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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's and Investor's Business Daily, the combined Saturday and Sunday editions of the Wall St. 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 13,232.62 down 20.14 or 0.15% from Thursday's close of 13,252.76. For the week the Dow is up 310.6 or 2.4% from last Friday's close of 12,922.02. For the year the Dow is up 8.31%. Of the 30 Dow components 14 gained and 16 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $206.55 +0.55 0.27% 6,262,366 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $9.78 +0.54 5.84% 532,947,551 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was United Technologies UTX $85.48 -1.41 1.62% 7,629,937 NYSE.

Wall St. Journal pB6 "Stocks close out strongest week of year on flat note" by Chris Dieterich, Matt Jarzemsky says the Dow and S&P notched their biggest weekly gains of the year, an advance fueled by encouraging signals on jobs, retail sales growth & activity in domestic manufacturing. Among blue chips, United technologies slid $1.41.

Sat. NYT pB6 "week ends modestly on soft consumer data" by Reuters says the S&P closed out its best week in 3 months with a slim gain on Fri as investors continued to propel equities near 4 year highs.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Indexes mixed, but leaders fall quiety' by Paul Witfield says stocks closed mixed Fri as the Nasdaq & the D&P delivered their 5th straight up week as Friday's action was mixed in higher volume on expiration day. The current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

Fin Times p13 "Resurgence in banks helps S&P finish above 1400" by Arash Massoudi says the S&P closed at yet another post fin'l crisis high, finishing the week above the 1400 mark that it crossed on Thurs for the 1st time since June '08.

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B4 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.81 down from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.83 (year ago it was 14.31); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.83 up from yesterday's P/E estimate of 12.39 (year ago it was 12.42) and today's dividend yield is 2.47 unchanged from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.47 (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 1,748.42 down 2.65 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,751.07. 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 $58.28 down $0.09 from Thursday's average closing price of $58.37. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.21 (DD/HD)down $0.16 from Thursday's median closing price of $51.37. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $59.185 +0.105 0.18% 4,150,019 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $9.78 +0.54 5.84% 532,947,551 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 $265 ($175,107 - $174,842).

MarketWatch Friday 3/16/12 3:35 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks indexes were virtually flat Friday, curbing weekly gains, after an index of consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in March. “The data was mildly disappointing, but it’s important not to read too much into one number. There was nothing too concerning considering the strong data we’ve seen over the last couple of weeks,” said Brad Sorensen, director of market and sector analysis at the Schwab Center for Financial Research.
Up 2.5% for the not-yet-ended week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.15% fell 4.17 points, or less than 0.1%, to 13,248.59. The S&P 500 SPX +0.11% added 1.25 point to 1,403.85, with energy leading sector gains and utilities losing the most ground among its 10 major industry groups. The index was up 2.4% from the week-ago close. Stock futures advanced after a reading on consumer prices rose, as investors look ahead to reports on industrial production and consumer sentiment, The Nasdaq Composite COMP -0.04% declined 3.06 points, or 0.1%, to 3,053.31, readying it for a weekly gain of 2.2%. Shares of Apple Inc. AAPL -0.10% wavered between gains and losses as the technology giant’s third-generation iPad went on sale Friday. For every seven stocks advancing eight fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where 885 million shares traded as of 3:20 p.m. Eastern. Crude prices rose, with oil futures for April delivery CLJ2 +2.01% rising $1.95 to end at $107.06 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. “We can of course point our finger directly at gasoline prices, which are up another seven cents week over week,” said Miller Tabak equity strategist Peter Boockvar, referring to the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters sentiment gauge. The index’s preliminary reading for March had confidence dipping to 74.3 in March, its first decline since August. But, “energy costs for the consumer are not what it would seem with the increase in gas prices,” said Sorensen, who adds that the rise in prices at the pump has been offset by the sharp drop in the cost of natural gas. Read more about natural-gas prices. Americans also spent less heating their homes during the mild winter, and are already driving less to reduce the money spent filling their tanks, Sorensen noted. Ahead of the opening bell, the Labor Department reported consumer prices rose less than expected last month, rising 0.4% versus expectations of a 0.5% increase. Core prices that remove volatile food and energy costs rose 0.1% versus expectations of a 0.2% uptick. “The CPI is for many, the all-important measure of consumer prices throughout the economy and when viewed that way, the less-than-expected gain in core prices will be a welcome development,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief global strategist at BTIG LLC. Other economic reports Friday had the Federal Reserve reporting the output of U.S. factories, mines and utilities held flat in February, while January production was revised to a 0.4% increase from an initial estimate of unchanged.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $31.59 -0.05 0.16% 22,379,698 NYSE: Sunday AJC pD3 "5 questions for the boss" is an interview with Ralp de la Vega CEO of AT&T Mobility by Henry Unger which is based in Atlanta, has $63 bil in sales and 50,000 employees.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "AT&T" says it dropped its appeal of an $850 award by an iPhone user who calimed it failed to provide unlimited data as promised.

Alcoa AA $10.55 +0.20 1.93% 26,878,681 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $56.59 -0.13 0.23% 8,154,533 NYSE: Barron's p16 "Less stress, more gains for banks" by Andrew Bary says after the stress tests wre released that 15 of 19 major banks had adequate capital. JPMorgan rose 10% on the week and Bank of America 23%. Berkshire Hathaway and big stakes in American Express and Bank of America warrants.

Bank of America BAC $9.78 +0.54 5.84% 532,947,551 NYSE: Barron's p16 "Less stress, more gains for banks" by Andrew Bary says after the stress tests wre released that 15 of 19 major banks had adequate capital. JPMorgan rose 10% on the week and Bank of America 23%. Berkshire Hathaway and big stakes in American Express and Bank of America warrants.

Barron's pM3 "Banks help lift Dow to near record" by Vito Racanellli says JPMorgan and Bank of Ameica both climbed this week due to good stress test results.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "BofA stock outgaining rivals" says BofA's shares have bained more in the past week and year to date than those of its bank rivals including JPMorgan.

Boeing BA $75.24 -0.19 0.25% 4,986,988 NYSE: WSJ pA1 "Boeing, Delta clash on exports" by Josh Mitchell, Corey Boles says the White House is trying to get Congress to renew and expand the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank and Boeing, the bank's top beneficiary is supporting the expansion but Delta is upset because one of Boeing's customers is Air India. Delta had to abandon in '08 its routes from N.J. to Mumbia because it couldn't compete with Air India's fares.

Caterpillar CAT $113.67 +0.22 0.19% 5,043,867 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $110.26 +0.23 0.21% 8,909,942 NYSE: Fin "Times p10 "Chevron reports new leak in Brazil" by Samantha Pearson says Chevron which is already facing an $11 bil lawsuit for an oil spill in Rio de Janeiro has reported a 2nd leak in the same oilfield.

Cisco CSCO $20.03 +0.12 0.6% 52,434,979 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p14 "Our in house stockpicker" by Michael Santoli says Cisco Systems was added to the Barron's 400 and in order to be listed a firm needs a market value of at least $3.3 bil, a forward p/e multiple of 13.2 and earnings growth of 13.3%.

Barron's p30 "Now hear this, investors: believe it or not, Apple is cheap" by Tiernan Ray says Cicso more than doubled between Oct '99 and March '00 up to a market cap of $580 bil but then it declined 80% over the next 2 years. CSCO's p/e multiple reach 200 during the dot com bubble.

Coke KO $70.17 -0.16 0.23% 9,520,933 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $43.2 -0.27 0.62% 7,429,710 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $53.379 -0.181 0.34% 6,049,121 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $86.22 +0.13 0.15% 19,958,536 NYSE: Barron's p19 "A total opportunity for growth" by Chris Williams says Exxon's dividend yield is 2.2%, its market value is $413 bil and its estimated '12 rev is $472 bil.

GE $20.2 +0.04 0.2% 66,457,994 NYSE: NYT pbus 5 "At Ge a culture of risk" says Thomas Edison the founder of GE said "I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent it" and now GE files an average of more than 5 patents per day - 20,000 patents over the last decade.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $24.51 +0.11 0.45% 18,315,746 NYSE: Barron's p31 "Plugged in" by Mark Veverka says Nokia siad it is developing a rival tablet computer to compete with the iPad and will use Microsoft's operating system. Hewlett-Packard and others have tried to come up with a competitor to iPad but have failed. For an extra $129, Apple will sell the latest iPad with LTE technology to run on Verizon.

Home Depot HD $49.03 -0.17 0.35% 11,397,054 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $27.73 -0.02 0.07% 45,910,887 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p22 "Qualcomm inside" by Mark Veverka says just as Intel has been the dominant supplier of silicon chips for pcs since the 80s, Qualcomm has assumed that mantle in the world of mobile computing.

IBM $206.55 +0.55 0.27% 6,262,366 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $44.54 -0.16 0.36% 42,158,794 NYSE: Barron's p14 "Week in review" says JPMorgan announced a share buyback of up to $15 bil and raised its dividend.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.08 +0.01 0.02% 12,815,856 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $38.37 +0.07 0.18% 10,553,854 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $97.7 -0.34 0.35% 6,128,483 NYSE: Fin Times p10 "McDonald's and Carrefour issue China apologies" by Patti Waldmeir, WSJ pB3 "McDonald's, Carrefour apologize to Chinese consumers" by Lauri Burkitt say the 2 apologized after state tv accused them of selling time expired chicken products.

Merck MRK $38.0499 -0.0101 0.03% 15,310,239 NYSE: Barron's p15 "Week preview" says on Tuesday 3/20 an FDA advisory panel will consdier cancer drugs from Merck and Glaxo.

Barron's p16 "Less stress, more gains for banks" by Andrew Bary says after the stress tests wre released that 15 of 19 major banks had adequate capital. JPMorgan rose 10% on the week and Bank of America 23%. Berkshire Hathaway and big stakes in American Express and Bank of America warrants.

Barron's p21 "Some health respect for Novartis, please" by Andrew Bary says Novartis is valued like slower growing firms such as Pfizer and Sanofi. Merck has EPS of $3.80 for '12 and Pfizer is $2.27.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Exprets question Merck drug" says reviewers questioned whether a Merck drug kept tumors at bay long enough given its side effects: Taltorvic is designed to treat sarcoma.

Microsoft MSFT $32.6 -0.25 0.76% 63,429,323 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p31 "Plugged in" by Mark Veverka says Nokia siad it is developing a rival tablet computer to compete with the iPad and will use Microsoft's operating system. Hewlett-Packard and others have tried to come up with a competitor to iPad but have failed. For an extra $129, Apple will sell the latest iPad with LTE technology to run on Verizon.

Pfizer PFE $21.92 +0.01 0.05% 44,485,696 NYSE: Barron's p21 "Some health respect for Novartis, please" by Andrew Bary says Novartis is valued like slower growing firms such as Pfizer and Sanofi. Merck has EPS of $3.80 for '12 and Pfizer is $2.27.

Procter & Gamble PG $67.25 -0.43 0.64% 14,554,726 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $89.56 -0.44 0.49% 4,722,538 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $59.185 +0.105 0.18% 4,150,019 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $85.48 -1.41 1.62% 7,629,937 NYSE: Wall St. Journal pB6 "Stocks close out strongest week of year on flat note" by Chris Dieterich, Matt Jarzemsky says the Dow and S&P notched their biggest weekly gains of the year, an advance fueled by encouraging signals on jobs, retail sales growth & activity in domestic manufacturing. Among blue chips, United technologies slid $1.41.

Verizon VZ $39.57 +0.03 0.08% 15,231,124 DualListed: Barron's p31 "Plugged in" by Mark Veverka says Nokia siad it is developing a rival tablet computer to compete with the iPad and will use Microsoft's operating system. Hewlett-Packard and others have tried to come up with a competitor to iPad but have failed. For an extra $129, Apple will sell the latest iPad with LTE technology to run on Verizon.

Walmart WMT $60.84 -0.39 0.64% 11,458,428 NYSE: Barron's pM7 "It's time to put Tesco in your basket" by Jon buck says Tesco's at a multiple of 9.5 times estimated '12 earnings compared to 13 times for Walmart.

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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 (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon to be replaced by Alex Gorsky 4/24/12 (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 (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 3/7/12 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $404.5 [5]
2. IBM 229 [1]
3. Microsoft MSFT 268 [8.5]
4. Chevron CVX 216.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 205 [3.5]
6. GE 198.5 [10.5]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 183.5 [3]
8. AT&T T 183 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
10. Pfizer PFE 161 [7.5]
11. Coke KO 155.5 [2.5]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 152.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 137 [5]
14. Merck MRK 113.5 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 110 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 104.5 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 102 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 86 [10.5]
19. United Technologies UTX 75 [1]
20. Disney DIS 75 [2]
21. Home Depot HD 73 [1.5]
22. Caterpillar CAT 70 [.5]
23. Kraft KFT 67 [2]
24. American Express AXP 61 [1]
25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 55 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48 [2]
28. DuPont DD 47 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 3/7/12:

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

AT&T T: 2/29/12 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 5/15/12
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 4/27/12 Grand America Hotel, Salt Lake City, Utah
2/13 8K re: sale of $3 bil Global Notes
1/26/12 two 8Ks re redemption of 6.3% Sr. notes & reduction of Citibank lending commitment to $3 bil
1/13/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results and stock buybacks

Alcoa AA: 2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders
3/1/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
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 plant in Alcoa, Tn & 2 plants in Tx

American Express AXP: 3/2/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 American Express HQ, NYC
2/29/12 & 2/24/12 10K/A & 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/15/12 8K re: Deling & write-off stats for 3 months ended 1/31/12
2/13/12 8K re: retirement of Director Dan Akerson
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

Bank of Am BAC: 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
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

Boeing BA: 2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec
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

Caterpillar CAT: 2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats
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

Chevron CVX: 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
1/27/12 two 8Ks re: 4Q results & grant of exec stock options
1/11/12 8K re: forecast for 4Q
12/12/11 8K re grant of exec stock options

Cisco CSCO : 2/21/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/28/12
2/17/12 8K re: $3 bil credit agreement with Bank of America
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

Coke KO 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Robert A. Kotick as Dir.
2/15/12 8K re: adoption of restricted stock plan
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.

Disney DIS 2/13/12 8K re: sale of $1 bil of 1.125% Global Notes due '17
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

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

ExxonMobil XOM: 2/29/12 8K re: election of Henrietta H. Fore as Dir.
2/24/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/23/12 8K re: worldwide proved oil & gas reserves
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

GE: 1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/22/12 8K re: 1Q results ended 1/31/12
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

Home Depot HD: 2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance
1/6/12 S-3 Shelf Registration for direct purchase of shares

Intel INTC: 2/28/12 8K re: expansion of JV with Micron Tech for flash memory
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
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

IBM: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: underwriting agreement for 2.2% Notes due '17
2/3/12 8K re: underwriting agreement 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

JPMorganChase JPM: 3/1/12 8K re: 2/28/12 Investor Day Presentation
2/29/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/9/12 8K re: global settlement of mortgage foreclosure 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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: election of Alex Gorsky as CEO & Dir as of 4/26/12
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-!

Kraft KFT: 2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results
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

McDonald's MCD: 3/7/12 Prelim Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/24/12 at McDonald's HQ Oak Brook, Ill.
2/24/11 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
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%

Merck MRK: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
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

Microsoft MSFT: 2/27/12 8K re: election of John W. Thompson as Dir.
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

Pfizer PFE: 2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results
12/13/11 8K re election of 3 new members to Board

Procter & Gamble PG:2/23/12 8K re: Consumer Analyst Conference slides 2/23/12
2/15/12 8K re: sale of Pringles to Kellogg for $2.7 bil in cash
2/10/12 8K re: restructuring of Beauty & Grooming Global 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

3M MMM:2 8ks 2/21/12 & 2 8ks 2/16/12 re: exec pre-arranged stock trading plans
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
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

Travelers TRV: 2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11
1/24/12 8K re: quarter results ending 12/31/11

United Technologies UTX: 2/24/12 Def. Proxy re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11
1/25/12 8K re: 4Q & full '11 year results

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11
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: 2/21/12 8K re: 4Q results
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

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