Saturday, August 7, 2010

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A read of Saturday's issues of August 9, 2010 issue of Barron's, Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, & 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 Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 10,653.56 down 21.42 or 0.2% from Thursday's close of 10,674.98. For the year the Dow is up 2.16%. For the week the Dow is up 187.62 or 1.7 % from last Friday's close of 10,465.94. Of the 30 Dow Companies: 11 gained, Verizon was unchanged and 18 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Kraft KFT $30.36 +0.70 2.36% 15,434,205 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was IBM $130.14 -1.69 1.28% 6,100,735 NYSE and percentage-wise was J.P.Morgan JPM $40.44 -0.83 2.01% 34,373,072 NYSE.

As of the close of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B4 of today's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493, the trailing P/E ratio is 14.41 down from Friday's 14.43 (year ago it was 15.14) the P/E estimate is 12.80 up from Friday's 12.70 (year ago it was 14.75) and the current dividend yield is 2.62 up from Friday's 2.61 (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 1,407.65 down 2.62 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,410.47. 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 2.62 for Friday by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in Friday's Dow of 21.42. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

WSJ pB2 "JPMorgan, EOG lead slide" by Kristina Peterson say stocks fell modestly in a day of volatile trading after a disappointing jobs report cast fresh doubt over the pace of the US economic recovery. JPMorgan Chase was the Dow's weakest component, sliding 83 cents on a day when riskier stock took the biggest hit as the economic outlook darkened. The July jobs report and the added blow of a sharp downward revision to June's jobs losses, had the benchmark sliding to a triple digit decline, but losses were pared when cautious investors stepped back, anticipating that the data could prompt the Fed Res to take further measures at its meeting next week to stimulte the economy. Safer sectors, including consumer stapled fared better than energy stocks. leading the Dow's advancers, Kraft Foods rose 70 ents after reporting a 13% jump in profit as its new Cabury business helped drive sales in developing markets in Asia and Latin America. Earnings topped expectations and Kraft affirmed its '10 earnings outlook.

Fin Times p14 "Financials and energy lead the retreat as mood sours" by Hannah Kuchler says US stocks fell Fri after data showed that the number of people in work fell more than expected and weak private sector hiring raised doubts about the strength fo the economic recovery

NYT pB6 "As hiring stalls, shares ebb and bonds rally" by Christine Hauser says the bond market in the US rallied on Fri and stocks retreated after a sanpshot of the nat'l job market came in weaker than expected, stoking concerns about the economy. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported its figures for July, there were several surprises. The overall economy lost 131,000 jobs and private employers aded 71,000 jobs last month. Analysts had expected the private payrolls to record an additional 90,000 jobs.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $46.92 down up $0.10 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $47.02. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $41.97 down $0.28 from Thursday's median price of $42.25. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $87.29 -0.43 0.49% 2,691,391 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $13.96 -0.06 0.43% 134,339,675 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 $282 ($141,047 - $140,765).

MarketWatch 8/6/10 Fri. 4:45 pm by Kristina Peterson says U.S. stocks finished well off earlier lows on Friday, leaving intact strong weekly gains, as investors re-assessed news of worse-than-expected job losses in July amid hopes that the Federal Reserve might next week hint at new steps to boost the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average /(DJIA 10,654, -21.42, -0.20%) fell 21.42 points, or 0.2%, to end at 10,653.56. The blue-chip index recovered much of a 160-point morning drop to gain 1.8% during a week of light volumes. Investors piled into Treasurys after the release of the government's monthly jobs data, pushing the yield on the 10-year note to its lowest level in more than a year. Read about Treasury bonds. Also weighing Friday was a decline in consumer credit amid increased saving by American households. Consumer credit outstanding fell 0.7% in June, while the national savings rate rose to 6.4% from 6.3% in May, the Federal Reserve said in a report late Friday. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,288, -4.59, -0.20%) pared its losses to end 0.2% lower at 2288.47, while the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index (SPX 1,122, -4.17, -0.37%) finished down 0.4% at 1,121.64, hovering around its 200-day moving average after falling below it earlier in the day. Cyclical stocks declined, while defensive shares in health-care, utilities and consumer staples helped limit the damage. The jobs report, which showed nonfarm payrolls fell by a larger-than-expected 131,000 last month, added to a stream of economic data over recent weeks that indicate the American recovery continues to weaken, and stoked fears the country could still fall back into a recession. Compounding worries is that consumer spending, which makes up 70% of economic activity, could further erode in the face of persistently high unemployment rates. And investors remain wary about how the weak job numbers will influence the Federal Reserve's decision at next week's meeting whether to alter its strategy for managing its $1.1-trillion portfolio of mortgage-backed securities or take other measures to spur the economy. Treasurys rallied as demand for the safe-haven assets surged. The 10-year Treasury note rose, pushing its yield (UST10Y 2.82, -0.08, -2.72%) down to 2.824%, hitting its lowest level since April 2009. The stock slide has "breathed new life into the 10-year," said Kevin Flanagan, fixed income strategist for global wealth management with Morgan Stanley. The dollar hit its 2010 low against the yen and weakened against the euro. After piercing $1.33 to a three-month high, the euro (EURUSD 1.3281, +0.0095, +0.7205%) was trading recently around $1.3290, up from $1.3186 late Thursday in New York. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY 80.39, -0.43, -0.54%) , which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six others, shed 0.6%. Read about the dollar, euro.
Gold prices rose above the $1,200 psychological benchmark as investors moved to the perceived safety of the metal. The U.S. dollar, which weakened after the jobs report, is further helping the dollar-denominated metal by making it less expensive for buyers using other currencies. Read about gold. European markets lost earlier gains on encouraging earnings from European banking and insurance groups. The Europe Stoxx 600 (ST:SXXP 258.71, -2.77, -1.06%) closed down 1.1%, turning negative in the wake of the U.S. jobs report. Stocks tend to move more dramatically when volume is light, as it was on the U.S. exchanges Friday, with 3.1 billion shares changing hands in New York Stock Exchange Composite volume. Traders said there were few incentives to stake out new positions ahead of the weekend, especially in the wake of such disappointing data. Nonfarm payrolls fell by 131,000 last month, more than the drop of 60,000 economists had expected, the Labor Department said Friday. Only 71,000 private-sector jobs were added last month. The government also revised lower June's data to reflect a payrolls drop of 221,000, more than the 125,000 decline previously reported. Among stocks in focus, AIG AIG 40.83, -0.10, -0.24%) rose 2.6% as the company's insurance business generated an operating profit, though the bailed-out insurance behemoth swung to a second-quarter loss after taking a $3.3 billion write-down on the operations set to be sold to MetLife (MET 41.17, -0.25, -0.60%). Kraft Foods (KFT 30.43, +0.07, +0.24%) gained 2.4% after reporting a 13% jump in its second-quarter profit as its new Cadbury business helped drive sales in developing markets in Asia and Latin America. Earnings topped Wall Street's expectations and Kraft affirmed its 2010 earnings outlook.

Friday's Closing Dow closing numbers:
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AT&T T $26.54 -0.20 0.75% 26,269,920 NYSE: Barron's p22 "A better BlackBerry: nothing less, but nothing more" by Eric J. Savigtz says the new BlackBerry will start shipping to AT&T customers this week,well ahead of when most mobile-phone gurus had expected. In the coming months, the competition for BlackBerry will grow more competitive, late this year the market will see 2 more major OS upgrades as the first devices emerge on Nokia's Symbian 3 and Microsoft's Phone 7.

Barron's p23 "Our gdget of the week" carrying the torch" says Reserch in Motion will start selling on Thurs through AT&T its BlackBerry Torch, a new version of its signature messaging phone that features a slide out keyboard and a touch sensitive screen.

Barron's pM14 "Research Reports - Research in Motion" by Wunderlich Securities says AT&T s the first operator with the BlackBerry Torch9800, but others are to follow shortly, with GSM/UMTS carriers before CDMA legacy operators like Verizon. Wunderlich has a Buy on Research in Motion.

WSJ Pb6 "AT&T downplays iPhone pact risks" by Niraj Sheth says AT&T said it doesn't expect to suffer a material negative impact fromt he end of its exclusive arrangements to carry handsets, including its lucrative deal for Apple's iPHone. The comments came in a lengthy discussion of the value of exclusive deals in AT&T's latest quarterly filing with the SEC on Fri. It was the first time it addressed the most closely watched issue regarding its future in such depth in a formal filing. The iPHone is AT&T's best selling phone and is widely considered to be single handedly keeping the carrier from losing customers to rival Verizon Wireless. AT&T ahs held exclusive rights to carry the device in the US since it was introduced in '07. Explaining the lack of impact on its business, AT&T said more than two thirds of its contract customers are on family business plans that are less likely to see turnover.

AJC pA13 "Smart phone payment system to be tested" says AT&T and Verizon picked cities in Texas, Minnesota and Utah to test a smart phone payments system that may one day supplant plastic debit and credit cards.

Alcoa AA $11.59 +0.01 0.09% 17,546,960 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $43.5 +0.28 0.65% 8,026,928 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $13.96 -0.06 0.43% 134,339,675 NYSE: Barron p16 "Visa to a digital world" by Mark Veverka says Visa shares have taken a 20% whack from the uncertainty created in May by an amendment to the Fin'l Reform Act that madates the Fed Res regulate the fees debit card issuers charge merchants . Bank of America wanred that fees could be cut by as much as 60% to 80% costing Bank of America $2.3 bil in rev. Big retailers like Walmart will benefit.

WSJ pB3 "Bank of America weights sale, other options for trading desk" by Aaron Lucchetti says Bank of America is considering options for its main proprietary-trading desk that includes a sale of the business, as it prepares for regulatory changes int he US. It is weighing the future of the $3 bil desk run by former Merrill Lynch fixed income chief David Sobotka. Among the ideas circulating about the lucrative but small trading operations are to sell the unit or reassign its traders to different parts of the firm.

Boeing BA $68.7 -0.01 0.01% 4,482,010 NYSE: AJC pA13 "Aircraft leasing firm reduces orders for jets" says Dubai Aerospace Enterprise canceled 25 orders in this past month at Boeing, including orders for 15 787's. Airbus also had 25 planes cut from the same firm including 18 for the A320 and 7 for the A350. Dubai Aerospace still has 91 planes on order at Boeing which has now suffered more cancellations than new orders this year for the 787.

Caterpillar CAT $71.56 -0.40 0.56% 5,448,822 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $78.73 -0.34 0.43% 8,963,711 NYSE: No mentions found.

Cisco CSCO $24.07 -0.10 0.41% 40,396,606 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coca-Cola KO $56.75 +0.38 0.67% 8,964,382 NYSE: Barron's pM11 "How to avoid seller's remorse" by Steven Sears says there area list of stocks that are trading at prices above their one year average prices so it may be good to buy calls thatexpire in Sept. The list includes Coca-Cola.

Walt Disney DIS $35 +0.02 0.06% 8,052,034 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $42.13 -0.35 0.82% 7,985,570 NYSE: Barron's p25 "Talking with Mark Freeman, Portfolio Manger, WHG Income Opportunity" by Michael Shari says he likes DuPont as a high quality firm that gets snubbed despite reporting earnings that top Wall St. estimates. It is a company that does better than expected and the market just yawns. DuPont has free cash flow yield of 11.6% and a dividend yield of 4.5%.

ExxonMobil XOM $61.97 -0.74 1.18% 23,057,881 NYSE: Barron's pM3 "Slow Growth story restrains gain in stocks" by Kopin Tan says QCI Asset Management's Ed Shill likes ExxonMobil which boosts a 2.8% dividend.

GE $16.45 -0.07 0.42% 58,771,277 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $46.3 -0.05 0.11% 14,474,632 NYSE: Barron's p12 "Week in Review" "HP's Hurd Quit", WSJ pA1 Headline "H-P Chief Quits in Scandal" by Ben Worthen, NYT pA1 "Hewlett-Packard ousts chief for hiding payments to friend" by Ashlee Vance, AJC pA12 "CEO resigns after probe" by Ap says Hewlett-Packard's CEO Mark Hurd stepped down following a proble that found he falsified expense repports related to a former HP contractor who accused him of sexual harassment. HP's shares dropped 10%. CFO Cathie Lesjak, 51, was named acting CEO. Hewlett-Packard was founded in 1939, is based in Palo Alto, Ca, ships 48 million pc units a year, manages 200 data centers, has a market cap of about $98 bil, with rev of $114.6 bil for fiscal year ended 10/31 and has 304,000 employees. Related story pA10 "H-P Curse: one departure after another" by Scott Thurm.

Barron's p11 "Not so happy alk at happy hour" by Michael Santoli says professional investors seem to be in a persistent sate of reverse sticker shock regarding Big Tech stocks. The margquee names of the go go tech market of the 90s look cheap by most measures,and yet the stocks just sit there. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are the big five and they all trade at between 70% and 90% ofthe broad market's price/aernings multiple based on the next 12 months' forecasts, after having spent a decade or more at often wild premiums to the average stock, without even accoutning for the tens of billions in collective cash on their balance sheets. This is jarring to a generation of investors. The market has finally figured out tech firms are subject to all the familiar economic forces. Are Intel chips better than Cheerios or unleadeed regular. Big Tech lack sponsorship and are held back by an abidingly high risk premium being assigned by a skeptical shock wary market.

Barron's p14 "Hurd's resignation may offer opportunity in HP shares" Helwett-Packard EO Mark Hurd was famous for reducing operating costs through slashing payroll. Shares plunged after his resignation cutting $9 bil in market capitalization.

Home Depot HD $28.68 0.03 0.1% 11,184,911 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $20.65 -0.0-2 0.1% 50,693,769 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p11 "Not so happy alk at happy hour" by Michael Santoli says professional investors seem to be in a persistent sate of reverse sticker shock regarding Big Tech stocks. The margquee names of the go go tech market of the 90s look cheap by most measures,and yet the stocks just sit there. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are the big five and they all trade at between 70% and 90% of the broad market's price/earnings multiple based on the next 12 months' forecasts, after having spent a decade or more at often wild premiums to the average stock, without even accounting for the tens of billions in collective cash on their balance sheets. This is jarring to a generation of investors. The market has finally figured out tech firms are subject to all the familiar economic forces. Are Intel chips better than Cheerios or unleaded regular. Big Tech lack sponsorship and are held back by an abidingly high risk premium being assigned by a skeptical shock wary market.

IBM $130.14 -1.69 1.28% 6,100,735 NYSE: Barron's p11 "Not so happy talk at happy hour" by Michael Santoli says professional investors seem to be in a persistent sate of reverse sticker shock regarding Big Tech stocks. The margquee names of the go go tech market of the 90s look cheap by most measures,and yet the stocks just sit there. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are the big five and they all trade at between 70% and 90% of the broad market's price/aernings multiple based on the next 12 months' forecasts, after having spent a decade or more at often wild premiums to the average stock, without even accounting for the tens of billions in collective cash on their balance sheets. This is jarring to a generation of investors. The market has finally figured out tech firms are subject to all the familiar economic forces. Are Intel chips better than Cheerios or unleadeed regular. Big Tech lack sponsorship and are held back by an abidingly high risk premium being assigned by a skeptical shock wary market.

Barron's pM10 "Global bond yields do the limbo" by Randall W. Forsyth says the biggest beneficiaries of the slide in interest rates continue to be bluechip corporations. IBM last week sold $1.5 bil of 3 year notes at just 1%, thelowest coupon rate on corp debt extant and just 30 basis points over the comparable Treasury note at the pricing.

J.P.Morgan JPM $40.44 -0.83 2.01% 34,373,072 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "JPMorgan, EOG lead slide" by Kristina Peterson say stocks fell modestly in a day of volatile trading after a disappointing jobs report cast fresh doubt over the pace of the US economic recovery. JPMorgan Chase was the Dow's weakest component, sliding 83 cents on a day when riskier stock took the biggest hit as the economic outlook darkened. The July jobs report and the added blow of a sharp downward revision to June's jobs losses, had the benchmark sliding to a triple digit decline, but losses were pared when cautious investors stepped back, anticipating that the data could prompt the Fed Res to take further measures at its meeting next week to stimulte the economy. Safer sectors, including consumer stapled fared better than energy stocks. leading the Dow's advancers, Kraft Foods rose 70 ents after reporting a 13% jump in profit as its new Cabury business helped drive sales in developing markets in Asia and Latin America. Earnings topped expectations and Kraft affirmed its '10 earnings outlook.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $59.96 +0.20 0.33% 8,511,273 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $30.36 +0.70 2.36% 15,434,205 NYSE: WSJ pB2 "JPMorgan, EOG lead slide" by Kristina Peterson say stocks fell modestly in a day of volatile trading after a disappointing jobs report cast fresh doubt over the pace of the US economic recovery. JPMorgan Chase was the Dow's weakest component, sliding 83 cents on a day when riskier stock took the biggest hit as the economic outlook darkened. The July jobs report and the added blow of a sharp downward revision to June's jobs losses, had the benchmark sliding to a triple digit decline, but losses were pared when cautious investors stepped back, anticipating that the data could prompt the Fed Res to take further measures at its meeting next week to stimulte the economy. Safer sectors, including consumer stapled fared better than energy stocks. leading the Dow's advancers, Kraft Foods rose 70 ents after reporting a 13% jump in profit as its new Cabury business helped drive sales in developing markets in Asia and Latin America. Earnings topped expectations and Kraft affirmed its '10 earnings outlook.

McDonald's MCD $71.74 +1.29 1.83% 6,756,214 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $34.98 -0.09 0.26% 11,629,428 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $25.55 +0.18 0.71% 55,916,161 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p11 "Not so happy alk at happy hour" by Michael Santoli says professional investors seem to be in a persistent sate of reverse sticker shock regarding Big Tech stocks. The marquee names of the go go tech market of the 90s look cheap by most measures,and yet the stocks just sit there. Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are the big five and they all trade at between 70% and 90% of the broad market's price/earnings multiple based on the next 12 months' forecasts, after having spent a decade or more at often wild premiums to the average stock, without even accounting for the tens of billions in collective cash on their balance sheets. This is jarring to a generation of investors. The market has finally figured out tech firms are subject to all the familiar economic forces. Are Intel chips better than Cheerios or unleadeed regular. Big Tech lack sponsorship and are held back by an abidingly high risk premium being assigned by a skeptical shock wary market.

Barron's p22 "A better BlackBerry: nothing less, but nothing more" by Eric J. Savigtz says the new BlackBerry will start shipping to AT&T customers this week,well ahead of when most mobile-phone gurus had expected. In the coming months, the competition for BlackBerry will grow more competitive, late this year the market will see 2 more major OS upgrades as the first devices emerge on Nokia's Symbian 3 and Microsoft's Phone 7.

Pfizer PFE $16.24 +0.05 0.31% 51,542,053 NYSE: Barron's pM12 "A return to fertility" by Shirley A. Lazo says Pfizer whose stock yields 4.4% hopes to boost its dividend in Dec and thereby begin increasing its payout ratio to 40%, the industry average, over the next 3 years from 33%. Each penny increase is worth $80.7 mil a year to investors. Pfizer is the 4th largest dividend payer in the S&P 500.

Procter & Gamble PG $60.02 +0.16 0.27% 12,618,861 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $87.29 -0.43 0.49% 2,691,391 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $50.27 -0.40 0.79% 3,140,762 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $72.73 -0.47 0.64% 3,205,444 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $29.55 unch unch 13,034,484 Dual Listed: Barron's pM14 "Research Reports - Research in Motion" by Wunderlich Securities says AT&T s the first operator with the BlackBerry Torch9800, but others are to follow shortly, with GSM/UMTS carriers before CDMA legacy operators like Verizon. Wunderlich has a Buy on Research in Motion.

WSJ Pb6 "AT&T downplays iPhone pact risks" by Niraj Sheth says AT&T said it doesn't expect to suffer a material negative impact fromt he end of its exclusive arrangements to carry handsets, including its lucrative deal for Apple's iPHone. The comments came in a lengthy discussion of the value of exclusive deals in AT&T's latest quarterly filing with the SEC on Fri. It was the first time it addressed the most closely watched issue regarding its future in such depth in a formal filing. The iPHone is AT&T's best selling phone and is widely considered to be single handedly keeping the carrier from losing customers to rival Verizon Wireless. AT&T ahs held exclusive rights to carry the device in the US since it was introduced in '07. Explaining the lack of impact on its business, AT&T said more than two thirds of its contract customers are on family business plans that are less likely to see turnover.

AJC pA13 "Smart phone payment system to be tested" says AT&T and Verizon picked cities in Texas, Minnesota and Utahto test a smart phone payments system that may one day supplant plastic debit and credit cards.

Walmart WMT $51.79 +0.17 0.33% 8,253,447 NYSE: Barron p16 "Visa to a digital world" by Mark Veverka says Visa shares have taken a 20% whack from the uncertainty created in May by an amendment to the Fin'l Reform Act that madates the Fed Res regulate the fees debit card issuers charge merchants . Bank of America wanred that fees could be cut by as much as 60% to 80% costing Bank of America $2.3 bil in rev. Big retailers like Walmart will benefit.

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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
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.