Thursday's Buybacks: Brinker for $300 Million

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
5/31/2007
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.	AEL	350,000 shares
Brinker International	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
5/25/2007
Christopher & Banks	CBK	$20 mln	over 1 year
Lowe's	LOW	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
RCN Corporation	RCNI	$25 mln
Timberland Bancorp	TSBK	178,475 shares	5% of outstanding
ViewPoint Financial Group	VPFG	464,198 shares	over 12 months
5/23/2007
CA	CA	$500 mln	527.4 mln shares outstanding
First Charter	FCTR	1.6 mln shares
PAB Bankshares	PABK	300,000 shares	over 12 months
SEI Investments	SEIC	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
5/22/2007
American Eagle Outfitters	AEO	23 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American Physicians Capital	ACAP	$15 mln	upon completion of current plan
Bank of Granite	GRAN	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
Citizens First Corporation	CZFC	100,000 shares	2 mln shares outstanding
First Community Bancshares	FCBC	550,000 shares
Principal Financial Group	PFG	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Qualcomm	QCOM	$3 bln	replaces prior plan
STEC Inc.	STEC	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Temecula Valley Bancorp	TMCV	$5.5 mln	over 6 months
5/21/2007
American Science & Engineering	ASEI	$35 mln
DTE Energy	DTE	$850 mln	adds to prior plan
Espey Manufacturing & Electronics	ESP	$2 mln	includes prior plan
Fifth Third Bancorp	FITB	30 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Marvel Entertainment	MVL	$200 mln	prior plan complete
NVIDIA	NVDA	$1 bln
ON Semiconductor	ONNN	30 mln shares	over 2 years
5/18/2007
Career Education Corporation	CECO	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Commerce Group Incorporated	CGI	2.9 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Mattel	MAT	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
O'Charley's	CHUX	$50 mln	includes prior plan
5/17/2007
Anaren	ANEN	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
BEA Systems	BEAS	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Intuit	INTU	$800 mln	over 3 years
Macatawa Bank Corporation	MCBC	$30 mln	17.2 mln shares
Net 1 UEPS Technologies	UEPS	$50 mln	through June 2008
ONEOK	OKE	7.5 mln shares	over 2 years
Tyler Technologies	TYL	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
5/16/2007
Cox Radio	CXR	$100 mln	upon completion of current plan
Cutera	CUTR	$25 mln	over 1 year
MEMC Electronic Materials	WFR	$500 mln
PCTEL	PCTI	500,000 shares
Southwest Airlines	LUV	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Sun Microsystems	SUNW	$3 bln	prior plan terminated
THQ Incorporated	THQI	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Tower Financial Corporation	TOFC	65,000 shares
Tupperware Brands	TUP	$150 mln	over 5 years
United Security Bancshares	UBFO	610,000 shares	prior plan cancelled
Warnaco Group	WRNC	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
5/15/2007
Alliance Bankshares	ABVA	300,000 shares	over 12 months
Barnes & Noble	BKS	$400 mln	adds to prior plan
Bob Evans Farms	BOBE	3 mln shares
Document Sciences	DOCX	850,000 shares	dutch auction tender offer
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation	FCF	1 mln shares
Ingersoll-Rand	IR	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
Pinnacle Airlines	PNCL	$30 mln	1.8 mln shares
SunTrust Banks	STI	$1 bln
5/14/2007
21st Century Holding Co.	TCHC	$5 mln
Basin Water	BWTR	$10 mln
Harte-Hanks	HHS	6 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Innospec	IOSP	$3 mln	adds to prior plan
Sun America Bancorp	SAMB	1 mln shares	over 12 months
5/11/2007
Actions Semiconductor	ACTS	48 mln shares	rthrough 2008
Cabot Corporation	CBT	5 mln shares	prior plan terminated
Employers Holdings	EIG	$75 mln	7.3% of outstanding
PartnerRe Ltd.	PRE	1.2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
United Industrial Corporation	UIC	$50 mln	11.2 mln shares outstanding
5/10/2007
Entegris	ENTG	20.4 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
Mesa Air Group	MESA	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory	RMCF	$5 mln	350,000 shares
Shore Financial	SHBK	125,000 shares	over one year
Taylor Capital Group	TAYC	$10 mln	over 12 months
5/09/2007
CVS/Caremark	CVS	$5 bln
Endurance Specialty Holdings	ENH	16 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Liberty Media Corporation	LCAPA	$500 mln	dutch auction tender offer
MoneyGram International	MGI	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
National Bankshares	NKSH	100,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Navigant Consulting Inc.	NCI	10.5 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
United Stationers	USTR	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Young Innovations	YDNT	500,000 shares	replaces prior plan
5/08/2007
Cathay General Bancorp	CATY	1 mln shares	prior plan complete
Centennial Bank Holdings	CBHI	2 mln shares	over 12 months
CSX Corporation	CSX	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Great Lakes Bancorp	GLK	5% of outstanding	over 6 months
Marsh & McLennan Companies	MMC	$500 mln
Max Capital Group	MXGL	$33.6 mln	adds to prior plan
Midas	MDS	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
TransMontaigne Partners L.P.	TLP	10,000 units per year
5/07/2007
Bank Mutual Corporation	BKMU	3 mln shares	5.4% of outstanding
Commonwealth Bankshares	CWBS	unspecified amount
Methanex	MEOH	10% of outstanding
Polycom	PLCM	$250 mln
Ryder System	R	$200 mln	over 2 years
5/04/2007
International Bancshares Corporation	IBOC	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Odyssey HealthCare	ODSY	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Safeco Corporation	SAF	$250 mln	106.7 mln shares outstanding
5/03/2007
Amcore Financial	AMFI	2 mln shares	prior plan complete
D&B	DNB	$200 mln	upon completion of current plan
Gray Television	GTN	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
I.D. Systems	IDSY	$10 mln
Journal Communications	JRN	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Regis Corporation	RGS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
RLI Corporation	RLI	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Tennant Co.	TNC	1 mln shares	18.8 mln shares outstanding
5/02/2007
CDC Corporation	CHINA	$20 mln	over 12 months
J. B. Hunt Transportation Services	JBHT	$500 mln	prior plan complete
Merit Medical Systems	MMSI	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Open Text Corporation	OTEX	5% of outstanding
Orbital Sciences Corporation	ORB	$50 mln	replaces prior plan
PepsiCo Inc.	PEP	$8 bln	upon completion of current plan
RealNetworks	RNWK	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Shore Bancshares	SHBI	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
SRA International	SRX	$40 mln
5/01/2007
1st Source Corporation	SRCE	2 mln shares	8.8% of outstanding
Chemed	CHE	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
1st Source Corporation	SRCE	2 mln shares	8.8% of outstanding
Plum Creek Timber Company	PCL	$200 mln	includes prior plan
Tibco Software	TIBX	$300 mln	replaces prior plan
4/30/2007
AFC Enterprise	AFCE	$40 mln	adds to prior plan
American Bancorp of New Jersey	ABNJ		5% of outstanding
Gateway Financial Holdings	GBTS	500,000 shares	11 mln shares outstanding
Intervest Bancshares Corporation	IBCA	$10 mln	over 6 months
Merrill Lynch & Co.	MER	$6 bln
United Community Financial Corporation	UCFC	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Wintrust Financial Corporation	WTFC	1 mln shares	over 12 months
Source: The Online Investor