Thursday's Buybacks: American Bancorp of N.J. for 5% of Outstanding

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

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COMPANY	SYMBOL	AMOUNT	NOTES
01/03/2007
American Bancorp of NJ	ABNJ	5% of shares	prior plan complete
12/28/2007
Cache Inc.	CACH	500,000 shares	adds to prior plan
12/27/2007
Advanced Energy Industries	AEIS	$75 mln	over 1 year
12/24/2007
Giant Interactive	GA	$200 mln	over 1 year
Patterson Companies	PDCO	25 mln shares	expands prior plan
12/21/2007
Bank of Commerce	BOCH	2.5% of shares	in 2008
Carpenter Technology	CRS	$250 mln	adds to prior plan
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey	FBR	50 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Sun Bancorp	SNBC	5% of shares	prior plan complete
12/20/2007
Northrop Grumman	NOC	$2.5 bln	9% of outstanding
Pediatrix Medical Group	PDX	$100 mln
Stewart Enterprises	STEI	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
12/19/2007
Exelon	EXC	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Holly Corp.	HOC	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
IMS Health	RX	20 mln shares	prior plan complete
Looksmart	LOOK	$20 mln	dutch auction tender
Philips Electronics	PHG	$7.2 bln	over 2 years
12/18/2007
Adobe Systems	ADBE	30 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Assisted Living Concepts	ALC	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Dreamworks Animation SKG	DWA	$150 mln
First M&F	FMFC	500,000 shares	5% of outstanding
12/17/2007
Aon Corp.	AOC	$2.6 bln	adds to prior plan
Bank Mutual Corp.	BKMU	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Monaco Coach	MNC	$30 mln
Plains Exploration	PXP	$1 bln	replaces prior plan
Safeco	SAF	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Terex	TEX	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
12/14/2007
Arthrocare	ARTC	$75 mln	thru 3/31/08
Trinity Industries	TRN	$200 mln	thru 2009
12/13/2007
Adams Express	ADX	5% of shares	over 1 year
AMICAS	AMCS	$25 mln
Chubb	CHB	28 mln shares	7% of outstanding
Cytec Industries	CYT	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Deltic Timber	DEL	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
Interactive Data Corp.	IDC	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
S1 Corp.	SONE	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
The Stanley Works	STW	10 mln shares
Visteon Corp.	VC	2 mln shares	over 2 years
12/12/2007
Arrow Electronics	ARW	$100 mln	adds to prior plan
General Electric	GE	$15 bln	over 3 years
L-3 Communications	LLL	$750 mln	adds to prior plan
Microchip Technology	MCHP	10 mln shares	adds to prior plan
12/11/2007
AT&T	T	400 mln shares	replaces prior plan
Cummins	CMI	$500 mln	prior plan complete
12/10/2007
Autodesk	ADSK	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Morgans Hotel Group	MHGC	$25 mln	4% of outstanding
12/07/2007
Cheesecake Factory	CAKE	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Edgewater Technology	EDGW	$5 mln	thru 2008
Harvard Biosciences	HBIO	$10 mln	over 2 years
Standard Parking	STAN	$25 mln	adds to prior plan
12/06/2007
AMERCO	UHAL	$50 mln	thru 2008
AXIS Capital Holdings	AXS	$400 mln	thru 2009
Celadon Group	CLDN	2 mln shares	prior plan complete
General Dynamics	GD	10 mln shares	2.5% of outstanding
Penson Worldwide	PNSN	$12.5 mln	adds to prior plan
12/05/2007
EDS	EDS	$1 bln	over 18 months
Insteel Industries	IIIN	$25 mln	over 1 year
MGM Mirage	MGM	20 mln shares	adds to prior plan
12/04/2007
American Safety	ASI	500,000 shares	5% of outstanding
Dell Inc.	DELL	$10 bln
Hubbell	HUB-A	$200 mln	adds to prior plan
LodgeNet Entertainment	LNET	$15 mln
RH Donnelley	RHD	$100 mln	over 1 year
School Specialty	SCHS	$50 mln	prior plan complete
Western Union	WU	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
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
Source: The Online Investor