Thursday, March 10, 2011

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Post No. 913 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 and Dow 30 components' SEC filings as of February 14, 2011.

A read of the print editions of Thursday's Wall St. Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today, Atlanta Journal Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) 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 Wednesday's stock prices and related data.

Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Wednesday at 12,213.09 down 1.29 points or 1.01% from Tuesday's close of 12,214.38. For the year the Dow is up 5.490%. Of the 30 Dow Jones component companies 13 gained and 17 declined. The biggest gainer dollar-wise and percentage wise was IBM $165.86 +3.58 2.21% 9,059,826 NYSE. The biggest decliner dollar-wise and percentage-wise was Caterpillar CAT $102.36 -1.77 1.7% 6,371,059 NYSE.

WSJ pC5 "Stock prices ease; Boston Beer loses 4.3%" by Kristina Peterson says stocks edged narrowly lower as tensions in Libya trapped trading in a tight range on the 2 year anniversary of the bull market's start.

Fin Times p24 "Disappointing Finisar earnings forecst sparks tech sector slide" by Michael Stothard says Wall St marked the 2 year anniversary of the bull market with a whimper, edging lower on continuing concern over the turmoil in n Africa & the Mid East & some disappointing earnings forecasts in the tech sector after Finisar gave a worse than expected earnings forecast. Industrials fell with Caterpillar, the world's biggest maker of earth moving equipment falling 1.7%.

NYT pB10 "Shares decline as violence in Libya Weighs on Markets" & USA Today p4B "Stocks slip as Libya worries continue" both by Bloomberg says stocks fell Wed sending the S&P 500 lower a 3rd time in 4 days as violence in Libya termpered optimism that the biggest stock rally since '55 will extend into a 3rd year.

As of the open of the market Thursday, 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 14.84 unchanged from Wednesday's 14.84 (year ago it was 16.48); the P/E estimate is 12.79 unchanged from Wednesday's 12.79 (year ago it was 13.45), and the dividend yield is 2.39 up from Wednesday's 2.38 (last year it was 2.58). 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.

Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average closing numerator was 1,613.71 down 0.17 from Tuesday's closing numerator of 1,613.88. 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 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Wednesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.79 down $0.01 from Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average average closing price of $53.80. The median closing price of Tuesday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $45.80 (JPM/AXP) up 0.98 from Tuesday's median closing price of $44.82. The lowest volume was 3M MMM $93.17 -0.58 0.62% 2,116,833 NYSE and the highest volume was again Bank of America BAC $14.59 -0.10 0.68% 147,925,654 NYSE.

If Wednesday 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 $17 ($161,388 - $161,371).

MarketWatch Wednesday 3/9/11 4:43 by Kristina Peterson says US stocks ended slightly lower Wednesday as tensions in Libya trapped trading in a tight range on the two-year anniversary of the bull market’s start.
The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index (SPX 1,320, -1.80, -0.14%) slipped 1.80 points, or 0.14%, to 1,320.02, exactly two years after the measure hit its lowest close of the bear market at 677. Since March 9, 2009, the S&P 500 has surged more than 95%. That is the strongest two-year bull market since 1962, and one that added $6.2 trillion in market capitalization to the S&P 500, according to Birinyi Associates. The Nasdaq Composite (COMP 2,752, -14.05, -0.51%) fell 14.05, or 0.51%, to 2751.72. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA 12,213, -1.29, -0.01%) edged down 1.29 points, or 0.01%, to 12213.09 on Wednesday, a gain of nearly 87% from its March 2009 low of 6,547. Earlier this year, the S&P 500 had doubled its level from the March 2009 lows, but it has pulled back recently in the wake of unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.
On Wednesday, prices for crude oil retreated slightly, with Nymex crude for April delivery (CLJ11 104.44, -0.58, -0.55%) settling below $105 a barrel as an increase in U.S. oil stockpiles briefly turned traders’ attention from the fighting in Libya. Investors predicted the market would trade sideways in the absence of any significant data or development overseas. “We’ll see this up-and-down motion until the Middle East situation calms down one way or the other,” said Dick Del Bello, senior partner at Conifer Group. “The improvement in the jobs picture is actually overshadowed by the unrest in the Middle East and the potential for oil prices to rise,” he said. “I think we are going to waffle here for a while.” Read B. of. A. Merrill’s warning of global recession if oil gets too high. Others said the market had been looking for an excuse to slow its rapid climb since August and could resume its upward momentum. ?With a stalemate looming in Libya between Gadhafi-backed forces and rebels, the U.S. and its allies still have a no-fly zone on the table. “To this point, there’s not enough clear evidence of economic weakness or enough rise in the price of energy to cause economic weakness—this is more an excuse to correct,” said Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist at Key Private Bank. “Unless something truly blows up in the Middle East with respect to oil supplies, probably some of that uncertainty will die down and we’ll see the market go back to rally mood again.” In U.S. economic data Wednesday, wholesale inventories rose a more-than-expected 1.1% to a seasonally adjusted $436.88 billion in January, its highest level since November 2008. Economists had predicted a 0.9% increase. Meanwhile, sales rose 3.4%, boosted by sales of cars and petroleum. The dollar weakened against both the euro and the yen. The euro (EURUSD 1.3908, +0.0004, +0.0288%) was trading recently at $1.3905, little changed from its level late Tuesday in New York. In a bond auction, Portugal sold the maximum intended EUR1 billion ($1.39 billion) of debt but had to pay a high yield that did little to reduce expectations the country will end up asking for a bailout.Among stocks in focus, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO 15.69, +0.13, +0.84%) shares climbed 5.1% after the teen-apparel retailer’s fourth-quarter earnings rose 47%, beating its revised estimate, as cost cuts offset lower sales. Walgreen Co. (WAG 42.39, -0.22, -0.52%) shares added 0.5% the drug-store chain agreed to sell its pharmacy benefit management unit to Catalyst Health Solutions Inc. (CHSI 53.47, +0.67, +1.27%) for $525 million. Shares of Catalyst Health surged 19%. U.S.-listed shares of Nokia Corp. (NOK 8.61, +0.01, +0.12%) rose 1.1% after the Finnish cell-phone giant said it will continue selling handsets that use its own Symbian operating system for as long as it is profitable to do so. Bernstein also upgraded the company to “market perform” from “underperform” late Tuesday. Finisar (FNSR 24.66, +0.05, +0.20%) shares tumbled 39% after the fiber-optic equipment maker’s fiscal third-quarter earnings more than tripled, but it offered a weak forecast for the current quarter. JDS Uniphase (JDSU 21.13, -0.01, -0.05%) lost 17%.
Boston Beer (SAM 89.94, -4.07, -4.33%) shares fell 4.3% after the brewer’s fourth-quarter earnings fell short of analysts’ expectations and the brewer gave a downbeat earnings projection for the year. Boeing Co. (BA 72.16, +0.07, +0.09%) shares edged up 0.1% after completing a deal to sell eight airliners to OAO Aeroflot for $2 billion. Demand for U.S. Treasurys rose, pushing the yield on the 10-year note (UST10Y 3.47, -0.08, -2.17%) down to 3.47%. Read more on bonds. Gold futures also climbed, while copper futures tumbled.

Wednesday's Closing Dow Numbers and Thursday's News:

AT&T T $28.79 +0.34 1.2% 28,729,599 NYSE: Fin Times p15 "D Telkom looks at Sprint as a running mate in the US" by Andrew Parker says T-Mobile USA by merge with Sprint Nextel, the 3rd largest US mobile operator in order to cut the gap between rivals Verizon & AT&T.

Alcoa AA $16.3 -0.19 1.15% 20,221,622 NYSE: No mentions found.

Amex AXP $45.05 -0.19 0.42% 5,729,754 NYSE: No mentions found.

Bank of Am BAC $14.59 -0.10 0.68% 147,925,654 NYSE: No mentions found.

Boeing BA $72.09 +0.05 0.07% 5,365,480 NYSE: WSJ pB6 "Russian airline completes deal for 8 Boeing 777s" by Jonathan Weisman, Fin times p14 "Boeing seals deal for Aeroflot jets" by Isabel Gorst say 8 777s will be sold for $2.17 bil.

Caterpillar CAT $102.36 -1.77 1.7% 6,371,059 NYSE: Fin Times p24 "Disappointing Finisar earnings forecst sparks tech sector slide" by Michael Stothard says Wall St marked the 2 year anniversary of the bull market with a whimper, edging lower on continuing concern over the turmoil in n Africa & the Mid East & some disappointing earnings forecasts in the tech sector after Finisar gave a worse than expected earnings forecast. Industrials fell with Caterpillar, the world's biggest maker of earth moving equipment falling 1.7%.

Chevron CVX $102.14 -1.63 1.57% 7,041,473 NYSE: No mentions found.

CSCO $18.12 -0.10 0.55% 53,096,950 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Coke KO $65.62 -0.02 0.03% 7,404,339 NYSE: No mentions found.

DIS $43.12 -0.08 0.19% 5,382,806 NYSE: No mentions found.

DuPont DD $53.71 -0.55 1.01% 4,439,042 NYSE: No mentions found.

Exxon XOM $84.38 -0.22 0.26% 13,279,489 NYSE: WSJ pB3 "Exxon tilts to oil again" by Russell Gold, Fin Times p24 "Exxon's Tillerson rejects BP take on spill" by Ed Crooks say Exxon's CEO attacked the CEO of BP by accusing him of saying the disaster had implications for the oil industry. Tillerson presented it annaul strategy to analysts Ed and said Exxon will start several new projects in the next few years that will add oil and gas equivalent of 1.4 mil barrels a day of production of which 80% will be crude oil.

GE $20.63 +0.0025 0.01% 49,690,166 NYSE: No mentions found.

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $42.05 -0.35 0.83% 15,237,585 NYSE: No mentions found.

Home Depot HD $37.67 +0.63 1.7% 9,299,235 NYSE: AJC pA13 "Home Depot centralizes in store hiring process" by Arlelle Kass says this new system saves managers' time and makes screening of the hiring of 60,000 associates this spring easier.

Intel INTC $21.2 +0.07 0.33% 60,363,450 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

IBM $165.86 +3.58 2.21% 9,059,826 NYSE: No mentions found.

JPMorgan JPM $46.56 +0.16 0.34% 25,141,631 NYSE: No mentions found.

JNJ $60.4 -0.31 0.51% 10,073,899 NYSE: No mentions found.

KFT $31.67 +0.2225 0.71% 5,941,402 NYSE: No mentions found.

McDonald's MCD $75.78 +0.24 0.32% 5,338,165 NYSE: No mentions found.

MRK $33.29 +0.31 0.94% 13,589,317 NYSE: No mentions found.

MSFT $25.89 -0.02 0.08% 39,661,200 NASDAQ-GS: No mentions found.

Pfizer PFE $19.66 -0.02 0.1% 29,173,265 NYSE: No mentions found.

Procter & Gam PG $62 -0.05 0.08% 8,749,282 NYSE: No mentions found.

3M MMM $93.17 -0.58 0.62% 2,116,833 NYSE: No mentions found.

TRV $59.4 +0.34 0.58% 2,153,260 NYSE: No mentions found.

United Tech UTX $82.89 -0.37 0.44% 3,794,251 NYSE: No mentions found.

Verizon VZ $36.65 +0.17 0.47% 10,362,357 DualListed: Fin Times p15 "D Telkom looks at Sprint as a running mate in the US" by Andrew Parker says T-Mobile USA by merge with Sprint Nextel, the 3rd largest US mobile operator in order to cut the gap between rivals Verizon & AT&T.

Walmart WMT $52.67 +0.23 0.44% 11,372,740 NYSE: AJC pA14 "Walmart to break ground on small stores" says it will start building its first express stores, a formal less than one tenth the size of an average supercenter and the first will begin construction on 3/16 in Gentry, Ark.

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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. (Chicago, 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 (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 2/14/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $428 [5]
2. Procter & Gamble PG 258.5 [4]
3. GE 229 [10.5]
4. Microsoft MSFT 233 [8.5]
5. IBM 203 [1]
6. WalMart WMT 195 [3.5]
7. Chevron CVX 195 [2]
8. JPMorgan Chase JPM 182 [4]
9. AT&T T 169 [6]
10. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 166.5 [3]
11. Pfizer PFE 152.5 [8]
12. Bank of America BAC 150 [10]
13. Coke KO 146.5 [2.5]
14. Intel INTC 120.5 [5.5]
15. Verizon VZ 106.5 [3]
16. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 105 [2]
17. Cisco CSCO 104 [5.5]
18. Merck MRK 101 [3]
19. Disney DIS 82 [2]
20. McDonald's MCD 80.5 [1]
21. United Technologies UTX 78.5 [1]
22. 3M MMM 65.5 [.5]
23. Caterpillar CAT 65.5 [.5]
24. Home Depot 61.5 [1.5]
25. American Express AXP 56 [1]
26. Kraft KFT 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 53 [1]
28. DuPont DD 50 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 27 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 18 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy SEC filings as of 2/14/11:

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

AT&T T: 1/27/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
1/13/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
12/21/11 8K re: borrowing up to $8 bil
12/20/11 8K re: purchase of spectrum licenses from Walcomm
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

Alcoa AA: 2/11/11 8K re: resignation of Carlos Ghosen, CEO of Nissan, from Board of Directors
2/3/11 8K re: FD disclosaure re: flat rolled growth opport'ties in Europe
1/25/11 & 1/21/11 8Ks re: contributions to pension plan
1/13/11 8K re: transcript of 4Q earnings call
1/11/11 8K re: 4Q results
12/8 8K Olivier Jarrault named Pres. Alcoa Engineered Products
11/30/11 8K re: pesonnel changes in management

American Express AXP: 1/18/11 8K re: comp to CEO Chanault
1/24/11 & 1/19/11 8K re 4Q results
1/18/11 8K re: write-off statistics for quarter ending 12/31/10
12/16/11 8K re acquisition of Loyalty Partner

Bank of Am BAC: 1/31/11 8K re: compensation of officers
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/3/11 8K re: Agreement with Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae to repurchase $3 bil of loan to settle Countrywide dispute

Boeing BA: 2/9/11 10K & 1/26/11 8K re: 12/31/10 results & FY 2011 guidance
1/11/11 8K re: resignation of William M. Daley from Board to be Chief of Staff to Pres. Obama
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: 1/27/11 8K re 12/10 deale statistics
1/27/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY ended 2010
1/21/11 8K re: stocholders approval of acquisition of Bu8cyrus Int'l Inc.
1/20/11 8K re: Justice Dept. request for Hart-Scott-Rodino iinfo re: Bucyrus purchase
12/16/10 8K re: Nov. dealer statistics
12/14/10 8K re: changes to By-laws re: holding of Board meetings
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

Chevron CVX: 2/1 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO John Watson
1/28/11 & 1/11/11 8K re 4Q results

Cisco CSCO 2/9/11 8K 2Q results
1/31/11 8K re: agreement re: issuance of $3 bil of commercial paper
12/17/10 8K re: pre-arranged exec stock trading plan

Coke KO 2/9/11 8K re: results for 4Q and FY 2010
12/15/10 8K re: expiration of tender offer for notes
12/15 & 12/9/10 8Ks re: election of Howard G. Buffett to Board of Directors & Public Issue & Diversity Relations Committees
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

Disney DIS 2/8/11 10Q & 2/8/11 8K re: 1Q results
1/28/11 Proxy statement for annual sahreholder meeting to be held 3/23/11 at Salt Lake City, Utah
12/14/10 8K re: issuance of $5 bil of Notes
11/24/10 10K for year ending 10/2/10

DuPont DD: 2/8/11 10K re FY 12/31/10
1/27/11 8K re: compensation for CEO Ellen Kullman
1/25/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 12/31/10
1/12/11 8K re: acquisition of Danish firm, Danisco
12/10 8K re: retirement of Jeffrey L. Keefer as EVP

ExxonMobil XOM: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q and FY 2010 results
11/30/10 8K re: revisions to officers' compensation plan

GE: 2/14/11 8K re: amendments to bylaws re: calling of special meetings of shareholders
1/31/11 8K re: closing of Comcast deal giving it control of NBC Universal
1/21/11 8K re: 4Q and FY '10 results
12/16/10 8K re: departure of Director Sir William M. Castell

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 2/1/11 Proxy statement re: 3/23/11 shareholders meeting
1/20/11 8K re: election of 5 new members to Board of Directors
12/15/11 10K re: FY 10/31/10
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 Apotheker as Pres/CEO

Home Depot HD: 1/12/11 8K re: promotion of Aaron Carmack as Pres. of Home Depot Canada
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: 1/31/11 8K re: 4Q results & 2011 guidance
1/26/11 8K re: amendment to stock option plan
1/24/11 8K re: dividend and shre repurchase program (increase)
1/14/11 & 1/13/11 8Ks re: results of quarter ended 12/25/11 & 2011 guidance
1/10/11 8K re: patent agreement with NVIDIA Corp.
11/12/10 8K re: 15% increase of quarterly cash dividend

IBM: 1/28/11 8K re: compensation to officers including CEO Sam Palmisano
1/27/11 8K re: bylaw amendment re: holding of stockholder meetings
1/19/11 & 1/18/11 8K re: 4Q results and 12/31/10 FY
1/4/11 8K re: amendment of By-laws to decrease directors to 12
12/8/10 8K re: underwriting agreement re: debt
12/6/10 8K re: resignation of Cathleen Black from Board of Directors

JPMorganChase JPM: 1/14/11 2 8Ks re: 4Q results
12/29/10 8K re: results of tender offer for 5.8% securities
12/22/11 8K re: purchase of 25 Bank St in Canary Wharf as London Investment banking headquarters
12/13/10 8K re: termination of Replacement capital Covenants
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

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results ending 1/2/11

Kraft KFT: 2/10/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/31/11 8K re: status of lawsuit with Starbucks
1/24/11 8K re: amendment to articles of incorproation to eliminate Class B common Stock and amendment to bylaws re: shareholder meetings
12/28/10 8K re: expiration & results of tender offer for notes
12/22/10 8K re: adoption of long term exec comp. program
212/13/10 28Ks re: status of tender offerfor notes
12/6/10 8K re: seeking preliminary injunction vs. Starbucks

McDonalds MCD: 2/8/11 8K re: Jan 2011 global sales
2.7/11 8K re: election to the Board of Donald Thompson, Pres. & CEO
1/24/11 8K re: 4Q & FY 2010 results
12/20/10 8K re: departure and settlement re: Denis Hennequin as Pres. of MCD Europe
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

Merck MRK: 2/3/11 8K re: 4Q results
12/10/10 8K re: sale of 2.2% notes due '16
11/30/10 8K re: election of Kenneth C. Frazier a CEO with Richard T. Clark staying as Chair

Microsoft MSFT: 2/8/11 8K re: underwriting agreement for $750 mil of 2.5% Notes due 2016
1/27/11 10 & 1/27/11 8K for quarter ended 12/31/10
11/19/10 8K re: results of 11/16/10 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Pfizer PFE: 2/1/11 8K re: 4Q results & reduction of research & development facilities
12/17/10 8K re: proposed settlement of shareholder derivative lawsuit in US Dist. Ct. SDNY
12/16/10 8K re: election of George A. Lorch as non-Exec Chair
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: 2/11/11 8K re: election of Meg Whitman to Baord of Directors
2/1/11 8K re: retirement of Blboal Health Vice-Chair Robert A. Steele
1/28/11 10Q & 1/27/11 8K re: 2Q results
1/11/11 8K re: quarterly dividend of $0.4818 per share
12/14/10 8K re: election of Susan Desmond-Hellmann, 53, Chancellor of U of Cal. SF to Board
11/18/10 8K re: close of sale of $1 bil of 1.8% notes due '15

3M MMM: 1/25/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
12/7/10 8K 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: 1/28/11 8K re: departure of Blythe McGarvie from Board
1/25/11 8K results of 4Q
11/10/10 8K re: completion of tender offer for 6.25% debentures
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

United Technologies UTX: 2/10/11 10K for FY 12/31/10
1/26/11 8K re: 4Q results & FY 2011 guidance
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

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 2/3/11 8K re: increase to stock repurchase program
1/27/11 Proxy statement & 8K re: proposed purchase of Terremark to boost cloud capacity
1/27/11 8K re: 2011 guidance
1/25/11 4Q & FY 2010 results
1/21/11 8K re: change of accounting for pension
12/29/10 8K re: updated fin'l info re: divestiture of properties as a result of acquisition of Alltel Corp. in Jan '09
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

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