8/13/10 Fri. pm Dow closes 10,303.15 down 16.8 or 0.16%

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 10,303.15 down 16.8 or 0.16% from Thursday's close of 10,319.95. For the week the Dow is down 350.41 or 3.29% from last Friday's close of 10,653.56. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 9 gained and 21 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was Caterpillar CAT $68.08 +0.58 0.86% 5,813,185 NYSE and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $13.23 +0.1675 1.28% 106,876,646 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was DuPont DD $40.28 -0.49 1.2% 3,826,862 NYSE and percentage-wise was Intel INTC $19.205 +0.245 1.26% 50,885,468 NASDAQ-GS.

As of the open of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493, the trailing P/E ratio is 13.94 down from Thursday's 14.01 (year ago it was 15.19) the P/E estimate is 12.49 down from Thursday's 12.80 (year ago it was 14.75) and the current dividend yield is 2.71 up from Thursday's 2.69 (it was 3.04 a year ago). 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 1,361.35 down 2.09 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,363.56. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease of 2.09 for Friday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in Friday's Dow of 16.8. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.38 down $0.07 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $45.45. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $39.68 down $0.30 from Thursday's median price of $39.98. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $83.95 -0.06 0.07% 1,700,344 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.23 +0.1675 1.28% 106,876,646 NYSE.

If Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs) and sold at the close you would have lost $221 ($136,356 - $136,135).

MarketWatch 8/13/10 Fri. 4:22 pm by Nick Godt says U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday and posted heavy losses for a week that saw major averages again turn negative for the year as concerns about economic growth returned to the fore. On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,303, -16.80, -0.16%) fell 16.80 points, or 0.2%, to end at 10,303.15, weighed down by more than 1% drops in shares of Home Depot (HD 27.30, -0.01, -0.04%) , Intel (INTC 19.19, +0.04, +0.21%) , and American Express (AXP 41.73, -0.03, -0.07%) . For the week, the Dow industrials slumped 3.3%, and is now down 1.2% year to date. The S&P 500 index (SPX 1,079, -4.36, -0.40%) lost 4.36 points, or 0.4%, to 1,079.25, weighed by the consumer discretionary sector. For the week, the S&P 500 is off 3.8%, leading the broad-market gauge to lose 3.2% for the year. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,173, -16.79, -0.77%) fell 16.79 points, or 0.8%, to 2,173.48. The tech-heavy index fell the hardest of the three major averages this week, losing 5%. For the year so far, the Nasdaq is now down 4.2%.

Friday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market

AT&T T $26.71 +0.05 0.19% 19,828,603 NYSE
Alcoa AA $10.62 -0.1095 1.02% 13,855,664 NYSE
American Express AXP $41.79 -0.36 0.85% 5,227,588 NYSE
Bank of America BAC $13.23 +0.1675 1.28% 106,876,646 NYSE
Boeing BA $64.9 +0.20 0.31% 2,984,386 NYSE
Caterpillar CAT $68.08 +0.58 0.86% 5,813,185 NYSE
Chevron CVX $77.3565 +0.2865 0.37% 5,712,203 NYSE
Cisco CSCO $21.37 +0.01 0.05% 62,977,769 NASDAQ-GS
Coca-Cola KO $55.75 +0.06 0.11% 6,365,730 NYSE
Disney DIS $33.6 -0.39 1.15% 9,543,297 NYSE
DuPont DD $40.28 -0.49 1.2% 3,826,862 NYSE
ExxonMobil XOM $59.93 -0.30 0.5% 10,900,229 NYSE
GE $15.385 -0.11 0.71% 33,106,748 NYSE
Hewlett-Packard HPQ $40.5284 +0.3884 0.97% 26,716,521 NYSE
Home Depot HD $27.32 -0.29 1.05% 7,664,885 NYSE
Intel INTC $19.205 +0.245 1.26% 50,885,468 NASDAQ-GS
IBM $127.86 +0.44 0.34% 3,909,264 NYSE
J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $37.56 +0.25 0.66% 20,468,555 NYSE
Johnson & Johnson JNJ $58.17 +0.35 0.6% 7,116,690 NYSE
Kraft KFT $29.495 +0.005 0.02% 3,940,097 NYSE
McDonald's MCD $71.9195 +0.1405 0.19% 5,141,057 NYSE
Merck MRK $35.01 +0.03 0.09% 6,538,472 NYSE
Microsoft MSFT $24.43 +0.06 0.24% 40,088,916 NASDAQ-GS
Pfizer PFE $16.1 +0.10 0.62% 27,114,497 NYSE
Procter & Gamble PG $59.851 +0.139 0.23% 7,394,386 NYSE
3M MMM $83.95 -0.06 0.07% 1,700,344 NYSE
Travelers TRV $50.13 +0.50 1.01% 4,424,633 NYSE
United Technologies UTX $70.63 +0.05 0.07% 1,995,533 NYSE
Verizon VZ $29.9993 -0.3207 1.06% 12,914,952 Dual Listed
WalMart WMT $50.45 +0.02 0.04% 9,001,616 NYSE

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Below are excerpts from Friday morning's Blog:

A read of Friday's issues of Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga) 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 Thursday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 10,319.95 down 58.88 or 0.57% from Wednesday's close of 10,378.83. For the year the Dow is down 1.04% 10,653.56. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 10 gained and 20 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Verizon VZ $30.32 +0.76 2.57% 30,683,141 Dual Listed. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Cisco CSCO $21.36 -2.37 9.99% 225,079,633 NASDAQ-GS.

WSJ pC1 "Dow's week gets worse, falling 58.88" by Jonathan Cheng says stocks skidded for a 3rd session in a row as investors heeded economic warnings from another poor jobs report and Cisco. The ow shed 3.1% for the week so far putting it on track for its first losing week in a month. US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose and euro zone industrial production fell, while Cisco a proxy for broad corp spending reported gloomy rev numbers and echoed Fed Res chair Ben Bernanke's remakrs that last month of an unusually uncertain economic outlook. Cisco led tech firms down with tech firms representing the top 9 decliners on the S&P 500.

WSJ pC5 "Off 10%, Cisco pain fans out" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks fell for a 3rd straight day as a rev warning from Cisco weighed on other tech stocks including Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft while disappointing US jobs data also sent jitters across the market. Cisco is charted under Bad News saying i pointed toa possible slowdown in corp tech spending overshadowing a jump in profit and spooking many investors. Cisco was the Dow's worst performer after it reported quarterly rev a bit lower than analysts expected and projected a slower pace of rev growth for the current quarter. CEO John chambers warned that a return to normal economic conditions would take longer than previously expected. Other tech firms also fell. Hewlett-Packard lost 63 cents, Microsoft lost 37 cents and IBM slipped 1.53.

Fin Times p20 "Warning from Cisco chief dents tech sector" by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks fell after disappointing jobless figures and cautious company outlooks reinforced investor concerns about the possibility of a double dip recession.

NYT pB6 "Markets fall a 3rd day on slowdown signs" by Chrisine Hauser says a decline in tech shares and weak jobs data sent Wall St. indexes down on Thurs as traders were confronted with more signs that the global economy was slowing. The stock market in the uS followed European and Asian exchanges lower, declining more than 100 points early in the day. But the market cut some of those losses in later trading.

USA Today p4B "Jobless claims extend stocks' losing streak" by Bloomberg says stocks declined a 3rd consecutive day Thurs after unemployment claims unexpectedly rose to the highest in 5 months, adding to evidence the recovery is weakening. Cisco, the world's largest maker of networking equipment, fell $2.37 after saying rev in the current quarter will be as low as $10.64 bil. analysts estimated $10.95 bil.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,363.56 down 8.18 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1,371.74. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator decrease of 8.18 for Thursday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in Thursday's Dow of 58.88. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.45 down $0.26 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $45.71. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $39.98 down $0.41 from Wednesday's median price of $40.39. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $84.01 0.09 0.11% 3,434,659 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.0625 -0.1275 0.97% 146,011,743 NYSE.

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 lost $779 ($137,135- $136,356).

MarketWatch 8/12/10 Thurs. 4:52 pm by Jonathan Cheng & Donna Yesalavich says U.S. stocks declined for a third straight session as economic warnings from weekly jobs data and Cisco Systems Inc. added to investors' concerns about a possible double-dip recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 10,320, -58.88, -0.57%) lost 58.88 points, or 0.57%, to 10319.95, adding to a 320-point drop over the prior two sessions. The blue-chip index, which has been under pressure since the Federal Reserve downgraded its outlook on the recovery on Tuesday, has shed 3.1% this week, putting it on track to break a three-week winning streak. Cisco shares are down sharply today in the wake of the quarterly results and a cautious outlook from CEO John Chambers. The latest economic snapshots showed U.S. weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose and euro-zone industrial production fell. Cisco, a technology bellwether seen as a proxy for broad corporate spending, reported revenue that fell short of forecasts and offered a gloomy sales outlook. Weighed down by 10% tumble in Cisco shares, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index SPX 1,084, -5.86, -0.54%) fell 0.5% to 1083.61, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,190, -18.36, -0.83%) declined 0.8% to 2190.27. For the week, the S&P 500 is down 3.4% while the Nasdaq has dropped 4.3%. Other technology stocks followed Cisco's lead, with the top seven S&P 500 decliners all tech firms. NetApp Inc. (NTAP 37.58, -3.59, -8.72%) shares fell 8.7%, Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR 25.78, -1.89, -6.83%) shares dropped 6.8%, Altera Corp. (ALTR 25.24, -1.63, -6.08%) declined 6.1% and Xilinx Inc. (XLNX 25.50, -1.35, -5.03%) dropped 5%. Stock indexes started the trading day deep in the red before slowly paring their declines. Amid the stock selling, investors rushed for safety in the dollar. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY 82.61, +0.32, +0.38%) , reflecting the U.S. currency against a basket of six others, climbed 0.3%. Demand for 30-year Treasurys (UST30Y 3.95, +0.02, +0.51%) rose earlier in the session, pushing their yield to 3.910%. However, the yield increased to 3.945% after demand on a $16 billion sale of 30-year bonds was relatively weak compared with other sales earlier in the week. Meanwhile, the yield on the 10-year (UST10Y 2.75, +0.06, +2.19%) edged up to 2.745% a day after touching its weakest level since April 2009. Gold rose to $1214.80, its highest settle since the end of June, while crude-oil futures slid for the sixth day in the last seven, tumbling 2.9% to below $76 a barrel. Read more about oil's slide here. The euro EURUSD 1.2825, -0.0019, -0.1479%) slipped to $1.2820, from $1.2883 late Wednesday in New York, as the drop in euro-zone industrial production weighed along with data showing the Greek economy contracted sharply in the second quarter as government austerity measures bit deeper into incomes. In the U.S., analysts and investors parsed Cisco's results for signs about corporate spending. Because the company's routers and networking equipment are used globally, Cisco is especially privy to shifts in the spending habits from consumers and businesses. The report was also concerning because Cisco was the first big company to report earnings that included July. Earnings for the quarter ended in June largely came in above expectations, with many companies saying they had hardly been impacted by disappointing economic data, but Cisco's report indicates the economic weakness is now starting to chip away at the corporate sector's strength. See Tech Stocks for more on Cisco. Still, he said he's not completely sure what to make of the market's recent slump given that it has come on light volume. About 3.9 billion shares changed hands in New York Stock Exchange Composite volume, well below the daily average of 5.4 billion shares. Initial public offerings were one bright spot, receiving a much-needed boost as Indian travel site MakeMyTrip surged 89% to make it the best-performing IPO in the U.S. this year. Rental housing software firm RealPage RP 14.52, +1.52, +11.69%) rose 32% on its first day of trading.

Friday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market

Thursday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
Symb/Last/Change/% Change/Vol./Market

AT&T T $26.66 +0.11 0.41% 30,439,082 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $10.7295 +0.0695 0.65% 19,424,399 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $42.15 -0.81 1.89% 8,590,375 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $13.0625 -0.1275 0.97% 146,011,743 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $64.7 -0.90 1.37% 3,815,788 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $67.5 -1.21 1.76% 7,597,120 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Caterpillar restarts its growth engine in the South" by James R. Hagerty says Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of construction equipment, unveiled plans for its 4th US expansion project in 2 week,s providing much needed jobs in a limp employment market while allowing the firm to strategically place plants in lowr cost regions. The new facility, a $120 mil plant to make excavator machines in Victoria, Texas will ake on production of some equipment now made in Ill. and Japan.

Chevron CVX $77.07 -0.06 0.08% 8,934,291 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $21.36 -2.37 9.99% 225,079,633 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC1 "Dow's week gets worse, falling 58.88" by Jonathan Cheng says stocks skidded for a 3rd session in a row as investors heeded economic warnings from another poor jobs report and Cisco. The ow shed 3.1% for the week so far putting it on track for its first losing week in a month. US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly rose and euro zone industrial production fell, while Cisco a proxy for broad corp spending reported gloomy rev numbers and echoed Fed Res chair Ben Bernanke's remakrs that last month of an unusually uncertain economic outlook. Cisco led tech firms down with tech firms representing the top 9 decliners on the S&P 500.

USA Today p4B "Jobless claims extend stocks' losing streak" by Bloomberg says stocks declined a 3rd consecutive day Thurs after unemployment claims unexpectedly rose to the highest in 5 months, adding to evidence the recovery is weakening. Cisco, the world's largest maker of networking equipment, fell $2.37 after saying rev in the current quarter will be as low as $10.64 bil. analysts estimated $10.95 bil.

WSJ pC12 "Cisco Systems routed to the slower lane? says Cisco fell 10% cutting $14 bil of market cap afer's its CEO John Chambers made cautious remarks about the economy. Cisco trades at 7 times next fiscal year's expected earnings compared with Hewlett-Packard 5 times. cisco averaged just 8% organic growth between '04 and '09. While Internet trafic drives demand for Cisco's core networking products, its market share has been trending downward and is moving into new areas like selling servers to data centers but it will take time for these moves to generate rev. Cisco stock now 10% below its price at the start of '04 could stay stuck.

WSJ pC5 "Off 10%, Cisco pain fans out" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks fell for a 3rd straight day as a rev warning from Cisco weighed on other tech stocks including Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft while disappointing US jobs data also sent jitters across the market. Cisco is charted under Bad News saying i pointed toa possible slowdown in corp tech spending overshadowing a jump in profit and spooking many investors. cisco was the Dow's worst performer after it reported quarterly rev a bit lower than analysts expected and projected a slower pace of rev growth for the current quarter. CEO John chambers warned that a return to normal economic conditions would take longer than previously expected. Other tech firms also fell. Hewlett-Packard lost 63 cents, Microsoft lost 37 cents and IBM slipped 1.53.

Coca-Cola KO $55.69 -0.35 0.62% 9,270,932 NYSE: No mentions found.

Walt Disney DIS $33.99 -0.23 0.67% 11,755,205 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $40.77 -0.27 0.67% 6,477,049 NYSE: No mentions found.

ExxonMobil XOM $60.23 -0.16 0.26% 16,824,224 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $15.495 -0.205 1.31% 57,924,504 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $40.14 -0.63 1.55% 52,549,246 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Probe of bribery at Hewlett-Packard heats up" by David Crawford says the US Dept. of Justice has asked hewlett-Packard to provide a trove of internal records as part of an int'l probe into allegations that Hewlett-Packard execs paid bribes in Russia.

WSJ pB2 "Hewlett-Packard board sued on Hurd exit" by Ben Worthen says a Ct. law firm filed a shareholder derivative suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Tues alleging directors of violating their fiduciary duties in connection with the ouster of Hurd as CEO.

USA Today p1B "Briefly . . ." says Hewlett-Packard is cooperating with US and German authorities investigating allegations that 3 execs used bribes to win a contract to sell gear to the Russian prosecutor's office.

WSJ pC5 "Off 10%, Cisco pain fans out" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks fell for a 3rd straight day as a rev warning from Cisco weighed on other tech stocks including Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft while disappointing US jobs data also sent jitters across the market. Cisco is charted under Bad News saying i pointed toa possible slowdown in corp tech spending overshadowing a jump in profit and spooking many investors. cisco was the Dow's worst performer after it reported quarterly rev a bit lower than analysts expected and projected a slower pace of rev growth for the current quarter. CEO John chambers warned that a return to normal economic conditions would take longer than previously expected. Other tech firms also fell. Hewlett-Packard lost 63 cents, Microsoft lost 37 cents and IBM slipped 1.53.

WSJ pC12 "Cisco Systems routed to the slower lane? says Cisco fell 10% cutting $14 bil of market cap afer's its CEO John Chambers made cautious remarks about the economy. Cisco trades at 7 times next fiscal year's expected earnings compared with Hewlett-Packard 5 times. cisco averaged just 8% organic growth between '04 and '09. While Internet trafic drives demand for Cisco's core networking products, its market share has been trending downward and is moving into new areas like selling servers to data centers but it will take time for these moves to generate rev. Cisco stock now 10% below its price at the start of '04 could stay stuck.

Home Depot HD $27.61 -0.10 0.36% 9,859,596 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $19.45 +0.025 0.13% 86,172,928 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $128.3 -1.53 1.18% 5,099,091 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Off 10%, Cisco pain fans out" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks fell for a 3rd straight day as a rev warning from Cisco weighed on other tech stocks including Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft while disappointing US jobs data also sent jitters across the market. Cisco is charted under Bad News saying i pointed toa possible slowdown in corp tech spending overshadowing a jump in profit and spooking many investors. cisco was the Dow's worst performer after it reported quarterly rev a bit lower than analysts expected and projected a slower pace of rev growth for the current quarter. CEO John chambers warned that a return to normal economic conditions would take longer than previously expected. Other tech firms also fell. Hewlett-Packard lost 63 cents, Microsoft lost 37 cents and IBM slipped 1.53.

WSJ pC6 "J&J sets a yield low" by Katy Burne says Johnson & Johnson sold $1.1 bil of bonds at he lowest rates ever for 10 year and 30 year corp debt securities, illustrating how eager investors are to buy corp bonds at a time of record low yields on gov debt. Corps with the best credit ratings have been able to ake advantage of investor demand and raise cash cheaply in recent week including IBM, WalMart and McDonald's. Yields are at their lowest points since '03 and rates have fallen further this week after the Fed Res said it would buy treasury debt in a bid to boost the economy. JPMorgan, Goldman Sach and Citigroup were the lead bookrunners on the Johnson & Johnson bonds

J.P.Morgan Chase JPM $37.81 +0.04 0.11% 35,244,984 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "J&J sets a yield low" by Katy Burne says Johnson & Johnson sold $1.1 bil of bonds at he lowest rates ever for 10 year and 30 year corp debt securities, illustrating how eager investors are to buy corp bonds at a time of record low yields on gov debt. Corps with the best credit ratings have been able to ake advantage of investor demand and raise cash cheaply in recent week including IBM, WalMart and McDonald's. Yields are at their lowest points since '03 and rates have fallen further this week after the Fed Res said it would buy treasury debt in a bid to boost the economy. JPMorgan, Goldman Sach and Citigroup were the lead bookrunners on the Johnson & Johnson bonds

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $58.52 +0.02 0.03% 8,197,953 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "J&J sets a yield low" by Katy Burne says Johnson & Johnson sold $1.1 bil of bonds at he lowest rates ever for 10 year and 30 year corp debt securities, illustrating how eager investors are to buy corp bonds at a time of record low yields on gov debt. Corps with the best credit ratings have been able to ake advantage of investor demand and raise cash cheaply in recent week including IBM, WalMart and McDonald's. Yields are at their lowest points since '03 and rates have fallen further this week after the Fed Res said it would buy treasury debt in a bid to boost the economy. JPMorgan, Goldman Sach and Citigroup were the lead bookrunners on the Johnson & Johnson bonds.

Kraft KFT $29.5 -0.08 0.27% 7,025,199 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $72.06 +0.49 0.68% 5,638,641 NYSE: WSJ pC6 "J&J sets a yield low" by Katy Burne says Johnson & Johnson sold $1.1 bil of bonds at he lowest rates ever for 10 year and 30 year corp debt securities, illustrating how eager investors are to buy corp bonds at a time of record low yields on gov debt. Corps with the best credit ratings have been able to ake advantage of investor demand and raise cash cheaply in recent week including IBM, WalMart and McDonald's. Yields are at their lowest points since '03 and rates have fallen further this week after the Fed Res said it would buy treasury debt in a bid to boost the economy. JPMorgan, Goldman Sach and Citigroup were the lead bookrunners on the Johnson & Johnson bonds

Merck MRK $35.04 +0.15 0.43% 9,156,178 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $24.49 -0.37 1.49% 70,138,989 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC5 "Off 10%, Cisco pain fans out" by Donna Yesalavich says stocks fell for a 3rd straight day as a rev warning from Cisco weighed on other tech stocks including Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft while disappointing US jobs data also sent jitters across the market. Cisco is charted under Bad News saying i pointed toa possible slowdown in corp tech spending overshadowing a jump in profit and spooking many investors. cisco was the Dow's worst performer after it reported quarterly rev a bit lower than analysts expected and projected a slower pace of rev growth for the current quarter. CEO John chambers warned that a return to normal economic conditions would take longer than previously expected. Other tech firms also fell. Hewlett-Packard lost 63 cents, Microsoft lost 37 cents and IBM slipped 1.53.

Pfizer PFE $16.2 +0.20 1.25% 48,404,618 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble PG $59.99 -0.28 0.46% 11,568,165 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $84.01 0.09 0.11% 3,434,659 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $49.63 +0.67 1.37% 5,019,886 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $70.58 -0.69 0.97% 2,854,904 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $30.32 +0.76 2.57% 30,683,141 Dual Listed: No mentions found.

WalMart WMT $50.43 -0.59 1.16% 12,779,685 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
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr.
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman
Chevron CVX John Watson
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent
Disney DIS Robert Iger
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Cathie Lesjak (Interim) (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner
Merck MRK Richard Clark (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Jeffrey Kindler
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald
3M MMM George W. Buckley
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 7/25/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $280.5 [4.5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 248 [4]
3. Microsoft MSFT 226 [9]
4. WalMart WMT 191.5 [3.5]
5. GE 168 [10.5]
6. IBM 164.5 [1]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 159 [3]
8. JPMorgan Chase 158.5 [4]
9. AT&T 151 [6]
10. Chevron CVX 147.5 [2]
11. Bank of America BAC 138 [10]
12. Cisco CSCO 133.5 [6]
13. Coke KO 126.5 [2.5]
14. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
15. Pfizer PFE 117.5 [8]
16. Merck MRK 109 [3]
17. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 108 [2.5]
18. Verizon VZ 79 [3]
19. McDonald's MCD 75 [1]
20. Disney DIS 67 [2]
21. United Technologies UTX 66 [1]
22. 3M MMM 61.5 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 54 [1]
24. Kraft KFT 51.5 [2]
25. Boeing BA 51.5 [1]
26. Home Depot 47.5 [1.5]
27. Caterpillar CAT 43.5 [.5]
28. DuPont DD 35 [1]
29. Travelers 25 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 7/25/10 other than ownership filings, registration of shares for employee benefit plans, free writing prospectuses and third party shareholder proposals:

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

AT&T T: 7/22/10 8K re: 2Q earnings

6/25/10 8K: re: amendments to employee compensation plans.

5/24/10 8K: re: sale of its Sterling Commerce subsidiary to IBM for $1.4 billion in cash.

5/6/10 10-Q

5/4/10 8K re: results from the annual meeting of the stockholders of AT&T Inc. held on April 30, 2010, in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Alcoa AA: 7/23/10 8K re: election of Tony Theme CFO Engineered Products & Graeme Bottger, Controller

7/22/10 10Q

7/15 & 7/13/10 8K's relating to 2Q results

5/4/10 8K re: Alcoa Inc.’s 2009 Sustainability Highlights Report.

American Express AXP: 7/22/10 8K 2Q results

7/21/10 8K re: Personnel changes & Board of Dir. elections

7/15/10 8K Delinquency & write-off statistics through 6/30/10

6/15/10 8K re: delinquency statistics through 5/31/10.

6/2/10 8K re: statistics re: worldwide billed business.

5/17/10 8K re: delinquency and write-off statistics for the lending portfolio of its U.S. Card Services operating segment for the months ended February 28, March 31 and April 30, 2010.

5/5/10 10Q

Bank of Am BAC: 7/22/10 8K re: impairment resulting from fin'l reform legislation passed by Congress

7/16/10 8K re: 2Q results

7/9/10 Free Writings Prospectuses

6/4/10 Free Writing Prospectuses

5/10/10 Rule 424(b) Prospectus

5/7/10 10-Q

Boeing BA: 6/10/10 8K re: election of Edward M. Liddy to Board of Dirs. & Audit & Fin. Committees. By-laws were amended to increase number of directors from 12 to 13.

4/28/10 8-K re: results of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 26, 2010

Caterpiller CAT: 7/22/10 8K (two of them) dealing with 4Q results for period ending 6/30/10

7/22/10 8K: re: dealer statistics

6/18/10 8K re: dealer statistics.

6/17/10 8K re: plans to produce a full range of mining shovels and increase dump truck production.

6/11/10 8K re: as previously announced, Board elected Douglas R. Oberhelman as CEO effective 8/1/10.

6/11/10 8K re: results of 6/9 annual meeting of shareholders.

6/1/10 8K re: purchase of Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. for $820 million in cash from Berkshire Partners LLC and Greenbriar Equity Group LLC.

5/28/10 8K re: retirement of David B. Burritt, VP & CFO as of 6/1/10.

5/20/10 8K re: statistics re: deliveries to users for its Machinery and Engines lines of business.

5/10/10 Definitive Proxy materials

5/510 8-K re: departure of directors and officers

5/3/10 10Q

Chevron CVX: 7/12/10 8K re: updated on 2Q results

6/2/10 8K re: results of 5/26/10 vote at annual meeting for election of Directors & other matters.

5/19/10 definitive proxy materials

5/13/10 8K re: certain revisions of 10-K annual report for year ended 12/31/09.

Cisco CSCO 6/29/10 8K 6/29/10 10b5-1 re: stock trading plans adopted by insiders

5/26/10 10Q for quarter ending 5/1/10

Coke KO 7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Disney DIS 10Q for quarter ended 4/3/10

DuPont DD: 4/29/10 8K re: voting results from annual meeting held on 4/28/10.

4/27/10 10Q

ExxonMobil XOM: 6/25/10 8K re: completion of its acquisition of XTO Energy Inc.

6/1/10 8K re: voting results from 5/26/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

5/6/10 10Q

GE: 7/16/10 8K re: 2Q reports

6/16/10 8K re; election of James S. Tisch to Board of Directors. He is Pres. & CEO of Loew's.

5/7/10 8K to update fin'l info from form 10K

5/7/10 10Q

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 6/8/10 8K re: 10Q

6/1/10 10Q

6/1/10 8K re: plans to invest $1 billion in its enterprise services business to enhance client experience and better position the business for growth.

5/18/10 8K re: 2Qtr results

Home Depot HD: 6/3/10 10Q

5/25/10 8K re: voting results from 5/20/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

5/18/10 8K re: results for quarter ended 5/2/10

Intel INTC: 7/22/10 8K re: agreement with FTC to delay antitrust case while settlement talks continue.

7/16/10 8K re: Intel's interest in SMART Technologies Inc. which did an IPO.

7/14/10 8K re: CFO commenting on 2Q results.

7/13/10 8K re: 2Q results.

6/22/10 8K re: agreed upon suspension of FTC admin. proceedings while settlement discussions are held.

5/21/10 8K re: voting results from 5/19/10 annual meeting of stockholders.

5/12/10 8K re: info provided at an Investor meeting by Paul S. Otellini, Pres. & CEO.

5/7/10 8K re: Micron Technology, Inc. completed its acquisition of Numonyx Holdings BV & issued shares of common stock to Numonyx shareholders.

IBM: 7/20/10 8K re: 2Q earnings presentation.

7/19/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10.

JPMorganChase JPM: 7/22/10 8K re: completion of public offering of debt issues.

7/16/10 & 7/15/10 8Ks re: 2Q results

6/24/10 8K re: closing of sale of $1.25 bil of 3.40% Notes due '15.

6/24/10 8K re: election of Douglas L. Braunstein as CFO.

5/26/10 8K re: Washington Mutual Litigations.

5/20/10 8K re: voting results from 5/18/10 annual meeting of shareholders

5/10/10 10Q

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 7/20/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 7/4/10

7/19/10 8K re: Bd of Dirs. election

7/12/10 K re: agreement to buy Micrus Endovascular.

5/10/10 10 Q

Kraft KFT: 5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10

6/9/10 8K re: year to date sales figures

5/24/10 8K re: voting results of 5/20/10 annual shareholders' meeting

Merck MRK: 7/8/10 8K re: global restructuring program in conjunction with the integration of the Schering-Plough acquisition; reduction of work force by 15% & closing of plants and research sites.

5/28/10 8K re: Kenneth C. Frazier to succeed Richard T. Clark as Pres. Of the Company as of 5/1/10 and Dr. Sam Their's retirement from the Board & voting results from 5/25/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

5/11/10 8K re: information presented at 5/11/10 Annual Business Briefing

5/7/10 10Q

Microsoft MSFT: 7/22/10 8K re: 4Q results ending 6/30/10.

6/18/10 8K re: sale of $1.25 bil of Zero Coupon Convertible Sr. Notes due '13 (and related 6/9 8K).

5/28/10 8K re: retirement of Robbie Bach, pres. Of Entertainment & Devices Div.

Pfizer PFE: 5/26/10 8K re: retirement of Dr. Martin Mackay, Sr. VP & Pres, Pharma Therapeutics R&D of Pfizer Inc.

5/13/10 10Q

5/4/10 8K re: 1Qtr results

4/28/10 8K re: voting results of Pfizer's annual meeting of shareholders held on 4/22/10

Procter & Gamble PG: 7/13/10 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend.

5/19/10 8K re: closing of 100 bil Euro 0.955 Note Offering due 2015.

4/30/10 10Q

3M MMM: 7/22/10 8K re: 2Q results

6/28/10 8K re: projected sales range for 2Q '10.

5/17/10 8K re: reclassification of certain data in 10K for 12/31/09.

5/12/10 8K re: voting results of 5/11/10 annual meeting of stockholders.

5/5/10 10Q

Travelers TRV: 7/22/10 8K & 10Q

6/15/10 8K re: $1 bil 3 year revolving credit agreement.

5/7/10 8K re: voting results of 5/4/10 annual meeting of shareholders

4/23/10 10Q

United Technologies UTX: 7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

5/14/10 8K re: exercise of its rights to redeem $500 mil of outstanding 7.125% Notes due 11/15/10.

4/26/10 10Q

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10

7/1/10 8K re: completion of acquisition of Frontier Communications Corp. and spin off of shares to VZ shareholders.

6/11/10 8K re: agreement with certain unions.

5/27/10 8K re: record date of 6/7/10 re: proposed spin off of shares of New Communications Holdings.

5/12/10 8K re: voting results from 5/6/10 annual meeting of shareholders.

4/28/10 10Q

WalMart WMT: 7/7/10 8K re: underwriting to the public of several series of notes.

7/2/10 8K re: departure of John E. Fleming EVP & Chief Merchandising Officer effective 8/1/10.

6/29/10 8K re: appointment of Eduwardo Castro-Wright as CEO fo global.com & William S. Simon as CEO of Walmart U.S.

6/9/10 8K re: results of 6/4 annual meeting of shareholders.

6/14/10 10Q.

5/18/10 8K reconciliation of non-GAP measures.