Friday's Buybacks: Charter Financial for 1 Million Shares

The following are stock buybacks announced over the past 30 days.

COMPANY	SYMBOL	AMOUNT	NOTES
11/17/2006
Charter Financial Corp.	CHFN	1 mln shares	tender offer
Commerce Group Inc.	CGI	3.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Frontier Oil Corp.	FTO	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Tri-Continental Corp.	TY	5% of outstanding	Jan-Dec 2007
United Financial Bancorp	UBNK	858,000 shares	5% of outstanding
11/16/2006
Arbitron Inc.	ARB	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Barrett Business Services	BBSI	500,000 shares
Kronos Inc.	KRON	1.25 mln shares	adds to prior plan
OMI Corp.	OMM	$140 mln	adds to prior plan
Seacor Holdings Inc.	CKH	$75 mln	including prior plan
Southwest Airlines	LUV	$400 mln	prior plan complete
11/15/2006
Cisco	CSCO	$7 bln	adds to prior plan
Comerica Inc.	CMA	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
DeVry Inc.	DV	$35 mln	over 2 years
Great Southern Bancorp Inc.	GSBC	700,000 shares	replaces prior plan
InPhonic	INPC	$30 mln
Marchex Inc.	MCHX	3 mln shares
Network Appliance Inc.	NTAP	$800 mln	adds to prior plan
Pall Corp.	PLL	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
11/14/2006
Applebee's International Inc.	APPB	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
Benjamin Franklin Bancorp	BFBC	412,490 shares	5% of outstanding
Encore Wire Corp.	WIRE	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Perceptron Inc.	PRCP	$2 mln	adds to prior plan
PrimeEnergy Corp.	PNRG	300,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Prudential Financial	PRU	$3 bln	through 2007
11/13/2006
Black Box Corp.	BBOX	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
China Medical Technologies	CMED	$30 mln
Lawson Software	LWSN	$100 mln	186.4 mln shares outstanding
Pool Corp.	POOL	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Sonic	SONC	$75 mln	adds to prior plan
Vignette	VIGN	$75 mln	over one year
11/10/2006
Air T Inc.	AIRT	$2 mln
Assurant Inc.	AIZ	$600 mln	upon completion of prior plan
CorVel Corp.	CRVL	200,000 shares	adds to prior plan
11/09/2006
Ambassadors Group Inc.	EPAX	$11 mln	adds to prior plan
Amcol International Corp.	ACO	$15 mln	over 2 years
First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas	FFBH	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Hydril	HYDL	$150 mln
Radian Group Inc.	RDN	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
SureWest Communications	SURW	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
11/08/2006
Frozen Food Express Industries	FFEX	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Orbotech Ltd.	ORBK	1.7 mln shares
PetMed Express Inc.	PETS	$20 mln	24.2 mln shares outstanding
11/07/2006
Eagle Materials Inc.	EXP	5.16 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Excel Technology Inc.	XLTC	2 mln shares	16.6% of outstanding
PDI Inc.	PDII	1 mln shares	prior plan terminated
Schnitzer Steel Industries	SCHN	4.7 mln shares	15% of outstanding
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries	TEVA	$600 mln
Universal Compression Holdings	UCO	$200 mln	Until Nov 2008
11/06/2006
CheckFree	CKFR	$100 mln	through Aug 2007
Liberty Media	LCAPA	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Nashua	NSHA	500,000 shares	6.3 mln shares outstanding
PerkinElmer Inc.	PKI	10 mln shares	over 4 years
TXU	TXU	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
11/03/2006
C&F Financial Corp.	CFFI	150,000 shares	prior plan complete
Medco Haelth Solutions	MHS	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Span-America Medical Systems	SPAN	100,000 shares
W.R. Berkley	BER	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
11/02/2006
Canterbury Park Holding Corp.	ECP	100,000 shares	4 mln shares outstanding
CBS Corp.	CBS	$1.5 bln
Safeco	SAFC	15 mln shares	including prior plan
11/01/2006
Citrix Systems Inc.	CTXS	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Fair Isaac Corp.	FIC	$500 mln	replaces prior plan
Manpower Inc.	MAN	5 mln shares
Robert Half International	RHI	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Unitrin Inc.	UTR	6 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Valhi Inc.	VHI	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
10/31/2006
ASV Inc.	ASVI	$50 mln	over 3 years
Captaris Inc.	CAPA	$8 mln	adds to prior plan
IAC Interactive Corp.	IACI	60 mln shares	adds to prior plan
International Business Machines	IBM	$4 bln	adds to prior plan
United States Steel Corporation	X	8 mln shares	replaces prior plan
10/30/2006
Arctic Cat Inc.	ACAT	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
CyberKey Solutions Inc.	CKYS	$1 mln	over 6 months
Holly Corp.	HOC	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Republic Services Inc.	RSG	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
10/27/2006
Alexander & Baldwin Inc.	ALEX	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American Physicians Capital	ACAP	$32 mln	adds to prior plan
Avery Dennison	AVY	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
BFC Financial Corp.	BFF	1.75 mln shares	5% of outstanding
Exar Corp.	EXAR	$16 mln	adds to prior plan
Home Properties Inc.	HME	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
ITT Corp.	ITT	$1 bln	over 3 years
MTC Technologies Inc.	MTCT	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
Red Hat Inc.	RHAT	$250 mln
10/26/2006
American Greetings Corp.	AM	$100 mln
BankUnited Financial Corp.	BKUNA	3 mln shares
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.	COG	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
ChoicePoint	CPS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Cigna Corp.	CI	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Dow Chemical Co.	DOW	$2 bln	upon completion of prior plan
Ecolab Inc.	ECL	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
GlaxoSmithKline PLC	GSK	$11.3 bln	over 3 years
Hub Group Inc.	HUBG	$75 mln	through June '08
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
Source: The Online Investor

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