Thursday's Buybacks: Raytheon for $750 Million

The following are stock buybacks announced over the past 30 days.

(Interested in learning more about buybacks and why they're important? Check out this article.)

COMPANY	SYMBOL	AMOUNT	NOTES
12/21/2006
City Holding Co.	CHCO	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Conseco Inc.	CNO	$150 mln	152 mln shares outstanding
International Speedway Corp.	ISCA	$50 mln
Raytheon	RTN	$750 mln	adds to prior plan
Washington Trust Bancorp	WASH	400,000 shares	replaces prior plan
12/20/2006
Elmira Savings Bank	ESBK	5% of outstanding	over 12 months
Jack in the Box		2.3 mln shares	dutch tender auction
Anheuser-Busch	BUD	100 mln shares	adds to prior plan
12/19/2006
National City Corp.	NCC	30 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Possis Medical Inc.	POSS	$15 mln	adds to prior plan
12/19/2006
National City Corp.	NCC	30 mln shares	adds to prior plan
12/18/2006
Casual Male Retail Group	CMRG	$75 mln	through 2007
Intersil Corp.	ISIL	$400 mln	over 1 year
SanDisk Corp.	SNDK	$300 mln	over 2 years
Shoe Carnival Inc.	SCVL	$50 mln	through 2008
Weight Watchers International	WTW	8.3 mln shares	self tender offer
12/15/2006
International Assets Holding Corp.	IAAC	$500,000	prior plan expired
Lifeway Foods Inc.	LWAY	75,000 shares	over 1 year
Pepsi Bottling Group	PBG	25 mln shares	adds to prior plan
South Financial Group	TSFG	4 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Terex Corp.	TEX	$200 mln	through June 2008
12/14/2006
Adams Express Co.	ADX	5% of outstanding	extends prior plan
Assisted Living Concepts Inc.	ALC	$20 mln	over 12 months
Christopher & Banks Corp.	CBK	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Independent Bank Corp.	INDB	1 mln shares	7% of outstanding
L-3 Communications Holdings	LLL	$500 mln	over 2 years
Northrop Grumman Corp.	NOC	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Porter Bancorp Inc.	PBIB	$3 mln
12/13/2006
Amgen, Inc.	AMGN	$5 bln	adds to prior plan
CNB Financial Corp.	CCNE	500,000 shares
DENTSPLY International	XRAY	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Emdeon Corp.	HLTH	$100 mln	replaces prior plan
SEI Investments Co.	SEIC	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
12/12/2006
ABM Industries Inc.	ABM	2 mln shares	through Oct 2007
BCE, Inc	BCE	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Cadence Design Systems	CDNS	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Compuware Corp.	CPWR	34 mln shares	through June 07
SAIC Inc.	SAI	40 mln shares
Scott's Miracle-Gro Co.	SMG	$250 mln	dutch auction
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.	ZMH	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
12/11/2006
Beckman Coulter	BEC	2.5 mln shares	through 2008
General Mills, Inc.	GIS	75 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Hartford Financial Services	HIG	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Hershey Co.	HSY	$250 mln	upon completion of prior plan
Kellogg Co.	K	$650 mln	in 2007
Zions Bancorporation	ZION	$400 mln	through 2007
12/08/2006
Expedia Inc.	EXPE	$30 mln	tender offer
Genworth Financial	GNW	$500 mln	through 2007
Safeway Inc.	SWY	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	VSEA	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
12/07/2006
Analog Devices Inc.	ADI	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.	AXS	$400 mln	adds to prior plan
Chevron Corp.	CVX	$5 bln	over 3 years
Chubb Corp.	CB	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Ingersoll-Rand Co.	IR	$2 bln
12/06/2006
Nordson Corp.	NDSN	1 mln shares	over 3 years
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	PEBK	$2 mln	adds to prior plan
Polaris Industries Inc.	PII	7 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Rockwell Automation	ROK	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
12/05/2006
Emulex Corp.	ELX	$150 mln	over 2 years
PACCAR Inc.	PCAR	$300 mln
12/04/2006
Innospec Inc.	IOSP	$20 mln	prior plan complete
LSI Logic Corp.	LSI	$500 mln
12/01/2006
Dade Behring Holdings	DADE	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
First National Bancshares	FNSC	50,000 shares	over 6 months
Micrel Inc.	MCRL	$50 mln	through 2007
Sunoco Products Co.	SON	1.5 mln shares	in 2007
United Industrial Corp.	UIC	$50 mln
11/30/2006
Cardinal Health Inc.	CAH	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Dean Foods Co.	DF	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Dollar General	DG	$500 mln
Post Properties Inc.	PPS	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
11/29/2006
On Semiconductor Corp.	ONNN	50 mln shares
11/28/2006
Principal Financial Group	PFG	$250 mln	prior plan complete
11/27/2006
Saia Inc.	SAIA	$25 mln	prior plan complete
11/22/2006
LCA-Vision Inc.	LCAV	$50 mln	prior plan complete
United Bancorp Inc.	UBCP	$2 mln	up to 2 years
11/21/2006
Dollar Tree Stores	DLTR	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Odyssey HealthCare Inc.	ODSY	$10 mln	over 12 months
Spark Networks	LOV	2 mln share	over 18 months
Washington Group International	WGII	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
11/20/2006
American Woodmark Corp.	AMWD	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Aon Corp.	AOC	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Papa John's International	PZZA	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Steel Dynamics Inc.	STLD	2.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.	AMTD	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Timberland Bancorp	TSBK	5% of outstanding	186,266 shares
Varian Medical Systems	VAR	4.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Xerox Corp.	XRX	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
11/17/2006
Charter Financial Corp.	CHFN	1 mln shares	tender offer
Commerce Group Inc.	CGI	3.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Frontier Oil Corp.	FTO	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Tri-Continental Corp.	TY	5% of outstanding	Jan-Dec 2007
United Financial Bancorp	UBNK	858,000 shares	5% of outstanding
11/16/2006
Arbitron Inc.	ARB	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Barrett Business Services	BBSI	500,000 shares
Kronos Inc.	KRON	1.25 mln shares	adds to prior plan
OMI Corp.	OMM	$140 mln	adds to prior plan
Seacor Holdings Inc.	CKH	$75 mln	including prior plan
Southwest Airlines	LUV	$400 mln	prior plan complete
11/15/2006
Cisco	CSCO	$7 bln	adds to prior plan
Comerica Inc.	CMA	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
DeVry Inc.	DV	$35 mln	over 2 years
Great Southern Bancorp Inc.	GSBC	700,000 shares	replaces prior plan
InPhonic	INPC	$30 mln
Marchex Inc.	MCHX	3 mln shares
Network Appliance Inc.	NTAP	$800 mln	adds to prior plan
Pall Corp.	PLL	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
11/14/2006
Applebee's International Inc.	APPB	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
Benjamin Franklin Bancorp	BFBC	412,490 shares	5% of outstanding
Encore Wire Corp.	WIRE	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Perceptron Inc.	PRCP	$2 mln	adds to prior plan
PrimeEnergy Corp.	PNRG	300,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Prudential Financial	PRU	$3 bln	through 2007
11/13/2006
Black Box Corp.	BBOX	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
China Medical Technologies	CMED	$30 mln
Lawson Software	LWSN	$100 mln	186.4 mln shares outstanding
Pool Corp.	POOL	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Sonic	SONC	$75 mln	adds to prior plan
Vignette	VIGN	$75 mln	over one year
Source: The Online Investor