator which occurs when the market's short term gains surpass its longer term gains or when an index's 50 day moving average breaks above the 200 moving average creating a cross on charts. Friday's selloff was because everyone has been wanting this Greek deal and it hasn't happened yet but the uptrend is still in place.

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 trailing P/E ratio is 14.28 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.38 (year ago it was 15.03); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.26 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.30 (year ago it was 12.81) and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.52 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.50 (last year it was 2.35). 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 1,691.42 down 11.79 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,703.21. 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 $56.38 down 77 down $0.39 from Thursday's average closing price of $56.77. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $48.24 (DD/HD) down $0.43 from Thursday's median closing price of $48.67. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.38 -0.51 0.85% 1,859,573 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $8.07 -0.11 1.34% 253,530,551 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 $1,179 ($170,321 - $169,142).

MarketWatch Friday 2/10/12 5:02 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks made their biggest drop of the year Friday, quitting five weeks of gains for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite, on worries that efforts to keep Greece from defaulting were falling apart. As stocks dove, the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index VIX +11.59% leapt above 20 for the first time in nearly two weeks, rising more than 11%. The move “doesn’t represent huge panic, but as people get too complacent, they need to be reminded all is not well in the world, although domestically, things have improved,” said Randy Frederick, director of trading and derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.69% trimmed some losses in the final minutes, falling 89.23 points, or 0.7%, to 12,801.23, tallying a loss of 0.5% for the week. Alcoa Inc. AA -3.29% led declines, falling 3.3%. Only one of the Dow’s 30 components rose. The S&P 500 index SPX -0.69% retreated 9.31 points, or 0.7%, to 1,342.64, for a loss of 0.2% for the week. Natural-resource companies were hardest hit while utilities lost the least ground among its 10 major industry sectors. All closed lower. The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.80% declined 23.35 points, or 0.8%, to 2,903.88. For the week, it declined 0.1%. For every stock advancing nearly three fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 750 million shares traded. NYSE composite volume was 3.8 billion. The euro and commodities prices also fell, while the dollar DXY +0.46% and Treasury prices gained. Equities around the globe declined after emergency talks of euro-zone finance ministers ended with Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker saying Greece has to find 325 million euros in spending cuts. ‘Even if Greece falls apart, we’ll have a day or two pullback, and be glad we’re done with this. Then we can stop worrying about Greece and focus on our domestic economy, which is doing quite well. Separately, the head of one of three political parties supporting Greece’s interim Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said he would not back the austerity moves. The major indexes furthered their fall after a gauge of consumer confidence came in below expectations. The University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters initial index of sentiment for February declined to 72.5 from a reading of 75 at the end of January.U.S. stocks have been primed for a fall, or at least a pause, given the market’s advance so far this year, with the S&P 500 down just nine sessions, and up 6.8% year-to-date. “We’ve had a pretty solid run on the S&P 500, so I’d thought we’d have a pullback,” said Frederick. “The Dow has already broken out and exceeded last year’s high, while the S&P has not, but there’s every reason to believe it will in the next month or so, regardless what happens in Greece,” said Frederick. The Dow this week closed at its highest since May 2008, while the Nasdaq Composite hit its highest since December 2000. While Frederick believes there is a high possibility of a Greek default, the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank in the final two months of 2011 made the right moves to ensure other European Union nations won’t run the risk of default, regardless of the outcome in Greece. “In theory we have another month that they can fool around,” said Frederick of the date in the latter part of March that Greece faces its next loan repayment. “But even if Greece falls apart, we’ll have a day or two pullback, and be glad we’re done with this. Then we can stop worrying about Greece and focus on our domestic economy, which is doing quite well,” he said. As for Friday’s jump in the VIX, the size of the move is noteworthy, but the climb above 20 could be viewed as a healthy one, given the measure of market uncertainty had been projecting an overly complacent investment community. “We need a little more skepticism in the market. There is a lot going on,” said Frederick, who adds the VIX’s moves upwards represent “a measure of uncertainty, not necessarily fear.”
“With the VIX moving upward, one might be tempted to conclude that this is indicative of the deal that is destined to fail,” said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive officer at YCMNET Advisors. “We don’t believe that to be the case and expect the remaining issues related to sovereign austerity to be resolved in the next couple weeks,” he said.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$29.84 -0.15 0.5% 25,020,538 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA
$10.29 -0.35 3.29% 23,200,359 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP
$51.81 -0.50 0.96% 3,958,903 NYSE: Barron's p40 "CEO spotlight Ken Chenault" by Lawrence Strauss says Chenault, 60, has led American Express through some of its most horrific episodes in recent American history. He is also on the boards of IBM and Procter & Gamble. Amex has a dividend yield of 1.39% and is trading at 12.3 times '12 estimates.

Bank of America BAC
$8.07 -0.11 1.34% 253,530,551 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Foreclosure deal reached", Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "States, banks in robo pact" say fed agencies and 49 states reached a $25 bil deal with 5 top banks including Bank of America and JPMorgan re: mortgage foreclosure abuses.

WSJ pB3 "Renewable firms seek tax equity partners" by Ryan Tracy says the Energy Dept. will hold a 3/13 meeting at which the Obama admin will try to persuade 79 US corporations to invest in renewable energy and the largest firms in the US are invited including Exxon and Disney and Bank of America & JPMorgan.

Fin Times p13 "Strong Apple advance puts techs in positive territory" by Ajay Makan says US stocks are enjoying their best start to a year since '90 but the week ended with echoes of '11 as events in Greece had Wall St on edge once again. US indices made serene progress up to Fri with trading screens barely flickering as party leaders in Athens sought agreement on austerity measures required for add'l bailout funding. Apple now has a $60 bil lead over ExxonMobil as the largest US group by market cap. Bank of America climbed 2.9% over the week to top $8 for the first time since Sept but JPMorrgan fell 1.8%.

Boeing BA:
$74.95 -0.95 1.25% 3,367,573 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA8 "New lease on the lending trade" by Alan Elliott says Boeing had more than $100 bil in new orders for '11, a record backlog of $346 bil & siad its '12 production was sold out. It also said its leasing portfolio would continue to dwindle as it is financing fewer planes and lessees pay off long term agreements.

Caterpillar CAT
$111.75 -1.08 0.96% 6,328,042 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks suffer biggest losses in weeks" by Paul Whitfield says the main indexes Fri suffered their biggest percentage losses in more than 6 weeks but lower volume eased concern. The current outlook is the market is in a confirmed uptrend. Ming equipment maker Joy Global fell for a 5th straight day as its rival Caterpillar gapped down 1%. Caterpillar closed under its 10 day line for the first time in 6 weeks.

Chevron CVX
$105.28 -1.09 1.02% 6,085,290 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO
$19.895 -0.105 0.53% 63,086,551 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p29 "Low expectations continue to dog Cisco" by Tiernan Ray says Cisco CEO John Chambers tried to dispel the ghosts of the past year as rev & profit from its 2Q was better than expected and the outlook beat analysts' estimates Hewlett-Packard and Juniper have been putting pressure on Cisco's prices by competing for the same accounts, bringing down rev.

Coke KO
$67.94 -0.03 0.04% 5,361,470 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS
$41.45 -0.08 0.19% 10,112,894 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Renewable firms seek tax equity partners" by Ryan Tracy says the Energy Dept. will hold a 3/13 meeting at which the Obama admin will try to persuade 79 US corporations to invest in renewable energy and the largest firms in the US are invited including Exxon and Disney and Bank of America & JPMorgan.

DuPont DD
$51.15 -0.91 1.75% 4,923,427 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM
$83.8 -1.08 1.27% 15,239,981 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Renewable firms seek tax equity partners" by Ryan Tracy says the Energy Dept. will hold a 3/13 meeting at which the Obama admin will try to persuade 79 US corporations to invest in renewable energy and the largest firms in the US are invited including Exxon and Disney and Bank of America & JPMorgan.

Fin Times p13 "Strong Apple advance puts techs in positive territory" by Ajay Makan says US stocks are enjoying their best start to a year since '90 but the week ended with echoes of '11 as events in Greece had Wall St on edge once again. US indices made serene progress up to Fri with trading screens barely flickering as party leaders in Athens sought agreement on austerity measures required for add'l bailout funding. Apple now has a $60 bil lead over ExxonMobil as the largest US group by market cap. Bank of America climbed 2.9% over the week to top $8 for the first time since Sept but JPMorrgan fell 1.8%.

GE
$18.875 -0.255 1.33% 109,254,471 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ No mentions found.
$28.7 -0.41 1.41% 10,019,359 NYSE:

Home Depot HD
$45.33 +0.06 0.13% 4,987,451 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC
$26.695 -0.165 0.61% 33,360,361 NASDAQ-GS:

IBM
$192.42 -0.71 0.37% 3,401,718 NYSE: Barron's p40 "CEO spotlight Ken Chenault" by Lawrence Strauss says Chenault, 60, has led American Express through some of its most horrific episodes in recent American history. He is also on the boards of IBM and Procter & Gamble. Amex has a dividend yield of 1.39% and is trading at 12.3 times '12 estimates.

JPMorgan JPM
$37.61 -0.25 0.66% 22,563,830 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Foreclosure deal reached", Inv. Bus. Daily pB2 "States, banks in robo pact" says fed agencies and 49 states reached a $25 bil deal with 5 top banks including Bank of America and JPMorgan re: mortgage foreclosure abuses.

WSJ pB3 "Renewable firms seek tax equity partners" by Ryan Tracy says the Energy Dept. will hold a 3/13 meeting at which the Obama admin will try to persuade 79 US corporations to invest in renewable energy and the largest firms in the US are invited including Exxon and Disney and Bank of America & JPMorgan.

Fin Times p13 "Strong Apple advance puts techs in positive territory" by Ajay Makan says US stocks are enjoying their best start to a year since '90 but the week ended with echoes of '11 as events in Greece had Wall St on edge once again. US indices made serene progress up to Fri with trading screens barely flickering as party leaders in Athens sought agreement on austerity measures required for add'l bailout funding. Apple now has a $60 bil lead over ExxonMobil as the largest US group by market cap. Bank of America climbed 2.9% over the week to top $8 for the first time since Sept but JPMorrgan fell 1.8%.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$64.6 -0.29 0.45% 13,765,623 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pB7 "Abbott Labs keeps raising its dividend" by Vincent Mao says Abbott offers a current yield of about 3.5% about the same yield as rival Johnson & Johnson.

Kraft KFT
$38.58 -0.06 0.16% 6,099,001 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD
$99.47 -0.52 0.52% 3,866,375 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK
$37.91 -0.24 0.63% 10,549,127 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT
$30.495 -0.275 0.89% 44,621,167 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE
$21.05 -0.09 0.43% 26,934,880 NYSE: Barron's p4 "Right on the money" by Alan Abelson says he likes the drug sector. Pfizer has its share of snores among analysts where opinion is split between those who suggest it be sold the tepid enthusiasm for those who kind of like it. Abelson likes Pfizer because nobody seems to be pounding the table for the stock which has been rather a listless performer. First Global had a favorable report on Pfizer last week. Pfizer may spin off its animal health and nutrition businesses. Pfizer is selling at 9 times estimated '13 earnings.

Procter & Gamble PG
$63.88 -0.16 0.25% 8,269,006 NYSE: Barron's p16 "diamond Foods cracks on accounting woes" by Bill Alpert, Sat. AJC pA9 say Procter & Gamble will not sell Pringles to Diamond which it had agreed to do in April '11 for $1.5. Cancellation is due to Diamond's accounting problems.

Barron's p40 "CEO spotlight Ken Chenault" by Lawrence Strauss says Chenault, 60, has led American Express through some of its most horrific episodes in recent American history. He is also on the boards of IBM and Procter & Gamble. Amex has a dividend yield of 1.39% and is trading at 12.3 times '12 estimates.

3M MMM
$87.14 -0.88 1% 2,968,741 NYSE: Barron's p39 "Fun and games pay off" by Shirley lazo says eM enhanced its quarterly common dividend Tues for the 54th straight year. The 110 year old firm's new payout which is worth an extra $111 mil annually will be 59 cents a share, up 7% from 55 cents. Yield is 2.7%.

Travelers TRV
$59.38 -0.51 0.85% 1,859,573 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX
$83.5 -0.28 0.33% 4,507,462 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ
$37.69 -0.23 0.61% 12,344,720 DualListed: Barron's pM6 charts Coinstar saying the operator of Redbox DVD rental kiosks inked a video streaming deal with Verizon.

Walmart WMT
$61.9 -0.06 0.1% 5,510,599 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 Inge Thulin replaces George W. Buckley on 2/24(St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)
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 2/1/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $402 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 251.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 227 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 213 [3.5]
5. Chevron CVX 204.5 [2]
6. GE 198 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 179 [3]
8. AT&T T 175.5 [6]
9. Procter & Gamble PG 174 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 164 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 154 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 143 [4]
13. Intel INTC 135 [5]
14. Merck MRK 118 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 107 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 106.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 100.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 74.5 [10]
19. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
20. Caterpillar CAT 71.5 [.5]
21. Disney DIS 70.5 [2]
22. Home Depot HD 68.5 [1.5]
23. Kraft KFT 68 [2]
24. 3M MMM 61 [.5]
25. American Express AXP 59 [1]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 57 [2]
27. Boeing BA 56 [1]
28. DuPont DD 47.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 2/11/12:

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

AT&T T: 1/26/12 two 8Ks re redemption of 6.3% Sr. notes & reduction of Citibank lending comitment to $3 bil
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results and stock buybacks
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

Alcoa AA: 2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders
1/19/12 8K re: Sir Martin Sorrell's appointment to Board of Dirs
1/12/12 8K e: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/10 8K re: 4Q results
1/6/12 8K re: closing of smelter plannt in alcoa, tn & 2 plants in Tx
11/16/11 8K re: exec changes

American Express AXP: 2/9/12 8K re: Investor presentation
1/27/12 8K re: amendment to '07 Incentive Comp Plan
1/19 8K re: 4Q & FY '11 results
1/17/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 12/31/11
12/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for prior 3 months
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

Bank of Am BAC: 2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators
1/19/12 4Q & FY '11 results
1/13/12 8K re: restated indenture
12/16/11 8K re: unregistered sale of $885.4 of Senior Notes
12/6/11 8K re: stating it is unaffiliated from IPIC Group's mini-tender off of 4.86% of its common
12/2/11 8K re exchange of $442.3 of senior notes
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

Boeing BA: 2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q results
12/15/11 8-K/A election of Gregory D. Smith as CFO
11/14/11 8K re: $2.3 bil revolving credit agrmt.
11/1/11 8K re: exec changes

Caterpiller CAT: 1/26/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q & full year '11 results & dealer stats.
12/19/11 8K re pst 3 months dealer stats.
12/16/11 8K re extension of stock repurchase plan
11/18/11 8K re: past 3 monts dealer stats
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30

Chevron CVX: 1/27/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results & grant of exec stock options
1/11/12 8K re: forecst for 4Q
12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11

Cisco CSCO 2/8/12 8K re: 2Q results
12/16/11 8K re pre-arranged exec stock trading plan
12/8/11 8K re amendment of stock option plan
11/22/11 10Q & 8K for Qtr ended 10/29

Coke KO 2/7/12 8K re: 4Q & full year '11 results
12/19/11 re election of ex Mayor of Chicago Richard M. Daley to Board of Dirs.
11/10/11 Prospectus re: exchange of $1.6 bil of 2016 Notes

Disney DIS 2/7/12 10Q for 12/31/11
2/7/12 8K re: 1Q results
1/20/12 Proxy re: annual mtg of shareholders on 3/13/12 at 10 am at Westin, Kansas City
12/1/11 8K re sale of $1.6 bil of Global Notes
11/23/11 10K & 11/10/11 8K re: results for fiscal year ened 10/1/11

DuPont DD: 2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: comp to CEO Ellen Kullman
1/24/12 8K re: Qtr ended 12/31/11 results
11/22/11 8K : re: election of Lee M. Thomas as Director

ExxonMobil XOM: 1/31/12 8K re: 4Q results
12/6/11 8K re disclosure of exec bonuses and salaries (CEO's Rex Tillerson's base effective 1/1/12 is $2,567,000 and no exec has a contract, all are employees at will
11/29/11 8K re: exec changes
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11

GE: 1/20/12 8K re: 4Q results
11/8/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/3/12 Proxy re: 3/21/12 annual meeting of shareholders at Santa Clara, CA Convention Ctr.
1/30/12 8K re: Lawrence Babbio retiring from Board of Dirs.
1/20/12 8K re: Sari Baldauf retiring from Board of Dirs.
12/14/11 10Q for year ended 10/31/11
12/12/11 8K re close of sale of $3.5 bil of Global Notes
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

Home Depot HD: 1/6/12 S-3 Shelf Registration for direct purchase of shares
11/29/11 10Q & 11/15/11 8K re: results of Qtr ended 10/31/11

Intel INTC: 2/9/12 8K re: settlement of antitrust case beought by NY Atty Gen'l
1/20/12 8K re: appointment of Brian M. Krzanich as COO
1/20/12 8K & 1/19/12 8K re: Qtr & FY 12/31/11 results
11/4/11 10Q for Qtr ended 10/1/11

IBM: 2/9/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 2.2% Notes due '17
2/3/12 8K re: underwriting agreeement for notes due '15 - '17
2/3/12 8K re: exec salaries for top 5 execs
1/3/12 8K re: election of CEO Virginia Rometty & also David Farr to Board of Dirs
1/20/12 8K, 1/19/12 8K, & 1/3/12 8K re: results for FY 12/31/11
11/14/11 8K re: $10 bil Credit Agrmt

JPMorganChase JPM: 2/9/12 8K re: global settlement of mortgage foreclsure suits brought by state & fed regulators
1/23/12 8K re: issuance of $3.25 bil notes
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/22/11 8K re closing of $1.25 bil 5.4% Notes
12/8/11 8K re increase to share repurchase program
12/8/11 8K re FD disclosure re guidance presentation
11/8/11 8K re: election of James A. Bell as Dir.
11/4 28ks & 10Q re: Qtr ended 9/30/11

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 1/24/12 8K re: 4Q & FY 12/31/12 results
1/13/12 8K re: stock option form certificates
12/13/11 8K re closing of divestiture of assets of Ortho Dematologics division which made Retin-!
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

Kraft KFT: 1/17/12 8K re: forecast of '11 results
1/10/12 8K re: issuance of $800 mil floating rate notes
1/9/12 8K re: execs named for spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
12/5/11 8K re appointment of Irene Rosenfeld to lead Global Snacks and Tony Vernon as CEO fo N. American Grocery company
11/4/11 10Q & 11/2/11 8K re: Qtr ended 9/30/11

McDonald's MCD: 2/10/12 8K re: grant of exec stock options
2/8/12 8K re: Jan '12 sales
2/7/12 8K re: issuance of $750 mil med term notes
1/31/12 8K re: exec comp awards to 5 top execs
1/24/12 8K re: 4Q & FY 12/31/11 results
12/2/11 8K re Nov sales rose 7.4%
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

Merck MRK: 2/9/12 8K re: Dr. Thomas Shenk retiring from Board of Dirs.
2/2/12 8K re: full year & 4Q results 12/31/11
1/13/12 8K re: settlement of shareholder derivative suit in US Dist Ct. New Jersey
12/21/11 8K re: technical amendments to bylaws
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

Microsoft MSFT: 1/27/12 10Q/A & 1/19/12 10Q for year ended 12/31/11
1/19/12 8K re: 2Q 12/31/11 results
12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting results from Annual Shareholder Meeting

Pfizer PFE: 1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results
12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board
11/10/11 10Q & 11/1/11 8K for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Procter & Gamble PG:2/10/12 8K re: restructuring of Beauty & Grooming Blobal Business Unit
2/6/12 8K re: issuance of $2 bil 2.3% & floating rate notes
1/27/12 10Q & two 8Ks re: 12/31/11 results
1/17/12 8K re: change to segment reporting structure
1/10/12 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend of 52 & half cents per share
11/3/11 8K re: Guidance
11/1/11 8K re: delay of sale of Pringles to Diamond Food

3M MMM: 2/8/12 8K re: Inge G. Thulin replacing George W. Buckley as CEO on 2/24/12
1/26/12 8K re: 4Q & full FY 12/31/11 results
12/6/11 8K re eps guidance
11/3/11 10Q re Qtr ended 9/30/11
11/3/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for an exec

Travelers TRV: 1/24/12 8K re: quarter results ending 12/31/11
10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

United Technologies UTX: 2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q & full '11 year results
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 1/24/12 8K re: 4Q results & '12 outlook
1/6/12 8K re: investor presentation
12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil

WalMart WMT: 1/25/12 8K re: election of Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club
12/8/11 8K re registration rights agreement with certain selling shareholders
12/8/11 10Q for qtr ended 10/1/11
11/15/11 8K re: results for 3 & 9 months ended 10/31/11