Tuesday's Buybacks: Federated for $4 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
2/27/2007
CBS Corp.	CBS	$1.5 bln
Citizens Communications	CZN	$250 mln	over 12 months
DirecTV Group	DTV	$1 bln	prior plan complete
Federated Department Stores	FD	$4 bln	adds to prior plan
Illumina	ILMN	$75 mln	over 6 months
2/26/2007
Affiliated Managers Group	AMG	3 mln shares
Cardinal Financial Corporation	CFNL	1 mln sharesn	4% of outstanding
Innospec Inc.	IOSP	$5 mln	through May 2007
MDS Inc.	MDZ	$431.3 mln	dutch auction tender offer
Xilinx	XLNX	$1.5 bln	adds to prior plan
XL Capital Ltd.	XL	$1 bln	includes prior plan
2/23/2007
Lam Research Corp.	LRCX	$750 mln	adds to prior plan
Lincoln National Corp.	LNC	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
MFB Corp.	MFBC	5% of outstanding	66,000 shares
PMI Group	PMI	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
2/22/2007
Covance Inc.	CVD	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
CIBER	CBR	$10 mln
Eastern Insurance Holdings	EIHI	5% of outstanding
Hartford Financial Group	HBOS	300,000 shares	prior plan complete
Heritage Financial Group	HBOS	300,000 shares	prior plan complete
KLA-Tencor Corp.	KLAC	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Lamar Advertising	LAMR	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
M&T Bank Corp.	MTB	5 mln shares	4.6% of outstanding
RC2 Corp.	RCRC	$75 mln	over 1 year
Tractor Supply Co.	TSCO	$200 mln	over 3 years
2/21/2007
Anglo American PLC	AAUK	$3 bln
Annapolis Bancorp	ANNB	5% of outstanding	200,000 shares
Eastman Chemical Co.	EMN	$300 mln	replaces prior plan
LandAmerica Financial Group	LFG	1.5 mln shares	8.5% of outstanding
Medco Health Solutions	MHS	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
2/20/2007
American Tower Corporation	AMT	$1.5 bln	over 1 year
A.O. Smith Corp.	AOS	1 mln shares
Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc.	BBW	$25 mln	over 1 year
Carter's Inc.	CRI	$100 mln
Kraft Foods Inc.	KFT	$5 bln	over 2 years
Rx Processing Corp.	RXPC	15 mln shares
Sealy Corporation	ZZ	$100 mln
2/19/2007
Service Corporation International	SCI	$164 mln	adds to prior plan
2/16/2007
Honeywell	HON	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
Hubbell Inc.	HUBA	$200 mln	upon completion of prior plan
Rogers Corporation	ROG	$50 mln
2/15/2007
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.	ABG	1.3 mln shares
Avaya Inc.	AV	$500 mln	over 2 years
Caterpillar Inc.	CAT	$7.5 bln	over 5 years
Estee Lauder Cos.	EL	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Idexx Laboratories	IDXX	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Preformed Line Products Company	PLPC	200,000 shares	3.7% of outstanding
Sterling Bancorp	STL	800,000 shares	adds to prior plan
T. Rowe Price Group	TROW	15 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Xerox Corp.	XRX	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
2/14/2007
Archer Daniels Midland Company	ADM	$400 mln
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.	BNI	30 mln shares	adds to prior plan
CSX Corporation	CSX	$2 bln	through 2008
Diebold, Inc.	DBD	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
NutriSystem Inc.	NTRI	$200 mln	expires 8/07
2/13/2007
Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc.	BDR	100,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Centennial Bank Holdings	CBHI	924,490 shares	adds to prior plan
CBIZ Inc.	CBZ	5 mln shares	66.6 mln shares outstanding
Keithley Instruments Inc.	KEI	2 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Rockwell Collins	COL	$500 mln	replaces prior plan
2/12/2007
3M Co.	MMM	$7 bln	over 2 years
Administaff Inc.	ASF	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Advent Software	ADVS	2.25 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Anixter International Inc.	AXE	$100 mln	prior plan complete
2/9/2007
ConocoPhillips	COP	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
Nelnet	NNI	10 mln shares	including prior plan
Ohio Valley Banc Corp.	OVBC	175,000 shares	over 1 year
Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.	SFUN	1.5 mln shares	4.8% of outstanding
2/8/2007
Alliant Energy Corp.	LNT	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Black & Decker	BDK	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Broadcom Corp.	BRCM	$1 bln	over 12-18 months
Express Scripts	ESRX	$1 bln	if no Caremark merger
Global Cash Access Holdings	GCA	$50 mln
Juniper Networks	JNPR	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Perrigo Co.	PRGO	$60 mln	over 2 years
Smith & Nephew	SNN	$1.5 bln	over 2 years
UPS	UPS	$2 bln	including prior plan
2/7/2007
Corporate Executive Board	EXBD	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Equifax	EFX	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Hooker Furniture	HOFT	$20 mln	including prior plan
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.	PXD	$300 mln	prior plan complete
Rockwell Automation	ROK	$1 bln
2/6/2007
BHP Billiton Ltd.	BHP	$10 bln
Gartner Inc.	IT	$200 mln	replaces prior plan
LSB Financial Corp.	LSBI	100,000 shares
Pulaski Financial Corp.	PULB	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
2/5/2007
Avocent Corp.	AVCT	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Bank Mutual	BKMU	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corp.	AGM	1 mln shares	prior plan complete
Hewitt Associates	HEW	$750 mln	over 24 months
Providence Service Corp.	PRSC	1 mln shares
Simpson Manufacturing	SSD	$50 mln	through 2007
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
Hanesbrands Inc.	HBI	10 mln shares
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
Source: The Online Investor