Monday, December 13, 2010

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Post No. 774 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 Dow 30 component's SEC filings as of Dec. 11, 2010.

A read of Monday's Barron'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 Friday's stock prices and related data.

Dow:sThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 11,410.32 up 40.28 points or 0.86% from Thursday's close of 11,370.06. For the week the Dow is up 40.36 or 0.35% from last Friday's close of 11,382.09. For the year te Dow is up 9.42%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 22 gained, Cisco was unchanged and 7 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was JPMorgan JPM $41.43 +0.62 1.52% 28,382,080 NYSE and percentage-wise was GE $17.72 +0.59 3.44% 125,734,493 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise was Boeing BA $64.16 -0.45 0.7% 5,488,845 NYSE and percentage-wise was Kraft KFT $30.75 -0.34 1.09% 8,903,074 NYSE.

As of the open of the market Monday, 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 14.55 up from Friday's P/E of 14.50 (year ago it was 18.17); the P/E estimate is 13.34 up from Friday's 13.33 (year ago it was 16.19) and the dividend yield is 2.51 down from Friday's dividend yield of 2.65 (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.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,507.64 up 5.32 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1502.32. This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator increase for today by the divisor (0.132129493) you get the increase in today's Dow. A $1 change in the price of any DJIA stock = a 7.56 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $50.25 up $0.17 from Thursday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $50.08. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $44.44 (HPQ/AXP) up 0.27 from Thursday's closing median price of $44.17. The lowest volume was United Technologies UTX $78.4 +0.77 0.99% 3,820,287 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $12.8 +0.15 1.19% 224,106,380 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 made $524 ($150,764 - $150,240)

MarketWatch Friday 12/10/10 4:20 pm by Nick Godt says US stocks finished at a two-year high on Friday, and also gained for the week, helped by mostly upbeat economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 11,410, +40.26, +0.35%) rose 40.26 points, or 0.4%, to end at 11,410.32, lifted by a 3.4% gain in shares of General Electric (GE 17.75, +0.03, +0.17%) . For the week, the Dow rose 0.3%. The broad S&P 500 (SPX 1,240, +7.40, +0.60%) gained 7.40 points, or 0.6%, at 1,240.40, a two-year high. It gained 1.3% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,638, +20.87, +0.80%) rose 20.87 points, or 0.8%, to 2,637.54, tallying a 1.8% weekly gain.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers and Monday News:


AT&T T $28.89 +0.07 0.24% 26,249,019 NYSE: No mentions found.

Alcoa AA $14.25 +0.105 0.74% 13,121,890 NYSE: No mentions found.

American Express AXP $46.26 +0.45 0.98% 8,210,824 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of America BAC $12.8 +0.15 1.19% 224,106,380 NYSE: Barron's "Don't bank on it" by Lawrence C. Strauss says the financial sprang to life last week thanks to rallies by Citigroup and Bank of America.

Barron's "Week Review" p18 says Bank of America agreed to pay $137 mil to settle a probe of its role in muni-bond rigging.

Boeing BA $64.16 -0.45 0.7% 5,488,845 NYSE: No mentions found.

Caterpillar CAT $89.94 +0.27 0.3% 3,309,673 NYSE: WSJ pB1 "Lightning bolt led Caterpillar to look outside" by James Hagerty says Caterpillar increasingly is looking outside as it tries to overcome management shortcomings and is hiring outsiders.

Barron's p19 "Week Preview" says on Tues 12/14 GE presents its annual outlook to investors and Coke holds investor calls on products and operations. On Wed 12/15, the SEC considers whether to exempt firms like Caterpillar and Disney from new derivatives rules. On Thurs 12/16 Procter & Gamble meets with investors & on Friday 12/17 Coca Cola Enterprises gives financial outlook.

Chevron CVX $87.03 +0.38 0.44% 7,394,863 NYSE: Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), DuPont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

Cisco CSCO $19.7 unch unch 64,770,478 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), Du Pont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

Coke KO $64.65 -0.18 0.28% 8,948,870 NYSE: WSJ Pb2 "This Week" says Thurs Procter & Gamble has an analyst meeting on on Fri Coca Cola Enterprises 2011 Conference is held.

Barron's p19 "Week Preview" says on Tues 12/14 GE presents its annual outlook to investors and Coke holds investor calls on products and operations. On Wed 12/15, the SEC considers whether to exempt firms like Caterpillar and Disney from new derivatives rules. On Thurs 12/16 Procter & Gamble meets with investors & on Friday 12/17 Coca Cola Enterprises gives financial outlook.

Disney DIS $36.66 -0.08 0.22% 6,745,187 NYSE: Barron's p19 "Week Preview" says on Tues 12/14 GE presents its annual outlook to investors and Coke holds investor calls on products and operations. On Wed 12/15, the SEC considers whether to exempt firms like Caterpillar and Disney from new derivatives rules. On Thurs 12/16 Procter & Gamble meets with investors & on Friday 12/17 Coca Cola Enterprises gives financial outlook.

DuPont DD $48.62 +0.30 0.62% 5,091,684 NYSE: Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), DuPont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

Exxon XOM $72.18 +0.18 0.25% 17,690,817 NYSE: Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), Du Pont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

GE $17.72 +0.59 3.44% 125,734,493 NYSE: Barron's pM14 "Speaking of dividends" by Shirley Lazo says on Fri GE hiked its quarterly common dividend for the 2nd time this year to 14 cents a year up 17% from 12 cents as CEO Jeff Immelt cited GE's continued strong cash generation, recovery of GE Capital and good performance in the industrial businesses.

Barron's p19 "Week Preview" says on Tues 12/14 GE presents its annual outlook to investors and Coke holds investor calls on products and operations. On Wed 12/15, the SEC considers whether to exempt firms like Caterpillar and Disney from new derivatives rules. On Thurs 12/16 Procter & Gamble meets with investors & on Friday 12/17 Coca Cola Enterprises gives financial outlook.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.62 +0.08 0.19% 16,829,835 NYSE: NYT pB6 "Palm is quiet, but not dead" by Jenna Wortham says when HP acquired Palm, it made it a unit and still operates within HP.

Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), Du Pont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

Home Depot HD $34.4 +0.08 0.23% 11,469,746 NYSE: No mentions found.

Intel INTC $21.91 +0.10 0.46% 52,017,713 NASDAQ-GS: NYT pB6 "Intel itnends to cash in on netbooks' by Ashlee Vance says Intel has created a business unit that it calls the netbook and tablet group and will ship more than 100 mil netbooks soon.

IBM $144.82 +0.52 0.36% 3,499,619 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $41.43 +0.62 1.52% 28,382,080 NYSE: Barron's p22 "Zero hours for Bernie's victims" by Erin Arvedlund says Madoff Trustee Picard sued JPMorgan for $6.4 bil for not stopping Madoff.

Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), Du Pont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $61.91 -0.15 0.24% 11,433,562 NYSE: No mentions found.

Kraft KFT $30.75 -0.34 1.09% 8,903,074 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $77.56 -0.05 0.06% 5,313,397 NYSE: No mentions found.

Merck MRK $35.99 +0.32 0.9% 11,990,042 NYSE: No mentions found.

Microsoft MSFT $27.34 +0.26 0.96% 37,593,596 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p39 "Kinect rekindles Microsoft" by Jacqueline Doherty says Microsoft has sold more than 2.5 mil units of Kinect and forecasts selling 5 mil more by the end of the year.

Barron's p34 "Interview with Robert Kleinschmidt" the manager of the Tocqueville Fund likes Microsoft, Pfizer, Weyerhauser and Owens-Illinois.

Pfizer PFE $17.02 +0.2615 1.56% 42,917,794 NYSE: Barron's p20 "A prescription for growth" by Andrew Bary says Pfizer's new CEO, Ian Read, wold do well to consider more stock buybacks, dividend increases, asset divestitures and other moves to enhance Pfizer's value.

Barron's p30 "Weekday Trader" by Johanna Bennett says generic drug maker Teva is positioned for strong growth as $30 bil worth of brand name drugs will lose their patents in '11 including Pfizer's cholesterol drug, Lipitor.

Procter & Gamble PG $63.2 +0.33 0.52% 11,499,427 NYSE: Sun AJC pD5 "Procter & Gamble: from soap operas to tweets" by Dan Sewell, AP says after 77 years P&G will no longer sponsor soap operas. P&G is the world's biggest advertiser will still buy individual commercials on daytime dramas.

Barron's p19 "Week Preview" says on Tues 12/14 GE presents its annual outlook to investors and Coke holds investor calls on products and operations. On Wed 12/15, the SEC considers whether to exempt firms like Caterpillar and Disney from new derivatives rules. On Thurs 12/16 Procter & Gamble meets with investors & on Friday 12/17 Coca Cola Enterprises gives financial outlook.

Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these managers of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), Du Pont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

3M MMM $84.32 +0.21 0.25% 4,452,235 NYSE: No mentions found.

Travelers TRV $54.78 +0.15 0.27% 3,842,569 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Technologies UTX $78.4 +0.77 0.99% 3,820,287 NYSE: Barron's p41 "Talking with Thomas Luddy, Susan Bao" by Chris Williams is an interview with these manages of JPMorgan US Large Cap Core Plus Fund who says they like United Technologies because its service and problem solving units offer sustainable profits in volatile times. They say they made a mistake this year in picking Hewlett-Packard which is off 17% in '10, due in part to CEO Mark Hurd's abrupt departure. Among its holdings are Cisco at 2.8% of their portfolio, Procter & Gamble (2.6/5), Chevron (2.6%), DuPont (2.4%) & Exxon Mobil (2.3%). UTX is 2.6% of the portfolio.

Verizon VZ $34.04 +0.48 1.43% 19,301,966 Dual Listed: WSJ pC8 'Investors should start to hear Verizon now" by Martin Peers says despite competing with AT&T which had the iPhone for 4 years, Verizon Wireless remains the industry leader. Verizon is expected to confirm in early '11 tht it will start selling the Apple iPhone and on Dec. 5 it turned on its Lte high speed network, which it calls 4G.

WSJ pB7 "New Verizon Wireless CEO dashes into 4G service" by Shayndi Raice is an inerview with the new CEO of Verizon Wireless, Daniel Meand, Verizon Wireless is a jv between odafone and Verizon Communications.

Walmart WMT $54.28 -0.06 0.11% 12,045,229 NYSE: Daily Report "All eyes on Walmart, global warming cases" by Marcia Coyle says the Walmart v Dukes, the largest civil rights class action in history is before the Supreme Court this term and has the potential to affect the rules for certification of all types of class actions and is the cloesst watch Supreme Court case.

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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 8K, 10Q & 10K SEC filings as of 12/11/10:

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

AT&T T: 12/7/10 8K re: replacement of existing 5 year $9.4 bil revolving credit facility
12/1/10 8K re: redemption of all 7.8% notes due 3/1/11
11/5 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

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

American Express AXP: 11/15/10 8K re: delinquency & write-off statistics for period ending 10/31/10
11/3/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/2/10 8K re: changes to retirement plan for officers

Bank of Am BAC: 11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/5/10 8K re: status of Countrywide litigation
10/20/108K re: registration of 50,354,545 shares

Boeing BA: 12/3/10 8K re: election o Ronald A. Williams to Board of Directors and the Audit & Finance Committees
11/16/10 8K re: $2.3 bil 364 day revolving credit agreement

Caterpiller CAT: 12/10/10 8K re: election of Jesse J. Greene, Jr. & Miles D. White to Board of Directors and Greene to the Audit Committee & White to Governance Committee
12/7/10 8K re: entering into bridge loan of up to $8.6 bil
11/18/10 8K re: status of acquisition of Bucyrus
11/18/10 8K 3 month dealer statistics
11/15/10 8K re: acquisition of Bucyrus for $8.6 bil to close mid '11
11/12/10 8K/A resignation of Gail D. Foster from Board of Directors
11/4/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10

Chevron CVX:11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
10/29 8K re 3Q net income of $3.77 bil down from $3.83 bil for 3Q '09

Cisco CSCO 11/23/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/30/10

Coke KO 12/9/10 8K re: election of Howard G. Buffett to Board of Directors & Public Issue & Diversity Relations Committees
12/1/10 8K/A re: technical amendment of prior 8K
11/23/10 8K re: result of cash tender offer for debt
11/18/10 8K re: completion of note offering
11/16/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen p. Black from Board to become Chancellor of NYC Schools
11/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/4/10 8K re tender offer for CCE debt
10/29/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/1/10

Disney DIS 11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10
11/12/10 8K re: results of 4Qtr earnings

DuPont DD: 12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L, Keefer as EVP
10/21/10 10Q for 3rd quarter ending 9/30/10
10/26/10 8K re 3Q results

ExxonMobil XOM: 11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan
11/16/10 10Q re 3Q results ending 9/30/10
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-C re: offer to buy Clarinet Inc., a cancer diagnostic firm

GE: 11/3/10 10Q re 9/30/10 results

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 12/2/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for issuance of notes
11/22/10 8K re: 4Q results
10/18/10 8K re: election of Leo Aptheker as Pres/CEO

Home Depot HD: 12/2/10 10Q re: results for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: update of fiscal year '10 guidance

Intel INTC: 11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend
11/2/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/25/10

IBM: 12/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement re: debt
12/6/10 8K re: resignatin of Cathleen Black from Board of Directors
10/26/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/28/10 8K/A re: amendment to replace capital covenants re: debt
10/20/10 & 10/19/10 2 8Ks re: amendment to credit agreements
10/14/10 8K re: investor conference re: 3Q results

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 11/10/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10

Kraft KFT:12/6/10 8K re: seeking preliminary injunction vs. Starbucks
11/30/10 8K re: arbitration with Starbucks'11/29/10 8K re: cash debt tender offer to holders of $1 bil of notes
11/8/10 8K re: status of agreement with Starbucks'
11/5/10 10Q for quarter ending 9/30/10
11/4/10 8K re: 3Q results

McDonalds MCD: 12/10 8K re: amendment of Cert. of Incorp re: designations of rights of preferred stock
12/9/10 8K re: global sales results
11/9/10 8K re: results of global sales results
11/5/10 8K re: resignation of Denis Hennequin as President of McDonald's Europe to be replaced by Steve Easterbook
11/5/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Merck MRK: 12/10/10 8K re: sale of 2.2% notesw due '16
11/30/10 8K re: election of Kenneth C. Frazier a CEO with Richard T. Clark staing as Chair
11/8/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Microsoft MSFT: 11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 12/9/10 8K re: resignation of Jeffrey B. Kindler as CEO & election of Ian C. Read as Pres/CEO
11/12/10 10Q for quarter ending 10/3/10
11/2/10 8K re: 3Q results
10/22/10 SC TO-T & 10/12/10 8K both re: Pfizer's purchase of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Procter & Gamble PG: 11/18/10 8K re: close of sale of $1 bil of 1.8% notes due '15
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10
10/27/10 8K re: results for quarter ending 9/30/10

3M MMM: 12/7/10 8K re: re: financial outlook for '11
11/5/10 10Q re: quarter ending 9/30/10'
10/28/10 8K re: 3Q results of $6.9 bil sales

Travelers TRV: 11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures due '67
11/9/10 8K re: modification of rights of holders of 6.75% notes due '36
11/8/10 re: purchase of 43% of a Brazilian surety
11/8/10 8K & 11/5/10 8K re: amendment of consent solicitation of 6.75% notes
11/1/10 8K re: underwriting agreement for sale of notes
10/27/10 8K re: tender offer to holders of 6.25% due '67

United Technologies UTX: 12/10/10 8K re: election of Ellen Kullman, DuPont CEO to Board of Directors
12/10/10 8K re: resignation of Carlos M. Gutierrez from Board
10/25/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 12/8/10 8K/A re: Board committee assignments of Rodney E. Slater
11/10/10 8K/A re: election of Lowell C. McAdam as Pres/COO & Francis J. Shammo EVP & CFO
10/28/10 10Q for period ending 9/30/10

WalMart WMT: 12/6/10 10Q for period ending 10/31/10
11/16/10 8K re: 3 Qtr EPS 0.95 cents and raising full year EPS guidance from $3.95 to $4.05