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 |
| 2/5/2007 | |||
| Hewitt Associates | HEW | $750 mln | over 24 months |
| Providence Service Corp. | PRSC | 1 mln shares | |
| 2/2/2007 | |||
| Commerce Bancshares | CBSH | 2.84 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Noble | NE | 10 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Temple-Inland | TIN | 5 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| TJX Cos. | TJX | $1 bln | adds to prior plan |
| 2/1/2007 | |||
| Bemis | BMS | 3 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Lehman Brothers Holdings | LEH | $822 mln | adds to prior plan |
| MBIA | MBI | $1 bln | adds to prior plan |
| St. Paul Travelers | STA | $3 bln | replaces prior plan |
| Wesco International | WCC | $400 mln | |
| 1/31/2007 | |||
| Cardinal Health | CAH | $1.5 bln | adds to prior plan |
| FirstEnergy | FE | 16 mln shares | 330 mln shares outstanding |
| Fiserv | FISV | 10 mln shares | prior plan complete |
| Griffin Land & Nurseries | GRIF | 150,000 shares | over 12 months |
| Labor Ready | LRW | $75 mln | adds to prior plan |
| McGraw-Hill Cos. | MHP | 45 mln shares | 12.7% of outstanding |
| NuCO2 | NOCO | $50 mln | through 2007 |
| Sonic | SONC | $89.3 mln | adds to prior plan |
| 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 |
| Source: The Online Investor | |||



