11/15/09 Thurs. am Dow Breaks 10,000 Up 53% in 7 Mos.

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A read of Thursday's 10/15/09 print editions of: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, & USA Today 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 closing price and related data:

Dow: TWSJ pA1 Head Line "Dow at 1000 as Crisis Ebbs - A Rapid Recovery From Collapse, but Traders Voice Doubt About Bull's Staying Power" by E.S Browning says the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to 10015.86, passing the symbolic 10000 level much faster than expected and rackiing up a 53% gain in just 7 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday up 144.8 or 1.47% from Tuesday's close of 9871.06. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 5 declined and 25 gained. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was MMM $76.57 +1.92 2.57% 4,121,804 NYSE and percentage-wise was BAC $18.59 +0.78 4.38% 229,515,095 NYSE and the biggest decliner dollar wise and percentage-wise was JNJ $60.55 -0.46 0.75% 18,951,674 NYSE. The Dow hit an all time high on 10/9/09 of 1416.53 and its most recent low was on March 9 at 6457.05.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks' Rebound Won Over Investors - On Road to Dow 10000, Skeptics Embraced Profits, Banks' Improvements After Market Hit Bottom" by Tom Lauricella says the 7 month rally that took the Dow JOnes Industrial Average above 10000, started in early March with the market at a 12 year low and investor confidence shattered. The move back through the 10000 mark was aided by good ernings news from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase.

WSJ pC6 "Large Stock Focus" by Geoffrey Rogow says stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing above 10000 for the first time in a year on better than expected quarterly reports from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase, and as improved retail sales data lifted Caterpillar and a wave of other industrials. Ernings from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are on tap Thursday and BofA is to report Friday with all 3 firms getting a big boost along with the broader banking sector, thanks to JP Morgans report. BofA gained 4.4%. Charted under "The Good News" is J.P. Morgan Chse as their profits rose sharply and Intel which beat analysts' estimates, reporting a smaller than expected decline in profits and sales.

Related story sampe page byBrett Arends which asks where does the Dow Jones Industrial Average go now that is passed 1000 and says shares are much ore expensive now than last winter and that investors don't trust the market now.

NYT pB3 "Stocks & Bonds - Dow, First Time in a Year, Breaks Through 10000" by Jack Healy says the Dow Jones Industrial average, one of the ost watched barometers of the financial world, closed above 10000 on Wed, a milestone of the stock market's recovery from the depths of the financial crisis. Baseball caps declaring "Dow 10,000 2.0" circulated onthe floor of the NYSE.

NYT pB2 "A Dow bubble? It Looks Like It" says says stocks first crossed the five digit benchmark in the midst of the dot com bubble andheld higher for five years during the housing bubble. Long term measures suggest it's now in a new bubble. The dow could move back and forth across 10000 for years.

USA Today p1B "Here we are again" by Adam Shell notes other milestone Dow Jones Industrial Average crossings: March 29, 1999 the first time and Dec. 11, 2003 the first close above 10000 after the dot-com bust.

USA Today p4B "Markets Wednesday - Nice earnings surpise gooses stocks" AP says stocks surged higher Wed as ivnestors applauded better than expected corporate earnings reports. Intel and JPMorgan Chase as listed as highlights.

The current divisor for the Dow found at today's page C4 of The Wall St. Jrnl is .132319125 unchanged where it is also noted that as of open Thurssday the Dow's trailing P/E ratio is 16.04 up from yesterday's 15.98, its P/E estimate is 15.84 unchaged and its Dividend yield is 2.79 down from 2.83.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1325.29 up 19.16 from Tuesday's closing Dow numerator of 1306.13. 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 Wednesday of 19.16 by the divisor you get 144.8, the increase in Wednesday's Dow close.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 44.18 up 0.64 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing price of 43.54. The median closing price of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was 41.13 down 0.12 from Tuesnday's Dow Jones median closing price of 41.25.

The highest closing price Wednesday again was IBM $128.35 +1.33 1.05% 9,550,304 NYSE and the lowest closing price Wednesday again was Alcoa AA $14.32 +0.21 1.49% 28,914,021 NYSE. The lowest volume Wednesday again was 3M MMM $76.57 +1.92 2.57% 4,121,804 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of Am BAC $18.59 +0.78 4.38% 229,515,095 NYSE NYSE.

If Wednesday morning before the market opened you had purchased $100 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 $1,920.
($132,540 - $130,620)

AT&T T $25.83 -0.07 0.27% 32,658,366 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $14.32 +0.21 1.49% 28,914,021 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $35.09 +0.25 0.72% 15,334,164 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $18.59 +0.78 4.38% 229,515,095 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Large Stock Focus" by Geoffrey Rogow says stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing above 10000 for the first time in a year on better than expected quarterly reports from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase, and as improved retail sales data lifted Caterpillar and a wave of other industrials. Ernings from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are on tap Thursday and BofA is to report Friday with all 3 firms getting a big boost along with the broader banking sector, thanks to JP Morgans report. BofA gained 4.4%. Charted under "The Good News" is J.P. Morgan Chse as their profits rose sharply and Intel which beat analysts' estimates, reporting a smaller than expected decline in profits and sales.

USA Today p2B "Banks will need OK to pay overdrafts, add fee" by Kathy Chu said the Fed Reserve said it plans to release a rule soon that requires banks to get consumers' permission to charge a fee for paying certain transactions that overdraw their account and the consumer could opt out of such a fee. Some large banks, including BofA have rolled back some of their overdraft fees.

Boeing BA $52.51 +0.61 1.18% 4,646,121 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $54.51 +1.77 3.36% 9,191,876 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "Large Stock Focus" by Geoffrey Rogow says stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing above 10000 for the first time in a year on better than expected quarterly reports from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase, and as improved retail sales data lifted Caterpillar and a wave of other industrials. Earnings from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are on tap Thursday and BofA is to report Friday with all 3 firms getting a big boost along with the broader banking sector, thanks to JP Morgans report. BofA gained 4.4%. Charted under "The Good News" is J.P. Morgan Chse as their profits rose sharply and Intel which beat analysts' estimates, reporting a smaller than expected decline in profits and sales.

Chevron CVX $75.46 +1.39 1.88% 9,284,261 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $24.38 +0.49 2.05% 49,209,441 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $54.84 +0.04 0.07% 8,040,434 NYSE: No mentions found.

Disney DIS $28.91 +0.50 1.76% 9,541,568 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $34.56 +1.22 3.66% 7,401,957 NYSE: WSJ pC1 "Wasserstein Dies, Leaves Deal-Making Legacy" by Dennis K. Berman, Jeffrey McCracken, Randall Smith in an article aboutthe deal of Bruce Wasserstein noted he was involved in DuPont's hostile takeover attempt for Conoco.

ExxonMobil XOM $71.84 +1.58 2.25% 25,286,028 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $16.84 +0.45 2.75% 92,529,769 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Soured Mortgages Weigh on GE Profit" by Paul Glader says onne of the biggest hits to GE's earnings on Friday will be its ongoing losses on subprime UK mortgages. But unlike its quick exit from US mortgages, GE plans to hold steady in the UK in the hope of capitalizing on a projected housing shortage. Analyst Scott Davis of Morgan Stanley expects quarterly profit at GE Capital to fall 94% from a year ago, contributing to a projected 57% decline in GE earnings.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $47.89 +1.20 2.57% 14,552,952 NYSE: "WSJ pB4 "comeback Builds, but Computer Sector Remains at Risk" by Archibald Presuschat says signs fo a sustainable recovery in the tech sector are increasing, driven by Chinese demand and the launch of netbook computers and the Windows 7 operating system, but the recovery must be backed by a broader economic revival. Shares in the sector soared across the world after chip maker Intel Inc, pc maker Acer Inc. and ASML Holding which makes the machines that produce chips, all said demand was increasing after a year of decline. Taiwan based PC maker Acer surpassed Dell Inc. as the second biggest PC maker by world wide shipments and Hewlett-Packard is still in the top spot.

Home Depot HD $27.38 -0.15 0.54% 17,511,119 NYSE: WsJ pC16 "Heard on Street - Retailer have Room for Home Improvement" by John Jannarone says the sumemr brought positve news about existing home sales, which helps home improvement sales as people repair their new homes. That is good news for Hompe Depot and Loews. Sales at building and garden equipment retailers fell 13.7% froma year earlienr int he third quarter, faster than the 12% decline in2Q. Some 32% of mortgaged homes are worth less than their debt outstanding.John Jannarone says Home Depot and Lowe's, both trading above 16 times next fiscal year's consensus earnings, are probably best left on the shelf.

Intel INTC $20.831 +0.341 1.66% 164,815,044 NASDAQ-GS: "WSJ pB4 "comeback Builds, but Computer Sector Remains at Risk" by Archibald Presuschat says signs fo a sustainable recovery in the tech sector are increasing, driven by Chinese demand and the launch of netbook computers and the Windows 7 operating system, but the recovery must be backed by a broader economic revival. Shares in the sector soared across the world after chip maker Intel Inc, pc maker Acer Inc. and ASML Holding which makes the machines that produce chips, all said demand was increasing after a year of decline. Taiwan based PC maker Acer surpassed Dell Inc. as the second biggest PC maker by world wide shipments and Hewlett-Packard is still in the top spot.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks' Rebound Won Over Investors - On Road to Dow 10000, Skkpetics Embraced Profits, Banks' Improvements After Market Hit Bottom" by Tom Lauricella says the 7 month rally that took the Dow JOnes Industrial Average above 10000, started in early March with the market at a 12 year low and investor confidence shattered. The move back through the 10000 mark was aided by good ernings news from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase.

WSJ pC6 "Large Stock Focus" by Geoffrey Rogow says stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing above 10000 for the first time in a year on better than expected quarterly reports from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase, and as improved retail sales data lifted Caterpillar and a wave of other industrials. Ernings from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are on tap Thursday and BofA is to report Friday with all 3 firms getting a big boost along with the broader banking sector, thanks to JP Morgans report. BofA gained 4.4%. Charted under "The Good News" is J.P. Morgan Chse as their profits rose sharply and Intel which beat analysts' estimates, reporting a smaller than expected decline in profits and sales.

WSJ pC6 "Options Report - After Intel, Traders Rally Behind IBM" by Brendna Conway, Tennille Tracy says traders appeared to look favorably upon IBM Wed which is set to report earnings 2 days after Intel beat its own rev and gross margin forecast. Analysts expect IBM to report earnings of 2.38 a share.

IBM $128.35 +1.33 1.05% 9,550,304 NYSE: WSJ pB4 "Oracle Targets a New rival: Former Ally IBM - CEO Ellison Throws More Punches Now That Both Firms Will Soon Vie for Hardware & Software Sales" by Ben Worthen says as Oracle prepares to shift from just selling computer software to also selling hardware, CEO Larry Eillison is making it clear that Oracle is gunning for a new rival: IBM and threw the first punches at IBM during Oracle's annual conference in San Fran this week. He said IBM's systems couldn't measure up to ones from Oracle and offered to pay $10 mil if IBM could prove tis systems ran database software, which busiensses use to store and sort through digital info, even half as fast as those from Oracle.

WSJ pC6 "Options Report - After Intel, Traders Rally Behind IBM" by Brendna Conway, Tennille Tracy says traders appeared to look favorably upon IBM Wed which is set to report earnings 2 days after Intel beat its own rev and gross margin forecast. Analysts expect IBM to report earnings of 2.38 a share.

J.P. Morgan Chase JPM $47.16 +1.50 3.29% 70,354,863 NYSE: WSJ pC3 "J.P. Morgan Sees Ernings Soar - Quarterly Profit Leaps to $3.59 Bil, but Consumer Woes persist" by Robin Sidel says despite a jump in earnings, JP MOrgan CEO James Dimon, said the bank is continuing to build loan loss reserves and has a large photo of Dimon looking like a movie star hyping his latest movie. JPM's 3Q earnings rose sevenfold to $3.59 bil, boosted by strong fixed income trading in its investment bank. It was the first major financial institution to report 3Q results and the results exceeded analysts expections, sending JP shares up 3.2% and spurring the Dow Jones Industrial Average to go above 10,000. Rival Bank of America reports results on Firday and they aren't expected to do as wll since they have large consumer lending portfolios. JPM, the nation's second largest bank after BofA, reported profits of $3.59 bil or 82 cents a share copared with $527 mil or 9 cents a share in the year earlier period. Rev jumped 81% to $26.62 bil.

Also reported at USA Today p1B.

WSJ pC1 "Stocks' Rebound Won Over Investors - On Road to Dow 10000, Skpetics Embraced Profits, Banks' Improvements After Market Hit Bottom" by Tom Lauricella says the 7 month rally that took the Dow JOnes Industrial Average above 10000, started in early March with the market at a 12 year low and investor confidence shattered. The move back through the 10000 mark was aided by good ernings news from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase.

WSJ pC6 "Large Stock Focus" by Geoffrey Rogow says stocks rallied Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average pushing above 10000 for the first time in a year on better than expected quarterly reports from Intel and J.P. Morgan Chase, and as improved retail sales data lifted Caterpillar and a wave of other industrials. Ernings from Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are on tap Thursday and BofA is to report Friday with all 3 firms getting a big boost along with the broader banking sector, thanks to JP Morgans report. BofA gained 4.4%. Charted under "The Good News" is J.P. Morgan Chase as their profits rose sharply and Intel which beat analysts' estimates, reporting a smaller than expected decline in profits and sales.

WSJ pC16 "Heard On The Street - J.P. Morgan's Chilling Win" says JPM's 3Q results ballooned on the back of strong fixed income trading revenue but that augurs badly for financial firms depended on traditional banking. Numbers contained in JPM's results suggest it will be a long time before the business of making loans recovers. Loans fell $28 bil from 2Q, meanwile the yield on its loans dropped to 5.64%, the lowest quarterly number in more than 5 years.

NYT pB3 "Powered by Investment Banking Gains, JPMorgan Chase Posts $3.6 bilprofit" by Eric Dash says JPM is emergin from the economic crisis with renewed confidence as its investment bank, which posted a $1.9 bil profit, reported strong trading rev.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $60.55 -0.46 0.75% 18,951,674 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $26.29 +0.30 1.15% 11,489,799 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $57.5 +0.45 0.79% 7,582,130 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $32.9 +0.48 1.48% 36,559,855 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $25.96 +0.15 0.58% 45,354,816 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pB1 "Microsoft Seeks To Take a Bite Out of Apple With New Stores" by Nick Wingfield says Microsoft has been hyping its new Windows 7 operating system, which goes on sale next week, but the company is also planning to quietly take the wraps off another big gamble: its first retail stores that is being timed to open at the same time as the release of Windows 7 in Scottsdale, Ariz. It will showcase everything from laptops running Windows 7 to mobile phones running Microsoft software to Xbox 360 game consoles with a second store in a mall in Mission Viejo, Calif.

USA Today's Personal Tech column by Edward C. Baig at p7B reviews Microsoft's Windows 7 that says old models may not upgrade to it so easily so you may be better off to buy a new pc.

Pfizer PFE $17.37 +0.59 3.52% 136,154,694 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Pfizer-Wyeth Deal Gets FTC Clearance" by Brent Kendall says the FTC cleared Pfizer's $68 bil cash and stock deal to acquire rival Wyeth, but requires the companies to divest assets in the animal health markets. With this antitrust clearance, the deal will close on Thursday.

Procter & Gamble PG $57.31 +0.05 0.09% 8,385,651 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $76.57 +1.92 2.57% 4,121,804 NYSE: No mentions found.

Traveler's TRV $48.66 +0.64 1.33% 5,225,835 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $63.76 +1.79 2.89% 5,235,692 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $28.94 -0.08 0.28% 25,635,159 NYSE: WSJ pD1 "Pesonal Technology" by Walter S. Mossberg, reviews the king of the new smart pohones that browse the Web well and have sphisticated communications functions and can run a bunch of webs. He likes Verizon's Storm2 but said it had 2 gigabytes of memory which is less than the first one which had 9. Verizon hasn't set a launch date or price for the Storm2, but it's likely to appear in Nov. at around $200.

Wal-Mart WMT $50.19 -0.15 0.3% 16,072,402 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Wal-Mart Wireless Expands Retailer Will Offer Tracfone's Cellphone Plan Nationally" by Roger cheng says WMT will expand Tracfone Wireless Inc.'s inexpensive Straight Talk cellphone service nationally, in another illustration of the pricing decline at the lw end of the wireless industry. Straight Talk, which offers a month plan for as low as $30 and an unlimited access plan including text messages and mobile access for $45 a month, was until recently only offered as a limited trial service. Verizon Wireless and AT&T are the top two wireless players and they have maintained their premium pricing thanks to positive percepts of their networks and AT&T's popular Apple iPhone. During the trial run of Straight Talk, Verizon Wireless put its name on the product, an unusual move for a large carrier, which prompted concerns over cannibalization. AT&T has a reseller agreement with Tracfone but doesn't lend its name to the service.

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Here are the CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

T Randall L. Stephenson
AA Klaus Kleinfeld
AXP Kenneth I. Chenault
BAC Kenneth D. Lewis (on 10/1 he announced his resignation as of year-end).
BA W. James McNerney, Jr.
CAT James W. Owens
CVX David O'Reilly who will be replaced by John Watson at year end.
CSCO John Chambers
KO Muhtar Kent
DIS Robert Iger
DD Ellen Kullman
XOM Rex W. Tillerson
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt
HPQ Mark Hurd
HD Frank Blake
INTC Paul S. Otellini
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano
JPM Jamie Dimon
JNJ William C. Weldon
KFT Irene Rosenfeld
MCD Jim Skinner
MRK Robert Clark
MSFT Steve Ballmer
PFE Jeffrey Kindler
PG Bob McDonald
MMM George W. Buckley
TRV Jay S. Fishman
UTX Louis Chenevert
VZ Ivan Seidenberg
WMT Mike Duke

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest billion as of 10/12/09:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $337
2. Microsoft MSFT 229
3. WalMart WMT 191
4. JPMorgan Chase 181
5. GE 174
6. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 172
7. Procter & Gamble PG 168
8. IBM 167
9. Bank of Am BAC 156
10. At&t T 151
11. Chevron CVX 148
12. Cisco CSCO 137
13. Coke KO 127
14. Pfizer PFE 115
15. Intel INTC 114
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 112
17. Verizon VZ 82
18. Merck MRK 69
19. McDonald's MCD 62
20. United Technologies UTX 58
21. Disney DIS 53
22. 3M MMM 52
23. Home Depot 46
24. American Express AXP 42
25. Kraft KFT 39
26. Boeing BA 38
27. Caterpillar CAT 33
28. DuPont DD 30
29. Traveler's TRV 28
30. Alcoa AA 14

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 10/12/09 other than ownership filings and, except for certain cases, I do not include third party shareholder proposals:

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

T AT&T: 10/2/09 11K Annual Report of employee stock purchase plan.

8/28/09 two 8K's, one announcing it had reached agreement with the Communications Workers of America (on a new, three-year contract covering approximately 7,000 wireline employees (located across the U.S.) under the CWA Communications and Technologies contract, subject to approval by these employees. The second 8K said two subsidiaries of AT&T redeemed certain long-term debt issues as of September 28, 2009.

Alcoa AA: 10/8/09 announcing financial results for the third quarter.

7/29/09 8K announcing that Alain J. P. Belda, executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of AA retired as an executive officer but is staying on as a director until April 23, 2010.

American Express AXP: 10/2/09 8K announcing departure of Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., as Pesident and head of AXP Global Consumer Group as of 4/10/09.

9/15/09 8K annoucing delinquency and write-off statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services operating segment for the months ended June 30, July 31 and August 31, 2009.

9/2/09 10Q;

Bank of Am BAC: 10/9/09 several free writing prospectus regarding issuance of securities.

Boeing BA: 10/9/09 8K announcing the election to the Board and Audit & Fin. Committee of retired Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr. former Vice-Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff '05- '07.

10/6/09 8K announcing a charge to third quarter earnings in connection with delays in the 747-8 program.

9/15/09 8K announcing that pursuant to a 1978 SEC settlement, BA informed the SEC of a change in its policy re the appointment of foreign consultants and to whom they report.

8/31/09 8K announcing the retirement of Scott E. Carson, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, effective January 1, 2010. Effective September 1, 2009, Mr. Carson will leave his current position and assume the role of Executive Vice President. Carson will be replaced by James F. Albaugh.

8/27/09 8K announcing a revised schedule for the 787 Dreamliner and a charge to third quarter earnings related to flight test aircraft.

Caterpiller CAT: 10/5/09 8K announcing price changes on most machines worldwide effective Jan. '10.

9/23/09 8K announcing a new credit agreement with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., that provides for an unsecured aggregate revolving credit facility up to $2.38 billion that serves as an alternative source of funds, if necessary, for CAT's commercial paper programs.

9/21/09 8K furnishing supplemental information concerning deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business. Caterpillar sells the majority of its machinery and engines to independently owned and operated dealers and Original Equipment Manufacturers to meet the demands of their customers, the end users. Retail Sales of Machines by marketing region for the 3-month rolling period compared with the same months of the prior year were down significantlly.

9/15/09 8K announcing CAT and Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV)formed a joint venture transaction resulting in a new company, NC2 Global LLC, to serve the global commercial truck market to be based in Chicago.

Chevron CVX: 10/8/09 8K announcing third quarter interim financial results.

9/30/09 8K announcing the retirement of CEO David J. OReilly who is being replaced by John S. Watson and the election to the Board as Vice-Chairman of George L. Kirkland.

8/6/09 10Q

Cisco CSCO: 10/5/09 8K announcing its offer to buy the Norwegian fimr Tandberg ASA for $3 bil.

9/23/09 Proxy Statement in connection with its Annual Meeting to be held 11/12/09.

9/11/09 10K.

9/9/09 8K Cisco appointed Arun Sarin, former CEO of Vodafone Group Plc, to its Board of Directors.

9/4/09 8K annoucing bonus payments for '09 fiscal year to: John T. Chambers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $2,031,000; Frank A. Calderoni, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, $900,000; Willaim Elfrink, Executive Vice President, Cisco Services and Chief Globalization Officer, $1,000,000; Randy Pond, Executive Vice President, Operations, Processes and Systems, $900,000; and Richard J. Justice, former Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Business Development and current Executive Vice President – Executive Advisor, $750,000.

Coke KO: 7/30/09 10Q

Disney DIS: 9/22/09 Form S-4 Proxy and 9/16/09 Prospectus related to the takeover of Marvel.

8/31/09 8K announcing a merger between its subsidiary, Maverick Acquisition Sub, Inc., and its subsidiary, Maverick Merger Sub, LLC, a single member Delaware limited liability company and Marvel Entertainment, Inc.. As a result of the Merger, Marvel will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney. Each share of Marvel common stock will be converted into $30 in cash and 0.7452 shares of Disney common stock.

DuPont DD: 10/7/09 8K regulation FD disclosure regarding comments made by Executive Vice President Mark Vergnano who said DuPont would return to its level of '08 profitability in 2 and a half years.

9/29/09 and 8/13/09 8Ks announcing Nicholas C. Fanandakis, age 53, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2009 with an increase in annual salary from $387,708 to $500,000 and target short-term incentive award for 2009 will increase from $328,500 to $464,100. Mr. Fanandakis was named to his current position, Group Vice President- Applied BioSciences, in January 2008. Prior to that, he was vice president and general manager- DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise from September 2003 through September 2006 and vice president- Corporate Plans from October 2006 through December 2007. Jeffrey L. Keefer, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, will remain EVP and transition from the position of Chief Financial Officer to assume leadership responsibility for the DD's Performance Coatings business, corporate strategy development, Information Technology and overall cost and working capital productivity efforts effective November 1, 2009. Richard R. Goodmanson, EVP and Chief Operating Officer will retire effective September 30, 2009.

ExxonMobil XOM: 8/5/09 10Q

GE: 8/4/09 8K GE reached a settlement with the SEC & consented to a judgment of a fine of $50 million relating to four accounting matters arising in 2002 - 2003: the application of SFAS 133 to GE’s since-discontinued commercial paper hedging program and, separately, to certain swap derivatives where fees were paid or received at inception; a change in accounting for profits on spare parts in the commercial aviation engine business; and certain year-end transactions in the rail business.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 9/24/09 8K saying at its Securities Analyst Meeting, HPQ addressed how it is uniquely positioned to grow and expand in the global information technology market. “We expect the IT industry to return to growth in 2010 and believe that HP will outpace the market,” said Mark Hurd, CEO.

9/17/09 8K announcing the election of Marc L. Andreessen as a dierctor and chair of the Technology Committee of the Board. Andreessen is a co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, and a co-founder and chairman of Ning, Inc., an online platform for people to create their own social networks. Andreessen co-founded Opsware Inc. & served as chief technology officer of America Online, Inc. and was a co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation. Andreessen gets an retainer of $100,000, an annual equity retainer of $150,000, and $2,000 in cash for each Board meeting attended in excess of six per year. Mr. Andreessen also will be eligible to participate in the product matching portion of the HP Employee Giving Program under which each non-employee director may contribute up to $100,000 worth of HP products each year to a qualified charity by paying 25% of the list price of those products, with HP paying the remaining 75%. In addition, Mr. Andreessen will receive an annual retainer of $10,000 for service as the chair of the Technology Committee. HPQ also increased the number of HPQ directors from ten to eleven.

9/8/09 10-QA

Home Depot HD: 9/3/09 10-Q

8/26/09 8K announcing amendments to their By-Laws dealing with resignations of directors.

Intel INTC: 10/8/09 amended the 9/21/09 tender offer regarding exchange of some of its stock options with its employees.

9/15/09 8K Intel announcing Intel's consolidation of all of its major product divisions into the newly formed Intel Architecture Group, which will be co-managed by Sean Maloney and David (Dadi) Perlmutter, executive vice presidents. Maloney will be responsible for business and operations while Perlmutter will lead product development and architecture. Paul Otellini, CEO, will devote more time to corporate strategy and driving the company’s growth initiatives. Intel’s global manufacturing organization, the Technology and Manufacturing Group will now report to Andy Bryant, Intel’s chief administrative officer. Pat Gelsinger and Bruce Sewell, General Counsel, will leave INTC.

IBM: 9/8/09 8K announcing that IBM representatives will be meeting with a number of institutional investors through mid-September.

7/28/09 10Q

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/9/09 Various free writing prospectus re: issuance of securities.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ: 8/4/09 10Q

Kraft KFT: 10/6/09 8K announcing the promotion of Kim H. Jones, 49, to VP & Corp. Controller.

9/9/09 prospectus relating to Kraft's bid to take over Cadbury that was announced on 9/7/09.

9/9/09 8K announcing a strategic update, including a review of the company’s successful three-year turnaround plan.

8/5/09 10Q

McDonalds MCD: 9/25/09 8K announcing a quarterly cash dividend of .55 cents per share payable 12/15/09.

9/9/09 8K announcing that global comparable sales rose 2.2% in August and by segment performance was as follows: U.S. up 1.7%; Europe up 3.5%; andAsia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa declined 0.5%.

8/11/09 re: press release "McDonald’s Reports Global Comparable Sales Up 4.3% in July"

Merck MRK: 9/21/09 8K announcing that the acquisition by Sanofi-aventis of Merck’s 50percent interest in Merial Limited (Merial) has been completed. Sanofi-aventis acquired Merck’s interest in Merial for a cash consideration of $4 billion. Formed in 1997, Merial is a leading animal health company that was a 50/50 joint venture between Merck and sanofi-aventis and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of sanofi-aventis.

8/3/09 Sched 14A proxy material re: updated of acquisition of Schering-Plough.

Microsoft MSFT: 10/6/09 Proxy Statement regarding the Shareholders Annual Meeting to be held in Bellevue, Washington on 11/19/09.

9/11/09 8K James Cash to retire from Board of Directors. The
Harvard Business School professor and senior associate dean emeritus had served on the board since 2001. With Cash’s departure, the Microsoft board will have nine members: Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft; Steve Ballmer; Dina Dublon, former chief financial officer of JPMorgan Chase; Raymond V. Gilmartin, former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Merck & Co. Inc.; Reed Hastings, founder, chairman and CEO of Netflix Inc.; Maria M. Klawe, president, Harvey Mudd College; David F. Marquardt, general partner at August Capital; Charles H. Noski, former vice chairman of AT&T Corp.; and Dr. Helmut Panke, former chairman of the board of management at BMW AG.

8/24/09 S-8 Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

Pfizer PFE: 9/24/09 8K announcing the expansion of the Board to 14 members pursuant to the agreement to merge with Wyeth and electing two Wyeth directors to the newly expanded Board: Frances D. Fergusson and John P. Mascotte.

9/24/09 11-K Annual Report of Employee Stock Option Plan.

9/2/09 8K announcing an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle an investigation regarding off-label promotional practices related to Bextra, which Pfizer withdrew from the market in 2005 and other DOJ investigations involving off-label promotional practices concerning Zyvox, Geodon and Lyrica, and allegations related to payments to healthcare professionals involving these and nine other Pfizer medicines. Pfizer previously disclosed a related $2.3 billion charge to its fourth-quarter and full-year 2008 earnings in connection with the DOJ agreement in principle on January 26, 2009. PFE has reached agreements with attorneys general in 432 states to settle state civil consumer protection allegations regarding promotional practices concerning Geodon. PFE will pay a total of $33 million to the settling states.

Procter & Gamble PG: 11K Annual Report of Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

9/10/09 8K confirmed its fiscal year 2010 and July – September quarter outlook for organic sales growth. The company also stated it expects to return to organic sales growth in the October – December quarter compared to prior year levels, following two quarters of organic sales declines. P&G also updated earnings per share guidance to include the anticipated impacts from the Pharmaceutical divestiture, which was announced on August 24, 2009. For fiscal year 2010, P&G confirmed previous guidance for organic sales growth of one to three percent. P&G expects net sales in the range of flat to up three percent versus prior year levels, which includes a foreign exchange impact of zero to minus one percent. P&G now expects fiscal 2010 earnings per share in the range of $3.99 to $4.12 per share. This includes a one-time net increase in earnings of $0.44 per share from the sale of the Pharmaceutical business, which will be partially offset by $0.10 to $0.12 per share of earnings dilution related to the transaction.

8/28/09 S-8 Securities to employees and 8/28 8K annoucning public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.150% Notes due 2015.
Also a PG subsidiary, Procter & Gamble International Funding SCA issued $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.350% Notes due 2011.

3M MMM: 8/5/09 3M contributed 8,329,862 shares of its common stock with a corresponding dollar value of approximately $600 million to its defined benefit pension plan, the 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, made from treasury stock.

Travelers TRV: 8/5/09 10Q/A Amended 10Q

United Technologies UTX: 7/24/09 10Q

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 8K 9/11/09 8K announcing VZ's cash flow and balance sheet are strong, and VZ recently increased its dividend for the third consecutive year. VZ is not planning for any economic improvements in the second half of 2009. Verizon expects that economic conditions will continue to pressure revenues and margins in the second half of 2009, particularly in its Wireline segment. VZ expects to add one million wireless customers per quarter for the next several quarters.
The company expects to achieve its stated Alltel cost synergy targets & greater cash flow from operations in the second half of 2009 compared to the first half of 2009.

9/4/09 8K VZ raised its quarterly dividend 3.3% to 47.5 Cents per Share. This is the third consecutive year that VZ has approved a quarterly dividend increase in September.

9/4/09 8K annoucning retirement of Dennis F. Strigl, President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Communications Inc.

Wal-Mart WMT: 8K 9/18 Pricing agreement re: the 9/16 filed prospectus relating to $1 bil of Euro Note Offering at 4.875%

9/14/09 Prospectus re debt securities of $364,600,000

9/9/09 10Q

8/13/09 8K re 7/31/09 2Q report of earnings