4/12/12 Thurs. pm Dow Closes at 12,986.58 up 181.19 or 1.4%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 12,986.58 up 181.19 or 1.4% from Wednesday's close of 12,805.39. Of the 30 Dow components 26 gained and 4 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Hewlett-Packard. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was McDonald's.

As of the open of the market on Thursday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of Thursday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Thursday's trailing P/E ratio is 14.27 up from yesterday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.25 (year ago it was 14.84); today's P/E estimate is 12.55 unchanged from Wednesday's P/E estimate of 12.55 (year ago it was 12.73) and today's dividend yield is 2.56 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.58 (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.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,715.91 up 23.88 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,691.97. 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 Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $57.20 up $0.80 from Wednesday's average closing price of $56.40. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $51.52 (DD/HD) up $0.92 from Wednesday's median closing price of $50.60. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 made $2,388 ($171,591 - $169,197).

MarketWatch Thursday 4/12/12 4:37 pm by Kate Gibson Mandaro says U.S. stocks rallied Thursday as investors entertained thoughts of further stimulus from global central banks, and embraced lower borrowing costs in Europe and the assumption that China’s economy is headed for a soft landing. Sentiment also was bolstered by expectations for first-quarter earnings in light of a significantly lowered bar. “Earnings are going to be better and maybe the Fed is not done yet. I would look at lowered expectations being very easy hurdles to clear for many companies,” said Nick Raich, director of research with Key Private Bank. “It’s like if I go to a movie, and people say how great it is, I’m always disappointed. But if people say it stunk, I’m pleasantly surprised. So the first quarter is like a crappy movie,” he added. Marking its sixth triple-digit rise so far for 2012, and the second-best point gain of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +1.41% rose 181.1 points, or 1.4%, to 12,986.5, with 26 of its 30 components rising, including AT&T Inc. T +1.28% up 1.3% after J.P. Morgan Chase upgraded its view of the phone company.
Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ +7.22% led blue-chip gains, up 7.2%, after a study found shipments of personal computers unexpectedly climbed in the first three months of 2012. Researcher Gartner Inc. concluded H-P heightened its stance at the top of the heap in terms of PC shipments, accounting for 17% of global shipments in the first quarter. The S&P 500 Index SPX +1.38% advanced 18.86 points, or 1.4%, to 1,387.57, with natural-resource companies the best performers among its 10 industry groups, with U.S. Steel Corp. X +7.52% among those rallying, its shares up 7.5%. Between 70% to 75% of companies on the S&P 500 will beat expectations for the first quarter, thanks to dramatically lowered estimates, according to Raich. Expectations for first-quarter earnings growth stood at 13% last summer, and have since been lowered to 3%. “We actually had 13% earnings growth in the fourth quarter, and you just don’t go from 13% to 3% without a shock, so estimates went too far down,” he commented. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP +1.30% climbed 39.09 points, or 1.3%, to 3,055.55. For every stock falling, more than five rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where 757 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.5 billion. New York Fed President William Dudley said in a speech Thursday that the economy is not yet strong enough to make a significant dent in the jobless rate. His words come a day after Janet Yellen, the Fed’s vice chair, told another gathering in New York that she expects the country will fall “far short in achieving our maximum-employment objective.” Read story on Yellen’s remarks. The comments from Yellen are “very much in sync with what [Fed Chairman] Ben Bernanke is saying; it is reinforcing the notion that things look decent but we have to remain accommodative,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. Stock futures had reined gains after the Labor Department reported claims rose by 13,000 to 380,000, the highest since late January. “We’re seemingly in this mode where Europe matters again, and now we’ve gotten a reprieve from worries about Europe with yields coming in,” said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Asset Management Group. Also, “China’s new loan volume came out higher than estimates; that may have fed into people’s thoughts on the quarter,” added Stone of a report Thursday from the People’s Bank of China. “It bolsters the soft-landing story in China. We’re pretty sure we can get through a mild recession in Europe, but combined with a hard landing in China, the U.S. economy can’t escape both of those.” Search giant Google Inc.’s GOOG +0.32% shares rose 1.3% ahead of the technology company’s results after Thursday’s close. Read the latest news on Google and its earnings. Stocks on Wednesday broke a five-day losing run after Alcoa Inc. AA +2.73% reported a surprising first-quarter profit.

Thursday's Closing Dow Numbers:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
T $30.84 +0.39 1.28% 19,574,059 NYSE
AA $10.17 +0.27 2.73% 37,502,676 NYSE
AXP $58.04 +1.09 1.91% 4,588,430 NYSE
BAC $9.17 +0.31 3.5% 219,307,058 NYSE
BA $73.5 +1.73 2.41% 3,895,747 NYSE
CAT $106.44 +4.69 4.61% 8,885,783 NYSE
CVX $102.59 +1.64 1.62% 6,319,258 NYSE
CSCO $20.06 +0.045 0.22% 31,880,445 NASDAQ-GS
O $37.74 +0.06 0.16% 614,426 NYSE
DIS $42.15 +0.78 1.89% 5,509,833 NYSE
DD $52.41 +0.96 1.87% 4,531,639 NYSE
XOM $83.6 +0.90 1.09% 14,954,179 NYSE
GE $19.3 +0.29 1.53% 27,829,758 NYSE
HPQ $25.1 +1.69 7.22% 43,253,371 NYSE
HD $50.63 +0.88 1.77% 10,305,493 NYSE
INTC $28.48 +0.63 2.26% 36,886,775 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $205.32 +2.74 1.35% 2,911,678 NYSE
JPM $44.84 +0.83 1.89% 32,850,159 NYSE
JNJ $64.15 +0.02 0.03% 13,044,710 NYSE
KFT $37.14 +0.27 0.73% 10,955,832 NYSE
MCD $97.645 -0.915 0.93% 5,733,129 NYSE
MRK $38.265 -0.215 0.56% 12,757,805 NYSE
MSFT $30.975 +0.63 2.08% 38,051,225 NASDAQ-GS
PFE $21.915 -0.035 0.16% 40,331,700 NYSE
PG $66.09 -0.35 0.53% 7,806,920 NYSE
MMM $86.86 +1.51 1.77% 2,457,915 NYSE
TRV $59.1 +0.93 1.6% 2,283,098 NYSE
UTX $81.17 +1.54 1.93% 2,721,904 NYSE
VZ $37.55 +0.17 0.45% 9,904,830 DualListed
WMT $60.14 +0.34 0.57% 7,333,671 NYSE





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The following are excerpts from Thursday morning's Blog.

The following is not intended as advertising by a broker-dealer and is not a research report. Any comments by third-parties do not reflect the views of Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. and have not been reviewed by us for completeness or accuracy.

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

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,805.39 up 89.46 or 0.7% from Tuesday's close of 12,715.93. For the year the Dow is up 4.81%. Of the 30 Dow components 24 gained and 6 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar and percentage-wise was Alcoa. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Chevron.

WSJ pC4 "stocks end 5 day skid" by Jon Cheng says US stocks bounced back after a 5 day slide bolstered by a strong start to the corp earnings season & a drop in Spanish & Italian gov borrowing rates. Fin'l and consumer discretionary stocks, tow of Tues' hardest hit sector, led the gains as Bank of America rose 32 cents. Alcoa was the biggest Dow advancer jumping 58 cents after a strong start to a new season of corp earnings reports. It had a surprise 1Q adjusted profit of 10 cents a share & affirmed its forecast that global alum demand would increase 7% in '12. Alcoa was charted under good news.

Fin Times p24 "Alcoa's strong advance helps S&P end its 5 day losing run" by Arash Massoudi says stronger thane expected 1Q results from Alcoa and hints of support for Spanish debt from the European Central Bank helped to bolster banks as US equities pared some of their losses.

NYT pB6 "Strong earnings help shares rise after 5 days of losses" by Reuters says an encouraging start to earnings season helped stocks rebound on Wed. Bank of America gained 3.8% and Alcoa rose 6.2%.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Most leaders, small caps outshine in modest rally" by David Saito Chung says the market got a reprieve from the current sell off as investors welcomed a positive earnings surprise from Alcoa. There was a broad rebound in lighter trade as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

USA Today p4B "Investors put pedal to the metal as Alcoa earnings propel stocks" by AP says traders all but forgot the prior day's burdens and Wed sent stocks soaring. Fears were calmed due to a surprising profit from Alcoa & news that borrowing costs in Spain edged down.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,691.97 up 11.82 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,680.15. 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 Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $56.40 up $0.40 from Tuesday's average closing price of $56.0. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.60 (DD/HD) up $1.39 from Tuesday's median closing price of $50.21. The lowest volume was Travelers and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

If Wednesday 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 $1,182 ($169,197 - $168,015).

MarketWatch Wednesday 4/11/12 4:12 pm by Kate Gibson Mandaro says U.S. stocks gained Wednesday, rebounding from an extended losing run after Spanish and Italian bond yields fell and aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. reported a surprising profit. “The Alcoa report really helped key the rally. In general, the tone of the earnings season will be positive,” said Andrew Fitzpatrick, director of investments at Hinsdale Associates Inc. in Hinsdale, Ill. The market will keep a close watch on weekly jobless claims data Thursday morning. “As long as it’s under 400,000, and shows not much of an increase from last week and last month, that will alleviate some concerns on the jobs front” that came with last week’s monthly jobs, which was likely a “one-time anomaly,” Fitzpatrick added. On Wednesday, The Dow Jones Industrial Average 7449 DJIA +0.70% rose 89.46 points, or 0.7%, to 12,805.3, halting a five-day losing streak, its longest since an eight-day run that ended Aug. 2, 2011. Alcoa AA +6.22% rallied the most among the index’s 30 components, up 6.2%. The aluminum maker’s surprise profit “speaks to what is happening elsewhere,” such as in China and Brazil, said Frances Hudson, an Edinburgh-based strategist at Standard Life Investments. “The world might be moving into a sustainable recovery even if China’s growth is slowing.” That said, “the market is not trading on high volumes or great convictions, so the things moving the market seem to be relatively flimsy. We’ve got a long way to go from Alcoa’s earnings figures to having the whole of the S&P 500 reporting,” she commented. The S&P 500 Index SPX +0.74% gained 10.12 points, or 0.7%, to 1,368.71, with financial firms leading and energy the poorest performeramong its 10 major industry groups. The bar for first-quarter earnings results has been “set so low, it will be very difficult to not have upside earnings growth,” according to Art Hogan, a strategist at Lazard Capital Markets in New York, who points out that less than 30 of the S&P 500 pre-announced. Just two S&P 500 sectors are expected to have positive earnings growth: technology and consumer staples, Hogan said. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.84% added 12.24 points, or 0.8%, to 3,016.46. For every stock declining, roughly four rose on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 590 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.7 billion. Oil prices scaled back gains a bit after the government reported U.S. supplies rose by 2.8 million barrels last week, with crude futures for May delivery CLK2 +1.54% rising 1.7% to end at $102.70 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The Labor Department reported import prices rose 1.3% last month, with higher petroleum costs fueling the rise. Excluding food and energy, prices climbed more modestly. The dollar DXY -0.13% fell against other major currencies, including the euro EURUSD -0.0014%. Investor sentiment also drew a lift after a European Central Bank official reportedly indicated the ECB could resume its bond-purchase program. New details about CEO’s resignationBest Buy’s Brian Dunn resigned abruptly amid what the company described as a board probe into his "personal conduct." Half a dozen European countries sold debt Wednesday, with Germany drawing bids for less than its maximum target and Italy matching its objective. Yields on Spanish and Italian 10-year debt declined. “The biggest reason we’re up today is both Italian and Spanish debt spreads are coming back,” said Hogan at Lazard Capital Markets. On Wednesday afternoon, the Federal Reserve said economic expansion continued from mid-February through late March in all 12 of its regions, with manufacturing, hiring and retail sales displaying strength.
Tuesday marked a fifth consecutive down day for the Dow industrials and S&P 500, with both indexes losing more than 4% during the extended slide that many considered long overdue. “We had a shallow correction in a market that has been up in a straight line since the October lows,” noted Lazard’s Hogan, who chalks up the losing run to a “hangover from the volatile jobs number, weakening Chinese economic data and European debt spreads blowing out.” A steady stream of positive U.S. economic reports raised expectations, eventually making the bar more difficult to cross, offered Hudson at Standard Life Investments. “The payrolls figure last Friday was just a reality check; you can’t expect uninterrupted upward trajectory in these things. We subscribe to the view that the recovery is taking hold and will become sustainable.” Friday’s U.S. nonfarm payrolls report had only 120,000 jobs added in March, much below the 200,000-plus estimates offered by economists ahead of the data. On Wednesday, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart said that while the March jobs report was a disappointment, he does not believe another round of asset purchases by the central bank would help much.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's news:

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T
$30.45 +0.32 1.06% 21,550,857 NYSE: WSJ pB5 "Software glitch mars Nokia's US rentry" by Greg Bensinger says a small percentage of Lumia smartphones could lose thier data connection. The setback comes 3 days after Nokia began selling it at AT&T stores.

AJC pA16 "Verizon cellphone upgrade will cost $20" say Verizon will start charging $30 each time a customer upgrades to a new phone. AT&T riased its fee from $18 to $36 earlier this year.

Alcoa AA
$9.9 +0.5799 6.22% 79,822,573 NYSE: WSJ pC4 "stocks end 5 day skid" by Jon Cheng says US stocks bounced back after a 5 day slide bolstered by a strong start to the corp earnings season & a drop in Spanish & Italian gov borrowing rates. Fin'l and consumer discretionary stocks, tow of Tues' hardest hit sector, led the gains as Bank of America rose 32 cents. Alcoa was the biggest Dow advancer jumping 58 cents after a strong start to a new season of corp earnings reports. It had a surprise 1Q adjusted profit of 10 cents a share & affirmed its forecast that global alum demand would increase 7% in '12. Alcoa was charted under good news.

Fin Times p24 "Alcoa's strong advance helps S&P end its 5 day losing run" by Arash Massoudi says stronger thane expected 1Q results from Alcoa and hints of support for Spanish debt from the European Central Bank helped to bolster banks as US equities pared some of their losses. Similar story at Fin times p12 "Aluminum".

NYT pB6 "Strong earnings help shares rise after 5 days of losses" by Reuters says an encouraging start to earnings season helped stocks rebound on Wed. Bank of America gained 3.8% and Alcoa rose 6.2%.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Most leaders, small caps outshine in modest rally" by David Saito Chung says the market got a reprieve from the current sell off as investors welcomed a positive earnings surprise from Alcoa. There was a broad rebound in lighter trade as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

American Express AXP
$56.95 +0.77 1.37% 6,443,346 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC
$8.86 +0.32 3.75% 249,609,997 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA "Banking" says Bank of America was upgraded by Guggenheim which sees its 1Q EPS at 20 cents.

WSJ pC4 "stocks end 5 day skid" by Jon Cheng says US stocks bounced back after a 5 day slide bolstered by a strong start to the corp earnings season & a drop in Spanish & Italian gov borrowing rates. Fin'l and consumer discretionary stocks, tow of Tues' hardest hit sector, led the gains as Bank of America rose 32 cents. Alcoa was the biggest Dow advancer jumping 58 cents after a strong start to a new season of corp earnings reports. It had a surprise 1Q adjusted profit of 10 cents a share & affirmed its forecast that global alum demand would increase 7% in '12. Alcoa was charted under good news.

NYT pB6 "Strong earnings help shares rise after 5 days of losses" by Reuters says an encouraging start to earnings season helped stocks rebound on Wed. Bank of America gained 3.8% and Alcoa rose 6.2%.

Boeing BA
$71.77 +1.17 1.66% 5,086,038 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT
$101.75 +1.32 1.31% 6,173,035 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "Caterpillar chief's pay jumps 60% amid demand for mining equipment" by James Hagerty, AJC pA16 "Caterpillar CEO gets $14.8 pay package" say CEO Oberhelman's pay jumped 42% as Caterpillar's global sales grew as much and topped $60 bil. Oberhelman got $14.8 mil in comp. Caterpillar's net income soared 83% to 44.9 bil in '11.

WSJ pB1 "GE and Caterpillar face off in hot locomotive market" by James Hagerty says Caterpillar is trying to catch up with GE in the locomotive market amid a surge in demand as rising profits allow railroads to upgrade fleets.

Chevron CVX
$100.95 -0.50 0.49% 8,555,847 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO
$20.015 +0.465 2.38% 40,541,363 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO
$72.12 +0.10 0.14% 6,006,930 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS
$41.37 +0.38 0.93% 6,325,639 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD
$51.45 +0.40 0.78% 3,920,300 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM
$82.7 +0.53 0.65% 15,845,196 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE
$19.01 +0.27 1.44% 37,571,103 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "GE and Caterpillar face off in hot locomotive market" by James Hagerty says Caterpillar is trying to catch up with GE in the locomotive market amid a surge in demand as rising profits allow railroads to upgrade fleets.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ
$23.41 +0.14 0.6% 16,562,242 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily "After the close" says Hewlett-Packard and other PC makers shipped a total of 89 mil units in 1Q up 1.9% vs. 1Q '11.

Home Depot HD
$49.75 +0.39 0.79% 7,627,860 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC
$27.85 +0.40 1.46% 26,659,172 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM
$202.58 +0.25 0.12% 3,364,758 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM
$44.01 +1.05 2.44% 32,080,316 NYSE: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ
$64.13 -0.07 0.11% 10,019,838 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Judge orders J&J to pay $1.2 bil" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p15 "J&J fined $1.1 bn over Risperdal" by Alan Rappeport, NYT pB1 "J&J fined $1.2 bil in drug case" by Katie thomas, AJC pA16 "Drug companies fined $1.1 bil" by Churck Bartels, AP say 240,000 Risperdal prescriptions were cited in an Ark. lawsuit where a judge on Wed fined JNJ and a subsidiary, Janssen Pharma more than $1.1 Bil after a jury found they lied about risks associated with the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. In '09 Pfizer settled for $2.3 bil over marketing of its painkille Bextra. Eli Lilly payed a $1.4 bil fine due to Zypreca in '09.

WSJ pB4 "Biomet's loss widens, but sale rise 5%" by Anjali Athavaley says Biomet's results are watched as it reports earlier than larger firms such as Johnson & Johnson, in the orthopedic market.

Kraft KFT
$36.87 -0.15 0.41% 16,914,139 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD
$98.56 +0.89 0.91% 6,350,843 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK
$38.48 +0.03 0.08% 10,703,595 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT
$30.345 -0.125 0.41% 42,982,661 NASDAQ-GS: "Nokia crisis deepens, sahres plunge" by Anton Troianovski says a small percentage of Lumia smartphones could lose thier data connection. The setback comes 3 days after Nokia began selling it at AT&T stores. The phone is powered by Microsoft software.

Pfizer PFE
$21.95 -0.035 0.16% 37,458,054 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Judge orders J&J to pay $1.2 bil" by Peter Loftus, Fin times p15 "J&J fined $1.1 bn over Risperdal" by Alan Rappeport, NYT pB1 "J&J fined $1.2 bil in drug case" by Katie thomas, AJC pA16 "Drug companies fined $1.1 bil" by Churck Bartels, AP say 240,000 Risperdal prescriptions were cited in an Ark. lawsuit where a judge on Wed fined JNJ and a subsidiary, Janssen Pharma more than $1.1 Bil after a jury found they lied about risks associated with the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. In '09 Pfizer settled for $2.3 bil over marketing of its painkille Bextra. Eli Lilly payed a $1.4 bil fine due to Zypreca in '09.

Procter & Gamble PG
$66.44 +0.09 0.14% 7,584,450 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "A David and Gillette story" by Emily Glazer says Procter & Gamble controls 66% of the $12.8 bil global market for men's razors and blades but e-commerce start-ups are making inroads.

WSJ pB7 "Dish taps P&g ex-exec for its marketing chief" by Shalini Ramachandran says James Moorhead will be Dish Network's new CEO.

MMM
$85.35 +0.77 0.91% 2,522,792 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV
$58.17 +0.42 0.73% 2,052,204 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX
$79.63 +1.15 1.47% 3,694,306 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ
$37.38 0+.58 1.58% 12,466,211 DualListed:USA Today p1B "Briefly", AJC pA16 "Verizon cellphone upgrade will cost $20" say Verizon will start charging $30 each time a customer upgrades to a new phone. AT&T riased its fee from $18 to $36 earlier this year.

Walmart WMT
$59.8 -0.13 0.22% 7,722,550 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 (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-1.

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