Friday's Buybacks: Alcoa for 10% of Outstanding

Here's a list of companies that have recently announced buybacks. 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
1/19/2007
Alcoa	AA	10% of outstanding	over 3 years
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares	NHTB	214,679 shares	5% of outstanding
1/18/2007
Brooklyn Federal Bancorp	BFSB	$1.5 mln
Charter Financial Corp.	CHFN	400,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Chittenden	CHZ	1 mln shares	over 2 years
Fastenal	FAST	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
General American Investors	GAM	250,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Kearny Financial Corp.	KRNY	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Merchants Bancshares	MBVT	200,000 shares	upon completion of prior plan
Prudential Bancorp Inc of PA	PBIP	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Regions Financial	RF	50 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Valley National Bancorp	VLY	3.5 mln shares	upon completion of prior plan
1/17/2007
CVS/Caremark	CVS	150 mln shares	upon closing of merger
1/16/2007
Monro Muffler Brake	MNRO	$30 mln	over 12 months
1/12/2007
ConocoPhillips	COP	$1 bln
MBT Financial Corp.	MBTF	1 mln shares	6% of outstanding
Peoples Bancorp	PEBO	425,000 shares	through 2007
1/11/2007
Acquicor Technology	AQR	$50 mln	through 7/15/07
1/10/2007
CKE Restaurants	CKR	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Insteel Industries	IIIN	$25 mln	replaces prior plan
Sun Life Financial	SLF	28,565,318 shares	5% of outstanding
Walgreen Co.	WAG	$1 bln	over 4 years
1/9/2007
First South Bancorp	FSBK	5% of outstanding	prior plan expired
Parlux Fragrances	PARL	10 mln shares	prior plan complete
Ruby Tuesday	RI	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Stage Stores, Inc.	SSI	$50 mln
Tucows, Inc.	TCX	$10 mln
1/8/2007
Paragon Technologies, Inc.	PTG	$1 mln	through Aug 2010
1/4/2007
Alico Inc.	ALCO	100,000 shares	through Aug 2010
Openwave Systems Inc.	OPWV	$100 mln
12/28/2006
InterDigital Communications Inc.	IDCC	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
Wayne Savings Bancshares Inc.	WAYN	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
12/26/2006
FPIC Insurance Group	FPIC	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
12/22/2006
Northeast Bancorp	NBN	200,000 shares	8% of outstanding
12/21/2006
City Holding Co.	CHCO	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Conseco Inc.	CNO	$150 mln	152 mln shares outstanding
IMS Health	RX	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
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
Source: The Online Investor