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Post No. 1,587 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization and Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of April 15, 2012.

A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's and Investor's Business Daily, Sat. and  Sunday's combined issue of each 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 13,029.26 up 65.16 or 0.05% from Thursday's close of 12,964.1. For the week the Dow is up 65.16 or 0.05% from last Friday's close of 12,849.59. For the year the Dow is up 6.64%. Of the 30 Dow components 23 gained and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Travelers and percentage-wise was Microsoft. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was JPMorgan and percentage-wise was Bank of America.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "Stocks in giveback mode; Apple now 11% off high" by Paul Whitfield says for the 2nd straight day, stocks rose in the first hour and then headed sourth. Friday's action was reverses off early gains in mixed volume as the current outlook is the market is in a correction.

WSJ pB5 "Dow snaps 2 week losing streak" by Chirs Dieterich says the Dow rose after better than forecast quarterly reports from Microsoft & GE pushed blue chips to their first weekly gain this month, while Apple's slide helped lead the tech oriented Nasdaq into the red.  McDonald's rose 66 cents after its 1Q earnings rose and sales increased slightly faster than expected.

Sat NYT pB6 "Earnings help markets, but day ends mixed" by Reuters says the stock market on Fri was helped by solid earnigns from McDonald's, GE and Microsoft, but declines in banks and tech shares pullled idnexes down from their day's high.  Bank of America fell 4.7% after its stock was downgraded by an analyst at CLSA.

Fin Times p17 "Techs continue their losing streak but S&P halt slide" by Ajay Makan says US stocks broke a 2 week losing streak but tech stocks the standard bearers of this year's rally suffered a 2nd week of losses.  Tech stocks fell over the week a investors gave a lukewarm response to earnings from the likes of IBM and Intel which both say share prices fall despite narrowly beating analyst gorecasts of 1Q earnings.  Microsoft was the standout performer among tech stocks climbing more than 5% over the week.

As of the close of the market on 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 14.55 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 14.49 (year ago it was 14.70); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.32 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.55 (year ago it was 12.65) and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.54 up from Friday's dividend yield of 2.53 (last year it was 2.35). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05. Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,721.54 up 8.50 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,712.94. 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 $57.38 up $0.28 from Thursday's average closing price of $57.10. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $52.04 (DD/HD) down $0.05 from Thursday's median closing price of $52.09. The lowest volume was 3M and the highest volume again was Bank of America.

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 $850 ($172,154 - $171,294).

MarketWatch Friday 4/20/12 4:45 pm by Kate Gibson says U.S. stocks mostly advanced Friday, with two of the major indexes halting a two-week losing streak, as better-than-expected corporate results overrode global concerns. “A lot of stock prices are being made in Europe these days, but it is a short-term phenomenon. Even though the economies are weak, they seem to be doing what they should be doing, and that sort of behavior tends to be rewarded,” said John Manley, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. “The market is coming to grips with what lies before it. On balance, earnings numbers are more positive than negative,” he added. After rising as much as 118 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.50% gained 65.16 points, or 0.5%, to 13,029.26, up 1.4% from the week-ago close and its first weekly gain in three. Microsoft Corp. MSFT +4.55% led blue-chip advancers, up 4.6%, after the software company said net income fell from the year-ago period, but its profit and sales topped Wall Street’s expectations. Dow component General Electric Co. GE +1.15% rose 1.2% after the aircraft-engine manufacturer and financial-services provider reported earnings that topped Wall Street’s estimates. Up 0.7% on the week, the S&P 500 Index SPX +0.12% climbed 1.61 points, or 0.1%, to 1,378.53, with utilities and consumer staples leading sector gains and technology and financials lagging among its 10 industry groups. Apple Inc. AAPL -2.46% shares fell 2.5% to $572.98, off more than 10% from $644, the record intraday high reached April 10. The close under $580 sets the stage “for a fast move down to $525,” said Richard Ross, technical strategist at Auerbach Grayson & Co. Apple’s fall weighed on the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP -0.24% , which turned lower in the final hour of trade, off 7.11 points, or 0.2%, at 3,000.45 — a level that has it off 0.2% from last Friday’s finish and extending its weekly losing spree to three. For every stock that fell, nearly two gained on the New York Stock Exchange, where 966 million shares traded. Composite volume topped 3.8 billion. The U.S. dollar DXY -0.52% fell against other global currencies, while dollar-denominated commodities rose, with crude futures CLM2 +1.28% closing a nickel above $103 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. But while micro concerns dominated Friday’s session, macroeconomic issues will likely continue to be in play. “The realization has grown that all of the problems of last year are still present,” said Andrew Milligan, head of global strategy at Standard Life Investments. Milligan cites the outlook for the United States, Europe’s ability to keep its recession from deepening, China’s ability to navigate a soft landing and the price of oil as the four primary concerns of investors. “We’re particularly reassured by the breadth of sectors seeing improvements; it’s not just industrial and tech, but most sectors,” he added. Corporate results from outside the United States are “perhaps more mixed, which is no great surprise, bearing in mind some of the weakness in parts of Asia and Europe,” Milligan said. For Manley at Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, the real test for U.S. results comes in the third quarter. “If you look at consensus expectations for the S&P 500, the first quarter was a little better than flat, not a high hurdle,” with the same holding true for second-quarter results, he said. But by the third quarter, expectations call for double-digit gains “and I don’t think we’ll get that,” commented Manley, who believes those estimates will be scaled back over the course of the next three to six months.

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

Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market

AT&T T $30.86 +0.12 0.39% 21,699,859 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday AT&T reports earnings with a consensus estimate of 29 cents vs year ago 57 cents. Also on tuesday United Technologies reports its 1Q results with a consensus estimate of $1.20 vs a year ago of $1.06. On Wed Boeing reports and on Wed Exxon is expected to raise its quarterly dividend by as much as 33%. Alcoa AA $9.7 -0.06 0.61% 18,949,727 NYSE:

American Express AXP $57.45 -0.12 0.21% 7,771,700 NYSE:  No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $8.36 -0.41 4.68% 274,573,616 NYSE:  Sun. NYT pBus. 3 "Pay drawings aren't to scale" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg says Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan gets $8.1 mil  a year while tellers make $25,510 a year or $12.27 an hour.  Jame Dimon of JPMorgan makes $23 mil a year while accountants there marke $70,130 a year or $33.72 an hour.

Sat. NYT pB1 "Bank of America accord in lawsuit is challenged" by Gretchen Morgenson says lawyers heading a class action lawsuit in fed court in NYC vs. the directors of Bank of America over its purchase of Merrill Lynch have agreed to settle the matter for $20 mil even though damages could reach $5 bil.

Barron's p25 "Reason to cheer" by Jack Willoughby says Big Money managers' favorite stocks include Bank of America and Microsoft.

Sat NYT pB6 "Earnings help markets, but day ends mixed" by Reuters says the stock market on Fri was helped by solid earnigns from McDonald's, GE and Microsoft, but declines in banks and tech shares pullled idnexes down from their day's high. Bank of America fell 4.7% after its stock was downgraded by an analyst at CLSA.

Boeing BA $73.55 +0.45 0.62% 4,264,330 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday AT&T reports earnings with a consensus estimate of 29 cents vs year ago 57 cents. Also on tuesday United Technologies reports its 1Q results with a consensus estimate of $1.20 vs a year ago of $1.06. On Wed Boeing reports and on Wed Exxon is expected to raise its quarterly dividend by as much as 33%.

Caterpillar CAT $107.73 +0.37 0.34% 3,955,582 NYSE:Inv. Bus. Daily pB7 "Catepillar needs work on its base" by Paul Whitfield says Caterpillar's dividend offers a current annual yield of 1.7% and it has increased its payout 10 times since 2000.

Chevron CVX $102.52 +0.01 0.01% 5,750,876 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $19.91 +0.005 0.03% 33,443,465 NASDAQ-GS:No mentions found.

Coke KO $74.13 +0.31 0.42% 6,671,867 NYSE:No mentions found.

Disney DIS $42.35 +0.27 0.64% 7,731,989 NYSE: Sun. NYT p1 front section "In customer service consulting, Disney's small world is growing" by Brooks Barnes says Disney has a low profile consulting division called the Disney Institutes to teach other firms how to become more like Disney.  Clients include United Airlines, the country of S. Africa, Haagen-Dazs.

 Barron's p9 "Your grandmother's growth stocks" by Michael santoli says Disney and McDonald's both reached all time highs since the start of the year.

WSJ pB3 "Disney studio's chief is out" by Erica Orden, NYT pB1 "After flops, Disney studio chief resigns" by Brooks Barnes, Fin Times p14 "Ross departs Disney in wake of John Carter flop by Matthew Garrahan say Rich Ross steps down in wake of science-fiction flop "John Carter."

DuPont DD $52.62 +0.01 0.02% 6,338,184 NYSE:No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $85.3 +0.02 0.02% 17,107,697 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday AT&T reports earnings with a consensus estimate of 29 cents vs year ago 57 cents. Also on Tuesday United Technologies reports its 1Q results with a consensus estimate of $1.20 vs a year ago of $1.06. On Wed Boeing reports and on Wed Exxon is expected to raise its quarterly dividend by as much as 33%.

Fin Times p15 "Exxon and Rosneft agree Arctic development venture" by Catherine Belton rehases what was reported earlier this week.

GE $19.36 +0.22 1.15% 67,616,053 NYSE:  WSJ pB3 "GE net falls 12%; energy unit shines" by Bob Sechler, NYT pB2 "GE earnings show reason for optimism, cheif says" by Steve Lohr, Fin Times p14 "Honeywell and GE set positive tone" by Ed Crooks,  say GE's 1Q earnings declined 12% but rose on operating basis, fueld by renewed profit growth at its big energy infrastructure division.  GE had a 1Q profit of $3.03 bil vs $3.43 bil a year earlier.  Per share earnings declined to 29 cents from 31 cents a year earlier.  Rev fell 8.2% to $35.8 bil.

Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "GE, Honeywell shine in Q1" says GE EPS rose 1 cent to 34 cents beating by a penny estimates. Rev fell 8% on the sale of a majority stake in NBC Universal to $35.2 bil beating views.

Sat NYT pB6 "Earnings help markets, but day ends mixed" by Reuters says the stock market on Fri was helped by solid earnigns from McDonald's, GE and Microsoft, but declines in banks and tech shares pullled idnexes down from their day's high. Bank of America fell 4.7% after its stock was downgraded by an analyst at CLSA.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $24.51 -0.20 0.81% 19,553,886 NYSE: Barron's p31 "Microsoft benefits from a raft of products" by Tiernan Ray says Microsoft's stock should contine to work well as it rumbles toward Windows 8 and all the rest of the upgrades. Some of Windows 8's prospects are tied to ultrabook which are supposed to stoke interest in PC hardware again.   Hewlett-Packard and others will be rolling out new models this year. Intel is in the fight of its life taking place over years in tablets and phones. It has competition from Qualcomm, the giant in smartphone chips.

Home Depot HD $51.46 -0.10 0.19% 10,977,965 NYSE:  No mentions found.

Intel INTC $27.6 -0.09 0.33% 37,217,661 NASDAQ-GS:Barron's p31 "Microsoft benefits from a raft of products" by Tiernan Ray says Microsoft's stock should contine to work well as it rumbles toward Windows 8 and all the rest of the upgrades. Some of Windows 8's prospects are tied to ultrabook which are supposed to stoke interest in PC hardware again. Hewlett-Packard and others will be rolling out new models this year. Intel is in the fight of its life taking place over years in tablets and phones. It has competition from Qualcomm, the giant in smartphone chips.

Fin Times p17 "Techs continue their losing streak but S&P halt slide" by Ajay Makan, FT p15 "Microsoft & Intel take heart from PC sales jump" by Chirs Nuttall say US stocks broke a 2 week losing streak but tech stocks the standard bearers of this year's rally suffered a 2nd week of losses. Tech stocks fell over the week a investors gave a lukewarm response to earnings from the likes of IBM and Intel which both say share prices fall despite narrowly beating analyst gorecasts of 1Q earnings. Microsoft was the standout performer among tech stocks climbing more than 5% over the week.

IBM $199.6 +0.09 0.05% 4,699,375 NYSE:Fin Times p17 "Techs continue their losing streak but S&P halt slide" by Ajay Makan says US stocks broke a 2 week losing streak but tech stocks the standard bearers of this year's rally suffered a 2nd week of losses. Tech stocks fell over the week a investors gave a lukewarm response to earnings from the likes of IBM and Intel which both say share prices fall despite narrowly beating analyst gorecasts of 1Q earnings. Microsoft was the standout performer among tech stocks climbing more than 5% over the week.

JPMorgan JPM $42.72 -0.50 1.16% 25,899,476 NYSE:   Sun. NYT pBus. 3 "Pay drawings aren't to scale" by Jessica Silver-Greenberg says Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan gets $8.1 mil  a year while tellers make $25,510 a year or $12.27 an hour.  Jame Dimon of JPMorgan makes $23 mil a year while accountants there marke $70,130 a year or $33.72 an hour.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $63.71 +0.68 1.08% 14,230,627 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $38.54 +0.34 0.89% 7,156,930 NYSE: Barron's pM14 "Research reports" by Anita Peltonen says S&P Capital IQ issued a report on Kraft Foods on 4/17 with a buy up from a hold due to an expectation for a valuation boost from the expected split up of KFT into 2 businesses. N. Amer. grocery company is expected to be more of a divdend payer while the global snack operation has long term growth potential.

McDonald's MCD $95.94 +0.66 0.69% 10,917,840 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA1 "McBites boost McDonald's Q1", WSJ pB5 "Mcdonald's keeps up its momentum", FT p14 "new McDonald's chief eyes menu" by alan Rappeport  say McDonald's met EPS views for a 7% gain to $1.23. Sales rose 7% to $6.5 bilalso in line. US same store sales surged 8.9% above forecasts due to a warm winter and new menu items including Cicken McBites. China growth slowed. Barron's p9 "Your grandmother's growth stocks" by Michael santoli says Disney and McDonald's both reached all time highs since the start of the year.

WSJ pB5 "Dow snaps 2 week losing streak" by Chirs Dieterich says the Dow rose after better than forecast quarterly reports from Microsoft & GE pushed blue chips to their first weekly gain this month, while Apple's slide helped lead the tech oriented Nasdaq into the red. McDonald's rose 66 cents after its 1Q earnings rose and sales increased slightly faster than expected.

Merck  MRK $38.73 +0.37 0.96% 14,792,985 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $32.42 +1.41 4.55% 104,689,737 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's pM7 "Assessing the pain in Spain" y Jon Buck says Nokia is staking its hope for recovery on the Lumia smartphone produced with Microsoft. Barron's p31 "Microsoft benefits from a raft of products" by Tiernan Ray says Microsoft's stock should contine to work well as it rumbles toward Windows 8 and all the rest of the upgrades. Some of Windows 8's prospects are tied to ultrabook which are supposed to stoke interest in PC hardware again. Hewlett-Packard and others will be rolling out new models this year. Intel is in the fight of its life taking place over years in tablets and phones. It has competition from Qualcomm, the giant in smartphone chips. Barron's p31 "Microsoft benefits from a raft of products" by Tiernan Ray says Microsoft's stock should contine to work well as it rumbles toward Windows 8 and all the rest of the upgrades. Some of Windows 8's prospects are tied to ultrabook which are supposed to stoke interest in PC hardware again. Hewlett-Packard and others will be rolling out new models this year. Intel is in the fight of its life taking place over years in tablets and phones. It has competition from Qualcomm, the giant in smartphone chips. Barron's p25 "Reason to cheer" by Jack Willoughby says Big Money managers' favorite stocks include Bank of America and Microsoft.

Sat NYT pB6 "Earnings help markets, but day ends mixed" by Reuters says the stock market on Fri was helped by solid earnigns from McDonald's, GE and Microsoft, but declines in banks and tech shares pullled idnexes down from their day's high. Bank of America fell 4.7% after its stock was downgraded by an analyst at CLSA.

Fin Times p17 "Techs continue their losing streak but S&P halt slide" by Ajay Makan, FT p15 "Microsoft & Intel take heart from PC sales jump" by Chirs Nuttall  say US stocks broke a 2 week losing streak but tech stocks the standard bearers of this year's rally suffered a 2nd week of losses. Tech stocks fell over the week a investors gave a lukewarm response to earnings from the likes of IBM and Intel which both say share prices fall despite narrowly beating analyst gorecasts of 1Q earnings. Microsoft was the standout performer among tech stocks climbing more than 5% over the week.

Pfizer PFE $22.56 +0.225 1.01% 37,621,375 NYSE: Inv. Bus. Daily pA2 "Danone hikes Pfizer unit bid" says French food firm Danone and Mead Johnson lifted a bid on Pfizer's infant nutrition biz to $11 bil to outdo Nestle.

Procter & Gamble PG $67.51 +0.94 1.41% 11,081,461 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $87.48 +0.68 0.78% 3,168,068 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $62.75 +1.05 1.7% 4,812,482 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $81 +0.60 0.75% 3,618,135 NYSE: Barron's p13 "Week preview" says on Tuesday AT&T reports earnings with a consensus estimate of 29 cents vs year ago 57 cents. Also on tuesday United Technologies reports its 1Q results with a consensus estimate of $1.20 vs a year ago of $1.06. On Wed Boeing reports and on Wed Exxon is expected to raise its quarterly dividend by as much as 33%.

Verizon VZ $38.73 +0.58 1.52% 19,306,360 DualListed: No mentions found.

Walmart WMT $62.45 +0.70 1.13% 8,978,115 NYSE:  NYT p1 Front Page Headline "Vast Mexico bribery case hushyed up by Walmart after top level struggle" by David Barstow says Walmart is accused of covering up a campaign of bribery in Mexico in order to quickly build store an win market domination there.  Bribes are alleged to be as much as $24 mil.   It all allegedly happened and is over but has not become public until the NYT revealed it.

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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 as of 4/15/12 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $4391 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 258.5 [8.5]
3. IBM 235 [1]
4. WalMart WMT 203.5 [3.5]
5. GE 200 [10.5]
6. Chevron CVX 199 [2]
7. Procter & Gamble PG 181 [3]
8. AT&T T 181 [6]
9. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 175 [3]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 165 [4]
11. Pfizer PFE 164.5 [7.5]
12. Coke KO 162 [2.5]
13. Intel INTC 140.5 [5]
14. Merck MRK 115 [3]
15. Cisco CSCO 107 [5.5]
16. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
17. McDonald's MCD 98.5 [1]
18. Bank of America BAC 93.5 [10.5]
19. Home Depot HD 77.5 [1.5]
20. Disney DIS 75 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
22. Caterpillar CAT 68.5 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 67 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 66 [2]
25. 3M MMM 59.5 [.5]
26. Boeing BA 54.5 [1]
27. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 48.5 [2]
28. DuPont DD 48.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 22.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 10.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 4/15/12:

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

AT&T T: 3/12/12 Proxy Materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on 4/27/12 at 9 a.m. at Grand American Hotel, Salt lake City, Utah
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

Alcoa AA: 4/11/12 8K re: 1Q results
3/12/12 & 3/1/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 5/4/12 9:30 am, Fairmont Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
2/28/12 10K/A & 2/16/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/26/12 8K re: amendment to bylaws re: notice to shareholders

American Express AXP: 3/26/12 8K re: dividend of 20 cents a share payable 5/10 to holders at 4/5 & stock buyback plan of up to 150 mil shares
3/20 & 3/2/12 Proxy re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 9 am American Express HQ, NYC
3/15/12 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats thru 2/29
3/13/12 8K re: Comprehensive Capital Plan
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

Bank of Am BAC: 4/11/12 8K re: reclassification of business segments
3/16/12 8K re: sale of preferred stock
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/10/12 8K re: settlement of mortgage abuse case with state & fed regulators

Boeing BA: 3/16/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders 4/30/12 10 am Field Museum, Chicago
2/29/12 8K re: grant of stock options to exec
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11

Caterpillar CAT: 4/12/12 8K re: election of fromer Utah Gov. and Ambassador Jon Huntsman to Board of Dirs.
4/11/12 Proxy materials re: Annual Meeting of Stockholders on 6/13/12 at 8 am, Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas
3/20/12 8K re: dealer stats thru 2/12
2/21/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 8K re: Jan '12 dealer stats

Chevron CVX: 4/12/12 & 3/29/12 Proxy material re: Annual Meeting og stockholders on 4/4/12 9:30 am HQ, San Ramon, CA
4/10/12 8K re: 1Q update
3/29/12 8K & Proxy materials re: amendment of bylaws re: litigation in Delaware courts, raise of CEO and other execs' salaries and election of Charles "Wick" Moorman to Board of Dirs.
2/23/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11

Cisco CSCO : 3/27/12 8K re: execs' pre-arranged stock trading plans
3/15/12 8K re: acquisition of NDS Group Ltd, a provider of video software for $5 bil
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

Coke KO 3/14/12 8K re: closing of sale of over $1 bil of notes
3/8/12 Proxy materials re Annual meeting of shareowners 4/15/12 9:30 am Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
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

Disney DIS 3/16/12 8K re: amendment to 2011 Stock Incentive Plan
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

DuPont DD: 4/3/12 & 3/16/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders 4/25/12 10:30 am HQ Wilmington, Del
3/15/12 8K re: retirement of William K. Reilly from Board of Dirs.
2/9/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 5/30/12 9 am Meyerson Center, Dallas
3/28/12 8K re: Fin'l Operations review info on website
3/14/12 8K re: transcript of 3/8 analysts meeting
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

GE: 4/9/12 & 3/9/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 4/25/12 10 am Detroit Marriott
4/6/12 8K re: downgrade of GE senior unsecured debt rating by Moodys from Aa2 to aa3 and other downgrade
3/16/12 8K re: GE Capital segment fin'l info as of 12/31/11
1/20/12 8K re: 2/24/12 10K re: FY ended 12/31/11

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 3/23/12 8K re: exec changes and amendment to bylaws decreasing Board of Dirs from 14 to 11
3/12/12 10Q for Qtr ended 1/31/12
3/12/12 8K re: underwriting of $2 bil of Global Notes
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.

Home Depot HD: 4/2/12 Proxy material and 10K for year ended 1/29/12 and material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/17 at 9 am at Cobb Galeria, Atlanta
2/21/12 8K re: FY '11 results & FY '12 guidance

Intel INTC: 4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual stockhodles meeting 5/17/12 8:30 am HQ, Santa Clara, CA
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 brought by NY Atty Gen'l

IBM: 3/22/12 & 3/12/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of stockholders on 4/24/12 10 am Charleston Convention Center, S.C.
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

JPMorganChase JPM: 4/13/12 2 8Ks re: fin'l info on website & 1Q results
4/4/12 Proxy material re: annual meeting of shareholders 5/15/12 at JPM campus in Tampa, Fl
4/4/12 8K re: annual report on website
3/29/12 8K re: Reg. statement re: Global Med. Term Notes'
3/27/12 8K re: changes to Board of Dirs: election of Tim Flynn and retirement of William Gray & David Novak
3/14/12 8K re: dividend of 30 cents payable 4/30 to record holders as of 4/5 and $15 bil share buyback program
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 4/9/12 8K re: resignation of Vice Chair of Board, Sheri S. McCoy to join Avon as CEO
4/3/12 & 3/14/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of Shareholders on 4/26/12 10 am Grand Hyatt New Brunswick, NJ
3/28/12 8K re: new format for sales results
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

Kraft KFT: 4/2/12 & 3/23/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 at North Shore Performing Arts Center in Skokie, Ill.
3/20/12 8K re: $2.1 bil of costs and expenses re: spin-off of N. Amer. grocery business
3/15/12 8K re: nominations of Terry Lundgren & Jorge Mesquita to Board of Dirs.
3/14/12 8K re: revolving credit agreement
2/27/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/11
2/21/12 2 8Ks re: '11 operating results & 4Q results

McDonald's MCD: 4/13/12 & 3/7/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of shareholders on 5/24/12 at HQ at Oak Brook, Ill.
3/26/12 8K re: retirement of James Skinner as CEO effective 6/30/12 and his replacement as CEO of Donald Thompson
3/8/12 8K re: Feb. '12 sales results
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

Merck MRK: 4/12/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of Shareholders on 5/22/12 8:30 am at Bridgewater Marriott in NJ
3/30/12 8K re: Retirement from Board of Dirs of Steven Goldstone & Harry Jacobson
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

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

Pfizer PFE: 3/15/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders 4/26/12 8:30 am Westin Governor Morris, Morristown, NJ
2/28/12 10K for FY ended 12/31/12
1/31/12 8K re: 4Q & full year 12/31/11 results

Procter & Gamble PG: 4/13/12 8K re: dividend of 0.562 cents payable 5/15/12 to record holders at 4/27
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

3M MMM: 3/21/12 Proxy materials re: annual meeting of stockhodlers 5/8/12 10 am River Centre, St. Paul, Minn
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

Travelers TRV: 4/10/12 Proxy materials re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/23/12 11 am Hartford, Marriott
2/16/12 10K FY 12/31/11

United Technologies UTX: 4/13/12 8K re: retriement of charles Lee from Board of Dirs.
3/22/12 & 2/24/12 Proxy materials re: 4/11/12 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Riviera Theatre Charleston, SC
3/15/12 8K re: structure for proposed Goodrich acquisition
2/17/12 8K re: election of Pedro Baranda as Pres. of Otis Elevator
2/9/12 10K for year ended 12/31/11

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 4/2/12 & 3/19/12 Proxy material re: Annual meeting of shareholders on 5/3/12 at 10:30 at Von Braun Center, Huntsville, Al.
2/24/12 10K FY 12/31/11

WalMart WMT: 3/27/12 10K for year ended 1/31/12
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