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 |
| 3/27/2007 | |||
| Camco Financial | CAFI | 5% of outstanding | replaces prior plan |
| First State Bancorporation | FSNM | 5% of outstanding | |
| Synopsys | SNPS | $500 mln | |
| 3/26/2007 | |||
| BankFinancial Corporation | BFIN | 1.2 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Optical Cable Corporation | OCCF | 300,100 shares | over 12 months |
| URS Corporation | URS | 1 mln shares | through 2009 |
| 3/23/2007 | |||
| Capital City Bank Group | CCBG | 1 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Freddie Mac | FRE | $1 bln | adds to prior plan |
| Vestin Realty Mortgage II | VRTB | $10 mln | 38.8 mln shares outstanding |
| 3/22/2007 | |||
| IA Global | IAO | 4 mln shares | 2.6% of outstanding |
| MainSource Financial Group | MSFG | 500,000 shares | replaces prior plan |
| Prudential Bancorp | PBIP | 242,000 shares | adds to prior plan |
| Riverview Bancorp | RVSB | 250,000 shares | 2% of outstanding |
| WesBanco, Inc. | WSBC | 1 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Williams-Sonoma | WSM | 5 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| 3/21/2007 | |||
| BancorpSouth | BXS | 3 mln shares | replaces prior plan |
| Chubb Inc. | CB | 20 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| East West Bancorp | EWBC | $50 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Internet Commerce Corp. | ICCA | $2 mln | over 12-18 months |
| Komag, Inc. | KOMG | $200 mln | |
| Ligand Pharmaceuticals | LGND | $100 mln | over 12 months |
| Motorola | MOT | $3 bln | adds to prior plan |
| Wells Fargo & Company | WFC | 75 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| 3/20/2007 | |||
| Access National Corporation | ANCX | 500,000 shares | |
| FactSet Research Systems | FDS | $100 mln | adds to prior plan |
| First Place Financial | FPFC | 800,000 shares | prior plan expired |
| Genworth Financial | GNW | $600 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Seacor Holdings | CKH | $65.2 mln | adds to prior plan |
| SL Green Realty | SLG | $300 mln | through 2008 |
| 3/19/2007 | |||
| Arden Group | ARDNA | 200,000 shares | adds to prior plan |
| Ladenburg Thalman Financial Services | LTS | 2.5 mln shares | |
| Pre-Paid Legal Services | PPD | 1 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| 3/16/2007 | |||
| Ann Taylor | ANN | $300 mln | replaces prior plan |
| First BancTrust Corporation | FBTC | 5% of outstanding | adds to prior plan |
| Hewlett-Packard | HPQ | $8 bln | adds to prior plan |
| 3/15/2007 | |||
| Aeropostale | ARO | $100 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Ameriprise Financial | AMP | $1 bln | adds to prior plan |
| First Federal of Northern Michigan Bancorp | FFNM | 5% of outstanding | 151,750 shares |
| SEI Investments Company | SEIC | $50 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Southwest Airlines Co. | LUV | $300 mln | prior plan complete |
| State Street Corp. | STT | 15 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Yum! Brands | YUM | $500 mln | adds to prior plan |
| 3/14/2007 | |||
| Frontier Airlines Holdings | FRNT | 300,000 shares | |
| Jeffersonville Bancorp, Inc. | JFBC | 50,000 shares | adds to prior plan |
| 3/13/2007 | |||
| Baxter International | BAX | $2 bln | upon completion of prior plan |
| Building Materials Holding Corp. | BLG | $25 mln | over 1 year |
| Kentucky First Federal Bancorp | KFFB | 150,000 shares | over 1 year |
| Laboratory Corporation of America®Holdings | LH | $500 mln | |
| Pitney Bowes, Inc. | PBI | $300 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Thomas & Betts Corp. | TNB | 3 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| 3/12/2007 | |||
| Energy Partners | EPL | $50 mln | over 1 year |
| Macerich Company | MAC | $75 mln | |
| Meridian Resource Corporation | TMR | $5 mln | over 3 years |
| NetEase.com, Inc. | NTES | $100 mln | prior plan complete |
| Quidel Corporation | QDEL | $25 mln | adds to prior plan |
| S1 Corporation | SONE | 15% of outstanding | dutch auction tender offer |
| 3/09/2007 | |||
| AMERCO | UHAL | $50 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Shanda Interactive | SNDA | $50 mln | over 12 months |
| 3/08/2007 | |||
| Accenture Ltd. | ACN | $1.5 bln | |
| National Semiconductor Corp. | NSM | $500 mln | adds to prior plan |
| SkyWest Inc. | SKYW | 5 mln shares | |
| 3/07/2007 | |||
| The Cheesecake Factory | CAKE | 10 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Donegal Group | DGICA | 500,000 shares | |
| PrivateBancorp | PVTB | 277,000 shares | adds to prior plan |
| 3/06/2007 | |||
| American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | AEOS | 7 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Cathay General Bancorp | CATY | 1 mln shares | prior plan complete |
| Leucadia National Corp. | LUK | 12 mln shares | including prior plan |
| United States Cellular Corporation | USM | 500,000 shares | over 3 years |
| United Stationers Inc. | USTR | $100 mln | adds to prior plan |
| 3/05/2007 | |||
| Celanese Corp. | CE | $400 mln | dutch auction tender offer |
| Financial Federal Corporation | FIF | $2.6 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Hawk Corporation | HWK | $4 mln | 9 mln shares outstanding |
| Lexington Realty Trust | LXP | 8 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Methanex Corp. | MEOH | 2 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Waste Management Inc. | WMI | $600 mln | adds to prior plan |
| 3/02/2007 | |||
| Appalachian Bancshares | APAB | $2.5 mlln | over 1 year |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd | CP | 5.5 mln | shares in 2007 |
| 3/01/2007 | |||
| American International Group, Inc. | AIG | $8 bln | expands current plan |
| Arch Capital Group | ACGL | $1 bln | over 2 years |
| Clifton Savings Bancorp | CSBK | 615,000 shares | prior plan complete |
| Constellation Brands | STZ | $500 mln | |
| OmniVision Technologies Inc. | OVTI | $100 mln | |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | TMO | $300 mln | prior plan complete |
| Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates | VSEA | $100 mln | adds to prior plan |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 100 mln shares | prior plan terminated |
| 2/28/2007 | |||
| Computer Task Group | CTGX | 1 mln shares | adds to prior plan |
| Endurance Specialty Holdings | ENH | 2 mln shares | over 2 years |
| Liberty Media Corporation | LCAPA | $1 bln | |
| Papa John's International, Inc. | PZZA | $50 mln | adds to prior plan |
| UTEK Corporation | UTK | $4 mln | over 12 months |
| Waters Corporation | WAT | $500 mln | prior plan complete |
| 2/27/2007 | |||
| CBS Corp. | CBS | $1.5 bln | |
| CSF Bancorp | CITZ | 600,000 shares | adds to prior plan |
| Citizens Communications | CZN | $250 mln | over 12 months |
| DirecTV Group | DTV | $1 bln | prior plan complete |
| Dreamworks Animation | DWA | $150 mln | over 18 months |
| 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 |
| Source: The Online Investor | |||



