Friday's Buybacks: Aetna for $1.3 Billion

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

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COMPANY	SYMBOL	AMOUNT	NOTES
9/28/2007
Aetna	AET	$1.25 bln	adds to prior plan
Del Monte	DLM	$200 mln	over 3 years
Graco	GGG	7 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Red Lion Hotels	RLH	$10 mln
Spartech	SEH	2 mln shares	6% of outstanding
Terra Nova Financial	TNFG	$5 mln
WESCO International	WCC	$400 mln	prior plan complete
9/27/2007
Bed Bath & Beyond	BBBY	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
ConAgra Foods	CAG	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Famous Dave of America	DAVE	1 mln shares	10% of outstanding
Lockheed Martin	LMT	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Tyco Electronics	TEL	$750 mln
Worthington Industries	WOR	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Wyeth	WYE	$5 bln	increases prior plan
9/26/2007
Chevron	CVX	$15 bln	over 3 years
Grey Wolf	GWW	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
West Coast Bancorp	WCBO	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
9/25/2007
Metlife	MET	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Pixelworks	PXLW	$10 mln	over 1 year
Stone Energy	SGY	$100 mln
XL Capital	XL	$500 mln
9/24/2007
Air Products & Chemicals	APD	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Cascade Corp.	CAE	$50 mln	over 2 years
Citizens Community Bancorp	CZWI	5% of shares	over 1 year
HealthStream	HSTM	$3 mln
Kensey Nash	KNSY	$25 mln
9/21/2007
BankAtlantic Bancorp	BBX	6 mln shares	10% of outstanding
Texas Instruments	TI	$5 bln	adds to prior plan
9/20/2007
Barnwell Industries	BRN	150,000 shares	thru 3/24/08
CBRL Group	CBRL	1 mln shares
Dress Barn	DBRN	$100 mln
Kohl's	KSS	$2.5 bln	over 3 years
9/19/2007
ECB Bancorp	ECBE	146,000 shares
ESB Financial	ESBF	5% of outstanding	upon completion of current plan
Habersham Bancorp	HABC	150,000 shares
Stewart Enterprises	STEI	$25 mln	94.8 mln shares outstanding
9/18/2007
Brady Corporation	BRC	1 mln shares
Choice Hotels International	CHH	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Edwards Lifesciences	EW	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Erie Indemnity Company	ERIE	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Macrovision	MVSN	$60 mln	prior plan complete
Superior Energy Services	SPN	$350 mln	through 2009
9/17/2007
Cabot Corporation	CBT	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation	CTSH	$100 mln	over 12 months
Gottschalks	GOT	2 mln shares	over 12 months
HandHeld Entertainment	ZVUE	1 mln shares	over 6 months
Move Inc.	MOVE	$50 mln	over 1 year
W.P. Carey & Company	WPC	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
9/14/2007
The Brink's Co.	BCO	48.5 mln shares outstanding
Horace Mann Educators	HMN	$50 mln	replaces prior plan
Vaalco Energy	EGY	$20 mln	over 12 months
9/13/2007
Alaska Air Group	ALK	$100 mln
NN Inc.	NNBR	$25 mln	replaces prior plan
Tween Brands	TWB	$175 mln	adds to prior plan
Tyco International	TYC	$1 bln
9/12/2007
Communications Systems	JCS	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
MutualFirst Financial	MFSF	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Omega Flex	OFLX	$5 mln	over 2 years
9/11/2007
Epic Bancorp	EPIK	5% of outstanding	over 12 months
United Technologies	UTX	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
9/10/2007
Franklin Street Properties	FSP	$15 mln	adds to prior plan
9/6/2007
Ansoft Corporation	ANST	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Cameco	CCJ	$711.5 mln	over 1 year
Cowlitz Bancorporation	CWLZ	500,000 shares
Nucor	NUE	30 mln shares	adds to prior plan
QAD	QADI	1 mln shares	over 1 year
TAL International Group	TAL	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
9/5/2007
Altera	ALtr	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
iMergent	IIG	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Noven Pharmaceuticals	NOVN	$25 mln	25 mln shares outstanding
Tech Data Corporation	TECD	$100 mln
9/4/2007
CBS Corporation	CBS	$1.6 bln
ClearOne Communications	CLRO	$3.6 mln	over 12 months
Exelon	EXC	$1.25 bln	over 6 months
GameTech International	GMTC	$5 mln	over 12 months
Monster Worldwide	MNST	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina	PEBK	75,000 shares	over 1 year
8/31/2007
Cato Corporation	Ctr	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
8/30/2007
Accuray	ARAY	$25 mln	53.8 mln shares outstanding
Argon ST	STST	2 mln shares	over 1 year
Chicago Mercantile Exchange	CME	1.6 mln shares	tender offer
Essex Property trust	ESS	$200 mln	27.9 mln shares outstanding
Kulicke & Soffa Industries	KLIC	$6 mln	prior plan complete
MetroCorp Bancshares	MCBI	500,000 shares
Steel Dynamics	STLD	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
8/29/2007
American Bancorp of New Jersey	ABNJ	5% of outstanding	prior plan complete
Bank of Commerce Holdings	BOCH	2.2% of outstanding	8.9 mln shares outstanding
Compuware	CPWR	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
DaimlerChrysler	DAI	$10.2 bln	over 1 year
Ditech Networks	DITC	9.1 mln shares	dutch auction
Ensco International	ESV	$500 mln	prior plan complete
Exar	EXAR	$100 mln	over 12 months
Frontier Oil	FTO	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Medicis	MRX	$200 mln
8/28/2007
Aware	AWRE	$5 mln	over 16 months
Dycom Industries	DY	$15 mln	over 18 months
Earthlink	ELNK	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
LandAmerica Financial Group	LFG	9% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
Mattel	MAT	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
MoSys	MOSY	$19.5 mln	over 12 months
Republic Airways Holdings	RJET	$100 mln	over 1 year
triCo Bancshares	TCBK	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
8/27/2007
Atmel	ATML	$250 mln	10% of outstanding
Enterprise Financial Services Corporation	EFSC	5% of outstanding	replaces prior plan
Linclon Park Bancorp	LPBC	5% of outstanding	41,780 shares
Manpower Inc.	MAN	5 mln shares	prior plan complete
Oplink Communications	OPLK	$40 mln	replaces prior plan
8/24/2007
American Woodmark Corporation	AMWD	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Provident New York Bancorp	PBNY	2 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
Rock-Tenn	RKT	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Tessera Technologies	TSRA	$100 mln
8/23/2007
Gap	GPS	$1.5 bln	adds to prior plan
Herbalife	HLF	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
LaBarge	LB	1 mln shares	over 12 months
OneBeacon Insurance Group	OB	$200 mln	98 mln shares outstanding
Sussex Bancorp	SBBX	100,000 shares	adds to prior plan
The First of Long Island Corporation	FLIC	200,000 shares	continues prior plan
Westamerica Bancorporation	WABC	2 mln shares	through 8/2008
Candela	CLZR	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
8/22/2007
City Holding Company	CHCO	1 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Genlyte Group	GLYT	5% of outstanding	1.45 mln shares
Greene County Bancorp	GCBC	5% of outstanding	92,346 shares
Lancaster Colony Corporation	LANC	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
LCA-Vision	LCAV	$50 mln	prior plan complete
Legacy Bancorp	LEGC	486,366 shares	5% of outstanding
Men's Wearhouse	MW	$90.3 mln	adds to prior plan
Univest	UVSP	5% of outstanding	replaces prior plan
8/21/2007
American National Bankshares	AMNB	125,000 shares	over 1 year
Brooklyn Federal Bancorp	BFSB	$2 bln	prior plan complete
CenturyTel	CTL	$750 mln	through 9/2009
Evans Bancorp	EVBN	100,000 shares	over 2 years
FieldPoint Petroleum	FPP	$225,000
First Place Finanical Corporation	FPFC	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Illinois Tool Works	ITW	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
MTS Systems Corporation	MTSC	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Nordstrom	JWN	$1.5 bln	prior plan complete
triCo Bancshares	TCBK	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
Wyndham Worldwide	WYN	$200 mln
8/20/2007
Assisted Living Concepts	ALC	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Exterran Holdings	EXH	$200 mln	through 8/2009
First United Corporation	FUNC	5% of outstanding	307,500 shares
GeoPharma	GORX	1 mln shares
Grainger	GWW	10 mln shares	includes prior plan
Guaranty Federal Bancshares	GFED	350,000 shares	prior plan complete
LSI Corporation	LSI	$500 mln
Peoples Financial Corporation	PFBX	2.5% of outstanding	136,000 shares
Spak Networks	LOV	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
Standard Motor Products	SMP	$3.3 mln	adds to prior plan
SumTotal Systems	SUMT	$15 mln
8/17/2007
Access National	ANCX	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Delta Apparel	DLA	$4 mln	adds to prior plan
Kentucky First Federal Bancorp	KFFB	150,000 shares	over 1 year
Old Line Bancshares	OLBK	300,000 shares
ProCentury Corporation	PROS	$10 mln	over 1 year
State Auto Financial Corporation	STFC	4 mln shares	through 2009
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	VSEA	100 mln	adds to prior plan
8/16/2007
American Financial Group	AFG	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American Physicians Capital	ACAP	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Belden	BDC	$100 mln	45.1 mln shares outstanding
Chicopee Bancorp	CBNK	371,968 shares	5% of outstanding
First National Lincoln Corporation	FNLC	300,000 shares	3.1% of outstanding
Lakeland Bancorp	LBAI	500,000 shares	over 12 months
Parker Hannifin	PH	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
The South Financial Group	TSFG	$100 mln	through 6/2008
Twin Disc	TWIN	200,000 shares	prior plan complete
Zygo	ZIGO	$25 mln
8/15/2007
CompX International	CIX	500,000 shares
Ixia	XXIA	$50 mln
James Hardie Industries	JHX		10% of outstanding
Jones Lang LaSalle	JLL	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Martin Marietta Materials	MLM	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Network Appliance	NTAP	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
PetSmart	PETM	$300 mln	over 2 years
Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania	PBIP	230,500 shares	over 12 months
Summit State Bank	SSBI	100,000 shares	2% of outstanding
United Stationers	UStr	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
VeriSign	VRSN	$1.1 bln
8/14/2007
Acuity Brands	AYI	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American Commercial Lines	ACLI	$150 mln	prior plan complete
Asbury Automotive Group	ABG	2 mln shares	through 2/2008
Cogent Communications Group	CCOI	$50 mln	through 2008
Convergys	CVG	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Integrated Silicon Solution	ISSI	$30 mln	dutch auction tender offer
MPS Group	MPS	$75 mln	adds to prior plan
U.S. Home Systems	USHS	$5 mln
Walter Industries	WLT	$25 mln
8/13/2007
Cascade Bancorp	CACB	5% of outstanding	over 2 years
FirstFed Financial	FED	1.35 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Forest Laboratories	FRX	35 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Hot Topic	HOTT	$40 mln	through 2/2008
Mace Security International	MACE	$2 mln
Molex	MOLX	$200 mln	replaces prior plan
Palomar Medical Technologies	PMTI	1 mln shares
Sears Holdings	SHLD	$1.5 bln	adds to prior plan
Taylor Capital Group	TAYC	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
8/10/2007
Polo Ralph Lauren	RL	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Tekelec	TKLC	$50 mln	71.3 mln shares outstanding
Source: The Online Investor

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