Monday's Buybacks: MetLife for $2.2 Billion, IBM for $1 Billion

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
12/03/2007
Discover Financial Services	DFS	$1 bln	over 3 years
International Business Machines	IBM	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Lifetime Brands	LCUT	$40 mln	expands prior plan
Metlife	MET	$2.2 bln	each of next two years
11/30/2007
Bank of Marin Bancorp	BMRC	$5 mln	over 1 year
Callaway Golf	ELY	$100 mln
Drew Industries	DW	1 mln shares
Fox Chase Bancorp	FXCB	327,000 shares	5% of outstanding
Genworth Financial	GNW	$1 bln	thru 2009
Perry Ellis International	PERY	$20 mln
11/29/2007
Brown-Forman	BFA	$200 mln
CB Richard Ellis	CBG	$635 mln	expands prior plan
Silver State Bancorp	SSBX	764,415 shares	5% of outstanding
Simmons First National	SFNC	700,000 shares	5% of outstanding
11/28/2007
Buckle Inc.	BKE	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Callidus Software	CALD	$10 mln
Panera Bread	PNRA	$75 mln
Principal Financial Group	PFG	$500 mln	prior plan complete
Span America Medical	SPAN	5% of shares
Universal Technical Institute	UTI	$50 mln
11/27/2007
Fastenal	FAST	1 mln shares
Gymboree	GYMB	$50 mln
Lifepoint Hospitals	LPNT	$150 mln	over 1 year
Lincoln Bancorp	LNCB	265,600 shares	5% of outstanding
11/26/2007
Affiliated Computer Services	ACS	$1 bln
Ashford Hospitality	AHT	$50 mln
11/21/2007
First Business Financial	FBIZ	$1 mln
Ikon Office Solutions	IKN	$500 mln
S.Y. Bancorp	SYBT	550,000 shares	4% of outstanding
11/20/2007
Dillard's	DDS	$200 mln	prior plan complete
Hastings Entertainment	HAST	$7.5 mln	adds to prior plan
MICROS Systems	MCRS	1 mln shares	over 3 years
Stage Stores	SSI	$50 mln
Target	TGT	$10 bln	replaces prior plan
11/19/2007
American Equity Investments	AEL	10 mln shares	over 1 year
Comfort Systems USA	FIX	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Horizon Lines	HRZ	$50 mln
Magyar Bancorp	MGYR	129924 shares	5% of outstanding
Nordstrom	JWN	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
PartnerRe	PRE	5 mln shares	expands prior plan
11/16/2007
Agilent	A	$2 bln	prior plan complete
AmTrust Fin'l Services	AFSI	3 mln shares
Arbitron Inc.	ARB	$200 mln
Bob Evans Farms	BOBE	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Cisco Systems	CSCO	$10 bln	adds to prior plan
Cooper Tire & Rubber	CTB	$100 mln	replaces prior plan
CSP Inc.	CSPI	250,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Gardner Denver	GDI	2.7 mln shares	5% of outstanding
Lake Shore Bancorp	LSBK	141,342 shares	5% of outstanding
NACCO Industries	NC	$100 mln
Varian Semiconductor	VSEA	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
11/15/2007
Aaron Rents	RNT	5 mln shares	expands prior plan
Administaff	ASF	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
American International Group	AIG	$8 bln	adds to prior plan
Broadcom	BRCM	$1 bln	thru 2008
Electronics for Imaging	EFII	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
First Community Bank	FCFL	$1.4 mln	thru 2008
Hub Group	HUBG	$75 mln	thru 6/30/09
Insight Enterprises	NSIT	$50 mln
RLI Corp.	RLI	$200 mln	double prior plan
Surmodics	SRDX	$35 mln	prior plan complete
United Community Bancorp	UCBA	180,918 shares	5% of outstanding
11/14/2007
Comerica	CMA	10 mln shares	6.6% of outstanding
Ethan Allen Interiors	ETH	632,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Hancock Holding Co.	HBHC	3 mln shares	prior plan complete
Techne Corp.	TECH	$150 mln
Whitney Holding	WTNY	4 mln shares	5.9% of outstanding
11/13/2007
Aeropostale	ARO	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Allegheny Technologies	ATI	$500 mln
Liz Claiborne	LIZ	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Prudential Financial	PRU	$3.5 bln	in 2008
Waste Management	WMI	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
11/12/2007
CSS Industries	CSS	500,000 shares	4% of outstanding
Feldman Mall Properties	FMP	3 mln shares
Titanium Metals	TIE	$100 mln
Zale Corp.	ZLC	$200 mln
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
Source: The Online Investor