Friday's Buybacks: Steel Dynamics for 5 Million Shares

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
6/29/2007
North Central Bancshares	FFFD	75,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Steel Dynamics	STLD	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
6/28/2007
Apollo Group	APOL	$500 mln
Community Bank Shares of Indiana	CBIN	$5 mln	3.3 mln shares outstanding
Developers Diversified	DDR	$500 mln	over 2 years
Dominion Resources	D	55 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
6/27/2007
Best Buy	BBY	$5.5 bln	replaces prior plan
U-Store-It Trust	YSI	3 mln shares
6/26/2007
Camden National	CAC	750,000 shares	over 1 year
Clarcor	CLC	$250 mln	over 3 years
Kroger	KR	$1 bln	replaces prior plan
Provident Financial Holdings	PROV	5% of shares
Tektronix	TEK	$350 mln	adds to prior plan
6/25/2007
AMREIT	AMY	$5 mln
Harvest Natural	HNR	$50 mln
Liberty Property Trust	LRY	$50 mln	accelerated buyback
6/22/2007
Limited Brands	LTD	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Medtronic	MDT	50 mln shares	adds to prior plan
6/21/2007
Community Capital Corporation	CPBK	$2.2 mln
Dime Community Bancshares	DCOM	5% of outstanding	upon completion of current plan
Franklin Resources	BEN	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Riverview Bancorp	RVSB	750,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Steelcase	SCS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Superior Bancorp	SUPR	1 mln shares	34.7 mln shares outstanding
6/20/2007
Alladin Knowledge Systems	ALDN	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
GB&T Bancshares	GBTB	$10 mln	4.3% of outstanding
Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation	HARL	196,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Integra Bank Corporation	IBNK	2.5% of outstanding	expands prior plan
Logitech International	LOGI	$250 mln	upon completion of current plan
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares	NHTB	5% of outstanding	253,776 shares
Preferred Bank	PFBC	5% of outstanding
Winnebago Industries	WGO	$60 mln	adds to prior plan
6/19/2007
Expedia	EXPE	$3.5 bln
Family Dollar Stores	FDO	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Home Depot	HD	$22.5 bln	includes prior plan
Mentor	MNT	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
S&T Bancorp	STBA	1 mln shares	4% of outstanding
W.P.Carey & Co.	WPC	$20 mln	through 2007
6/18/2007
Wind River Systems	WIND	$50 mln
6/15/2007
Northwest Bancorp	NWSB	1 mln shares	prior plan complete
Odyssey Re Holdings Corporation	ORH	$200 mln	over 2 years
RBC Bearings	ROLL	$10 mln	replaces prior plan
6/14/2007
CRA International	CRNI	1.5 mln shares	includes prior plan
Invesco	IVZ	$500 mln	over 1 year
Progressive	PGR	100 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Staples	SPLS	$1.5 bln	replaces prior plan
Symantec	SYMC	$2 bln	prior plan complete
Target	TGT	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
Teleflex	TFX	$300 mln
6/13/2007
Captaris	CAPA	$6.6 mln	adds to prior plan
Ditech Networks	DITC	$60 mln
Republic First Bancorp	FRBK	5% of outstanding	over 1 year
6/12/2007
ArcelorMittal	MT	27 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
HealthSpring	HS	$50 mln	over 12 months
6/11/2007
American Commercial Lines	ACLI	$200 mln
Arbinet-thexchange	ARBX	$15 mln
CBRL Group	CBRL	500,000 shares	includes prior plan
Colonial BancGroup	CNB	$150 mln	over 2 years
O.I. Corporation	OICO	300,000 shares	Dutch auction tender offer
Sunstone Hotel Investors	SHO	$100 mln	5% of outstanding
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International	VRX	$200 mln	over 24 months
6/08/2007
Administaff	ASF	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Northrim BanCorp	NRIM	305,029 shares	adds to prior plan
6/07/2007
Analog Devices	ADI	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Analogic	ALOG	$60 mln	14 mln shares outstanding
Community Central Bank Corporation	CCBD	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Integrated Silicon Solution	ISSI	$30 mln
National Semiconductor	NSM	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
Wynn Resorts	WYNN	$1.2 bln
6/06/2007
AutoZone	AZO	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
DynCorp International	DCP	$10 mln	57 mln shares outstanding
6/05/2007
Callaway Golf Company	ELY	$100 mln	replaces prior plan
Harleysville Group	HGIC	1.6 mln shares	over 2 years
School Specialty	SCHS	$45 mln
Triarc	TRY	$50 mln	replaces prior plan
Webster Financial Group	WBS	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
6/04/2007
The Bancorp	TBBK	750,000 shares	5.5% of outstanding
Celanese Corporation	CE	$330 mln
Financial Federal Corporation	FIF	$50 mln	prior plan complete
Pegasystems	PEGA	$10 mln	upon expiration of current plan
QLT Incorporated	QLTI	$50 mln	over 12 months
6/01/2007
Burger King Holdings	BKC	$100 mln	through 2008
Wal-Mart Stores	WMT	$15 bln
5/31/2007
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.	AEL	350,000 shares
Brinker Internatinal	EAT	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Brooks Automation	BRKS	6.06 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
EuroBancshares	EUBK	$2.5 mln	over 1 year
PremierWest Bancorp	PRWT	1 mln shares	6% of outstanding
5/30/2007
Bottomline Technologies	EPAY	$10 mln	prior plan complete
Consolidated Graphics	CGX	$100 mln
Deere & Co.	DE	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
G & K Services	GKSR	$100 mln
Marathon Oil	MRO	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
P.A.M. Transportation Services	PTSI	600,000 shares	over 12 months
Viacom	VIA	$4 bln	upon completion of current plan
5/29/2007
Biogen Idec	BIIB	$3 bln	dutch auction tender offer
Exponent	EXPO	$35 mln	adds to prior plan
Genzyme	GENZ	$1.5 bln	over 3 years
Heidrick & Struggles International	HSII	$50 mln	upon completion of current plan
Multimedia Games	MGAM	$25 mln	dutch auction
Nashua	NSHA	1.9 mln shares	tender offer
Reliv International	RELV	$15 mln	prior plan complete
Tally-Ho Ventures	TLYH	$600,000	over 12 months
Xinhua Finance Media	XFML	$50 mln
Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation	YAVY	100,000 shares
Source: The Online Investor