The Dow Jones Industrial Average began in May 1896 with 12 companies; increased to 20 in 1916; 30 since 1928. (General Electric is the only one of the original 12 still included.) Here are the 30 after the changes that took place at the beginning of the week.
Alcoa
Altria Group (Philip Morris)
American Express
American International Group (AIG)
Boeing
Caterpillar
Citigroup
Coca-Cola
DuPont
Exxon Mobil
General Electric
General Motors
Hewlett-Packard
Home Depot
Honeywell International
Intel
IBM
JP Morgan Chase
Johnson & Johnson
McDonald’s
Merck
Microsoft
3M
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble
SBC Communications
United Technologies
Verizon
Walt Disney
Wal-Mart
Added April 8:
AIG
Verizon
Pfizer
Removed (with years included):
Eastman Kodak (1930-2004)
AT&T (1916-1928, 1939-2004)
International Paper (1956-2004)