Tuesday's Buybacks: DirecTV 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
01/22/2007
AmeriServ Financial	ASRV	1.1 mln shares	5% of outstanding
CBRL Group	CBRL	625,000 shares	adds to prior plan
DirecTV	DTV	$1 bln	4.4% of outstanding
DST Systems	DST	5 mln shares	adds to prior plan
Home Federal Bancorp	HOME	175,628 shares	5% of outstanding
01/18/2007
Amphenol	APH	20 mln shares	expands prior plan
Fauquier Bankshares	FBSS	212,241 shares	6% of outstanding
Home Bancshares	HOMB	1 mln shares
Kroger Co.	KR	$1 bln	replaces prior plan
Oil States International	OIS	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
01/17/2007
Southwest Airlines	LUV	$500 mln
Tiffany & Co.	TIF	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
01/16/2007
Canterbury Park	ECP	250,000 shares	6% of outstanding
Cavco Industries	CVCO	$10 mln
Life Partners Holdings	LPHI	1 mln shares	8% of outstanding
Morton's Restaurant Group	MRT	$4 mln
01/15/2007
Central Jersey Bancorp	CJBK	500,000 shares	5.7% of outstanding
First American Corp.	FAF	$300 mln	adds to prior plan
Metlife	MET	$1 bln	adds to prior plan
Overstock.com	OSTK	$20 mln	over 2 years
SWS Group	SWS	750,000 shares	adds to prior plan
01/14/2007
Think Partnership	THK	$5 mln	over 2 years
01/10/2007
Blackstone Group	BX	$500 mln
Brown Shoe	BWS	2.5 mln shares
MSC Industrial Direct	MSM	7 mln shares	expands prior plan
Patriot National Bancorp	PNBK	200,000 shares	in 2008
01/09/2007
CKE Restaurants	CKE	$50 mln	adds to prior plan
EMBARQ	EQ	$500 mln	thru 6/30/09
Marcus Corp.	MCS	2 mln shares	adds to prior plan
01/08/2007
American Greetings	AMCS	$100 mln	prior plan complete
Sun America Bancorp	SAMB	1 mln shares	over 1 year
01/07/2007
American Capital Strategies	ACAS	$500 mln
Lee Enterprises	LEE	$30 mln
Lifeway Foods	LWAY	100,000 shares	over 1 year
NII Holdings	NIHD	$500 mln	adds to prior plan
Rogers Communications	RCI	15 mln shares	$300 mln cap
U.S. Concrete	RMIX	$3 mln
01/04/2007
Arctic Cat	ACAT	$10 mln	adds to prior plan
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
Source: The Online Investor