Wednesday's Buybacks: Cardinal Health for $1.5 Billion

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
1/31/2007
Cardinal Health	CAH	$1.5 bln	adds to prior plan
McGraw-Hill Cos.	MHP	45 mln shares	12.7% of outstanding
1/30/2007
Atlas America	ATLS	1.95 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
Concur Technologies	CNQR	2 mln shares	over 2 years
Leadis Technology	LDIS	2.5 mln shares	through 2007
Entergy	ETR	$1.5 bln
National Instruments	NATI	1.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Union Pacific	UNP	20 mln shares	over 3 years
1/29/2007
Brocade Communications Systems	BRCD	$200 mln
First Financial Holdings	FFCH	600,000 shares	5% of outstanding
Gymboree	GYMB	$50 mln	over 1 year
Marathon Oil Corp.	MRO	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
U.S. Express Enterprises	XPRSA	$15 mln	over 1 year
1/26/2007
Sturm, Ruger & Co.	RGR	$20 mln
BankUnited Financial Corp.	BKUNA	600,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Capital One Financial Corp.	COF	$3 bln
CIT Group	CIT	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
National City Corp.	NCC	75 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
Parker Hannifin	PH	5.3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
St. Jude Medical	STJ	$1 bln
Symantec	SYMC	$1 bln	prior plan complete
Tempur-Pedic	TPX	$100 mln
1/24/2007
Associated Banc-Corp	ASBC	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Bank of America	BAC	200 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Cypress Semiconductor	CY	$300 mln
East West Bancorp	EWBC	$30 mln
eBay	EBAY	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
FreightCar America	RAIL	$50 mln
MB Financial Inc.	MBFI	1 mln shares	over 12 months
Rome Bancorp	ROME	423,000 shares	over 12 months
Charles Schwab	SCHW	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Varian	VARI	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Willow Financial Bancorp	WFBC	5% of outstanding	over 2 years
1/23/2007
CKE Restaurants	CKR	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Integrated Device Technology	IDT	$200 mln	prior plan complete
Provident Financial Holdings	PROV	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Southcoast Financial Corp.	SOCB	547,194 shares	10% of outstanding
1/22/2007
Canadian Natural Resources	CNQ	5% of outstanding	over 12 months
Citizens South Banking Corp.	CSBC	400,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Eaton Corp.	ETN	10 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Plumas Bancorp	PLBC	250,000 shares	5% of outstanding
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
KeyCorp	KEY	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
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
1/09/2007
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
1/08/2007
Paragon Technologies, Inc.	PTG	$1 mln	adds to prior plan
1/04/2007
Alico Inc.	ALCO	100,000 shares	through Aug 2010
Openwave Systems Inc.	OPWV	$100 mln
Source: The Online Investor