Thursday's Buybacks: Black & Decker for 4 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
10/18/2007
American River Bankshares	AMRB	$2 mln	expands prior plan
The Black & Decker Corp.	BDK	4 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Hartmarx	HMX	3 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Rimage	RIMG	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
The Valspar Corp.	VAL	4 mln shares	4% of outstanding
10/17/2007
Dearborn Bancorp	DEAR	400,000 shares
First Horizon National	FHN	7.5 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Packaging Corp. of America	PKG	$150 mln	over 18 months
10/16/2007
Kimball International	KBALB	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
10/15/2007
BioFuel Energy	BIOF	$7.5 mln
Manatron	MANA	$1 mln	replaces prior plan
10/12/2007
Herley Industries	HRLY	1 mln shares
10/11/2007
Avon Products	AVP	$2 bln	over 5 years
10/10/2007
C.R. Bard	BCR	$500 mln	prior plan complete
10/09/2007
Alcoa	AA	217 mln shares	25% of outstanding
Yum! Brands	YUM	$1.25 bln	adds to prior plan
10/08/2007
Journal Communications	JRN	5 mln shares	over 18 months
New England Bancshares	NEBS	320,986 shares	5% of outstanding
10/05/2007
Copartm	CPRT	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Dollar Tree	DLTR	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
10/04/2007
CREDO Petroleum	CRED	$1 mln
NutriSystem	NTRI	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
PNC Financial Services	PNC	25 mln shares	replaces prior plan
10/02/2007
Woodward Governor	WGOV	$200 mln	prior plan complete
10/01/2007
Herman Miller	MLHR	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Hollywood Media	HOLL	$10 mln
Houston Wire & Cable	HWCC	$50 mln	increases prior plan
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
Source: The Online Investor

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