Monday's Buybacks: Merrill Lynch for $6 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
4/30/2007
American Bancorp of New Jersey	ABNJ	5% of 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
4/27/2007
Aetna Inc.	AET	$750 mln	adds to prior plan
Magyar Bancorp	MGYR	5% of outstanding	130,927 shares
Northwest Natural Gas Co.	NWN	$15 mln	adds to prior plan
Union Bancshares Corporation	UBSH	150,000 shares	through May 2008
4/26/2007
BCB Bancorp	BCBP	5% of outstanding	upon completion of current plan
Blue River Bancshares	BRBI	50,000 shares	1.425% of outstanding
Central Pacific Financial	CPF	600,000 shares	replaces prior plan
Cullen/Frost Bankers	CFR	2.5 mln shares	over 2 years
Greenhill & Company	GHL	$150 mln	over 12 months
Group 1 Automotive	GPI	$30 mln	over 12 months
InfoSpace	INSP	$100 mln
Investors Bancorp	ISBC		10% of outstanding
ITT Educational Services	ESI	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Lake Shore Bancorp	LSBK	148,781 shares	5% of outstanding
LSB Corporation	LSBX	230,000 shares	5% of outstanding
Navigant	NCI	$300 mln
Select Comfort	SCSS	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Sierra Bancorp	BSRR	500,000 shares	prior plan complete
Travelzoo	TZOO	1 mln shares
United Community Bancorp	UCBA	190,440 shares	5% of outstanding
4/25/2007
Arrow Financial Corporation	AROW	$6 mln	replaces prior plan
Asset Acceptance Capital Corporation	AACC	$75 mln	dutch auction
Charles Schwab Corporation	SCHW	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
First Marblehead	FMD	6.61 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Ikon Office Solutions	IKN	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Mattson Technology	MTSN	$20 mln
McGraw-Hill	MHP	15 mln shares	adds to prior plan
4/24/2007
Art Technology Group	ARTG	$20 mln
Charles & Colvard	CTHR	1 mln shares	over 12 months
Cymer	CYMI	$300 mln	replaces prior plan
FMC Corporation	FMC	$250 mln	replaces prior plan
Frontier Oil Corporation	FTO	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Home Federal Bancorp	HOMF	5% of outstanding	upon completion of current plan
International Business Machines	IBM	$15 bln	adds to prior plan
Legacy Bancorp	LEGC	515,430 shares	5% of outstanding
National City Corporation	NCC	40 mln shares	adds to prior plan
NB&T Financial Group	NBTF	170,000 shares	over 1 year
Nexity Financial Corporation	NXTY	250,000 shares	prior plan complete
Princeton National Bancorp	PNBC	50,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
UMB Financial Corporation	UMBF	2 mln shares	over 12 months
Vimpel-Communications	VIP	1.6 mln ADSs	through 2008
4/23/2007
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.	PXD	$450 mln	adds to prior plan
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates	VSEA	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
4/20/2007
First Niagara Financial Group	FNFG	2.9 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Genentech	DNA	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
Matthews International	MATW	2.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
4/19/2007
Applied Industrial Technologies	AIT	1.5 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Astoria Financial Corp.	AF	10 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
Brookline Bancorp	BRKL	2.5 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
Central Valley Community Bancorp	CVCY	$2 mln	over 6 months
Chittenden	CHZ	1 mln shares	over 2 years
Dearborn Bancorp	DEAR	400,000 shares
E*TRADE FINANCIAL	ETFC	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Herbalife	HLF	$300 mln	over 2 years
Inmation	IMN	5 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Informatica Corporation	INFA	$50 mln	86.5 mln shares outstanding
Umpqua Holdings	UMPQ	3.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
4/18/2007
Alabama National BanCorporation	ALAB	1 mln shares	through 12/2008
Allstate	ALL	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Chemical Financial Corporation	CHFC	500,000 shares	replaces prior plan
CKE Restaurants	CKR	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	JPM	$10 bln	replaces prior plan
Labor Ready	LRW	$100 mln	over 12 months
Ocean Shore Holding Co.	OSHC	200,000 shares	prior plan complete
SUPERVALUE	SVU	$235 mln	replaces prior plan
4/17/2007
American Greetings Corporation	AM	$100 mln
Domino's Pizza, Inc.	DPZ	$200 mln
Fulton Financial Corporation	FULT	1 mln shares	through 2007
Linear Technology Corporation	LLTC	$3 bln
4/16/2007
Centerline Holding Company	CHC	1.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
TCF Financial Corporation	TCB	5% of outstanding	adds to prior plan
4/13/2007
Coffee Holding Co.	JVA	5% of outstanding	276,491 shares
Oracle	ORCL	$4 bln	adds to prior plan
Pure H2O	PURH	$2.5 mln	60 mln shares
4/12/2007
Aladdin Knowledge Systems	ALDN	$10 mln	up to 500,000 shares
Rurban Financial Corporation	RBNF	250,000 shares	5% of outstanding
Youbet.com Inc.	UBET	$10 mln	through 3/2009
4/11/2007
Millennium Bankshares	MBVA	446,314 shares	5% of outstanding
4/10/2007
Electro Scientific Industries	ESIO	$50 mln
MasterCard, Inc.	MA	$500 mln
Qlogic Corporation	QLGC	$300 mln	prior plan complete
TLC Vision Corporation	TLCV	$125 mln	30% of outstanding
Usana Health Sciences	USNA	$40 mln	adds to prior plan
4/09/2007
Adobe Systems Inc.	ADBE	20 mln shares
4/05/2007
Community Valley Bancorp	CVLL	$6 mln
Global Payments	GPN	$100 mln
4/04/2007
Camden Property Trust	CPT	$250 mln
NVR Inc.	NVR	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
RF Industries	RFIL	$600,000	up to 100,000 shares
4/03/2007
Pacer International Inc.	PACR	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Washington Banking Company	WBCO	472,134 shares
4/02/2007
Arcelor Mittal	MT	$590 mln
Comfort Systems USA	FIX	1 mln shares	40.9 mln shares outstanding
Harken Energy Corporation	HEC	25 mln shares	includes prior plan
ProAssurance	PRA	$150 mln
3/30/2007
Horizon Financial Corporation	HRZB	600,000 shares	over 1 year
3/29/2007
J.C. Penney Company	JCP	$400 mln
Pain Therapeutics	PTIE	$20 mln	over 1 year
3/28/2007
Altera Corporation	ALTR	50 mln shares	adds to prior plan
FedFirst Financial Corporation	FFCO	153,500 shares	5% of outstanding
Henry Schein	HSIC	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Strategic Hotels & Resorts	BEE	$25 mln
3/27/2007
Camco Financial	CAFI	5% of outstanding	replaces prior plan
Financial Federal Corporation	FIF	$30 mln	adds to prior plan
First State Bancorporation	FSNM	5% of outstanding
Norfolk Southern Corporation	NSC	25 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Synopsys	SNPS	$500 mln
3/26/2007
BankFinancial Corporation	BFIN	1.2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Optical Cable Corporation	OCCF	300,100 shares	over 12 months
URS Corporation	URS	1 mln shares	through 2009
3/23/2007
Capital City Bank Group	CCBG	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Freddie Mac	FRE	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Vestin Realty Mortgage II	VRTB	$10 mln	38.8 mln shares outstanding
3/22/2007
IA Global	IAO	4 mln shares	2.6% of outstanding
MainSource Financial Group	MSFG	500,000 shares	replaces prior plan
Prudential Bancorp	PBIP	242,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Riverview Bancorp	RVSB	250,000 shares	2% of outstanding
WesBanco, Inc.	WSBC	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Williams-Sonoma	WSM	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
3/21/2007
BancorpSouth	BXS	3 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Chubb Inc.	CB	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
East West Bancorp	EWBC	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
Internet Commerce Corp.	ICCA	$2 mln	over 12-18 months
Komag, Inc.	KOMG	$200 mln
Ligand Pharmaceuticals	LGND	$100 mln	over 12 months
Motorola	MOT	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	75 mln shares	adds to prior plan
3/20/2007
Access National Corporation	ANCX	500,000 shares
FactSet Research Systems	FDS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
First Place Financial	FPFC	800,000 shares	prior plan expired
Genworth Financial	GNW	$600 mln	adds to prior plan
Seacor Holdings	CKH	$65.2 mln	adds to prior plan
SL Green Realty	SLG	$300 mln	through 2008
3/19/2007
Arden Group	ARDNA	200,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Ladenburg Thalman Financial Services	LTS	2.5 mln shares
Pre-Paid Legal Services	PPD	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Source: The Online Investor