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A read of the print editions of Monday's Barron's, the combined Sat/Sun issues of each of The Wall St. Journal & Financial Times, Sat's 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 AverageThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 12,153.68 up 259.89 or 2.19% from Thursday's close of 11,893.79. Of the 30 Dow components all 30 gained. For the week the Dow is up 2.17% from last Friday's close of 11,983.24. For the year the Dow is up 4.98%. The biggest gainer dollar-wise was IBM $187.385 +4.035 2.2% 3,227,080 NYSE and percentage-wise was Disney DIS $36.7 +2.06 5.95% 22,263,595 NYSE.

Sat WSJ pB4 "Dow continues comeback after midweek dive" by Jon Cheng says global stocks rallied capping a volatile week, afte4r a series of calming European headlines and new evidence that the US may be able to sidestep a 2nd recession.

As of the close of the market Friday, the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page B5 of Saturday's Wall St. Journal is 0.132129493. Saturday's trailing P/E ratio is 13.06 up from Friday's trailing P/E ratio of 12.79 (year ago it was 14.31); Saturday's P/E estimate is 12.22 down from Friday's P/E estimate of 12.35 (year ago it was 13.22), and Saturday's dividend yield is 2.56 down from yesterday's dividend yield of 2.62 (last year it was 2.54). 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 1,605.86 up 35.14 from Thursday's closing numerator of 1,571.52. 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 7.57 change in the average.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $53.53 up 1.15 from Thursday's average closing price of $52.38. The median closing price of Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $43.02 (DD/VZ) up 0.60 from Thursday's median closing price of 42.42. The lowest volume was Travelers TRV $58.3 +1.03 1.79% 3,123,812 NYSE and the highest volume again was Bank of America BAC $6.21 +0.18 2.99% 206,782,100 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 $3,514 ($160,586 - $157,152).

MarketWatch Friday 11/11/11 3:2 pm by Kate Gibson says US stocks climbed for a fourth day in five on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rejoining the Dow industrials in positive turf for 2011, after a gauge of consumer confidence exceeded expectations and events overseas assuaged concern about Europe. “The market is celebrating the back off in rates in Italy and the new leadership in Greece and Italy. Magic wands are in high demand in Europe,” Elliot Spar, market strategist at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., noted in emailed afternoon commentary.U.S. stock futures rose as signs of stabilization in Europe and encouraging results from Walt Disney gave investors reason for optimism ahead of consumer sentiment data. With less than an hour remaining in Friday’s session, two of the three benchmark indexes were in line to finish up on the week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 244.95 points, or 2.1%, to 12,138.74 Friday, with all 30 of its components gaining ground, led by Walt Disney Co. , which rallied 6% a day after the company reported a fourth-quarter profit that exceeded expectations. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index SPX +1.95% added 21.37 points, or 1.7%, to 1,261.06, with consumer discretionary gaining the most among its 10 industry groups.The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite COMP +2.04% advanced 48.85 points, or 1.9%, to 2,674.For every stock falling five advanced on the New York Stock Exchange, where nearly 471 million shares traded as of 3:10 p.m. Eastern.Helping boost sentiment, Italy’s Senate on Friday voted for austerity measures initially pledged to European Union allies in late October, helping to further bring down the yield on Italy’s 10-year government note, which on Tuesday had climbed above the 7% level that pushed three other nations — Greece, Portugal and Ireland — to request rescue funds. “The stakes cannot be higher with the world’s third-largest bond market staring into the abyss. Sorry for the hyperbole, but I can’t express enough the danger to the global economy if Italy loses access to the capital markets,” Boockvar said.In Greece, Lucas Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, was sworn in Friday as interim prime minister of a unity government.A gauge of confidence proved better than expected, with the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary index of consumer sentiment for November climbing to 64.2 from 60.9 in October.
“While still at sluggish levels, confidence has stabilized for now and we’ll soon see what that means for holiday sales as we’re just weeks away from Black Friday,” noted Boockvar.


Friday's Closing Dow Numbers and Saturday's News:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
AT&T T $29.42 +0.26 0.89% 14,848,252 NYSE: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enerprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Barron's p22 "It's time to ring up Vaafone" by Vito Racanelli says Vodafone is a cheaper play on Verizon Wireless than Verizon itself is & it offers a fatter dividend. AT&T ahs a higher P/E but not better growth and much of Verizon's better expected growth is due to VZW which it shares with Vodafone.

Alcoa AA $10.6 +0.35 3.41% 22,000,345 NYSE:

American Express AXP $50.37 +1.28 2.61% 5,010,871 NYSE:

Bank of America BAC $6.21 +0.18 2.99% 206,782,100 NYSE:

Boeing BA $66.92 +2.09 3.22% 4,290,164 NYSE:

Caterpillar CAT $96.13 +3.93 4.26% 9,751,709 NYSE: Barron's p33 "The best earnings sites" by Mike Hogan says the market rallied when Caterpillar beat expectations and fell when 3M came up short.

Chevron CVX $107.05 +1.55 1.47% 6,208,203 NYSE:

Cisco CSCO $19.02 +0.41 2.2% 79,952,985 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p31 "Nvidia keeps tabs on the tables; Cisco switches direction" by Tiernan Ray says Cisco bounced back last week as rev from network switches which account for a third of its total rev, rebounded impressively.

Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Coke KO $68.12 0.73 +1.08% 6,312,165 NYSE: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Barron's p41 "Weedkay Trader" BY Bob O'Brien says Barry Dillar bought on Nov 1 & 2, 100,00 shares of Coke at $67.11 a share.

Disney DIS $36.7 +2.06 5.95% 22,263,595 NYSE:

DuPont DD $48.52 +1.01 2.13% 5,524,807 NYSE:

Exxon XOM $79.72 +1.02 1.3% 14,832,890 NYSE: Barron's p18 "Week review" says ExxonMobil signed oil & gas deals with Kurdistan though Baghdad said the agreements could endanger a major oil project.

Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enerprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

GE $16.3 +0.24 1.49% 49,692,295 NYSE:

Hewlett-Packard HPQ $27.58 +0.82 3.06% 13,049,454 NYSE: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Home Depot HD $38.06 +0.86 2.31% 10,101,543 NYSE:

Intel INTC $24.85 +0.79 3.28% 43,110,608 NASDAQ-GS:

IBM $187.385 +4.035 2.2% 3,227,080 NYSE:

JPMorgan JPM $33.28 +0.54 1.65% 28,996,552 NYSE:

Johnson & Johnson JNJ $65.25 +1.13 1.76% 8,775,260 NYSE: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Kraft KFT $35.57 +0.44 1.25% 8,194,870 NYSE:

McDonald's MCD $94.76 +1.50 1.61% 4,303,251 NYSE:

Merck MRK $35.97 +1 2.86% 30,098,809 NYSE: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Microsoft MSFT $26.91 +0.63 2.4% 37,155,026 NASDAQ-GS: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Pfizer PFE $19.99 +0.20 1.01% 36,036,057 NYSE: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Procter & Gamble PG $63.89 +0.65 1.03% 5,598,079 NYSE:

3M MMM $82.29 +1.97 2.45% 3,591,909 NYSE: Barron's p33 "The best earnings sites" by Mike Hogan says the market rallied when Caterpillar beat expectations and fell when 3M came up short.

Travelers TRV $58.43 +1.03 1.79% 3,123,812 NYSE:

United Technologies UTX $79.83 +2.36 3.05% 4,520,948 NYSE:

Verizon VZ $37.52 +0.19 0.51% 8,678,926 DualListed: Barron's p43 "Paying keen attention to the bottom line" by Leslie Norton is an interview with mark Holowesko, CEO of Holowesko partners who says Charter Communications is being hurt by the entrance of AT&T and Verizon Communications that have low economies of scale. Firms that are global have been cash surpluses than most governments and gives examples as Microsoft with 18% of its market value as surplus, Cisco is 40%, Pfizer is 26%, ExxonMobil 10%, Johnson & Johnson 17%, Cisco 53%, Hewlett-Packard 97%.. Merck and Pfizer will generate 85% to 90% of their enterprise value int he next 5 years in terms of free cash flow. If firms grew their dividends over the next 10 years as in the past 10, Exxon would be yielding 6 to 8%, J&J 12% & Coke 7%.

Walmart WMT $59.2 +1.07 1.84% 8,283,943 NYSE:

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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 ranked in order of market capitalization rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion as of 11/1/11 followed by number of shares outstanding rounded to the nearest 1/2 billion:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $379.5 [5]
2. Microsoft MSFT 223 [8.5]
3. IBM 217.5 [1]
4. Chevron CVX 210.5 [2]
5. WalMart WMT 195.5 [3.5]
6. GE 177 [10.5]
7. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 176.5 [3]
8. Procter & Gamble PG 176 [3]
9. AT&T T 173.5 [6]
10. Coke KO 155 [2.5]
11. Pfizer PFE 150.5 [8]
12. JPMorgan Chase JPM 135.5 [4]
13. Intel INTC 129 [5]
14. Merck MRK 106 [3]
15. Verizon VZ 104.5 [3]
16. Cisco CSCO 102 [5.5]
17. McDonald's MCD 96 [1]
18. United Technologies UTX 70.5 [1]
19. Bank of America BAC 69 [10]
20. Disney DIS 65 [2]
21. Kraft KFT 62 [2]
22. Caterpillar CAT 61 [.5]
23. American Express AXP 60.5 [1]
24. Home Depot HD 56 [1.5]
25. 3M MMM 56 [.5]
26. Hewlett-Packard HPQ 53 [2]
27. Boeing BA 49 [1]
28. DuPont DD 44.5 [1]
29. Travelers TRV 24 [.5]
30. Alcoa AA 11.5 [1]

Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 11/1/11:

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

AT&T T: 10/27/11 8K re: redemption of 5.87% Notes due 2/1/12
10/20/11 2 8Ks re: 3Qtr results
9/8/11 8K re: redemption of certain notes
9/1/11 8K re: Dept. of Justice lawsuit to block AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile saying it will lessen competition & raise prices
8/5/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/2/11 8K re: sale of global notes
8/1/11 8K re: tendering of all its shares of Telefonos de Mexcio

Alcoa AA: 10/20/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: transcript of 3Qtr earnings call
10/12/11 8K re: 3Qtr results

American Express AXP: 10/19/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/17/11 8K re: delinq & write-f stats for 3 months eded 9/30/11
9/15/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re: delinquency & write-off stats for 3 months ended 8/3/1/11
8/15/11 8K re: delinq. & write-off stats for months of May, June, and July 2011
8/3/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Bank of Am BAC: 10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/7/11 8K re: separation contracts with Sallie L. Krawcheck & Joe L. Price
9/7/11 8K re: exec changes including departure of Sallie Krawcheck
9/1/11 8K re: Amend Cert of Inc to designate Pref. Shares sold to Berkshire Hathaway for $5 bil
8/29/11 8K re: selling of 13.1 bil shares of China Construct Bank
8/25/11 8K re: sale of securities to Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.

Boeing BA: 10/26/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/26/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/4/11 8K re: election of ex-Contintel CEO Larry Kellner as Director
9/30/11 8K & 8KA re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes

Caterpiller CAT: 10/24/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
10/24/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: price increases
9/29/11 8K re: 3 month dealer stats
9/20/11 8KA 3 Mos dealer stats thru Aug
9/16/11 re: credit agreement
8/18/11 8K re: 3 mos. dealer stats
8/12/11 8K re: clarification of order backlog
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Chevron CVX: 10/28/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
10/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/7/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Cisco CSCO 10/18/11 14A proxy (two) re: Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held 12/7/11 at Santa Clara, CA
9/20/11 8K re: contract with Exec VP Wim Elfrink
9/14/11 10K for year ended 7/30/11
8/24/11 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan for CEO John Chambers
8/10/11 8K re: 4Qtr results

Coke KO 10/28/11 S-4 re: exchange of 3.3% Notes due '21 for 1.8% Notes due '16
10/27/11 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/1/11 8K re: issuance of senior notes
8/24 & 8/8 8Ks re: issuance of securities as an off-alance sheet arrangement re: Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc.
8/1/11 10Q 2 results ended 7/1/11

Disney DIS 10/25/11 8K re: resignation of Director John E. Bryson to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce
10/7/11 8K re: extension of CEO Robert A. Iger's employment contract
8/19/11 8K re: sale of $750 mil of Global Notes
8/19 10Q & 8/9 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/2/11

DuPont DD: 10/25/11 10Q & 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

ExxonMobil XOM: 10/27/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

GE: 10/21/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/13/11 8K re: redemption of shares held by Berkshire Hathaway for $3.3 bil

Hewlett-Packard HPQ: 10/27/11 8K re: decision to keep PC unit
10/3/11 8K re: acceptance of offers to acquire Autonomy
9/29/11 8K re: separation contract with ex-CEO Leo Apotheker
9/28/11 8K re foreign antitrust approval of acquisition of Autonomy
9/22/11 8K re: replacement of CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman effective immediately
9/19/11 8KA & 8K re: issuance of flotaing global notes
9/13/11 8K re: purchase of Autonomy Corp.
9/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
8/19/11 8K re: offer to purchase Autonomy Corp plc
8/18/11 8K re: 3rd Quarter results ended 7/31/11

Home Depot HD: 9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
8/16/11 8K re: results of quarter ended 7/31/11

Intel INTC: 10/19/11 & 10/18/11 8Ks re: Results for Qtr ended 10/1/11
9/19/11 & 9/14/11 8Ks re; offering of $5 bil of notes
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/2/11

IBM: 10/31/11 8K re: offering of $1.85 bil of debt
10/26/11 8K re: election of Virginia M. Rometty as CEO
10/25/11 8K re: election of David Farr, CEO of Emerson, to Bd.
10/25/11 10Q & 10/18/11 8K & 10/17/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11

JPMorganChase JPM: 10/26/11 8K re: offering of $1.75 mil of 4.35% Notes due '21
10/13/11 8K re: 3Qtr results
9/30/11 8K re: reorganiz. of Retail Fin'l Services & Card Business segments
9/13/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: guidance given at investor conference
8/24/11 8K re: Master Agency Agreement re: Notes offering from time to time
8/10/11 8K re: closing of sale of $1.25 bil of 4.35% notes due 2021
8/5/11 8K re: 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/5/11 8K re: closing of sale of notes due 2016

Johnson & Johnson JNJ : 10/27/11 S-4 re: acquisition of Synthes
10/18/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 10/2/11
8/9/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11

Kraft KFT: 9/7/11 8K re: FD Disclosure re: presentation at investor conference
8/5/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/14/11 8K re: amendment of severance agreement with ex-CFO Tim McLevish
8/4/11 8K re: Board of Dirs. intent to spin off global snack business & a N. Amer. grocery business
8/4/11 8K re: 2nd quarter results for quarter ended 6/30/11

McDonald's MCD: 10/21/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/30/11 8K re: issuance of $500 mil med-term notes
9/26/11 8K re; declaration of quarterly cash dividend
9/12/11 8K re: August sales
8/19/11 8Ka re: plans to hold annual advisory vote on exec compensation
8/8/11 8K re: investors release
8/5/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Merck MRK: 10/28/11 8K re: results for 3Qtr
10/12/11 8K/A re: frequency of shareholder advisory votes on exec comp
8/8/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11

Microsoft MSFT: 10/20/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 & 10/4/11 & 10/3/11 14A Proxies re: Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held 11/15/11 at Bellevue, Wash.

Pfizer PFE: 8/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/3/11
8/2/11 8K re: 2Q results

Procter & Gamble PG: 10/27/11 10Q & 8Ks (two) re: results of 3 Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/14/11 8K re: voting results of annual meeting of shareholders
10/11/11 *K re: quarterly dividend of 52.5 cents
10/11/11 CEO's Bob McDonald speech at annual shareholders meeting
10/6/11 8K re: political contribution policy
9/7/11 Def. 14A Proxy Material re: voting recommendations for directors
8/26/11 Def. 14A Proxy Statement for Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholder on 10/11/11
8/15/11 8K re: closing of public offering of $1 bil 1.4% Notes due '16
8/10/11 10K for year ended 6/30/11
8/5/11 8K re: results for quarter ended 6/30/11

3M MMM: 10/25/11 8K re: results of 3Qtr
9/29/11 8K re: offer of $4 bil of notes
9/8/11 8K re: Distribution Agrmt with Goldman Sachs re: $3 bil of notes
8/30/11 8K re: $200 mil credit agreement with HSBC Bank
8/10/11 8K re: $1.5 bil 5 year revolving credit agreement with J.P.Morgan Chase
8/4/11 10Q for quarter ended 6/30/11
8/2/11 2 8Ks re: adoption of executive pre-arranged stock trading plans
8/2/11 8K re: results of 2nd quarter

Travelers TRV: 10/19/11 10Q & 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/20/11 8K/A re: frequency of non-binding advisory shareholder votes
8/8/11 8K re: restatement of articles of incorporation to cancel Series B Conv. Pref. Stock

United Technologies UTX: 10/24/11 10Q & 10/19/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
10/18/11 8K re: Pratt & Whitney & Rolls Royce partnership to develop next generation engines for mid-size aircraft
9/29/11 8K re: exec personnel changes
9/23/11 8K & Def. 14A Proxy Material re: acquisition of Goodrich

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ: 10/25/11 10Q & 10/21/11 8K re: results for Qtr ended 9/30/11
9/14/11 8K re: presentation to Merrill Lynch Media, Communication & Entertainment Conf.

WalMart WMT: 9/29/11 8K re: adoption of Deferred Com Plan
9/27/11 8K re: retirement of Vice-Chair Eduardo Castro-Wright
9/1/11 10Q for quarter ended 7/31/11
8/16/11 8K re: results for 3 and 6 months ended 7/31/11