Friday's Buybacks: Starwood Hotels for $1 Billion

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

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COMPANY	SYMBOL	AMOUNT	NOTES
11/09/2007
Ambassadors Group	EPAX	$20 mln	adds to prior plan
Brooks Automation	BRKS	$200 mln
Coach	COH	$1 bln	thru 6/27/09
Estee Lauder	EL	20 mln shares	10% of outstanding
Fair Isaac	FIC	$250 mln	replaces prior plan
HNI Corp.	HNI	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Kenexa	KNXA	2 mln shares	8% of outstanding
Starwood Hotels & Resorts	HOT	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Watts Water Technologies	WTS	3 mln shares
11/08/2007
AmerisourceBergen	ABC	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Cache Inc.	CACH	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
CB Richard Ellis	CBG	$500 mln
Corn Products International	CPO	5 mln shares	over 3 years
Courier Corp.	CRRC	$10 mln
Cowen Group	COWN	2 mln shares
Delphi Financial Group	DFG	1.5 mln shares	replaces prior plan
FiberNet Telecom Group	FTGX	5 mln shares	thru 2008
First California Financial	FCAL	$5 mln	over 1 year
H&E Equipment Services	HEES	$100 mln
Jarden	JAH	$100 mln
Oxford Industries	OXM	$60 mln	replaces prior plan
SkyWest	SKYW	5 mln shares
Tellabs	TLAB	$600 mln	adds to prior plan
Teradyne	TER	$400 mln	prior plan complete
11/07/2007
First Cash Financial Services	FCFS	1 mln shares	prior plan complete
Marlin Business Services	MRLN	$15 mln
Rockwell Automation	ROK	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Sanders Morris Harris	SMHG	1 mln shares	4% of outstanding
Universal Corp.	UVV	$150 mln
Universal Truckload Services	UACL	800,000 shares
11/06/2007
W.R. Berkley	BER	20 mln shares	11% of outstanding
Family Dollar	FDO	$150 mln	adds to prior plan
Qlogic	QLGC	$200 mln	over 2 years
Redwood Trust	RWT	5 mln shares	replaces prior plan
UST Inc.	UST	$350 mln	adds to prior plan
11/05/2007
Anaren	ANEN	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Bank Mutual Corp.	BKMU	3 mln shares	5.7% of outstanding
GLG Partners	GLG	$100 mln	over 6 months
Lab Corp. of America	LH	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Korn/Ferry International	KFY	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Nu Skin	NUS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Vignette	VIGN	$75 mln
11/02/2007
Crocs, Inc.	CROX	1 mln shares
Harrington West Financial	HWFG	200,000 shares
11/01/2007
Access National	ANCX	1.5 mln shares	expands prior plan
Acuity Brands	AYI	2 mln shares	5% of outstanding
Allegheny Technologies	ATI	$500 mln
American Standard	ASD	$750 mln	thru 2008
Epicor Software	EPIC	$50 mln
Immersion Corp.	IMMR	$50 mln
Intersil	ISIL	$400 mln	over 1 year
Liberty Media	LCAPA	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Robert Half International	RHI	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
10/31/2007
Constellation Energy	CEG	$1 bln	over 2 years
InterDigital	IDCC	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Plum Creek Timber	PCL	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
UnitedHealth	UNH	210 mln shares	expands prior plan
10/30/2007
Hanover Insurance	THG	$100 mln
PACCAR	PCAR	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
United Parcel Service	UPS	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
10/29/2007
Acxiom Corp.	ACXM	$75 mln	over 1 year
Boeing	BA	$7 bln	adds to prior plan
Key Energy Services	KEG	$300 mln	thru 3/31/09
Novellus Systems	NVLS	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Superior Bancorp	SUPR	1 mln shares	prior plan complete
10/26/2007
Accenture	ACN	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
Eastman Chemical	EMN	$700 mln	prior plan complete
NewMarket	NEU	$50 mln	thru 2009
10/25/2007
EMC Corp	EMC	$2 bln	expands prior plan
Granite Construction	GVA	$200 mln	replaces prior plan
Integrated Device Technologies	IDTI	$200 mln	expands prior plan
Provident Financial Services	PFS	3.1 mln shares	5% of outstanding
TF Financial	THRD	200,000 shares	7% of outstanding
United America Indemnity	INDM	$50 mln	over 1 year
10/24/2007
AutoNation	AN	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
CEC Entertainment	CEC	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Celadon Group	CLDN	2 mln shares	over 1 year
Cincinnati Financial	CINF	13 mln shares	adds to prior plan
10/23/2007
Centrue Financial	TRUE	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Headwaters	HW	$15 mln
MASSBANK	MASB	100,000 shares	adds to prior plan
SEI Investments Co.	SEIC	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
10/22/2007
Bank of Hawaii	BOH	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Citizens South Banking	CSBC	200,000 shares	2.5% of outstanding
Gilead Sciences	GILD	$3 bln	thru 2010
Monarch Community Bancorp	MCBF	253,000 shares	10% of outstanding
10/19/2007
Maxus Realty Trust	MRTI	100,000 shares
Sherwin Williams	SHW	30 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Ship Finance International	SFL	7 mln shares
American River Bankshares	AMRB	$2 mln	expands prior plan
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
Source: The Online Investor

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