Friday's Buybacks: GE for $14 Billion; Amgen for $5 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
7/13/2007
Amgen	AMGN	$5 bln	adds to prior plan
General Electric	GE	$14 bln	increases prior plan
7/12/2007
Eaton Vance	EV	8 mln shares
Fastenal	FAST	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Halliburton	HAL	$2 bln	adds to prior plan
H.B. Fuller	FUL	$100 mln
Intervoice	INTV	2 mln shares	over 2 years
Ruby Tuesday	RT	6.5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
7/11/2007
First Clover Leaf Financial	FCLF	5% of shares
International Speedway	ISCA	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
7/09/2007
ConocoPhillips	COP	$15 bln	thru 2008
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	$10 bln
7/05/2007
Cognos	COGN	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
Healthways	HWAY	$100 mln	over 2 years
7/02/2007
CTS Corp.	CTS	2 mln shares	6% of outstanding
Devon Energy	DVN	annual program	adds to prior plan
Mayflower Bancorp	MFLR	104,792 shares	5% of outstanding
MB Financial	MBFI	1 mln shares	adds to prior plan
NetEase.com	NTES	$120 mln	over 12 months
Charles Schwab	SCHW	$2.3 bln	modified auction
U.S. Energy Corporation	USEG	$5 mln
Winnebago Industries	WGO	$60 mln	adds to prior plan
6/29/2007
North Central Bancshares	FFFD	75,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Steel Dynamics	STLD	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
6/28/2007
Apollo Group	APOL	$500 mln
Community Bank Shares of Indiana	CBIN	$5 mln	3.3 mln shares outstanding
Developers Diversified	DDR	$500 mln	over 2 years
Dominion Resources	D	55 mln shares	dutch auction tender offer
6/27/2007
Best Buy	BBY	$5.5 bln	replaces prior plan
U-Store-It Trust	YSI	3 mln shares
6/26/2007
Camden National	CAC	750,000 shares	over 1 year
Clarcor	CLC	$250 mln	over 3 years
Kroger	KR	$1 bln	replaces prior plan
Provident Financial Holdings	PROV	5% of shares
Tektronix	TEK	$350 mln	adds to prior plan
6/25/2007
AMREIT	AMY	$5 mln
Harvest Natural	HNR	$50 mln
Liberty Property Trust	LRY	$50 mln	accelerated buyback
6/22/2007
Limited Brands	LTD	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Medtronic	MDT	50 mln shares	adds to prior plan
6/21/2007
Community Capital Corporation	CPBK	$2.2 mln
Dime Community Bancshares	DCOM	5% of outstanding	upon completion of current plan
Franklin Resources	BEN	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Riverview Bancorp	RVSB	750,000 shares	adds to prior plan
Steelcase	SCS	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
Superior Bancorp	SUPR	1 mln shares	34.7 mln shares outstanding
6/20/2007
Alladin Knowledge Systems	ALDN	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
GB&T Bancshares	GBTB	$10 mln	4.3% of outstanding
Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation	HARL	196,000 shares	upon completion of current plan
Integra Bank Corporation	IBNK	2.5% of outstanding	expands prior plan
Logitech International	LOGI	$250 mln	upon completion of current plan
New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares	NHTB	5% of outstanding	253,776 shares
Preferred Bank	PFBC	5% of outstanding
Winnebago Industries	WGO	$60 mln	adds to prior plan
6/19/2007
Expedia	EXPE	$3.5 bln
Family Dollar Stores	FDO	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Home Depot	HD	$22.5 bln	includes prior plan
Mentor	MNT	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
S&T Bancorp	STBA	1 mln shares	4% of outstanding
W.P.Carey & Co.	WPC	$20 mln	through 2007
6/18/2007
Wind River Systems	WIND	$50 mln
6/15/2007
Northwest Bancorp	NWSB	1 mln shares	prior plan complete
Odyssey Re Holdings Corporation	ORH	$200 mln	over 2 years
RBC Bearings	ROLL	$10 mln	replaces prior plan
6/14/2007
CRA International	CRNI	1.5 mln shares	includes prior plan
Invesco	IVZ	$500 mln	over 1 year
Progressive	PGR	100 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Staples	SPLS	$1.5 bln	replaces prior plan
Symantec	SYMC	$2 bln	prior plan complete
Target	TGT	$3 bln	adds to prior plan
Teleflex	TFX	$300 mln
6/13/2007
Captaris	CAPA	$6.6 mln	adds to prior plan
Ditech Networks	DITC	$60 mln
Republic First Bancorp	FRBK	5% of outstanding	over 1 year
6/12/2007
ArcelorMittal	MT	27 mln shares	upon completion of current plan
HealthSpring	HS	$50 mln	over 12 months
6/11/2007
American Commercial Lines	ACLI	$200 mln
Arbinet-thexchange	ARBX	$15 mln
CBRL Group	CBRL	500,000 shares	includes prior plan
Colonial BancGroup	CNB	$150 mln	over 2 years
O.I. Corporation	OICO	300,000 shares	Dutch auction tender offer
Sunstone Hotel Investors	SHO	$100 mln	5% of outstanding
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International	VRX	$200 mln	over 24 months
Source: The Online Investor