Thursday's Buybacks: Dow Chemical for $2 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
10/26/2006
Cigna Corp.	CI	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Dow Chemical Co.	DOW	$2 bln	upon completion of prior plan
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	GSK	$11.3 bln	over 3 years
Interactive Data Corp.	IDC	2 mln shares	prior plan complete
10/25/2006
Centennial Bank Holdings	CBHI	2.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Fidelity National Information Services	FIS	$200 mln
Fidelity National Title Group	FNT	25 mln shares	over 3 years
Financial Institutions Inc.	FISI	$5 mln	over 1 year
Kennametal Inc.	KMT	3.3 mln shares	38.6 mln shares outstanding
Microchip Technology Inc.	MCHP	10 mln shares
10/24/2006
Goodrich Corp.	GRP	$300 mlnover 3 years	over 18 months
Keane Inc.	KEA	3 mln shares	over 12 months
Laboratory Corporation of America	LH	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Lone Star Technologies	LSS	$100 mln	through 2007
10/23/2006
Petroleum Development Corp.	PETD	10% of outstanding	over 18 months
S1 Corp.	SONE	15% of outstanding	about $55 mln
United Therapeutics Corp.	UTHR	4 mln shares	over 2 years
Valero Energy Corp.	VLO	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
Waste Connections, Inc.	WCN	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
10/20/2006
Pfizer, Inc.	PFE	$10 bln	through 2007
10/19/2006
American Bancorp of New Jersey	ABNJ	10% of outstanding
Central Valley Community Bancorp	CVCY	$1 mln	through June '07
Grant Prideco, Inc.	GRP	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
TradeStation Group, Inc.	TRAD	$60 mln	aver 4 years
10/18/2006
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	$2.5 bln
Allstate Corp.	ALL	$3 bln	upon completion of prior plan
MASSBANK Corp.	MASB	50,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Valspar Corp.	VAL	4 mln shares	replaces prior plan
10/17/2006
Merrill Lynch & Co.	MER	$5 bln	adds to prior plan
Northern Trust Corporation	NTRS	11 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Yahoo! Inc.	YHOO	$3 bln	over 5 years
10/16/2006
Grainger	GWW	10 mln shares	86 mln shares outstanding
Health Net, Inc.	HNT	$235 mln	adds to prior plan
10/13/2006
Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc.	JTX	$200 mln	prior plan complete
PRB Energy Inc.	PRB	10% of shares	through 2006
10/12/2006
Standard Parking Corp.	STAN	$12.5 mln	adds to prior plan
Wendy's	WEN	35.4 mln shares	over 18-24 months
10/11/2006
CKE Restaurants Inc.	CKR	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Chaparral Steel Company	CHAP	$100 mln
10/9/2006
Manatron Inc.	MANA	$1 mln	replaces prior plan
XETA Technologies Inc.	XETA	$960,000	per year
10/6/2006
Steelcase Inc.	SCS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
10/5/2006
American Standard Companies	ASD	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
10/4/2006
Qwest Communications International Inc.	Q	$2 bln	over 2 years
10/3/2006
Alcan Inc.	AL	5% of outstanding	starting Nov, 2006
Alliance Data Systems	ADS	$600 mln	adds to prior plan
etrials Worldwide, Inc.	ETWC	$1 mln	12.4 mln shares outstanding
Hastings Entertainment, Inc.	HAST	$2.5 mln	adds to prior plan
World Acceptance Corp.	WRLD	$55 mln	replaces prior plan
10/2/2006
Bank of Marin	BMRC	10% of outstanding	over 12 months
STEN Corp.	STEN	200,000 shares	10% of outstanding
9/29/2006
Aetna Inc.	AET	$750 mln	adds to prior plan
Ohio Casualty Corp.	OCAS	$100 mln
9/28/2006
ConAgra Foods Inc.	CAG	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Jaclyn, Inc.	JLN	125,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Lockheed Martin Corp.	LMT	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Mirant Corp.	MIR	$100 mln	over 1 year
Monarch Casino & Resort	MCRI	1 mln shares
Pentair, Inc.	PNR	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
9/26/2006
Key Technology	KTEC	500,000 shares
9/25/2006
Hansen Naural Corp.	HANS	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Investors Bancorp	ISBC	5.3 mln shares	10% of outstanding
Oakley, Inc.	OO	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Pressure BioSciences	PBIO	$500,000
9/22/2006
Halliburton	HAL	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
9/21/2006
Arch Coal Inc.	ACI	14 mln shares	9.8% of outstanding
Carpenter Technology Corp.	CRS	$250 mln	over 12-18 months
Cognos Inc.	COGN	$200 mln	prior plan complete
Palm Inc.	PALM	$250 mln	103.6 mln shares outstanding
Tektronix Inc.	TEK	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
9/20/2006
Agilent Technologies Inc.	A	$2 bln	over 2 years
American Physicians Capital	ACAP	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
Bank of Commerce Holdings	BOCH	2.2% of outstanding	8.8 mln shares outstanding
Community Central Bank Corp.	CCBD	5% of outstanding	over 12 months
9/18/2006
Applied Materials Inc.	AMAT	$5 bln	prior plan complete
El Paso Electric CO.	EE	2.3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Southwest Georgia Financial Corp.	SGB	$13.2 mln	18% of outstanding
SurModics Inc.	SRDX	$35 mln	through next year
9/15/2006
Cigna Corp.	CI	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Methode Electronics Inc.	METH	3 mln shares
9/14/2006
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co.	LEND	5 mln shares
Ashland Inc.	ASH	7 mln shares	prior plan complete
P&F Industries	PFIN	37,450 shares	adds to prior plan
Westamerica Bancorporation	WABC	2 mln shares	6.4% of outstanding
Yum Brands Inc.	YUM	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
9/13/2006
Amerco	UHAL	$50 mln
AmeriCredit Corp.	ACF	$300 mln
Cheviot Financial Corp.	CHEV	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Datascope Corp.	DSCP	$40 mln	adds to prior plan
9/12/2006
Colonial BancGroup	CNB	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Goldman Sachs Group	GS	60 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Joy Global Inc	JOYG	$700 mln	adds to prior plan
New Plan Excel Realty Trust	NXL	$50 mln
Sears Holding Corp.	SHLD	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
9/11/2006
Avaya Inc.	AV	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
OMI Corp.	OMM	$70 mln	adds to prior plan
Source: The Online Investor