2/3/12 Fri pm Dow Closes at 12,862.23 up 156.82 or 1.23%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,862.23 up 156.82 or 1.23% from Thursday's close of 12,705.41. For the week the Dow was up 201.77 or 1.59% from last Friday's close of 12,660.46. Of the 30 Dow components 28 gained and 2 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $113.94 +3.61 3.27% 10,235,692 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $7.84 +0.39 5.23% 362,521,410 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Procter & Gamble PG $62.77 -0.55 0.87% 17,436,683 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Friday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Friday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.00 down from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.09 (year ago it was 14.67); today's P/E estimate is 12.15 unchanged from Thursday's P/E estimate of 12.15 (year ago it was 12.63), and today's dividend yield is 2.52 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.39). 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 1,699.48 up 20.72 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,678.76. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.65 up $0.69 from Thursday's average closing price of $55.96. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.81 (DD/HD) up $0.26 from Thursday's median closing price of $47.81. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $87.73 +0.30 0.34% 3,184,033 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.84 0.39 5.23% 362,521,410 NYSE.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have made $2,072 ($169,948 - $167,876).

MarketWatch Friday 2/3/12 5::08 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks leapt Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, as Wall Street embraced the nation’s jobless rate dropping to a three-year low. U.S. markets will likely focus on Cisco Systems Inc, Walt Disney & Co. and whether Greece and its banks reach a deal over restructuring debt. The day’s broad gains capped a strong week for stocks, with two indexes rallying for the fifth straight week. “The U.S. economy is moving in the right direction,” said Mark Coffelt, portfolio manager of the Empiric Core Equity Fund. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.23% rose 156.82 points, or 1.2%, to 12,862.23, its highest close since May 2008. Of its 30 components, 28 rose, led by a 5.2% gain in Bank of America Corp. BAC -0.26% shares. The S&P 500 Index SPX +1.46% rose 19.36 points, or 1.5%, to 1,344.90, its best day since the first trading session of the year. Financials led the rise among its 10 major sectors, all of which closed higher. For the year, the S&P 500 has risen nearly 7% — its best start since 1987. Reaching a level not hit since Dec. 2000, the Nasdaq Composite COMP +1.61% closed up 45.98 points, or 1.6%, to 2,905.66. The Dow rose 1.6% for the week, which included the end of January — the best January, on a percentage basis, for the index since 1997. The S&P 500 gained 2.2% for the week and the Nasdaq Composite rose 3.2%, both the fifth straight week of gains. For every stock declining nearly four gained on the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE composite volume topped 4.5 billion. Shares of Micron Technology Inc. MU +2.98% were halted after the semiconductor company said its chairman and chief executive, Steve Appleton, 51, had died in a small-plane accident in Boise, Idaho. Micron COO Mark Durcan had last week said he would retire at the end of August. The company is based in Boise. Crude-oil futures CL2H +1.47% gained $1.48 to end at $97.84 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, with prices of crude down 1.7% on the week. Gold futures GC2J -1.74% declined $19 to settle at $1,740.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the Nymex, with the precious metal up 0.5% from the week ago close. Treasury prices dropped, with yields on the 10-year note 10_YEAR +5.43% surging 9 basis points to 1.937%. Stocks took off after the Labor Department reported the addition of 243,000 jobs in January, the largest jump in nine months. The unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, the lowest since February 2009. “The jobs report was a really solid number; it beat expectations and continues the trend we’ve seen last few months; the economy is doing better than a lot of people are giving it credit for,” said Brad Sorensen, director of market and sector analysis at Charles Schwab. “Everybody seems to be doubting the economic expansion, partly due to the European situation and partly due to consumer confidence. A lot of economists, analysts and investors have short-changed the economic expansion we’re now in,” Sorensen added.The surprisingly upbeat January data also raised questions about the Federal Reserve’s pledge to keep interest rates at ultralow levels until late in 2014. “I think the Fed futures market is anticipating some hike before the end of 2013. I don’t think he [Ben Bernanke] considers himself locked in to 2014,” said Coffelt at Empiric. Other U.S. data on Friday also supported the view of economic expansion, particularly in manufacturing. The Commerce Department reported orders to factories in December rose 1.1%, up for a second month, while order backlogs climbed 1.4%, the biggest gain in more than two years. And the Institute for Supply Management’s index of nonmanufacturing industries advanced to 56.8 in January from 53 the prior month. The better-than-expected increase comes two days after the institute released a report illustrating that the manufacturing sector in January expanded at its most rapid pace in seven months.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.95 +0.16 0.54% 26,245,180 NYSE
Alcoa AA $10.76 +0.34 3.26% 35,831,304 NYSE
American Express AXP $52.25 +1.09 2.13% 8,168,965 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $7.84 +0.39 5.23% 362,521,410 NYSE
Boeing BA $76.34 +1.12 1.49% 3,471,565 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $113.94 +3.61 3.27% 10,235,692 NYSE
Chevron CVX $105.5 +1.81 1.75% 6,814,940 NYSE
CSCO $20.09 +0.29 1.46% 54,405,420 NASDAQ-GS
Coke KO $68.08 +0.25 0.37% 8,184,001 NYSE
Disney DIS $40 +1.09 2.8% 11,586,557 NYSE
DuPont DD $52.01 +0.61 1.19% 5,557,068 NYSE
Exxon XOM $84.92 +1.39 1.66% 16,138,556 NYSE
GE $19.02 +0.27 1.44% 44,004,816 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $29.07 +0.57 2% 11,615,940 NYSE
Home Depot HD $45.17 +0.71 1.6% 10,407,425 NYSE
Intel INTC $26.74 +0.46 1.75% 42,142,215 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $193.64 +2.11 1.1% 4,516,930 NYSE
JPMorgan JPM $38.28 +0.73 1.94% 40,948,800 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.64 +0.05 0.08% 8,577,661 NYSE
Kraft KFT $38.88 +0.30 0.78% 5,968,643 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $100.01 +1.39 1.41% 5,583,488 NYSE
Merck MRK $38.37 -0.07 0.18% 14,980,500 NYSE
MSFT $30.24 +0.29 0.97% 41,765,528 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $21.2 +0.09 0.43% 41,133,468 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $62.77 -0.55 0.87% 17,436,683 NYSE
3M MMM $87.73 +0.30 0.34% 3,184,033 NYSE
Travelers TRV $60.12 +0.73 1.23% 3,327,947 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $81.05 +1.03 1.29% 5,381,564 NYSE
Verizon VZ $37.84 +0.28 0.75% 11,334,079 DualListed
Walmart WMT $62.03 +0.09 0.15% 7,714,198 NYSE
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The following are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog.

A read of the print editions of Friday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution and 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,705.41 down 11. or 0.09% from Wednesday's close of 12,716.46. For the year the Dow is up 3.99%. Of the 30 Dow components 11 gained, Cisco was unchanged and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Chevron CVX $103.69 +0.90 0.88% 5,897,115 NYSE and percentage-wise was Alcoa AA $10.42 +AXP $51.16 0.54 1.07% 6,458,049 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise IBM $191.53 -1.09 0.57% 3,907,260 NYSE and percentage-wise was Disney DIS $38.91 -0.42 1.07% 9,076,757 NYSE.

WSJ pC4 "As Dow slumps, nasdaq climbs" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow finished in the red for the 7th time in 9 sessions as mixed earnings curbed sentiment ahead of Fri's reading on jobs. Merck fell 19 cents after 4Q rev fell shy of expectations. This weighed on Pfizer which fell 20 cents.

WSJ pB4 "Dow Jones taps Lex Fenwick as CEO" by Russell Adams says News Corp. named Lex Fenwick, a former Bloomberg ceo as CEO of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Fenwick, 52, succeeds Lee Hinton who left in July amid the voice mail interception scandal in the UK.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Leaders leap, but indexes more muted" by Paul Whitfield says if not for a torrent of big gains among top rated stocks Thurs' session might have been dismissed as a quiet day of little importance. Economic news was positive which gave the market fuel. Initial jobless claims were better thane expected and Q4 productivity was in line with estimates. Thurs' action was up in lower volume while the current outlook is the market is in a confirmed uptrend.

Fin times p22 "Newly listed internet groups bubble int he wake of Facebook IPO fizz" by Ajay Makan says Facebook's IPO was a fillip for recently debuted internet businesses. Merck shares fell 0.5% although Pfizer's rival swung to a 4Q profit, beeating analysts expectations. The 2nd largest drug maker by rev predicted a relatively flat '12 with profits expected to be hit by cheaper generic forms of its biggest product, asthma drug Singulair.

NYT pB8 "Indexes hold firm while tech shares advance" by Reuters says stock indexes ended little changed ahead of Fri's monthly employment report but tech shares rose after strong earnngs from chip maker Qualcomm.

USA Today p4B "Investors stand down looking to today's employment report" by Bloomberg says the stock market was little changed Thurs as investors awaited today's employment report to gauge the strength of the recovery in the world's largest economy.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,678.76 down 1.46 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,680.22. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $55.96 down $0.12 from Wednesday's average closing price of $56.08. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $47.81 (AXP/HD) up $0.26 from Wednesday's median closing price of $47.55. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $87.43 +0.08 0.09% 2,287,968 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $7.45 +0.09 1.22% 231,855,735 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 lost $146 ($166,918 - $167,876).

MarketWatch Thursday 2/2/12 4:59 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks tallied limited gains for two of three benchmark indexes Thursday as Wall Street looked to the next day’s employment report as the next indicator of the economic recovery. How much longer can the buy-the-dip crowd stay in control? Expect the market’s resiliency to be tested on tomorrow’s employment report,” said Elliot Spar, a strategist at Stifel Nicolaus. Alternating between small gains and losses for much of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.09% closed down 11 points, or 0.1%, at 12,705. International Business Machines Corp. IBM +0.57% weighed the most on the price-weighted index, losing $1.09, or 0.6%, to $191.53.
The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.11% rose 1.45 points, or 0.1%, to 1,325.54, with energy faring best and natural-resource firms hardest hit among its 10 major industry sectors. Health care was hit after disappointing quarterly reports from companies including pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. Inc. /MRK +0.49% insurer Cigna Corp. CI -0.52% and medical-device manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp. BSX +0.00%. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.40% climbed 11.41 points, or 0.4%, to 2,859.68, with the technology-heavy index bolstered by upbeat profit reports from Qualcomm Inc. QCOM -0.05% and payment processor MasterCard Inc. MA -0.10%. For every two stocks falling, three gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 810 million shares traded. NYSE composite volume topped 4 billion. Read Movers & Shakers for rundown of major gainers and decliners among U.S.-listed stocks.Data on weekly jobless claims , showing a drop to 367,000 in the latest week, provided limited support. On Friday, the more market-moving January jobs report is expected to show the U.S. created 121,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate likely held steady at 8.5%, according to a MarketWatch survey of economists. Market moves have also been dampened by investor uncertainty about Greece, which has yet to finalize an agreement with its bond holders. The Greek government is looking to make a deal and ensure another European Union-led financial rescue by March 20, the date Athens is supposed to make a bond payment totaling 14.5 billion euros ($19.1 billion). Crude-oil futures CL2H +0.43% fell $1.25 to end at $96.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and gold futures for April delivery GC2J +0.03% rose $9.80, or 0.6%, to finish at $1,759.30 an ounce on the Comex division on the NYMEX. In Washington Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy is improving, although the outlook remains uncertain. Testifying to the House Budget Committee, Bernanke urged lawmakers to enact a plan to cut the federal deficit, while cautioning Congress to not jeopardize the recovery by reducing spending or hiking taxes too rapidly. “He is calling Congress to task, saying you’ve got to get the job done,” Dowbull’s Marc Pado said of Bernanke’s remarks on the U.S. economy before a House committee. “Behind that there was a good initial jobless claims figure, and a decent productivity number, so at the very least we’re looking at an economy that is picking up a little bit of steam in January,” Pado added.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $29.79 +0.19 0.64% 25,698,008 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $10.42 +0.22 2.16% 24,335,056 NYSE: No mentions found.

American ExpressAXP $51.16 +0.54 1.07% 6,458,354 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "MasterCard beats in Q4 as buyers go plastic" by Kevin Harlin says MasterCard and Visa, unlike American Express and other credit card firms don't face default risks. Instead credit balances are held by issuing member banks such as JPMorgan so they make their money on transaction fees.

Bank of America BAC $7.45 +0.09 1.22% 231,855,735 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $75.22+0.15 0.2% 3,528,072 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $110.33 -0.19 0.17% 5,125,370 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $103.69 +0.90 0.88% 5,897,115 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $19.8 unch unch 36,405,164 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $67.83 -0.02 0.03% 6,574,944 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $38.91 -0.42 1.07% 9,076,757 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $51.4 0.16 0.31% 3,695,732 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $83.53 -0.44 0.52% 18,020,456 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $18.75 -0.02 0.11% 37,812,973 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $28.5 -0.26 0.9% 12,708,598 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $44.46 -0.01 0.02% 8,963,446 NYS: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $26.49 -0.06 0.23% 34,769,958 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $191.53 -1.09 0.57% 3,907,260 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $37.55 -0.05 0.13% 26,784,141 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "MasterCard beats in Q4 as buyers go plastic" by Kevin Harlin says MasterCard and Visa, unlike American Express and other credit card firms don't face default risks. Instead credit balances are held by issuing member banks such as JPMorgan so they make their money on transaction fees.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.59 -0.10 0.15% 8,282,353 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $38.58 +0.11 0.29% 4,903,603 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $98.62 +0.22 0.22% 3,983,923 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $38.44 -0.19 0.49% 20,780,699 NYSE: AJC pA12 Slightly higher sales help Merck turn profit" say Merck had a 4Q net income of $1.51 bil or 49 cents per share vs year earlier a loss of $531 mil or 17 cents a share. It had lower acquisition & restructuring charges and slightly higher sales.

WSJ pC4 "As Dow slumps, nasdaq climbs" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow finished in the red for the 7th time in 9 sessions as mixed earnings curbed sentiment ahead of Fri's reading on jobs. Merck fell 19 cents after 4Q rev fell shy of expectations. This weighed on Pfizer which fell 20 cents.

Fin times p22 "Newly listed internet groups bubble int he wake of Facebook IPO fizz" by Ajay Makan says Facebook's IPO was a fillip for recently debuted internet businesses. Merck shares fell 0.5% although Pfizer's rival swung to a 4Q profit, beeating analysts expectations. The 2nd largest drug maker by rev predicted a relatively flat '12 with profits expected to be hit by cheaper generic forms of its biggest product, asthma drug Singulair.

MSFT $29.95 +0.06 0.2% 52,223,640 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $21.11 -0.20 0.94% 57,510,440 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "As Dow slumps, nasdaq climbs" by Chris Dieterich says the Dow finished in the red for the 7th time in 9 sessions as mixed earnings curbed sentiment ahead of Fri's reading on jobs. Merck fell 19 cents after 4Q rev fell shy of expectations. This weighed on Pfizer which fell 20 cents.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA13 "Top funds have kept Apple on buy lists" by Vincent Mao says 45 funds sold Pfizer as sales fell 4% in Q4 hurt by generic competition.

Fin times p22 "Newly listed internet groups bubble int he wake of Facebook IPO fizz" by Ajay Makan says Facebook's IPO was a fillip for recently debuted internet businesses. Merck shares fell 0.5% although Pfizer's rival swung to a 4Q profit, beeating analysts expectations. The 2nd largest drug maker by rev predicted a relatively flat '12 with profits expected to be hit by cheaper generic forms of its biggest product, asthma drug Singulair.

Procter & Gamble PG $63.32 +0.11 0.17% 12,613,044 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $87.43 +0.08 0.09% 2,287,968 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $59.39 +0.12 0.2% 2,601,438 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $80.02 -0.20 0.25% 5,028,868 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $37.56 -0.24 0.63% 12,390,698 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $61.94 -0.24 0.39% 6,211,208 NYSE: Daily Rpt p6
500 female Walmart workers file discrimination claims" by Bloomberg says 500 former & current Walmart employees filed sex discrim claims with the US EEOC over pay and promotion.

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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)
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 1/1/12:

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

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: 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
10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11

Bank of Am BAC: 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
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price

Boeing BA: 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
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

Caterpiller CAT: 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
10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11

Chevron CVX: 12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options
11/3/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

Cisco CSCO 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
10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA

Coke KO 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
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 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
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: 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
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: 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
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 floating global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.

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: 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
10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 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
10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11

Kraft KFT: 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
9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference

McDonald's MCD: 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
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

Merck MRK: 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 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: 12/22/11 8K/A re frequency of advisory votes on exec pay
11/17/11 8K re: voting 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: 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: 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

3M MMM: 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
10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/6/11 8K re: election of Lowell McAdam as new CEO
12/2/11 8K re purchase of spectrum for $3.6 bil
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: 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
9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan