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Post No. 770 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, a ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization as of Dec. 7, 2010 and recent Dow 30 component's SEC filings.

A read of Friday's 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:s The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Thursday at 11,370.06 down 2.42 points or 0.02% from Wednesday's close of 11,372.48. For the year the Dow is up 9.03%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 17 gained and 13 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Bank of America BAC $12.65 +0.65 5.42% 328,500,103 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was again McDonald's MCD $77.61 -1.13 1.44% 10,592,726 NYSE.

WSJ pC5 "Nasdaq nears its 3 year high" says stocks fell slightly Thurs as investors registered their disappointment with a forecast from Dupont which is charted under Bad News sayings its outlook for '11 profit fell short of analysts' expectations. McDonald's led the Dow's decline with a drop of $1.13 extending its declines following its Tues report of a smaller than expected increase ins ame store sales. DuPont was weak off 56 cents. The Dow's fin'l components helped the Dow as BofA rose 65 cents, JP Morgan was up 1.4%. Cisco was strong up 35 cents while Verizon added 58 cents.

Fin Times p26 "AIG leaps after restructuring plan agreement" by Hannah Kuchler says AIG soared after it agreed to a restructuring plan, leading the fin'l sector higher as US stocks bumped against their 2 year high.

NYT pB5 "Bond yields fall on strong demand" by Christine Hauser says bond prices stabilized on Thurs ending a 2 days selling off helped by strong demand for 30 year bonds at a Treasury auction.

USA Today p4B "Nasdaq, S&P end ahead on up/down day" by Bloomberg says the stock market extended its gains Thurs with the Dow erasing most of an earlier loss, after the manager of the world's largest bond fund, Pacific Investment Mgmt raised its economic forecast because of gov stimulus.

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 is 14.50 unchanged from Thursday's P/E of 14.50 (year ago it was 18.05); the P/E estimate is 13.33 unchanged from Thursday's 13.33 (year ago it was 16.05) and the dividend yield is 2.52 unchanged from Thursday's dividend yield of 2.52 (last year it was 2.67). The Dow's all-time high was 14,164.53 on Oct. 9, 2007. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,502.32 down 0.32 from Wednesday's closing numerator of 1502.64. 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 for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the decrease in today's Dow. 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 $50.08 down $0.01 from Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $50.09. The median closing price of Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $44.17 (HPQ/AXP) up 0.02 from Wednesday's closing median price of $44.15. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $84.11 -0.57 0.67% 3,597,952 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $12.65 +0.65 5.42% 328,500,103 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 $24 ($150,264 - $150,240)

MarketWatch Thursday 12/9/10 5:47 pm by Kate Gibson says broad U.S. stock benchmarks tallied mild gains Thursday as a drop in claims for unemployment benefits bolstered sentiment, even as the dollar’s rise weighed on commodity suppliers. “There is no question that jobless claims have been going slowly in the right direction for a good two months now,” said Fred Fraenkel, vice chairman of Beacon Trust Co. Recent weeks have seen “a continuation of evidence that we have a sluggish recovery in place,” he added. The S&P 500 (SPX 1,233, +4.72, +0.38%) rose 4.72 points, or 0.4%, to 1,233, with financials up the most, while consumer discretionary and technology fell among its 10 industry groups. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,617, +7.51, +0.29%) advanced 7.51 points, or 0.3%, to 2,616.67.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,370, -2.42, -0.02%) failed to muster a closing rally, however. The index ended off 2.42 points at 11,370.06, with 18 of its 30 components rising. Weighing on the blue chips, DuPont Co. (DD 48.20, -0.12, -0.25%) shares fell 1.2% after the company projected 2011 earnings that could miss Wall Street’s expectations. Conversely, Bank of America Corp. (BAC 12.64, -0.01, -0.08%) led blue-chip gains, up 5.4%. The battle between Google and Microsoft heated up Tuesday as Google unveiled its strategy for Chrome OS, including a pilot program - complete with free computers. Advancers edged past decliners on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume topped 1 billion. The government’s weekly count of those filing initial jobless claims declined by 17,000 to 421,000, better than the 425,000 level anticipated by economists polled by MarketWatch. The less-volatile four-week average fell to 427,500, its lowest in more than two years.

Thursday's Dow Closing Numbers:

AT&T T $28.82 + 0.19 0.66% 20,926,751 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $14.145 +0.005 0.04% 13,863,239 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $45.81 +0.18 0.39% 7,022,755 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $12.65 +0.65 5.42% 328,500,103 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "BofA restarts some foreclosures" by Dan Fitzpatrick says Bank of America said it restarted about 16,000 foreclosures across the US on Mon. JPMorgan has said it has restarted filing foreclosures on a state by state basis.

WSJ pC5 "Nasdaq nears its 3 year high" says stocks fell slightly Thurs as investors regsitered their disappointment with a forecast from Dupont which is charted under Bad News sayings its outlook for '11 profit fell short of analysts' expectations. McDonald's led the Dow's decline with a drop of $1.13 extending its declines following its Tues report of a smaller than expected increase ins ame store sales. DuPont was weak off 56 cents. The Dow's fin'l components helped the Dow as BofA rose 65 cents, JP Morgan was up 1.4%. Cisco was strong up 35 cents while Verizon added 58 cents.

Fin Times p21 "BofA sues former employees over trade secrets" by Suzanne Kapner says 4 ex employees worked for US Trust which BofA bought in '06.

Boeing BA $64.61- 0.57 0.87% 5,187,073 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "FAA steps up Boeing checks" by Andy Pasztor says the FAA is poised to order stepped up inspections of more than 600 Boeing 757 jetliners world wide, prompted by a recent in flight incident that left a roughly one foot hole int he fuselage of an American Airlines plane.

Fin Times p20 has 2 stories "Boing rules out jet engine upgrades" by Pilita Clark and "Long wait for Dreamliner's arrival" by Jim Albaugh which is an interview with Boeing's Jim Albaugh, who is in charge of the 787 project. Boeing can't see any reason to follow its European rival Airbus and offer a new engine upgrade for its best selling single aisle passenger jets.

Caterpillar CAT $89.67 +0.05 0.06% 3,832,926 NYSE: No mentions found.

Chevron CVX $86.65 +0.51 0.59% 8,079,926 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $19.7 +0.35 1.81% 91,940,770 NASDAQ-GS: WSJ pC5 "Nasdaq nears its 3 year high" says stocks fell slightly Thurs as investors regsitered their disappointment with a forecast from Dupont which is charted under Bad News sayings its outlook for '11 profit fell short of analysts' expectations. McDonald's led the Dow's decline with a drop of $1.13 extending its declines following its Tues report of a smaller than expected increase ins ame store sales. DuPont was weak off 56 cents. The Dow's fin'l components helped the Dow as BofA rose 65 cents, JP Morgan was up 1.4%. Cisco was strong up 35 cents while Verizon added 58 cents.

Coke KO $64.83 +0.44 0.68% 9,804,216 NYSE: USA Today p1B says Coke appointed Howard Buffett, eldest son of Warren Buffett, to its board of directors.

Disney DIS $36.74 -0.23 0.62% 6,546,891 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $48.32 -0.56 1.15% 9,306,009 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Nasdaq nears its 3 year high" says stocks fell slightly Thurs as investors regsitered their disappointment with a forecast from Dupont which is charted under Bad News sayings its outlook for '11 profit fell short of analysts' expectations. McDonald's led the Dow's decline with a drop of $1.13 extending its declines following its Tues report of a smaller than expected increase ins ame store sales. DuPont was weak off 56 cents. The Dow's fin'l components helped the Dow as BofA rose 65 cents, JP Morgan was up 1.4%. Cisco was strong up 35 cents while Verizon added 58 cents.

Exxon XOM $72 +0.15 0.21% 17,967,990 NYSE: No mentions found.

GE $17.13 +0.09 0.53% 39,088,092 NYSE: NYT pC1 "Live from NY, GE's moment of truth" by Paul Galder says GE's CEO Jeff Immelt will give his annual outlook next Tues and must deal with the issue of whether its conglomerate structure still makes sense.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.54 -0.12 0.28% 16,664,422 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $34.32 +0.29 0.85% 15,158,182 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.81 -0.01 0.05% 79,853,273 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $144.3- 0.68 0.47% 4,402,717 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $40.81 +0.55 1.37% 43,004,014 NYSE: WSJ pC2 "BofA restarts some foreclosures" by Dan Fitzpatrick says Bank of America said it restarted about 16,000 foreclosures across the US on Mon. JPMorgan has said it has restarted filing foreclosures on a state by state basis.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $62.06 -0.39 0.62% 12,965,260 NYSE: NYT pB1 "J&J unit issues recall of rolaids" by Natasha Singer, USA Today p1B says JNJ recalled several types of Roalids antacids because of reports of metal and wood particles int he products. The recall includes Rolaids Extra Strength Softchews.

KFT $31.09 +0.06 0.19% 7,649,209 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $77.61 -1.13 1.44% 10,592,726 NYSE: WSJ pC5 "Nasdaq nears its 3 year high" says stocks fell slightly Thurs as investors regsitered their disappointment with a forecast from Dupont which is charted under Bad News sayings its outlook for '11 profit fell short of analysts' expectations. McDonald's led the Dow's decline with a drop of $1.13 extending its declines following its Tues report of a smaller than expected increase ins ame store sales. DuPont was weak off 56 cents. The Dow's fin'l components helped the Dow as BofA rose 65 cents, JP Morgan was up 1.4%. Cisco was strong up 35 cents while Verizon added 58 cents.

MRK $35.67 +0.27 0.76% 8,816,449 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $27.08 -0.15 0.55% 47,134,822 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $16.7585 +0.0385 0.23% 31,701,360 NYSE: NYT pB3 "Pfizer to pay its ex-cheo $4.5 mil in severance" by Duff Wilson says Jeff Kindler will get this amount for a total of $9.5 mil in cash and stock and retirement benefits per SEC filing.

WSJpB2 "Pfizer's new CEO is challenged overseas" by Jonathan Rockoff says lasat week china slahsed the prices of many medicines by 19% that will crimp sales of some Pfizer drugs.

Procter & Gamble PG $62.87 +0.24 0.38% 8,540,918 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $84.11 -0.57 0.67% 3,597,952 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $54.63 -0.43 0.78% 3,867,144 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tech UTX $77.63 -0.06 0.08% 3,863,323 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $33.56 +0.58 1.76% 19,790,751 DualListed: WSJ pC5 "Nasdaq nears its 3 year high" says stocks fell slightly Thurs as investors regsitered their disappointment with a forecast from Dupont which is charted under Bad News sayings its outlook for '11 profit fell short of analysts' expectations. McDonald's led the Dow's decline with a drop of $1.13 extending its declines following its Tues report of a smaller than expected increase ins ame store sales. DuPont was weak off 56 cents. The Dow's fin'l components helped the Dow as BofA rose 65 cents, JP Morgan was up 1.4%. Cisco was strong up 35 cents while Verizon added 58 cents.

WMT $54.34 -0.15 0.28% 10,732,719 NYSE: No mentions found.

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Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)
Alcoa AA Klaus Kleinfeld (NY, NY)
American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)
Bank of America BAC Brian T. Moynihan (Charlotte, N.C.)
Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Cyhicago, Ill)
Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)
Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)
Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)
Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)
Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)
DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)
ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)
GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)
Hewlett-Packard HPQ Leo Apotheker (Palo, Alto, CA)
Home Depot HD Frank Blake (Atlanta, GA)
Intel INTC Paul S. Otellini (Santa Clara, CA)
IBM Samuel J. Palmisano (Armonk, NY)
JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)
Johnson & Johnson JNJ William C. Weldon (New Brunswick, NJ)
Kraft KFT Irene Rosenfeld (Northfield, Ill.)
McDonald's MCD Jim Skinner (Oak Brook, Ill)
Merck MRK Kenneth Frazer 1/1/11 replaces Richard Clark (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)
Microsoft MSFT Steve Ballmer (Redmond, WA)
Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)
Procter & Gamble PG Bob McDonald (Cincinnati, OH)
3M MMM George W. Buckley (St. Paul, MN)
Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)
United Technologies UTX Louis Chenevert (Hartford, CT)
Verizon VZ Ivan Seidenberg (NY, NY)
Wal-Mart WMT Mike Duke (Bentonville, ARK)

Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 12/7/10 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $361 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 233 [9]
3. WalMart WMT 200 [3.5]
4. GE 182.5 [10.5]
5. IBM 179 [1]
6. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
7. Chevron CVX 174 [2]
8. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 171 [3]
9. AT&T T 169 [6]
10. JPMorgan Chase JPM 154 [4]
11. Coke KO 149 [2.5]
12. Pfizer PFE 134.5 [8]
13. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
14. Bank of America BAC 117 [10]
15. Cisco CSCO 111 [6]
16. Merck MRK 109 [3]
17. Verizon VZ 98 [3]
18. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 96 [2.5]
19. McDonald's MCD 85 [1]
20. United Technologies UTX 72.5 [1]
21. Disney DIS 71 [2]
22. 3M MMM 60.5 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 57.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 55 [1.5]
25. American Express AXP 54 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 53.5 [2]
27. Boeing BA 48.5 [1]
28. DuPont DD 45 [1]
29. Travelers 25.5 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 14.5 [1]

Here are the latest SEC filings as of 10/24/10 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: 10/21/10 & 10/10/10 2 8K's re: 3Q earnings of $2.08 per share
10/1/10 8K re: settlement with IRS to pay $300 mil re: '08 tax returns
9/3/10 8K re: increasing Board from 12 to 13 & election of Matthew K. Rose as director
9/2/10 8K re: issuance of 5.35% Notes due '40
8/19/10 8K re: agreement with Comm. Workers of America for a new 3 year contract for the 4,000 CWA workers in AT&T's East region
8/18/10 8K re: exchange offer of 5.35% Notes due '40 for outstanding 8.85% Sr. Notes of New Cingular Wireless due '31

Alcoa AA: 10/22/10 10Q for 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/12 8K re: transcript of 3Q earnings conference
10/8/10 8K re: 3Q results
8/24/10 8K re: tender offer for its 6% Notes due '12 & 5.3% Notes due '13
8/23/10 10Q/A amends prior 10Q
8/10/10 8K re: tender for notes due '12
8/3/10 8K re: sale of notes

American Express AXP: 10/21/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics
10/4/10 8K re: antitrust lawsuit filed by US Dept. of Justice accusing Amex of forcing merchants not to use competitors' services
9/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off stats
9/15/10 8K re: changes to certain credit cards
8/16/10 2 8Ks re: delinquency and write-off statistics

Bank of Am BAC: 10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares
10/19/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/8/10 8K re: extension of BofA's review of foreclosures in all 50 states
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: by-law amendments

Boeing BA: 10/10/10 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30/10
10/10/10 8K re: 3Q results of $1.12 per share
8/27/10 8K re: delay of delivery of first 787 to mid 1Q '11 due to Rolls Royce Engine supply problems

Caterpiller CAT: 10/21/10 8K re: Sept. dealer stats
10/21/10 8K re: 3Q results
9/30/10 8K re: change of prices
9/21/10 8K re: credit facility
9/17/10 8K re: dealer stats

Chevron CVX: 10/12/10 *K re: 3Q fin'l update
9/30/10 8K re: bylaws amendments
8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results

Cisco CSCO 9/28/10 Def. Proxy materials
9/22/10 8K re: stock trading plans for directors
9/21/10 10K for year ended 7/31/10
9/16/10 8K re: award of employee stock options
9/10/10 Prelim Proxy Stmt re: Annual Shareholders Meeting on 11/18/10 at Santa Clara, Cal.
8/11/10 8K re: 4Q results fiscal year 7/31/10

Coke KO 10/19/10 8K re: 3Q fin'l results
10/5/10 8K re: completion of buyout of Coca-Cola Enterprises
9/27/10 8K re: settlement in Georgia of one of 3 shareholder class action suits challenging takeover of CCE
8/27 & 8/24 8Ks re: refiling of Hart-Scott-Rodino filing & similar filing with Candadian Corp. Bureau to give regulators more time to review acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises
8/2/10 10Q 2Q 7/2/10
7/30/10 8K re: refiling of Hart-Scott-Rodino filing re: acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results

Disney DIS 8/10/10 10Q 3Q 6/27/10
8/10/10 8K re: 3Q results

DuPont DD: 7/27/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/27/10 8K re: 2Q results
4/29/10 8K re: voting results from annual meeting held on 4/28/10.

ExxonMobil XOM: 10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm
10/3/10 8K re: 3Q earnings'9/28/10 8K re: NBC Universal offer to sell notes in a private placement
8/4/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/29/10 8K re: 2Q results
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

GE:
8/2/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/16/10 8K re: 2Q reports

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Aptheker as Pres/CEO
9/28/10 8K re: outlook for fiscal year '11
9/20/10 8K re: resolving litigation against ex-CEO mark Hurd
9/13/10 8K re: sale of Global Notes
9/9/10 10Q
9/7/10 8K re; agreement to buy 3Par, Inc.
8/30/10 8K re: Board authorizing add'l $10 bil for share repurchases
8/23/10 8K re: proposal to buy 3Par for $24 per share cash
8/19/10 8K re: reporting 3Q results
8/6/10 8K re: resignation of Mark V. Hurd as chairman, CEO, Pres
8/2/10 8K re: settleemnt with US Dept. of Justice re: Rille Complaint

Home Depot HD: 9/10/10 re: sale of 3.95% Sr. Note due '20 & 5.4% Sr. Notes due '40
9/2/10 10Q
8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 8/1/10

Intel INTC: 10/13/10 & 10/12/10 2 8Ks re: results for 3Q ended 9/25/10
8/30/10 8K re: acquisition of Infineion's Wireless Business for $1.4 bil to close 1Q '11
8/27/10 8K re: lower expectations for 3Q result
8/19/10 8K re; transcript of conference call announcing acquisition of McAfee, Inc.
8/4/10 8K re: antitrust settlement with US Dept. of Justice
7/30/10 10Q 2Q 6/26/10
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.

IBM:10/19/10 & 10/18/10 2 8Ks re: results for 3Q ended 9/30/10
8/31/10 8K re: FD disclosure re:change in reporting operating income
8/4/10 8K re: issuance of $1.5 bil of debt

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results
10/13/10 8K re: 3Q results of $1.01 per share
9/15/10 8K re: presentation to a US fin'l services investor conference
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/19/10 8K re: results for 3Q ended 10/3/10
10/6/10 SC TO-C re: tender offer to buy Crucell N.V.
10/1/10 8K re; completion of acquisition of Micrus Endovascular Corp.
9/16/10 re: retirement of Colleen Goggins, Worldwide Chair of Consumer Group
8/18/10 8K: re: offer of 2.95% Notes due '20 & 4.5% Notes due '40
8/11/10 10Q 2Q 7/4/10
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.

Kraft KFT: 10/6/10 & 9/20/10 2 8Ks re: buyback of 5.125% Cadbury Notes due '13
9/15/10 8K re: new global growth strategy
8/19/10 10Q/A amended prior 10Q
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
8/5/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/21/10 8K: re voting

McDonalds MCD: 10/21/10 8K re: 3Q earnings rise 12%
9/24/10 8K re: dividend increase of 11% to 0.61 per share
9/10/10 8K re: global sales in Aug. up 4.9%
8/10/10 8K re: July and end of year sale statistics
8/5/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/23/10 8K re: 2Q results ending 6/30/10
6/9/10 8K re: year to date sales figures

Merck MRK:10/14/10 8K re: status of Remicade & Simponi arbitration
9/7/10 8K re: arbitration re: Merck's rights to distribute Remicade & Simponi based on agreements from Merck's acquisition of Schering-Plough
8/6/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/30/10 8K re: 2Q results
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.

Microsoft MSFT: 10/22; 10/12; 10/14; 10/1 & 9/30/10 Proxy Statement materials re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held on 11/16/10 at 8am at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue WA
9/27/10 8K re: sale of notes
9/13/10 8K re: resignation of Stephen Elop as Pres. of Microsoft Bus. Div. to become CEO of Nokia
7/30/10 10K year ended 6/30/10
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:10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's pruchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
8/12/10 10Q 2Q 7/4/10
8/3/10 8K re: 2Q results
5/26/10 8K re: retirement of Dr. Martin Mackay, Sr. VP & Pres, Pharma Therapeutics R&D of Pfizer Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/14/10 8K re: voting results from 10/12/10 Annual Shareholders Meeting
10/12/10 8K re: dividend of 0.4818 cents per share
10/12/10 8K re: CEO's address at Annual Shareholders Meeting
8/27/10 Proxy Stmt re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held Tues. 10/12/10 at 9:00 am in Cincinnati, Ohio
8/13/10 10K year ended 6/30/10
8/3/10 8K re: exec comp plans
8/3/10 8K re: 4Q and year end results
7/13/10 8K re: declaration of quarterly dividend.

3M MMM:10/8/10 SC TO-T/A re: tender offer statement re: Cogent offer
8/30/10 8K re: acquisition of Cogent Inc. for $10.50 per share or $943 mil.
8/4/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/22/10 8K re: 2Q results
6/28/10 8K re: projected sales range for 2Q '10.

Travelers TRV:10/21/10 8K & 10Q re: 3Q ended 9/30/10
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

United Technologies UTX:10/20/10 8K re: 3Q results
9/24/10 8K re: departure of certain officers
8/31/10 8K re: redemption of 6.35% Notes due '11
8/19/10 8K re: departure of EVP Ari Bousbib to become CEO of IMS Health
7/26/10 10Q 1Q 6/30/10
7/21/10 8K re: 2Q results5/27/10 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.

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/22/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/18/10 8K re: in'l info re: divestitures relating to 1/09 acquisition of Alltel Corp.
9/20/10 8K re: appointment of Verizon Wireless Pres/CEO Lowell C. McAdams as Pres/COO of Verizon Communications effective 10/1/10
9/13/10 8K re: retirement of John F. Killian as CFO
9/10/10 8K re: reclassification of results due to spin off of assets as a result of Alltel acquisition
7/29/10 10Q 2Q 6/30/10
7/27/10 8K re: 2Q results
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.

WalMart WMT:10/22/10 8K re: issuance of Notes due 2013
9/29/10 8K re: election of Charles Holley as CFO
9/1/10 10Q
8/17/10 8K re: 2Q results 7/31/10
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 Edwardo Castro-Wright as CEO for global.com & William S. Simon as CEO of Walmart U.S.
6/9/10 8K re: results of 6/4 annual meeting of shareholders.