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A read of the print editions of Tuesday'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 Monday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Monday at 13,241.63 up 160.9 or 1.23% from Friday's close of 13,080.73. For the year the Dow is up 8.38%. Of the 30 Dow components 29 gained and only Verizobn declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM
$207.77 +2.29 1.11% 3,415,932 NYSE and percentage-wise was American Express AXP $58.66 +1.41 2.46% 6,338,158 NYSE. The only and therefore biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon VZ
$39.33 -0.09 0.23% 44,210,175 Dual Listed.

WSJ pC4 "Fed talk sets up bid day for Dow" by Chris Dieterich says stocks advanced after Ben Bernanke said low interest rates are still needed to support the labor market, driving the S&P to its highest close in nearly 4 years and wiping away all of last week's losses.

Fin Times p24 "Investors shop for value elsewhere as pension woes weigh on Safeway" by Ajay Makan says data on funding shortfalls in union pension plans, backed by multiple employers hit Safeway. Bank of America briefly traded above $10 for the first time since July.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Bernanke talk inspires broad advance" by Vincent Mao says stocks started strong & finished stronger Mon, thanks to dovish comments by Ben Bernanke. Monday's action was up in mixed trade as the current outlook is still a confirmed uptrend.

NYT pB4 "Shares surge after Benanke's comment" by AP says stocks soared to multiyear highs and recorded one of their biggest gains of the year Mon after Ben Bernanke said the economy still needed help to quicken job growth.

USA Today p4B "Fed chief's remarks help markets chalk up gains" by Bloomberg says stocks advanced Mons ending the S&P to the highest level since May '08 as Ben Bernanke said that accomodative monetary policy is still needed to spur jobs.

As of the open of the market on Tuesday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C5 of Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Tuesday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.82 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.64 (year ago it was 14.85); today's P/E estimate is 12.65 unchanged from Monday's P/E estimate of 12.65 (year ago it was 12.29) and today's dividend yield is 2.47 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.50 (last year it was 2.40). 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.

Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,749.61 up 21.26 from Friday's closing numerator of 1,728.35. 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 Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $58.32 up $0.71 from Friday's average closing price of $57.61. The median closing price of Monday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.69 (DD/HD) up $0.60 from Friday's median closing price of $51.09. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $89.12 +0.66 0.75% 2,572,014 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $9.93 +0.08 0.81% 240,113,660 NYSE.

If Monday 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 $2,126 ($174,961 - $172,835).

MarketWatch Monday 3/26/12 4:48 pm by Laura Mandaro says U.S. stocks erased a week’s worth of losses Monday, surging after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled the central bank is committed to a policy that’s helped stocks rally for three years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.23% rose 160.90 points, or 1.2%, to 13,241.63, gathering momentum throughout the day to more than recoup its 152-point loss, or 1.2%, last week — its worst week of the year. The S&P 500 Index SPX +1.39% gained 19.40 points, or 1.4%, to 1,416.51. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +1.78% added 54.65 points, or 1.8%, to 3,122.57, which is its highest close since mid-November 2000 and an extension of last week’s minor gains. Federal Reserve chief points to accommodative monetary policy as helping underpin labor-market improvement, but he says greater economic demand is the best means to ensure jobs don’t deteriorate again. Stock gains were widespread. On the Dow, only one of its 30 components fell. International Business Machines Corp. IBM +1.11% , notching a record high close of $207.77, contributed the most to the Dow’s point gain, followed by United Technologies Corp. UTX +2.08% , and Chevron Corp. CVX +1.39% On the New York Stock Exchange, advancers outpaced decliners by more than three to one. NYSE composite volume was 3.5 billion, still well under last year’s average. Nasdaq composite volume was 1.6 billion. All 10 industry sectors on the S&P 500 were higher, led by health care, tech and consumer discretionary. The S&P 500’s gain also eradicated last week’s loss of 0.5%, its worst week of the year. “We were a little weak last week. People were looking for a correction — maybe they decided that’s as much as we were going to get,” said Jerry Webman, chief economist at OppenheimerFunds, Inc. Ahead of the opening bell, Bernanke said it’s not yet certain the recent pace of improvement in the nation’s labor market will be sustained, noting a still-high unemployment rate and the large number of people who have been out of work for more than six months. Further improvements could be supported by “continued accommodative policies,” he added. “The fact that he’s maintaining loose policy and is open to further easing is providing a lift for stocks,” according to Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associations in Hinsdale, Ill. “Having the Fed providing support and liquidity has been a key driver in this rally,” he said. Stocks added to broad gains after an index of pending-home sales for February dipped from January, disappointing the expectations of some economists for a 1% rise. It was still higher than a year ago. “The housing market is still in a spot where it’s trying to find a bottom. The [stock] market has already priced that in and it’s looking the other way,” Fitzpatrick said. The Fed’s policy of keeping rates near zero and taking extraordinary measures to boost the economy, such as buying large amounts of bonds, has been credited, in concert with similar actions by other central banks, with lifting U.S. stocks out of a bear market three years ago. The S&P 500 has more than doubled since then. “Bernanke’s comments suggest that he is not done providing liquidity to the market,” said Michael Yoshikami, chief executive of Destination Wealth Management in Walnut Creek, Calif. “QE 3 is alive and well despite other Fed officials commenting on the possibility of interest-rate increase in 2013.” Not all analysts agreed the comments spelled a new program of extraordinary liquidity was in store. But Bernanke’s speech was enough to sink the U.S. dollar, whose value is seen as being eroded by the Fed’s liquidity-boosting programs. The U.S. dollar fell against the euro EURUSD -0.0112% after the Bernanke comments, also providing a lift to export-sensitive stocks like industrials. The dollar index DXY -0.52% dropped to 78.925 from 79.344 late Friday in North America, and the euro rose above $1.33. Read more on currencies. U.S. Treasurys fell, pushing long-term yields up for the first session in five. Yields on the 10-year note 10_YEAR +0.54% were up 2 basis points at 2.25%. “Given we’ve got a little selloff in Treasurys on a day when the chairman of Fed is saying we’re keeping interest rates down, it seems like we’ve had a little asset allocation going on,” into stocks, said OppenheimerFunds’ Webman. Crude futures for May delivery CLK2 +0.24% gained 16 cents to $107.03 a barrel. Gold for April delivery GCJ2 +1.64% rose $23.20, or 1.4%, to $1,685.60 an ounce. Health-care shares surged the most, leading the S&P 500 higher on the same day the Supreme Court heard arguments on the legality of landmark health-care legislation. The central issue before the high court is whether a mandate that all individuals buy insurance is constitutional. Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare Corp. THC +5.52% shares rallied 5.1%, the second-best on the S&P 500.Stock index futures and European stock markets had been higher ahead of Bernanke’s comments, supported by a surprisingly strong reading in the German Ifo business-climate index. The Stoxx 600 closed up 0.9% at 268.12.

Monday's Closing Dow Numbers and Tuesday's News:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$31.79 +0.27 0.86% 72,120,244 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Sprint boosts CEO Hesse's total pay" by Greg Bensinger says while Sprint lost 98,000 contract customers last year, AT&T and Verizon padded their user rolls due to the draw of the iPhone and the reach of their 4G LTE networks.

WSJ pB7 "Nokia to begin selling Lumia 900 for $100" by Mia Lamar says Nokia will use Microsoft software in its Lumia 900 smartphoe and will be exclusively sold by AT&T in N. America.

Alcoa AA
$10.22 +0.11 1.09% 13,738,464 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP
$58.66 +1.41 2.46% 6,338,158 NYSE: AJC pA10 "Dividend up 2 cents for American Express" says Amex will raise its dividend to 20 cents from 18 cents payable 5/10 to shareholders of record as of 4/5. It is the first dividend increase since Nov. '07. Amex also approved a plan to buy back up to 150 mil shares.

Bank of America BAC
$9.93 +0.08 0.81% 240,113,660 NYSE: Fin Times p24 "Investors shop for value elsewhere as pension woes weigh on Safeway" by Ajay Makan says data on funding shortfalls in union pension plans, backed by multiple employers hit Safeway. Bank of America briefly traded above $10 for the first time since July.

Boeing BA
$75.18 +1.21 1.64% 3,714,860 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT
$108.75 +0.92 0.85% 4,565,917 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX
$107.84 +1.48 1.39% 5,311,026 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO
$20.84 +0.31 1.51% 28,983,233 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO
$71.9 +0.41 0.57% 5,751,446 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS
$44.38 +0.73 1.67% 10,850,620 NYSE: FT p14 "Hunger games" says the film business is dangerous as proven by Disney's recent $200 mil writedown from the flop John Carter.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Angry Birds maker sets its targets: Disney, tv" by Brian Deagon says Rovio Entertainment is trying to expands from just games and unveiled its "Angry Birds Space" which will have a version for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Rovio launched a marketing deal with Walmart and will be trying to compete with Disney. The founders won a competition sponsored by Nokia and Hewlett-Packard.

DuPont DD
$53.25 +0.62 1.18% 4,460,576 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM
$87.03 +1.48 1.73% 17,330,697 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE
$20.05 +0.27 1.37% 42,840,830 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$23.89 +0.26 1.1% 23,851,449 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Angry Birds maker sets its targets: Disney, tv" by Brian Deagon says Rovio Entertainment is trying to expands from just games and unveiled its "Angry Birds Space" which will have a version for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Rovio launched a marketing deal with Walmart and will be trying to compete with Disney. The founders won a competition sponsored by Nokia and Hewlett-Packard.

Home Depot HD
$50.13 +0.59 1.19% 11,699,893 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC
$28.19 +0.315 1.13% 32,690,196 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM
$207.77 +2.29 1.11% 3,415,932 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Rugers U, IBM open supecomputer center": by Heather Haddon says a new techcenter in NJ that will house a $3.3 mil supercomputer will be built starting on Tues. Private firms will have access to the computer including Johnson & Johnson & JPMorgan.

JPMorgan JPM
$46.17 +1.01 2.24% 33,397,100 NYSE: Fin Times p16 "Abdelnour to quit as head of JPMorgan's Asian arm" by Paul Davies, WSJ pC1 "Banks stress over Fed test methods" by Dan Fitzpatrick says JPMorgan is among banks that are challenging the math behind how regulators calculate the stress tests.

WSJ pC2 "Glitch hits website, slow onnline banking" by Matthias Rieker says JPMorgan's consumer banking website had technical difficulties for several hours.

WSJ pC3 "JPMorgan tops the witness list" by Aaron Lucchetti says a top lawyer at JPMorgan will testify at a House subcommittee hearing into the collapse of MF Global Holdings.

WSJ pC3 "JPMorgan Asia Chief exits" says the ceo for the Asian-Pacific region, Gaby Abdelnour is leaving the bank after 14 years to pursue personal interests.

WSJ pB7 "Rugers U, IBM open supecomputer center": by Heather Haddon says a new techcenter in NJ that will house a $3.3 mil supercomputer will be built starting on Tues. Private firms will have access to the computer including Johnson & Johnson & JPMorgan.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$65.17 +0.62 0.96% 8,406,687 NYSE: WSJ pB7 "Rugers U, IBM open supecomputer center": by Heather Haddon says a new techcenter in NJ that will house a $3.3 mil supercomputer will be built starting on Tues. Private firms will have access to the computer including Johnson & Johnson & JPMorgan.

WSJ pB3 "Biomet settles bribery charges" by Chris Matthews says in April '11 Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay $70 mil due to violating the FCPA by paying bribes to Greek docgtors and to doctors in Poland and Romania.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "J&J touts new blood clot drug" says Xarelto proved effective and safer in treating blood clots for the lungs.

Kraft KFT
$38.63 +0.38 0.99% 5,980,056 NYSE: AJC pA10 "CEO at Kraft paid $15.7 mil last year" says CEO Irene Rosenfeld got a 17% increase from the prior year.

McDonald's MCD
$96.97 +1.42 1.49% 5,614,319 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK
$38.66 +0.655 1.72% 11,980,577 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT
$32.59 +0.58 1.81% 36,580,219 NASDAQ-GS: Inv. Bus. Daily p3B "Microsoft shuts down 2 servers for Zeus botnet" by Byron Acohido says Microsoft disrupted a major botnet in Ill and Pa.

WSJ pB7 "Nokia to begin selling Lumia 900 for $100" by Mia Lamar says Nokia will use Microsoft software in its Lumia 900 smartphoe and will be exclusively sold by AT&T in N. America.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Angry Birds maker sets its targets: Disney, tv" by Brian Deagon says Rovio Entertainment is trying to expands from just games and unveiled its "Angry Birds Space" which will have a version for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Rovio launched a marketing deal with Walmart and will be trying to compete with Disney. The founders won a competition sponsored by Nokia and Hewlett-Packard.

Pfizer PFE
$22.16 +0.34 1.56% 33,321,047 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG
$67.46 +0.03 0.04% 7,817,956 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM
$89.12 +0.66 0.75% 2,572,014 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV
$58.85 +0.65 1.12% 3,260,979 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX
$83.5 +1.70 2.08% 3,560,504 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ
$39.33 -0.09 0.23% 44,210,175 Dual Listed: WSJ pB7 "Sprint boosts CEO Hesse's total pay" by Greg Bensinger says while Sprint lost 98,000 contract customers last year, AT&T and Verizon padded their user rolls due to the draw of the iPhone and the reach of their 4G LTE networks.

Walmart WMT
$61.2 +0.45 0.74% 6,210,736 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA4 "Angry Birds maker sets its targets: Disney, tv" by Brian Deagon says Rovio Entertainment is trying to expands from just games and unveiled its "Angry Birds Space" which will have a version for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7. Rovio launched a marketing deal with Walmart and will be trying to compete with Disney. The founders won a competition sponsored by Nokia and Hewlett-Packard.

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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 to be replaced July 1 by Don Thompson (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