Large Cap Stocks in Focus

Below is a list of highly rated large cap stocks.

3M Co. (MMM)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
American Express Company (AXP)
Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD)
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)
Apache Corp. (APA)
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Arcelor Mittal (MT)
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)
Altria Group Inc. (MO)
Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBD)
Banco Santander, S.A. (STD)
Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS)
Barclays PLC (BCS)
Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A)
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)
Boeing Co. (BA)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)
Canon Inc. (CAJ)
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
CNOOC Ltd. (CEO)
Chevron Corp. (CVX)
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (LFC)
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP)
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA)
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
Coca-Cola Company (KO)
Colgate-Palmolive Co. (CL)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Credit Suisse Group (CS)
CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS)
Deutsche Bank AG (DB)
Diageo plc (DEO)
DIRECTV (DTV)
DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD)
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY)
EMC Corporation (EMC)
Emerson Electric Co. (EMR)
Ford Motor Co. (F)
France Telecom (FTE)
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX)
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK)
Home Depot, Inc. (HD)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC)
HSBC Holdings plc (HBC)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (INFY)
ING Groep NV (ING)
Intel Corporation (INTC)
Ita (ITUB)
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index (EEM)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
Lloyds Banking Group plc (LYG)
LM Ericsson Telephone Co. (ERIC)
McDonald's Corp. (MCD)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)
MetLife, Inc. (MET)
Nike Inc. (NKE)
Nokia Corporation (NOK)
Novartis AG (NVS)
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)
News Corp. (NWSA)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Pepsico, Inc. (PEP)
Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR)
Philip Morris International, Inc. (PM)
Priceline.com Incorporated (PCLN)
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)
Sanofi-Aventis (SNY)
SAP AG (SAP)
Schlumberger Limited (SLB)
Siemens AG (SI)
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
Statoil ASA (STO)
Suncor Energy Inc. (SU)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM)
Target Corp. (TGT)
Telefonica, S.A. (TEF)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)
Time Warner Inc. (TWX)
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
Total SA (TOT)
Toyota Motor Corp. (TM)
Transocean Ltd. (RIG)
Unilever NV (UN)
Unitedhealth Group, Inc. (UNH)
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
United Technologies Corp. (UTX)
U.S. Bancorp (USB)
UBS AG (UBS)
Vale S.A. (VALE)
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
Visa, Inc. (V)
VMware, Inc. (VMW)
Vodafone Group plc (VOD)
Walt Disney Co. (DIS)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)
Westpac Banking Corporation (WBK)

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Large Cap Stocks in Focus ( DIS, SBUX )

The Dow Jones Futures are down by 55 points due to China raising interest rates over night. Below are some large cap stocks that are in focus today.

Walt Disney Co. (DIS) - Walt Disney Co. is higher by 2.15% this morning after a rebound in stock price regarding their earnings last night.

Disney's outlook rosy despite rare quarterly miss

Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) - Starbucks and Chinese Government Announce Yunnan Coffee Industry Investments. As for Starbucks Corp stock, resistance is located at $31.30 and then nothing until $35.

Below is a list of more highly rated large cap stocks.

3M Co. (MMM)
Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)
American Express Company (AXP)
Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD)
Amgen Inc. (AMGN)
Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Arcelor Mittal (MT)
AstraZeneca PLC (AZN)
Altria Group Inc. (MO)
Banco Bradesco S.A. (BBD)
Banco Santander, S.A. (STD)
Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS)
Barclays PLC (BCS)
Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A)
BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)
Boeing Co. (BA)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY)
Canon Inc. (CAJ)
Caterpillar Inc. (CAT)
CNOOC Ltd. (CEO)
Chevron Corp. (CVX)
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (LFC)
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SNP)
China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA)
Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO)
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
Coca-Cola Company (KO)
ConocoPhillips (COP)
Credit Suisse Group (CS)
CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS)
Deutsche Bank AG (DB)
Diageo plc (DEO)
DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD)
Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY)
EMC Corporation (EMC)
Ford Motor Co. (F)
France Telecom (FTE)
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK)
Home Depot, Inc. (HD)
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC)
HSBC Holdings plc (HBC)
Infosys Technologies Ltd. (INFY)
ING Groep NV (ING)
Intel Corporation (INTC)
Ita (ITUB)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)
Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)
Lloyds Banking Group plc (LYG)
McDonald's Corp. (MCD)
Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)
Nokia Corporation (NOK)
Novartis AG (NVS)
Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Pepsico, Inc. (PEP)
Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR)
Philip Morris International, Inc. (PM)
Priceline.com Incorporated (PCLN)
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG)
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)
Sanofi-Aventis (SNY)
SAP AG (SAP)
Schlumberger Limited (SLB)
Siemens AG (SI)
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)
SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
Statoil ASA (STO)
Suncor Energy Inc. (SU)
Target Corp. (TGT)
Telefonica, S.A. (TEF)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA)
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)
Total SA (TOT)
Toyota Motor Corp. (TM)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM)
Unilever NV (UN)
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
United Technologies Corp. (UTX)
U.S. Bancorp (USB)
Vale S.A. (VALE)
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
Visa, Inc. (V)
Vodafone Group plc (VOD)
Walt Disney Co. (DIS)
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT)
Westpac Banking Corporation (WBK)

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Disney DIS Buys Marvel MVL - 8/31/09

August 31, 2009 - Walt Disney Co. (DIS) has just announced that they will aquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (MVL)

Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has agreed to acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:MVL) in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.

DIS - Current Stock Price = $26.15 Down 2.15%
MVL Current Stock Price = $48.60 Up 25.75%

Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009, Marvel shareholders would receive a total of $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. At closing, the amount of cash and stock will be adjusted if necessary so that the total value of the Disney stock issued as merger consideration based on its trading value at that time is not less than 40% of the total merger consideration.
Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, August 28, the transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion. Link

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