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| CISCO SYS INC (CSCO) | 8.05% | 33.63% | Details |



| Signal | Entry date | Exit date | Entry price | Exit price | Performance |
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| March 31, 2008 | March 31, 2010 | $24.09 | $26.03 | 8.05% |
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[at Financial Times] - Making the summer last a little longer, the French employers body, the Medef in Paris drew a seriously tanned crowd at its summer school, including Axa Private Equity chief Dominique Senequier.
[at Motley Fool] - The Ides of August left Finisar looking cheap. A quick 10% boost doesn't really change that.
[at Motley Fool] - Assuming you pay attention to lines on a graph.
[AP] - A look at the 10 biggest volume decliners on New York Stock Exchange at the close of trading: : Apple Inc. rose 7.1 percent to $241.62 with 85,480,600 shares traded.
[AP] - Shares of some top utilities companies were up at the close of trading: : Apple Inc. rose 7.1 percent to $241.62 with 85,480,600 shares traded.
[at Financial Times] - US stocks rose on Friday, extending this week's rally, after a better-than-expected August jobs report eased fears about a slowdown in the pace of the economic recovery.
[at Forbes] - OverStock.com's Patrick Byrne on reducing the risks in dealmaking.
[AP] - A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Apple Inc. rose 2.1 percent to $257.34 with 10,516,300 shares traded.


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Click to view a price quote on MSFT.Click to research the Electronics industry.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 9/4/2007 CBS Corporation CBS $1.6 bln ClearOne Communications CLRO $3.6 mln over 12 months Exelon EXC $1.25 bln over 6 months GameTech International GMTC $5 mln over 12 months Monster Worldwide MNST $250 mln adds to prior plan Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina PEBK 75,000 shares over 1 year 8/31/2007 Cato Corporation CTR 2 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/30/2007 Accuray ARAY $25 mln 53.8 mln shares outstanding Argon ST STST 2 mln shares over 1 year Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME 1.6 mln shares tender offer Essex Property Trust ESS $200 mln 27.9 mln shares outstanding Kulicke & Soffa Industries KLIC $6 mln prior plan complete MetroCorp Bancshares MCBI 500,000 shares Steel Dynamics STLD 5 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/29/2007 American Bancorp of New Jersey ABNJ 5% of outstanding prior plan complete Bank of Commerce Holdings BOCH 2.2% of outstanding 8.9 mln shares outstanding Compuware CPWR $200 mln adds to prior plan DaimlerChrysler DAI $10.2 bln over 1 year Ditech Networks DITC 9.1 mln shares dutch auction Ensco International ESV $500 mln prior plan complete Exar EXAR $100 mln over 12 months Frontier Oil FTO $100 mln adds to prior plan Medicis MRX $200 mln 8/28/2007 Aware AWRE $5 mln over 16 months Dycom Industries DY $15 mln over 18 months Earthlink ELNK $200 mln adds to prior plan LandAmerica Financial Group LFG 9% of outstanding adds to prior plan Mattel MAT $500 mln adds to prior plan MoSys MOSY $19.5 mln over 12 months Republic Airways Holdings RJET $100 mln over 1 year TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete 8/27/2007 Atmel ATML $250 mln 10% of outstanding Enterprise Financial Services Corporation EFSC 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Linclon Park Bancorp LPBC 5% of outstanding 41,780 shares Manpower Inc. MAN 5 mln shares prior plan complete Oplink Communications OPLK $40 mln replaces prior plan 8/24/2007 American Woodmark Corporation AMWD $100 mln adds to prior plan Provident New York Bancorp PBNY 2 mln shares upon completion of current plan Rock-Tenn RKT 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Tessera Technologies TSRA $100 mln 8/23/2007 Gap GPS $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Herbalife HLF $150 mln adds to prior plan LaBarge LB 1 mln shares over 12 months OneBeacon Insurance Group OB $200 mln 98 mln shares outstanding Sussex Bancorp SBBX 100,000 shares adds to prior plan The First of Long Island Corporation FLIC 200,000 shares continues prior plan Westamerica Bancorporation WABC 2 mln shares through 8/2008 Candela CLZR 1 mln shares replaces prior plan 8/22/2007 City Holding Company CHCO 1 mln shares replaces prior plan Genlyte Group GLYT 5% of outstanding 1.45 mln shares Greene County Bancorp GCBC 5% of outstanding 92,346 shares Lancaster Colony Corporation LANC 2 mln shares adds to prior plan LCA-Vision LCAV $50 mln prior plan complete Legacy Bancorp LEGC 486,366 shares 5% of outstanding Men's Wearhouse MW $90.3 mln adds to prior plan Univest UVSP 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan 8/21/2007 American National Bankshares AMNB 125,000 shares over 1 year Brooklyn Federal Bancorp BFSB $2 bln prior plan complete CenturyTel CTL $750 mln through 9/2009 Evans Bancorp EVBN 100,000 shares over 2 years FieldPoint Petroleum FPP $225,000 First Place Finanical Corporation FPFC 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Illinois Tool Works ITW $3 bln adds to prior plan MTS Systems Corporation MTSC 3 mln shares adds to prior plan Nordstrom JWN $1.5 bln prior plan complete TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete Wyndham Worldwide WYN $200 mln 8/20/2007 Assisted Living Concepts ALC $20 mln adds to prior plan Exterran Holdings EXH $200 mln through 8/2009 First United Corporation FUNC 5% of outstanding 307,500 shares GeoPharma GORX 1 mln shares Grainger GWW 10 mln shares includes prior plan Guaranty Federal Bancshares GFED 350,000 shares prior plan complete LSI Corporation LSI $500 mln Peoples Financial Corporation PFBX 2.5% of outstanding 136,000 shares Spak Networks LOV 500,000 shares prior plan complete Standard Motor Products SMP $3.3 mln adds to prior plan SumTotal Systems SUMT $15 mln 8/17/2007 Access National ANCX 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Delta Apparel DLA $4 mln adds to prior plan Kentucky First Federal Bancorp KFFB 150,000 shares over 1 year Old Line Bancshares OLBK 300,000 shares ProCentury Corporation PROS $10 mln over 1 year State Auto Financial Corporation STFC 4 mln shares through 2009 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA 100 mln adds to prior plan 8/16/2007 American Financial Group AFG 5 mln shares adds to prior plan American Physicians Capital ACAP $20 mln adds to prior plan Belden BDC $100 mln 45.1 mln shares outstanding Chicopee Bancorp CBNK 371,968 shares 5% of outstanding First National Lincoln Corporation FNLC 300,000 shares 3.1% of outstanding Lakeland Bancorp LBAI 500,000 shares over 12 months Parker Hannifin PH $500 mln adds to prior plan The South Financial Group TSFG $100 mln through 6/2008 Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares prior plan complete Zygo ZIGO $25 mln 8/15/2007 CompX International CIX 500,000 shares Ixia XXIA $50 mln James Hardie Industries JHX 10% of outstanding Jones Lang LaSalle JLL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Martin Marietta Materials MLM 5 mln shares adds to prior plan Network Appliance NTAP $1 bln adds to prior plan PetSmart PETM $300 mln over 2 years Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania PBIP 230,500 shares over 12 months Summit State Bank SSBI 100,000 shares 2% of outstanding United Stationers USTR $200 mln adds to prior plan VeriSign VRSN $1.1 bln 8/14/2007 Acuity Brands AYI 2 mln shares adds to prior plan American Commercial Lines ACLI $150 mln prior plan complete Asbury Automotive Group ABG 2 mln shares through 2/2008 Cogent Communications Group CCOI $50 mln through 2008 Convergys CVG 20 mln shares adds to prior plan Integrated Silicon Solution ISSI $30 mln dutch auction tender offer MPS Group MPS $75 mln adds to prior plan U.S. Home Systems USHS $5 mln Walter Industries WLT $25 mln 8/13/2007 Cascade Bancorp CACB 5% of outstanding over 2 years FirstFed Financial FED 1.35 mln shares adds to prior plan Forest Laboratories FRX 35 mln shares adds to prior plan Hot Topic HOTT $40 mln through 2/2008 Mace Security International MACE $2 mln Molex MOLX $200 mln replaces prior plan Palomar Medical Technologies PMTI 1 mln shares Sears Holdings SHLD $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Taylor Capital Group TAYC $20 mln adds to prior plan 8/10/2007 Polo Ralph Lauren RL $250 mln adds to prior plan Tekelec TKLC $50 mln 71.3 mln shares outstanding 8/09/2007 Advance Auto Parts AAP $500 mln replaces prior plan Emmis Communications EMMS $50 mln Grant Prideco GRP $300 mln adds to prior plan KLA-Tencor KLAC 10 mln shares Mobile Mini MINI $50 mln over 6 months The Pantry PTRY $50 mln thru 9/25/08 Pinnacle Airlines PNCL $30 mln prior plan complete Roma Financial ROMA 981,956 shares 10% of outstanding Seaboard Corp. SEB $50 mln thru 8/31/09 8/08/2007 Cardinal Health CAH $2 bln over 2 years ChoicePoint CPS $300 mln adds to prior plan Crystal River Capital CRZ 2 mln shares Group 1 Automotive GPI $30 mln prior plan complete Security Bank SBKC 1.2 mln shares 6.3% of outstanding Service Corp. Int'l SCI $200 mln adds to prior plan The Dixie Group DXYN $10 mln Viad VVI 1 mln shares adds to prior plan West Pharmaceutical Services WST 1 mln shares over 1 year WMS Industries WMS $50 mln over 2 years 8/07/2007 Charlotte Russe Holding CHIC $25 mln over 1 year City National CYN 1 mln shares adds to prior plan GenTek GETI $30 mln over 3 years Heritage Commerce HTBK $30 mln over 2 years Marsh & McLennan MMC $1.5 bln prior plan complete PeopleSupport PSPT $25 mln Steve Madden SHOO $37 mln adds to prior plan 8/06/2007 AvalonBay Communities AVB $200 mln adds to prior plan Hauppauge Digital HAUP 1.2 mln increases prior plan Houston Wire & Cable HWCC $30 mln Liberty Bancorp LBCP 476,119 shares 10% of outstanding 8/03/2007 Hasbro Inc. HAS $500 mln prior plan complete Liberty Global LBTY 11.36 mln shares dutch auction tender offer Procter & Gamble PG $30 bln over 3 years Safety Insurance Group SAFT $30 mln Sciele Pharma SCRX $40 mln over 1 year 8/02/2007 Alliance Bankshares ABVA 250,000 shares adds to prior plan Bemis BMS 5 mln shares adds to prior plan CBL & Associates Properties CBL $100 mln over 12 months Dover Corporation DOV 10 mln shares 5% of outstanding Eastern Insurance Holdings EIHI 478,980 shares adds to prior plan First Community Bancorp FCBP $150 mln over 12 months Lufkin Industries LUFK $30 mln 15.1 mln shares outstanding Marriot International MAR 40 mln shares adds to prior plan Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN $250 mln 156.7 mln shares outstanding Pool Corporation POOL $100 mln includes prior plan Sonic Corporation SONC $75 mln adds to prior plan Vineyard National Bancorp VNBC $20 mln adds to prior plan Zebra Technologies ZBRA 3 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/01/2007 CKE Restaurants CKR $100 mln adds to prior plan Community Bankshares SCB 500,000 shares FirstFed Financial FED 1.5 mln shares 10% of outstanding Genesee & Wyoming GWR 4 mln shares through 2007 Harleysville Group HGIC 1.6 mln shares over 2 years Medical Properties Trust MPW 3 mln shares over 1 year Moody's MCO $2 bln upon completion of current plan Nanometrics NANO $4 mln Safeco SAF $750 mln replaces prior plan THQ Incorporated THQI $25 mln adds to prior plan Time Warner TWX $5 bln prior plan complete 7/31/2007 Forward Air Corporation FWRD 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Masco Corporation MAS 50 mln shares Nalco Holding NLC $300 mln 8% of outstanding NVR NVR $300 mln Oriental Financial Group OFG $15 mln replaces prior plan Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares replaces prior plan USANA Health Services USNA $50 mln adds to prior plan VCG Holding Corporation PTT 1.6 mln shares 10% of outstanding 7/30/2007 American Community Bancshares ACBA 275,000 shares adds to prior plan BMC Software BMC $1 bln adds to prior plan Centrue Financial Corporation TRUE 500,000 shares adds to prior plan First Financial Bancorp FFBC 1 mln shares adds to prior plan First Regional Bancorp FRGB 1 mln shares 8% of outstanding Gymboree Corporation GYMB $50 mln over 1 year KVH Industries KVHI 1 mln shares 6.7% of outstanding Max Capital Group MXGL $70 mln adds to prior plan Sandy Spring Bancorp SASR 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Trico Marine Services TRMA $100 mln ValueClick VCLK $34 mln adds to prior plan 7/27/2007 Blue River Bancshares BRBI 200,000 shares adds to prior plan Stewart Information Services STC 1.5% of outstanding Teche Holding Company TSH 3% of outstanding 66,000 shares World Acceptance Corporation WRLD $10 mln adds to prior plan 7/26/2007 Banner BANR 750,000 shares 5% of outstanding Benchmark Electronics BHE $125 mln Cisco Systems CSCO $5 bln adds to prior plan Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group FBR 36 mln shares adds to prior plan Financial Institutions FISI $5 mln replaces prior plan Flow International FLOW $45 mln Foundry Networks FDRY $200 mln Janus Capital Group JNS $500 mln upon completion of current plan National Instruments NATI 2.4 mln shares adds to prior plan PMI Group PMI $150 mln adds to prior plan Provident Financial Services PFS 5% of outstanding 3.2 mln shares Republic Services RSG $250 mln adds to prior plan Resource America REXI $50 mln replaces prior plan Simon Properety Group SPG $1 bln over 24 months Spartan Motors SPAR 1 mln shares over 12 months Steris STE $300 mln replaces prior plan SVB Financial Group SIVB $250 mln replaces prior plan Tollgrade Communications TLGD 1 mln shares through 2007 Wilshire Bancorp WIBC $10 mln over 1 year 7/25/2007 Central Pacific Financial CPF 1.5 mln shares adds to prior plan Community Bancorp CBON 5% of outstanding over 12 months GlaxoSmithKline GSK $24.7 bln over 2 years Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Hudson City Bancorp HCBK 51.4 mln shares 10% of outstanding International Flavors & Fragrances IFF $750 mln replaces prior plan Lennox International LII $500 mln 22% of outstanding PFF Bancorp PFB 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Praxair PX $1 bln Rimage RIMG 500,000 shares replaces prior plan SEI Investments SEIC $75 mln adds to prior plan Southcoast Financial Corporation SOCB 10% of outstanding adds to prior plan UnionBanCal UB $500 mln adds to prior plan 7/24/2007 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG 7 mln shares adds to prior plan Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin ABCW 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX 10 mln shares adds to prior plan Devcon International DEVC $5 mln through 2008 Ethan Allen Interiors ETH 1.793 mln shares adds to prior plan Firstbank Corporation FBMI $5 mln adds to prior plan RAIT Financial Trust RAS $75 mln 7/23/2007 Ableauctions.com AAC no specific amount CN CNI 33 mln shares prior plan complete Hercules HPC $200 mln over 2 years Nexity Financial Corporation NXTY 800,000 shares prior plan complete Temecula Valley Bancorp TMCV $10 mln over 6 months Volterra Semiconductor VLtr $15 mln 7/20/2007 Heritage Oaks Bancorp HEOP 100,000 shares over 1 year Williams Cos. WMB $1 bln 600 mln shares outstanding 7/19/2007 Brookline Bancorp BRKL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan CoBiz COBZ 5% of outstanding over 1 year Farmers Capital Bank Corporation FFKT 550,000 shares dutch auction tender offer Legg Mason LM 5 mln shares replaces prior plan Monarch Financial Holdings MNRK 250,000 shares People's United Financial PBCT 5% of outstanding if approved by OTS Sun Bancorp SNBC 5% of outstanding 1 mln shares Tempur-Pedic International TPX $200 mln prior plan complete Textron TXT 24 mln shares replaces prior plan 7/18/2007 C&F Financial Corporation CFFI 150,000 shares replaces prior plan Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC 500,000 shares 24.8 mln shares outstanding Corning GLW $500 mln through 2008 Knight Capital Group NITE $505 mln adds to prior plan Sysco Corp. SYY 20 mln shares upon completion of current plan S.Y. Bancorp SYBT 550,000 shares adds to prior plan 7/17/2007 Leesport Financial Corporation FLPB 150,000 shares includes prior plan 7/16/2007 Adtran ADTN 5 mln shares upon completion of current plan Newport Bancorp NFSB 243,917 shares 5% of outstanding Park National Corp. PRK 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Rohm & Haas ROH $2 bln upon completion of current plan Tidewater TDW $200 mln prior plan expired 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 Industrial Enterprises IEAM $25 mln adds to prior plan Intervoice INTV 2 mln shares over 2 years Paychex PAYX $1 bln 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 Source: The Online Investor
Here's a list of companies that have recently announced buybacks. 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 8/31/2007 Cato Corporation CTR 2 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/30/2007 Accuray ARAY $25 mln 53.8 mln shares outstanding Argon ST STST 2 mln shares over 1 year Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME 1.6 mln shares tender offer Essex Property Trust ESS $200 mln 27.9 mln shares outstanding Kulicke & Soffa Industries KLIC $6 mln prior plan complete MetroCorp Bancshares MCBI 500,000 shares Steel Dynamics STLD 5 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/29/2007 American Bancorp of New Jersey ABNJ 5% of outstanding prior plan complete Bank of Commerce Holdings BOCH 2.2% of outstanding 8.9 mln shares outstanding Compuware CPWR $200 mln adds to prior plan DaimlerChrysler DAI $10.2 bln over 1 year Ditech Networks DITC 9.1 mln shares dutch auction Ensco International ESV $500 mln prior plan complete Exar EXAR $100 mln over 12 months Frontier Oil FTO $100 mln adds to prior plan Medicis MRX $200 mln 8/28/2007 Aware AWRE $5 mln over 16 months Dycom Industries DY $15 mln over 18 months Earthlink ELNK $200 mln adds to prior plan LandAmerica Financial Group LFG 9% of outstanding adds to prior plan Mattel MAT $500 mln adds to prior plan MoSys MOSY $19.5 mln over 12 months Republic Airways Holdings RJET $100 mln over 1 year TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete 8/27/2007 Atmel ATML $250 mln 10% of outstanding Enterprise Financial Services Corporation EFSC 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Linclon Park Bancorp LPBC 5% of outstanding 41,780 shares Manpower Inc. MAN 5 mln shares prior plan complete Oplink Communications OPLK $40 mln replaces prior plan 8/24/2007 American Woodmark Corporation AMWD $100 mln adds to prior plan Provident New York Bancorp PBNY 2 mln shares upon completion of current plan Rock-Tenn RKT 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Tessera Technologies TSRA $100 mln 8/23/2007 Gap GPS $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Herbalife HLF $150 mln adds to prior plan LaBarge LB 1 mln shares over 12 months OneBeacon Insurance Group OB $200 mln 98 mln shares outstanding Sussex Bancorp SBBX 100,000 shares adds to prior plan The First of Long Island Corporation FLIC 200,000 shares continues prior plan Westamerica Bancorporation WABC 2 mln shares through 8/2008 Candela CLZR 1 mln shares replaces prior plan 8/22/2007 City Holding Company CHCO 1 mln shares replaces prior plan Genlyte Group GLYT 5% of outstanding 1.45 mln shares Greene County Bancorp GCBC 5% of outstanding 92,346 shares Lancaster Colony Corporation LANC 2 mln shares adds to prior plan LCA-Vision LCAV $50 mln prior plan complete Legacy Bancorp LEGC 486,366 shares 5% of outstanding Men's Wearhouse MW $90.3 mln adds to prior plan Univest UVSP 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan 8/21/2007 American National Bankshares AMNB 125,000 shares over 1 year Brooklyn Federal Bancorp BFSB $2 bln prior plan complete CenturyTel CTL $750 mln through 9/2009 Evans Bancorp EVBN 100,000 shares over 2 years FieldPoint Petroleum FPP $225,000 First Place Finanical Corporation FPFC 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Illinois Tool Works ITW $3 bln adds to prior plan MTS Systems Corporation MTSC 3 mln shares adds to prior plan Nordstrom JWN $1.5 bln prior plan complete TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete Wyndham Worldwide WYN $200 mln 8/20/2007 Assisted Living Concepts ALC $20 mln adds to prior plan Exterran Holdings EXH $200 mln through 8/2009 First United Corporation FUNC 5% of outstanding 307,500 shares GeoPharma GORX 1 mln shares Grainger GWW 10 mln shares includes prior plan Guaranty Federal Bancshares GFED 350,000 shares prior plan complete LSI Corporation LSI $500 mln Peoples Financial Corporation PFBX 2.5% of outstanding 136,000 shares Spak Networks LOV 500,000 shares prior plan complete Standard Motor Products SMP $3.3 mln adds to prior plan SumTotal Systems SUMT $15 mln 8/17/2007 Access National ANCX 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Delta Apparel DLA $4 mln adds to prior plan Kentucky First Federal Bancorp KFFB 150,000 shares over 1 year Old Line Bancshares OLBK 300,000 shares ProCentury Corporation PROS $10 mln over 1 year State Auto Financial Corporation STFC 4 mln shares through 2009 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA 100 mln adds to prior plan 8/16/2007 American Financial Group AFG 5 mln shares adds to prior plan American Physicians Capital ACAP $20 mln adds to prior plan Belden BDC $100 mln 45.1 mln shares outstanding Chicopee Bancorp CBNK 371,968 shares 5% of outstanding First National Lincoln Corporation FNLC 300,000 shares 3.1% of outstanding Lakeland Bancorp LBAI 500,000 shares over 12 months Parker Hannifin PH $500 mln adds to prior plan The South Financial Group TSFG $100 mln through 6/2008 Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares prior plan complete Zygo ZIGO $25 mln 8/15/2007 CompX International CIX 500,000 shares Ixia XXIA $50 mln James Hardie Industries JHX 10% of outstanding Jones Lang LaSalle JLL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Martin Marietta Materials MLM 5 mln shares adds to prior plan Network Appliance NTAP $1 bln adds to prior plan PetSmart PETM $300 mln over 2 years Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania PBIP 230,500 shares over 12 months Summit State Bank SSBI 100,000 shares 2% of outstanding United Stationers USTR $200 mln adds to prior plan VeriSign VRSN $1.1 bln 8/14/2007 Acuity Brands AYI 2 mln shares adds to prior plan American Commercial Lines ACLI $150 mln prior plan complete Asbury Automotive Group ABG 2 mln shares through 2/2008 Cogent Communications Group CCOI $50 mln through 2008 Convergys CVG 20 mln shares adds to prior plan Integrated Silicon Solution ISSI $30 mln dutch auction tender offer MPS Group MPS $75 mln adds to prior plan U.S. Home Systems USHS $5 mln Walter Industries WLT $25 mln 8/13/2007 Cascade Bancorp CACB 5% of outstanding over 2 years FirstFed Financial FED 1.35 mln shares adds to prior plan Forest Laboratories FRX 35 mln shares adds to prior plan Hot Topic HOTT $40 mln through 2/2008 Mace Security International MACE $2 mln Molex MOLX $200 mln replaces prior plan Palomar Medical Technologies PMTI 1 mln shares Sears Holdings SHLD $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Taylor Capital Group TAYC $20 mln adds to prior plan 8/10/2007 Polo Ralph Lauren RL $250 mln adds to prior plan Tekelec TKLC $50 mln 71.3 mln shares outstanding 8/09/2007 Advance Auto Parts AAP $500 mln replaces prior plan Emmis Communications EMMS $50 mln Grant Prideco GRP $300 mln adds to prior plan KLA-Tencor KLAC 10 mln shares Mobile Mini MINI $50 mln over 6 months The Pantry PTRY $50 mln thru 9/25/08 Pinnacle Airlines PNCL $30 mln prior plan complete Roma Financial ROMA 981,956 shares 10% of outstanding Seaboard Corp. SEB $50 mln thru 8/31/09 8/08/2007 Cardinal Health CAH $2 bln over 2 years ChoicePoint CPS $300 mln adds to prior plan Crystal River Capital CRZ 2 mln shares Group 1 Automotive GPI $30 mln prior plan complete Security Bank SBKC 1.2 mln shares 6.3% of outstanding Service Corp. Int'l SCI $200 mln adds to prior plan The Dixie Group DXYN $10 mln Viad VVI 1 mln shares adds to prior plan West Pharmaceutical Services WST 1 mln shares over 1 year WMS Industries WMS $50 mln over 2 years 8/07/2007 Charlotte Russe Holding CHIC $25 mln over 1 year City National CYN 1 mln shares adds to prior plan GenTek GETI $30 mln over 3 years Heritage Commerce HTBK $30 mln over 2 years Marsh & McLennan MMC $1.5 bln prior plan complete PeopleSupport PSPT $25 mln Steve Madden SHOO $37 mln adds to prior plan 8/06/2007 AvalonBay Communities AVB $200 mln adds to prior plan Hauppauge Digital HAUP 1.2 mln increases prior plan Houston Wire & Cable HWCC $30 mln Liberty Bancorp LBCP 476,119 shares 10% of outstanding 8/03/2007 Hasbro Inc. HAS $500 mln prior plan complete Liberty Global LBTY 11.36 mln shares dutch auction tender offer Procter & Gamble PG $30 bln over 3 years Safety Insurance Group SAFT $30 mln Sciele Pharma SCRX $40 mln over 1 year 8/02/2007 Alliance Bankshares ABVA 250,000 shares adds to prior plan Bemis BMS 5 mln shares adds to prior plan CBL & Associates Properties CBL $100 mln over 12 months Dover Corporation DOV 10 mln shares 5% of outstanding Eastern Insurance Holdings EIHI 478,980 shares adds to prior plan First Community Bancorp FCBP $150 mln over 12 months Lufkin Industries LUFK $30 mln 15.1 mln shares outstanding Marriot International MAR 40 mln shares adds to prior plan Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN $250 mln 156.7 mln shares outstanding Pool Corporation POOL $100 mln includes prior plan Sonic Corporation SONC $75 mln adds to prior plan Vineyard National Bancorp VNBC $20 mln adds to prior plan Zebra Technologies ZBRA 3 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/01/2007 CKE Restaurants CKR $100 mln adds to prior plan Community Bankshares SCB 500,000 shares FirstFed Financial FED 1.5 mln shares 10% of outstanding Genesee & Wyoming GWR 4 mln shares through 2007 Harleysville Group HGIC 1.6 mln shares over 2 years Medical Properties Trust MPW 3 mln shares over 1 year Moody's MCO $2 bln upon completion of current plan Nanometrics NANO $4 mln Safeco SAF $750 mln replaces prior plan THQ Incorporated THQI $25 mln adds to prior plan Time Warner TWX $5 bln prior plan complete 7/31/2007 Forward Air Corporation FWRD 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Masco Corporation MAS 50 mln shares Nalco Holding NLC $300 mln 8% of outstanding NVR NVR $300 mln Oriental Financial Group OFG $15 mln replaces prior plan Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares replaces prior plan USANA Health Services USNA $50 mln adds to prior plan VCG Holding Corporation PTT 1.6 mln shares 10% of outstanding 7/30/2007 American Community Bancshares ACBA 275,000 shares adds to prior plan BMC Software BMC $1 bln adds to prior plan Centrue Financial Corporation TRUE 500,000 shares adds to prior plan First Financial Bancorp FFBC 1 mln shares adds to prior plan First Regional Bancorp FRGB 1 mln shares 8% of outstanding Gymboree Corporation GYMB $50 mln over 1 year KVH Industries KVHI 1 mln shares 6.7% of outstanding Max Capital Group MXGL $70 mln adds to prior plan Sandy Spring Bancorp SASR 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Trico Marine Services TRMA $100 mln ValueClick VCLK $34 mln adds to prior plan 7/27/2007 Blue River Bancshares BRBI 200,000 shares adds to prior plan Stewart Information Services STC 1.5% of outstanding Teche Holding Company TSH 3% of outstanding 66,000 shares World Acceptance Corporation WRLD $10 mln adds to prior plan 7/26/2007 Banner BANR 750,000 shares 5% of outstanding Benchmark Electronics BHE $125 mln Cisco Systems CSCO $5 bln adds to prior plan Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group FBR 36 mln shares adds to prior plan Financial Institutions FISI $5 mln replaces prior plan Flow International FLOW $45 mln Foundry Networks FDRY $200 mln Janus Capital Group JNS $500 mln upon completion of current plan National Instruments NATI 2.4 mln shares adds to prior plan PMI Group PMI $150 mln adds to prior plan Provident Financial Services PFS 5% of outstanding 3.2 mln shares Republic Services RSG $250 mln adds to prior plan Resource America REXI $50 mln replaces prior plan Simon Properety Group SPG $1 bln over 24 months Spartan Motors SPAR 1 mln shares over 12 months Steris STE $300 mln replaces prior plan SVB Financial Group SIVB $250 mln replaces prior plan Tollgrade Communications TLGD 1 mln shares through 2007 Wilshire Bancorp WIBC $10 mln over 1 year 7/25/2007 Central Pacific Financial CPF 1.5 mln shares adds to prior plan Community Bancorp CBON 5% of outstanding over 12 months GlaxoSmithKline GSK $24.7 bln over 2 years Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Hudson City Bancorp HCBK 51.4 mln shares 10% of outstanding International Flavors & Fragrances IFF $750 mln replaces prior plan Lennox International LII $500 mln 22% of outstanding PFF Bancorp PFB 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Praxair PX $1 bln Rimage RIMG 500,000 shares replaces prior plan SEI Investments SEIC $75 mln adds to prior plan Southcoast Financial Corporation SOCB 10% of outstanding adds to prior plan UnionBanCal UB $500 mln adds to prior plan 7/24/2007 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG 7 mln shares adds to prior plan Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin ABCW 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX 10 mln shares adds to prior plan Devcon International DEVC $5 mln through 2008 Ethan Allen Interiors ETH 1.793 mln shares adds to prior plan Firstbank Corporation FBMI $5 mln adds to prior plan RAIT Financial Trust RAS $75 mln 7/23/2007 Ableauctions.com AAC no specific amount CN CNI 33 mln shares prior plan complete Hercules HPC $200 mln over 2 years Nexity Financial Corporation NXTY 800,000 shares prior plan complete Temecula Valley Bancorp TMCV $10 mln over 6 months Volterra Semiconductor VLtr $15 mln 7/20/2007 Heritage Oaks Bancorp HEOP 100,000 shares over 1 year Williams Cos. WMB $1 bln 600 mln shares outstanding 7/19/2007 Brookline Bancorp BRKL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan CoBiz COBZ 5% of outstanding over 1 year Farmers Capital Bank Corporation FFKT 550,000 shares dutch auction tender offer Legg Mason LM 5 mln shares replaces prior plan Monarch Financial Holdings MNRK 250,000 shares People's United Financial PBCT 5% of outstanding if approved by OTS Sun Bancorp SNBC 5% of outstanding 1 mln shares Tempur-Pedic International TPX $200 mln prior plan complete Textron TXT 24 mln shares replaces prior plan 7/18/2007 C&F Financial Corporation CFFI 150,000 shares replaces prior plan Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC 500,000 shares 24.8 mln shares outstanding Corning GLW $500 mln through 2008 Knight Capital Group NITE $505 mln adds to prior plan Sysco Corp. SYY 20 mln shares upon completion of current plan S.Y. Bancorp SYBT 550,000 shares adds to prior plan 7/17/2007 Leesport Financial Corporation FLPB 150,000 shares includes prior plan 7/16/2007 Adtran ADTN 5 mln shares upon completion of current plan Newport Bancorp NFSB 243,917 shares 5% of outstanding Park National Corp. PRK 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Rohm & Haas ROH $2 bln upon completion of current plan Tidewater TDW $200 mln prior plan expired 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 Industrial Enterprises IEAM $25 mln adds to prior plan Intervoice INTV 2 mln shares over 2 years Paychex PAYX $1 bln 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 Source: The Online Investor
Here's a list of companies that have recently announced buybacks. 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 8/30/2007 Accuray ARAY $25 mln 53.8 mln shares outstanding Essex Property Trust ESS $200 mln 27.9 mln shares outstanding Kulicke & Soffa Industries KLIC $6 mln prior plan complete MetroCorp Bancshares MCBI 500,000 shares 8/29/2007 American Bancorp of New Jersey ABNJ 5% of outstanding prior plan complete Bank of Commerce Holdings BOCH 2.2% of outstanding 8.9 mln shares outstanding Compuware CPWR $200 mln adds to prior plan DaimlerChrysler DAI $10.2 bln over 1 year Ditech Networks DITC 9.1 mln shares dutch auction Ensco International ESV $500 mln prior plan complete Exar EXAR $100 mln over 12 months Frontier Oil FTO $100 mln adds to prior plan Medicis MRX $200 mln 8/28/2007 Aware AWRE $5 mln over 16 months Dycom Industries DY $15 mln over 18 months Earthlink ELNK $200 mln adds to prior plan LandAmerica Financial Group LFG 9% of outstanding adds to prior plan Mattel MAT $500 mln adds to prior plan MoSys MOSY $19.5 mln over 12 months Republic Airways Holdings RJET $100 mln over 1 year TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete 8/27/2007 Atmel ATML $250 mln 10% of outstanding Enterprise Financial Services Corporation EFSC 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Linclon Park Bancorp LPBC 5% of outstanding 41,780 shares Manpower Inc. MAN 5 mln shares prior plan complete Oplink Communications OPLK $40 mln replaces prior plan 8/24/2007 American Woodmark Corporation AMWD $100 mln adds to prior plan Provident New York Bancorp PBNY 2 mln shares upon completion of current plan Rock-Tenn RKT 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Tessera Technologies TSRA $100 mln 8/23/2007 Gap GPS $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Herbalife HLF $150 mln adds to prior plan LaBarge LB 1 mln shares over 12 months OneBeacon Insurance Group OB $200 mln 98 mln shares outstanding Sussex Bancorp SBBX 100,000 shares adds to prior plan The First of Long Island Corporation FLIC 200,000 shares continues prior plan Westamerica Bancorporation WABC 2 mln shares through 8/2008 Candela CLZR 1 mln shares replaces prior plan 8/22/2007 City Holding Company CHCO 1 mln shares replaces prior plan Genlyte Group GLYT 5% of outstanding 1.45 mln shares Greene County Bancorp GCBC 5% of outstanding 92,346 shares Lancaster Colony Corporation LANC 2 mln shares adds to prior plan LCA-Vision LCAV $50 mln prior plan complete Legacy Bancorp LEGC 486,366 shares 5% of outstanding Men's Wearhouse MW $90.3 mln adds to prior plan Univest UVSP 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan 8/21/2007 American National Bankshares AMNB 125,000 shares over 1 year Brooklyn Federal Bancorp BFSB $2 bln prior plan complete CenturyTel CTL $750 mln through 9/2009 Evans Bancorp EVBN 100,000 shares over 2 years FieldPoint Petroleum FPP $225,000 First Place Finanical Corporation FPFC 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Illinois Tool Works ITW $3 bln adds to prior plan MTS Systems Corporation MTSC 3 mln shares adds to prior plan Nordstrom JWN $1.5 bln prior plan complete TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete Wyndham Worldwide WYN $200 mln 8/20/2007 Assisted Living Concepts ALC $20 mln adds to prior plan Exterran Holdings EXH $200 mln through 8/2009 First United Corporation FUNC 5% of outstanding 307,500 shares GeoPharma GORX 1 mln shares Grainger GWW 10 mln shares includes prior plan Guaranty Federal Bancshares GFED 350,000 shares prior plan complete LSI Corporation LSI $500 mln Peoples Financial Corporation PFBX 2.5% of outstanding 136,000 shares Spak Networks LOV 500,000 shares prior plan complete Standard Motor Products SMP $3.3 mln adds to prior plan SumTotal Systems SUMT $15 mln 8/17/2007 Access National ANCX 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Delta Apparel DLA $4 mln adds to prior plan Kentucky First Federal Bancorp KFFB 150,000 shares over 1 year Old Line Bancshares OLBK 300,000 shares ProCentury Corporation PROS $10 mln over 1 year State Auto Financial Corporation STFC 4 mln shares through 2009 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA 100 mln adds to prior plan 8/16/2007 American Financial Group AFG 5 mln shares adds to prior plan American Physicians Capital ACAP $20 mln adds to prior plan Belden BDC $100 mln 45.1 mln shares outstanding Chicopee Bancorp CBNK 371,968 shares 5% of outstanding First National Lincoln Corporation FNLC 300,000 shares 3.1% of outstanding Lakeland Bancorp LBAI 500,000 shares over 12 months Parker Hannifin PH $500 mln adds to prior plan The South Financial Group TSFG $100 mln through 6/2008 Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares prior plan complete Zygo ZIGO $25 mln 8/15/2007 CompX International CIX 500,000 shares Ixia XXIA $50 mln James Hardie Industries JHX 10% of outstanding Jones Lang LaSalle JLL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Martin Marietta Materials MLM 5 mln shares adds to prior plan Network Appliance NTAP $1 bln adds to prior plan PetSmart PETM $300 mln over 2 years Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania PBIP 230,500 shares over 12 months Summit State Bank SSBI 100,000 shares 2% of outstanding United Stationers USTR $200 mln adds to prior plan VeriSign VRSN $1.1 bln 8/14/2007 Acuity Brands AYI 2 mln shares adds to prior plan American Commercial Lines ACLI $150 mln prior plan complete Asbury Automotive Group ABG 2 mln shares through 2/2008 Cogent Communications Group CCOI $50 mln through 2008 Convergys CVG 20 mln shares adds to prior plan Integrated Silicon Solution ISSI $30 mln dutch auction tender offer MPS Group MPS $75 mln adds to prior plan U.S. Home Systems USHS $5 mln Walter Industries WLT $25 mln 8/13/2007 Cascade Bancorp CACB 5% of outstanding over 2 years FirstFed Financial FED 1.35 mln shares adds to prior plan Forest Laboratories FRX 35 mln shares adds to prior plan Hot Topic HOTT $40 mln through 2/2008 Mace Security International MACE $2 mln Molex MOLX $200 mln replaces prior plan Palomar Medical Technologies PMTI 1 mln shares Sears Holdings SHLD $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Taylor Capital Group TAYC $20 mln adds to prior plan 8/10/2007 Polo Ralph Lauren RL $250 mln adds to prior plan Tekelec TKLC $50 mln 71.3 mln shares outstanding 8/09/2007 Advance Auto Parts AAP $500 mln replaces prior plan Emmis Communications EMMS $50 mln Grant Prideco GRP $300 mln adds to prior plan KLA-Tencor KLAC 10 mln shares Mobile Mini MINI $50 mln over 6 months The Pantry PTRY $50 mln thru 9/25/08 Pinnacle Airlines PNCL $30 mln prior plan complete Roma Financial ROMA 981,956 shares 10% of outstanding Seaboard Corp. SEB $50 mln thru 8/31/09 8/08/2007 Cardinal Health CAH $2 bln over 2 years ChoicePoint CPS $300 mln adds to prior plan Crystal River Capital CRZ 2 mln shares Group 1 Automotive GPI $30 mln prior plan complete Security Bank SBKC 1.2 mln shares 6.3% of outstanding Service Corp. Int'l SCI $200 mln adds to prior plan The Dixie Group DXYN $10 mln Viad VVI 1 mln shares adds to prior plan West Pharmaceutical Services WST 1 mln shares over 1 year WMS Industries WMS $50 mln over 2 years 8/07/2007 Charlotte Russe Holding CHIC $25 mln over 1 year City National CYN 1 mln shares adds to prior plan GenTek GETI $30 mln over 3 years Heritage Commerce HTBK $30 mln over 2 years Marsh & McLennan MMC $1.5 bln prior plan complete PeopleSupport PSPT $25 mln Steve Madden SHOO $37 mln adds to prior plan 8/06/2007 AvalonBay Communities AVB $200 mln adds to prior plan Hauppauge Digital HAUP 1.2 mln increases prior plan Houston Wire & Cable HWCC $30 mln Liberty Bancorp LBCP 476,119 shares 10% of outstanding 8/03/2007 Hasbro Inc. HAS $500 mln prior plan complete Liberty Global LBTY 11.36 mln shares dutch auction tender offer Procter & Gamble PG $30 bln over 3 years Safety Insurance Group SAFT $30 mln Sciele Pharma SCRX $40 mln over 1 year 8/02/2007 Alliance Bankshares ABVA 250,000 shares adds to prior plan Bemis BMS 5 mln shares adds to prior plan CBL & Associates Properties CBL $100 mln over 12 months Dover Corporation DOV 10 mln shares 5% of outstanding Eastern Insurance Holdings EIHI 478,980 shares adds to prior plan First Community Bancorp FCBP $150 mln over 12 months Lufkin Industries LUFK $30 mln 15.1 mln shares outstanding Marriot International MAR 40 mln shares adds to prior plan Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN $250 mln 156.7 mln shares outstanding Pool Corporation POOL $100 mln includes prior plan Sonic Corporation SONC $75 mln adds to prior plan Vineyard National Bancorp VNBC $20 mln adds to prior plan Zebra Technologies ZBRA 3 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/01/2007 CKE Restaurants CKR $100 mln adds to prior plan Community Bankshares SCB 500,000 shares FirstFed Financial FED 1.5 mln shares 10% of outstanding Genesee & Wyoming GWR 4 mln shares through 2007 Harleysville Group HGIC 1.6 mln shares over 2 years Medical Properties Trust MPW 3 mln shares over 1 year Moody's MCO $2 bln upon completion of current plan Nanometrics NANO $4 mln Safeco SAF $750 mln replaces prior plan THQ Incorporated THQI $25 mln adds to prior plan Time Warner TWX $5 bln prior plan complete 7/31/2007 Forward Air Corporation FWRD 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Masco Corporation MAS 50 mln shares Nalco Holding NLC $300 mln 8% of outstanding NVR NVR $300 mln Oriental Financial Group OFG $15 mln replaces prior plan Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares replaces prior plan USANA Health Services USNA $50 mln adds to prior plan VCG Holding Corporation PTT 1.6 mln shares 10% of outstanding 7/30/2007 American Community Bancshares ACBA 275,000 shares adds to prior plan BMC Software BMC $1 bln adds to prior plan Centrue Financial Corporation TRUE 500,000 shares adds to prior plan First Financial Bancorp FFBC 1 mln shares adds to prior plan First Regional Bancorp FRGB 1 mln shares 8% of outstanding Gymboree Corporation GYMB $50 mln over 1 year KVH Industries KVHI 1 mln shares 6.7% of outstanding Max Capital Group MXGL $70 mln adds to prior plan Sandy Spring Bancorp SASR 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Trico Marine Services TRMA $100 mln ValueClick VCLK $34 mln adds to prior plan 7/27/2007 Blue River Bancshares BRBI 200,000 shares adds to prior plan Stewart Information Services STC 1.5% of outstanding Teche Holding Company TSH 3% of outstanding 66,000 shares World Acceptance Corporation WRLD $10 mln adds to prior plan 7/26/2007 Banner BANR 750,000 shares 5% of outstanding Benchmark Electronics BHE $125 mln Cisco Systems CSCO $5 bln adds to prior plan Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group FBR 36 mln shares adds to prior plan Financial Institutions FISI $5 mln replaces prior plan Flow International FLOW $45 mln Foundry Networks FDRY $200 mln Janus Capital Group JNS $500 mln upon completion of current plan National Instruments NATI 2.4 mln shares adds to prior plan PMI Group PMI $150 mln adds to prior plan Provident Financial Services PFS 5% of outstanding 3.2 mln shares Republic Services RSG $250 mln adds to prior plan Resource America REXI $50 mln replaces prior plan Simon Properety Group SPG $1 bln over 24 months Spartan Motors SPAR 1 mln shares over 12 months Steris STE $300 mln replaces prior plan SVB Financial Group SIVB $250 mln replaces prior plan Tollgrade Communications TLGD 1 mln shares through 2007 Wilshire Bancorp WIBC $10 mln over 1 year 7/25/2007 Central Pacific Financial CPF 1.5 mln shares adds to prior plan Community Bancorp CBON 5% of outstanding over 12 months GlaxoSmithKline GSK $24.7 bln over 2 years Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Hudson City Bancorp HCBK 51.4 mln shares 10% of outstanding International Flavors & Fragrances IFF $750 mln replaces prior plan Lennox International LII $500 mln 22% of outstanding PFF Bancorp PFB 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Praxair PX $1 bln Rimage RIMG 500,000 shares replaces prior plan SEI Investments SEIC $75 mln adds to prior plan Southcoast Financial Corporation SOCB 10% of outstanding adds to prior plan UnionBanCal UB $500 mln adds to prior plan 7/24/2007 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG 7 mln shares adds to prior plan Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin ABCW 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX 10 mln shares adds to prior plan Devcon International DEVC $5 mln through 2008 Ethan Allen Interiors ETH 1.793 mln shares adds to prior plan Firstbank Corporation FBMI $5 mln adds to prior plan RAIT Financial Trust RAS $75 mln 7/23/2007 Ableauctions.com AAC no specific amount CN CNI 33 mln shares prior plan complete Hercules HPC $200 mln over 2 years Nexity Financial Corporation NXTY 800,000 shares prior plan complete Temecula Valley Bancorp TMCV $10 mln over 6 months Volterra Semiconductor VLtr $15 mln 7/20/2007 Heritage Oaks Bancorp HEOP 100,000 shares over 1 year Williams Cos. WMB $1 bln 600 mln shares outstanding 7/19/2007 Brookline Bancorp BRKL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan CoBiz COBZ 5% of outstanding over 1 year Farmers Capital Bank Corporation FFKT 550,000 shares dutch auction tender offer Legg Mason LM 5 mln shares replaces prior plan Monarch Financial Holdings MNRK 250,000 shares People's United Financial PBCT 5% of outstanding if approved by OTS Sun Bancorp SNBC 5% of outstanding 1 mln shares Tempur-Pedic International TPX $200 mln prior plan complete Textron TXT 24 mln shares replaces prior plan 7/18/2007 C&F Financial Corporation CFFI 150,000 shares replaces prior plan Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC 500,000 shares 24.8 mln shares outstanding Corning GLW $500 mln through 2008 Knight Capital Group NITE $505 mln adds to prior plan Sysco Corp. SYY 20 mln shares upon completion of current plan S.Y. Bancorp SYBT 550,000 shares adds to prior plan 7/17/2007 Leesport Financial Corporation FLPB 150,000 shares includes prior plan 7/16/2007 Adtran ADTN 5 mln shares upon completion of current plan Newport Bancorp NFSB 243,917 shares 5% of outstanding Park National Corp. PRK 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Rohm & Haas ROH $2 bln upon completion of current plan Tidewater TDW $200 mln prior plan expired 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 Industrial Enterprises IEAM $25 mln adds to prior plan Intervoice INTV 2 mln shares over 2 years Paychex PAYX $1 bln 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 Source: The Online Investor
Here's a list of companies that have recently announced buybacks. 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 8/29/2007 American Bancorp of New Jersey ABNJ 5% of outstanding prior plan complete Bank of Commerce Holdings BOCH 2% of outstanding 8.9 mln shares outstanding Compuware CPWR $200 mln adds to prior plan DaimlerChrysler DAI $10.2 bln over 1 year Exar EXAR $100 mln over 12 months Medicis MRX $200 mln 8/28/2007 Aware AWRE $5 mln over 16 months Dycom Industries DY $15 mln over 18 months Earthlink ELNK $200 mln adds to prior plan LandAmerica Financial Group LFG 9% of outstanding adds to prior plan Mattel MAT $500 mln adds to prior plan MoSys MOSY $19.5 mln over 12 months Republic Airways Holdings RJET $100 mln over 1 year TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete 8/27/2007 Atmel ATML $250 mln 10% of outstanding Enterprise Financial Services Corporation EFSC 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Linclon Park Bancorp LPBC 5% of outstanding 41,780 shares Manpower Inc. MAN 5 mln shares prior plan complete Oplink Communications OPLK $40 mln replaces prior plan 8/24/2007 American Woodmark Corporation AMWD $100 mln adds to prior plan Provident New York Bancorp PBNY 2 mln shares upon completion of current plan Rock-Tenn RKT 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Tessera Technologies TSRA $100 mln 8/23/2007 Gap GPS $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Herbalife HLF $150 mln adds to prior plan LaBarge LB 1 mln shares over 12 months OneBeacon Insurance Group OB $200 mln 98 mln shares outstanding Sussex Bancorp SBBX 100,000 shares adds to prior plan The First of Long Island Corporation FLIC 200,000 shares continues prior plan Westamerica Bancorporation WABC 2 mln shares through 8/2008 Candela CLZR 1 mln shares replaces prior plan 8/22/2007 City Holding Company CHCO 1 mln shares replaces prior plan Genlyte Group GLYT 5% of outstanding 1.45 mln shares Greene County Bancorp GCBC 5% of outstanding 92,346 shares Lancaster Colony Corporation LANC 2 mln shares adds to prior plan LCA-Vision LCAV $50 mln prior plan complete Legacy Bancorp LEGC 486,366 shares 5% of outstanding Men's Wearhouse MW $90.3 mln adds to prior plan Univest UVSP 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan 8/21/2007 American National Bankshares AMNB 125,000 shares over 1 year Brooklyn Federal Bancorp BFSB $2 bln prior plan complete CenturyTel CTL $750 mln through 9/2009 Evans Bancorp EVBN 100,000 shares over 2 years FieldPoint Petroleum FPP $225,000 First Place Finanical Corporation FPFC 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Illinois Tool Works ITW $3 bln adds to prior plan MTS Systems Corporation MTSC 3 mln shares adds to prior plan Nordstrom JWN $1.5 bln prior plan complete TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete Wyndham Worldwide WYN $200 mln 8/20/2007 Assisted Living Concepts ALC $20 mln adds to prior plan Exterran Holdings EXH $200 mln through 8/2009 First United Corporation FUNC 5% of outstanding 307,500 shares GeoPharma GORX 1 mln shares Grainger GWW 10 mln shares includes prior plan Guaranty Federal Bancshares GFED 350,000 shares prior plan complete LSI Corporation LSI $500 mln Peoples Financial Corporation PFBX 2.5% of outstanding 136,000 shares Spak Networks LOV 500,000 shares prior plan complete Standard Motor Products SMP $3.3 mln adds to prior plan SumTotal Systems SUMT $15 mln 8/17/2007 Access National ANCX 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Delta Apparel DLA $4 mln adds to prior plan Kentucky First Federal Bancorp KFFB 150,000 shares over 1 year Old Line Bancshares OLBK 300,000 shares ProCentury Corporation PROS $10 mln over 1 year State Auto Financial Corporation STFC 4 mln shares through 2009 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA 100 mln adds to prior plan 8/16/2007 American Financial Group AFG 5 mln shares adds to prior plan American Physicians Capital ACAP $20 mln adds to prior plan Belden BDC $100 mln 45.1 mln shares outstanding Chicopee Bancorp CBNK 371,968 shares 5% of outstanding First National Lincoln Corporation FNLC 300,000 shares 3.1% of outstanding Lakeland Bancorp LBAI 500,000 shares over 12 months Parker Hannifin PH $500 mln adds to prior plan The South Financial Group TSFG $100 mln through 6/2008 Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares prior plan complete Zygo ZIGO $25 mln 8/15/2007 CompX International CIX 500,000 shares Ixia XXIA $50 mln James Hardie Industries JHX 10% of outstanding Jones Lang LaSalle JLL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Martin Marietta Materials MLM 5 mln shares adds to prior plan Network Appliance NTAP $1 bln adds to prior plan PetSmart PETM $300 mln over 2 years Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania PBIP 230,500 shares over 12 months Summit State Bank SSBI 100,000 shares 2% of outstanding United Stationers USTR $200 mln adds to prior plan VeriSign VRSN $1.1 bln 8/14/2007 Acuity Brands AYI 2 mln shares adds to prior plan American Commercial Lines ACLI $150 mln prior plan complete Asbury Automotive Group ABG 2 mln shares through 2/2008 Cogent Communications Group CCOI $50 mln through 2008 Convergys CVG 20 mln shares adds to prior plan Integrated Silicon Solution ISSI $30 mln dutch auction tender offer MPS Group MPS $75 mln adds to prior plan U.S. Home Systems USHS $5 mln Walter Industries WLT $25 mln 8/13/2007 Cascade Bancorp CACB 5% of outstanding over 2 years FirstFed Financial FED 1.35 mln shares adds to prior plan Forest Laboratories FRX 35 mln shares adds to prior plan Hot Topic HOTT $40 mln through 2/2008 Mace Security International MACE $2 mln Molex MOLX $200 mln replaces prior plan Palomar Medical Technologies PMTI 1 mln shares Sears Holdings SHLD $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Taylor Capital Group TAYC $20 mln adds to prior plan 8/10/2007 Polo Ralph Lauren RL $250 mln adds to prior plan Tekelec TKLC $50 mln 71.3 mln shares outstanding 8/09/2007 Advance Auto Parts AAP $500 mln replaces prior plan Emmis Communications EMMS $50 mln Grant Prideco GRP $300 mln adds to prior plan KLA-Tencor KLAC 10 mln shares Mobile Mini MINI $50 mln over 6 months The Pantry PTRY $50 mln thru 9/25/08 Pinnacle Airlines PNCL $30 mln prior plan complete Roma Financial ROMA 981,956 shares 10% of outstanding Seaboard Corp. SEB $50 mln thru 8/31/09 8/08/2007 Cardinal Health CAH $2 bln over 2 years ChoicePoint CPS $300 mln adds to prior plan Crystal River Capital CRZ 2 mln shares Group 1 Automotive GPI $30 mln prior plan complete Security Bank SBKC 1.2 mln shares 6.3% of outstanding Service Corp. Int'l SCI $200 mln adds to prior plan The Dixie Group DXYN $10 mln Viad VVI 1 mln shares adds to prior plan West Pharmaceutical Services WST 1 mln shares over 1 year WMS Industries WMS $50 mln over 2 years 8/07/2007 Charlotte Russe Holding CHIC $25 mln over 1 year City National CYN 1 mln shares adds to prior plan GenTek GETI $30 mln over 3 years Heritage Commerce HTBK $30 mln over 2 years Marsh & McLennan MMC $1.5 bln prior plan complete PeopleSupport PSPT $25 mln Steve Madden SHOO $37 mln adds to prior plan 8/06/2007 AvalonBay Communities AVB $200 mln adds to prior plan Hauppauge Digital HAUP 1.2 mln increases prior plan Houston Wire & Cable HWCC $30 mln Liberty Bancorp LBCP 476,119 shares 10% of outstanding 8/03/2007 Hasbro Inc. HAS $500 mln prior plan complete Liberty Global LBTY 11.36 mln shares dutch auction tender offer Procter & Gamble PG $30 bln over 3 years Safety Insurance Group SAFT $30 mln Sciele Pharma SCRX $40 mln over 1 year 8/02/2007 Alliance Bankshares ABVA 250,000 shares adds to prior plan Bemis BMS 5 mln shares adds to prior plan CBL & Associates Properties CBL $100 mln over 12 months Dover Corporation DOV 10 mln shares 5% of outstanding Eastern Insurance Holdings EIHI 478,980 shares adds to prior plan First Community Bancorp FCBP $150 mln over 12 months Lufkin Industries LUFK $30 mln 15.1 mln shares outstanding Marriot International MAR 40 mln shares adds to prior plan Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN $250 mln 156.7 mln shares outstanding Pool Corporation POOL $100 mln includes prior plan Sonic Corporation SONC $75 mln adds to prior plan Vineyard National Bancorp VNBC $20 mln adds to prior plan Zebra Technologies ZBRA 3 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/01/2007 CKE Restaurants CKR $100 mln adds to prior plan Community Bankshares SCB 500,000 shares FirstFed Financial FED 1.5 mln shares 10% of outstanding Genesee & Wyoming GWR 4 mln shares through 2007 Harleysville Group HGIC 1.6 mln shares over 2 years Medical Properties Trust MPW 3 mln shares over 1 year Moody's MCO $2 bln upon completion of current plan Nanometrics NANO $4 mln Safeco SAF $750 mln replaces prior plan THQ Incorporated THQI $25 mln adds to prior plan Time Warner TWX $5 bln prior plan complete 7/31/2007 Forward Air Corporation FWRD 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Masco Corporation MAS 50 mln shares Nalco Holding NLC $300 mln 8% of outstanding NVR NVR $300 mln Oriental Financial Group OFG $15 mln replaces prior plan Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares replaces prior plan USANA Health Services USNA $50 mln adds to prior plan VCG Holding Corporation PTT 1.6 mln shares 10% of outstanding 7/30/2007 American Community Bancshares ACBA 275,000 shares adds to prior plan BMC Software BMC $1 bln adds to prior plan Centrue Financial Corporation TRUE 500,000 shares adds to prior plan First Financial Bancorp FFBC 1 mln shares adds to prior plan First Regional Bancorp FRGB 1 mln shares 8% of outstanding Gymboree Corporation GYMB $50 mln over 1 year KVH Industries KVHI 1 mln shares 6.7% of outstanding Max Capital Group MXGL $70 mln adds to prior plan Sandy Spring Bancorp SASR 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Trico Marine Services TRMA $100 mln ValueClick VCLK $34 mln adds to prior plan 7/27/2007 Blue River Bancshares BRBI 200,000 shares adds to prior plan Stewart Information Services STC 1.5% of outstanding Teche Holding Company TSH 3% of outstanding 66,000 shares World Acceptance Corporation WRLD $10 mln adds to prior plan 7/26/2007 Banner BANR 750,000 shares 5% of outstanding Benchmark Electronics BHE $125 mln Cisco Systems CSCO $5 bln adds to prior plan Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group FBR 36 mln shares adds to prior plan Financial Institutions FISI $5 mln replaces prior plan Flow International FLOW $45 mln Foundry Networks FDRY $200 mln Janus Capital Group JNS $500 mln upon completion of current plan National Instruments NATI 2.4 mln shares adds to prior plan PMI Group PMI $150 mln adds to prior plan Provident Financial Services PFS 5% of outstanding 3.2 mln shares Republic Services RSG $250 mln adds to prior plan Resource America REXI $50 mln replaces prior plan Simon Properety Group SPG $1 bln over 24 months Spartan Motors SPAR 1 mln shares over 12 months Steris STE $300 mln replaces prior plan SVB Financial Group SIVB $250 mln replaces prior plan Tollgrade Communications TLGD 1 mln shares through 2007 Wilshire Bancorp WIBC $10 mln over 1 year 7/25/2007 Central Pacific Financial CPF 1.5 mln shares adds to prior plan Community Bancorp CBON 5% of outstanding over 12 months GlaxoSmithKline GSK $24.7 bln over 2 years Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Hudson City Bancorp HCBK 51.4 mln shares 10% of outstanding International Flavors & Fragrances IFF $750 mln replaces prior plan Lennox International LII $500 mln 22% of outstanding PFF Bancorp PFB 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Praxair PX $1 bln Rimage RIMG 500,000 shares replaces prior plan SEI Investments SEIC $75 mln adds to prior plan Southcoast Financial Corporation SOCB 10% of outstanding adds to prior plan UnionBanCal UB $500 mln adds to prior plan 7/24/2007 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG 7 mln shares adds to prior plan Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin ABCW 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX 10 mln shares adds to prior plan Devcon International DEVC $5 mln through 2008 Ethan Allen Interiors ETH 1.793 mln shares adds to prior plan Firstbank Corporation FBMI $5 mln adds to prior plan RAIT Financial Trust RAS $75 mln 7/23/2007 Ableauctions.com AAC no specific amount CN CNI 33 mln shares prior plan complete Hercules HPC $200 mln over 2 years Nexity Financial Corporation NXTY 800,000 shares prior plan complete Temecula Valley Bancorp TMCV $10 mln over 6 months Volterra Semiconductor VLtr $15 mln 7/20/2007 Heritage Oaks Bancorp HEOP 100,000 shares over 1 year Williams Cos. WMB $1 bln 600 mln shares outstanding 7/19/2007 Brookline Bancorp BRKL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan CoBiz COBZ 5% of outstanding over 1 year Farmers Capital Bank Corporation FFKT 550,000 shares dutch auction tender offer Legg Mason LM 5 mln shares replaces prior plan Monarch Financial Holdings MNRK 250,000 shares People's United Financial PBCT 5% of outstanding if approved by OTS Sun Bancorp SNBC 5% of outstanding 1 mln shares Tempur-Pedic International TPX $200 mln prior plan complete Textron TXT 24 mln shares replaces prior plan 7/18/2007 C&F Financial Corporation CFFI 150,000 shares replaces prior plan Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC 500,000 shares 24.8 mln shares outstanding Corning GLW $500 mln through 2008 Knight Capital Group NITE $505 mln adds to prior plan Sysco Corp. SYY 20 mln shares upon completion of current plan S.Y. Bancorp SYBT 550,000 shares adds to prior plan 7/17/2007 Leesport Financial Corporation FLPB 150,000 shares includes prior plan 7/16/2007 Adtran ADTN 5 mln shares upon completion of current plan Newport Bancorp NFSB 243,917 shares 5% of outstanding Park National Corp. PRK 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Rohm & Haas ROH $2 bln upon completion of current plan Tidewater TDW $200 mln prior plan expired 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 Industrial Enterprises IEAM $25 mln adds to prior plan Intervoice INTV 2 mln shares over 2 years Paychex PAYX $1 bln 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 Source: The Online Investor
Here's a list of companies that have recently announced buybacks. 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 8/28/2007 Aware AWRE $5 mln over 16 months MoSys MOSY $19.5 mln over 12 months TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete 8/27/2007 Atmel ATML $250 mln 10% of outstanding Enterprise Financial Services Corporation EFSC 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Linclon Park Bancorp LPBC 5% of outstanding 41,780 shares Manpower Inc. MAN 5 mln shares prior plan complete Oplink Communications OPLK $40 mln replaces prior plan 8/24/2007 American Woodmark Corporation AMWD $100 mln adds to prior plan Provident New York Bancorp PBNY 2 mln shares upon completion of current plan Rock-Tenn RKT 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Tessera Technologies TSRA $100 mln 8/23/2007 Gap GPS $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Herbalife HLF $150 mln adds to prior plan LaBarge LB 1 mln shares over 12 months OneBeacon Insurance Group OB $200 mln 98 mln shares outstanding Sussex Bancorp SBBX 100,000 shares adds to prior plan The First of Long Island Corporation FLIC 200,000 shares continues prior plan Westamerica Bancorporation WABC 2 mln shares through 8/2008 Candela CLZR 1 mln shares replaces prior plan 8/22/2007 City Holding Company CHCO 1 mln shares replaces prior plan Genlyte Group GLYT 5% of outstanding 1.45 mln shares Greene County Bancorp GCBC 5% of outstanding 92,346 shares Lancaster Colony Corporation LANC 2 mln shares adds to prior plan LCA-Vision LCAV $50 mln prior plan complete Legacy Bancorp LEGC 486,366 shares 5% of outstanding Men's Wearhouse MW $90.3 mln adds to prior plan Univest UVSP 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan 8/21/2007 American National Bankshares AMNB 125,000 shares over 1 year Brooklyn Federal Bancorp BFSB $2 bln prior plan complete CenturyTel CTL $750 mln through 9/2009 Evans Bancorp EVBN 100,000 shares over 2 years FieldPoint Petroleum FPP $225,000 First Place Finanical Corporation FPFC 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Illinois Tool Works ITW $3 bln adds to prior plan MTS Systems Corporation MTSC 3 mln shares adds to prior plan Nordstrom JWN $1.5 bln prior plan complete TriCo Bancshares TCBK 500,000 shares prior plan complete Wyndham Worldwide WYN $200 mln 8/20/2007 Assisted Living Concepts ALC $20 mln adds to prior plan Exterran Holdings EXH $200 mln through 8/2009 First United Corporation FUNC 5% of outstanding 307,500 shares GeoPharma GORX 1 mln shares Grainger GWW 10 mln shares includes prior plan Guaranty Federal Bancshares GFED 350,000 shares prior plan complete LSI Corporation LSI $500 mln Peoples Financial Corporation PFBX 2.5% of outstanding 136,000 shares Spak Networks LOV 500,000 shares prior plan complete Standard Motor Products SMP $3.3 mln adds to prior plan SumTotal Systems SUMT $15 mln 8/17/2007 Access National ANCX 500,000 shares adds to prior plan Delta Apparel DLA $4 mln adds to prior plan Kentucky First Federal Bancorp KFFB 150,000 shares over 1 year Old Line Bancshares OLBK 300,000 shares ProCentury Corporation PROS $10 mln over 1 year State Auto Financial Corporation STFC 4 mln shares through 2009 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates VSEA 100 mln adds to prior plan 8/16/2007 American Financial Group AFG 5 mln shares adds to prior plan American Physicians Capital ACAP $20 mln adds to prior plan Belden BDC $100 mln 45.1 mln shares outstanding Chicopee Bancorp CBNK 371,968 shares 5% of outstanding First National Lincoln Corporation FNLC 300,000 shares 3.1% of outstanding Lakeland Bancorp LBAI 500,000 shares over 12 months Parker Hannifin PH $500 mln adds to prior plan The South Financial Group TSFG $100 mln through 6/2008 Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares prior plan complete Zygo ZIGO $25 mln 8/15/2007 CompX International CIX 500,000 shares Ixia XXIA $50 mln James Hardie Industries JHX 10% of outstanding Jones Lang LaSalle JLL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Martin Marietta Materials MLM 5 mln shares adds to prior plan Network Appliance NTAP $1 bln adds to prior plan PetSmart PETM $300 mln over 2 years Prudential Bancorp of Pennsylvania PBIP 230,500 shares over 12 months Summit State Bank SSBI 100,000 shares 2% of outstanding United Stationers USTR $200 mln adds to prior plan VeriSign VRSN $1.1 bln 8/14/2007 Acuity Brands AYI 2 mln shares adds to prior plan American Commercial Lines ACLI $150 mln prior plan complete Asbury Automotive Group ABG 2 mln shares through 2/2008 Cogent Communications Group CCOI $50 mln through 2008 Convergys CVG 20 mln shares adds to prior plan Integrated Silicon Solution ISSI $30 mln dutch auction tender offer MPS Group MPS $75 mln adds to prior plan U.S. Home Systems USHS $5 mln Walter Industries WLT $25 mln 8/13/2007 Cascade Bancorp CACB 5% of outstanding over 2 years FirstFed Financial FED 1.35 mln shares adds to prior plan Forest Laboratories FRX 35 mln shares adds to prior plan Hot Topic HOTT $40 mln through 2/2008 Mace Security International MACE $2 mln Molex MOLX $200 mln replaces prior plan Palomar Medical Technologies PMTI 1 mln shares Sears Holdings SHLD $1.5 bln adds to prior plan Taylor Capital Group TAYC $20 mln adds to prior plan 8/10/2007 Polo Ralph Lauren RL $250 mln adds to prior plan Tekelec TKLC $50 mln 71.3 mln shares outstanding 8/09/2007 Advance Auto Parts AAP $500 mln replaces prior plan Emmis Communications EMMS $50 mln Grant Prideco GRP $300 mln adds to prior plan KLA-Tencor KLAC 10 mln shares Mobile Mini MINI $50 mln over 6 months The Pantry PTRY $50 mln thru 9/25/08 Pinnacle Airlines PNCL $30 mln prior plan complete Roma Financial ROMA 981,956 shares 10% of outstanding Seaboard Corp. SEB $50 mln thru 8/31/09 8/08/2007 Cardinal Health CAH $2 bln over 2 years ChoicePoint CPS $300 mln adds to prior plan Crystal River Capital CRZ 2 mln shares Group 1 Automotive GPI $30 mln prior plan complete Security Bank SBKC 1.2 mln shares 6.3% of outstanding Service Corp. Int'l SCI $200 mln adds to prior plan The Dixie Group DXYN $10 mln Viad VVI 1 mln shares adds to prior plan West Pharmaceutical Services WST 1 mln shares over 1 year WMS Industries WMS $50 mln over 2 years 8/07/2007 Charlotte Russe Holding CHIC $25 mln over 1 year City National CYN 1 mln shares adds to prior plan GenTek GETI $30 mln over 3 years Heritage Commerce HTBK $30 mln over 2 years Marsh & McLennan MMC $1.5 bln prior plan complete PeopleSupport PSPT $25 mln Steve Madden SHOO $37 mln adds to prior plan 8/06/2007 AvalonBay Communities AVB $200 mln adds to prior plan Hauppauge Digital HAUP 1.2 mln increases prior plan Houston Wire & Cable HWCC $30 mln Liberty Bancorp LBCP 476,119 shares 10% of outstanding 8/03/2007 Hasbro Inc. HAS $500 mln prior plan complete Liberty Global LBTY 11.36 mln shares dutch auction tender offer Procter & Gamble PG $30 bln over 3 years Safety Insurance Group SAFT $30 mln Sciele Pharma SCRX $40 mln over 1 year 8/02/2007 Alliance Bankshares ABVA 250,000 shares adds to prior plan Bemis BMS 5 mln shares adds to prior plan CBL & Associates Properties CBL $100 mln over 12 months Dover Corporation DOV 10 mln shares 5% of outstanding Eastern Insurance Holdings EIHI 478,980 shares adds to prior plan First Community Bancorp FCBP $150 mln over 12 months Lufkin Industries LUFK $30 mln 15.1 mln shares outstanding Marriot International MAR 40 mln shares adds to prior plan Patterson-UTI Energy PTEN $250 mln 156.7 mln shares outstanding Pool Corporation POOL $100 mln includes prior plan Sonic Corporation SONC $75 mln adds to prior plan Vineyard National Bancorp VNBC $20 mln adds to prior plan Zebra Technologies ZBRA 3 mln shares adds to prior plan 8/01/2007 CKE Restaurants CKR $100 mln adds to prior plan Community Bankshares SCB 500,000 shares FirstFed Financial FED 1.5 mln shares 10% of outstanding Genesee & Wyoming GWR 4 mln shares through 2007 Harleysville Group HGIC 1.6 mln shares over 2 years Medical Properties Trust MPW 3 mln shares over 1 year Moody's MCO $2 bln upon completion of current plan Nanometrics NANO $4 mln Safeco SAF $750 mln replaces prior plan THQ Incorporated THQI $25 mln adds to prior plan Time Warner TWX $5 bln prior plan complete 7/31/2007 Forward Air Corporation FWRD 2 mln shares adds to prior plan Masco Corporation MAS 50 mln shares Nalco Holding NLC $300 mln 8% of outstanding NVR NVR $300 mln Oriental Financial Group OFG $15 mln replaces prior plan Twin Disc TWIN 200,000 shares replaces prior plan USANA Health Services USNA $50 mln adds to prior plan VCG Holding Corporation PTT 1.6 mln shares 10% of outstanding 7/30/2007 American Community Bancshares ACBA 275,000 shares adds to prior plan BMC Software BMC $1 bln adds to prior plan Centrue Financial Corporation TRUE 500,000 shares adds to prior plan First Financial Bancorp FFBC 1 mln shares adds to prior plan First Regional Bancorp FRGB 1 mln shares 8% of outstanding Gymboree Corporation GYMB $50 mln over 1 year KVH Industries KVHI 1 mln shares 6.7% of outstanding Max Capital Group MXGL $70 mln adds to prior plan Sandy Spring Bancorp SASR 5% of outstanding replaces prior plan Trico Marine Services TRMA $100 mln ValueClick VCLK $34 mln adds to prior plan 7/27/2007 Blue River Bancshares BRBI 200,000 shares adds to prior plan Stewart Information Services STC 1.5% of outstanding Teche Holding Company TSH 3% of outstanding 66,000 shares World Acceptance Corporation WRLD $10 mln adds to prior plan 7/26/2007 Banner BANR 750,000 shares 5% of outstanding Benchmark Electronics BHE $125 mln Cisco Systems CSCO $5 bln adds to prior plan Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group FBR 36 mln shares adds to prior plan Financial Institutions FISI $5 mln replaces prior plan Flow International FLOW $45 mln Foundry Networks FDRY $200 mln Janus Capital Group JNS $500 mln upon completion of current plan National Instruments NATI 2.4 mln shares adds to prior plan PMI Group PMI $150 mln adds to prior plan Provident Financial Services PFS 5% of outstanding 3.2 mln shares Republic Services RSG $250 mln adds to prior plan Resource America REXI $50 mln replaces prior plan Simon Properety Group SPG $1 bln over 24 months Spartan Motors SPAR 1 mln shares over 12 months Steris STE $300 mln replaces prior plan SVB Financial Group SIVB $250 mln replaces prior plan Tollgrade Communications TLGD 1 mln shares through 2007 Wilshire Bancorp WIBC $10 mln over 1 year 7/25/2007 Central Pacific Financial CPF 1.5 mln shares adds to prior plan Community Bancorp CBON 5% of outstanding over 12 months GlaxoSmithKline GSK $24.7 bln over 2 years Heritage Financial Corporation HFWA 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Hudson City Bancorp HCBK 51.4 mln shares 10% of outstanding International Flavors & Fragrances IFF $750 mln replaces prior plan Lennox International LII $500 mln 22% of outstanding PFF Bancorp PFB 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Praxair PX $1 bln Rimage RIMG 500,000 shares replaces prior plan SEI Investments SEIC $75 mln adds to prior plan Southcoast Financial Corporation SOCB 10% of outstanding adds to prior plan UnionBanCal UB $500 mln adds to prior plan 7/24/2007 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. AJG 7 mln shares adds to prior plan Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin ABCW 5% of outstanding adds to prior plan Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX 10 mln shares adds to prior plan Devcon International DEVC $5 mln through 2008 Ethan Allen Interiors ETH 1.793 mln shares adds to prior plan Firstbank Corporation FBMI $5 mln adds to prior plan RAIT Financial Trust RAS $75 mln 7/23/2007 Ableauctions.com AAC no specific amount CN CNI 33 mln shares prior plan complete Hercules HPC $200 mln over 2 years Nexity Financial Corporation NXTY 800,000 shares prior plan complete Temecula Valley Bancorp TMCV $10 mln over 6 months Volterra Semiconductor VLtr $15 mln 7/20/2007 Heritage Oaks Bancorp HEOP 100,000 shares over 1 year Williams Cos. WMB $1 bln 600 mln shares outstanding 7/19/2007 Brookline Bancorp BRKL 2 mln shares adds to prior plan CoBiz COBZ 5% of outstanding over 1 year Farmers Capital Bank Corporation FFKT 550,000 shares dutch auction tender offer Legg Mason LM 5 mln shares replaces prior plan Monarch Financial Holdings MNRK 250,000 shares People's United Financial PBCT 5% of outstanding if approved by OTS Sun Bancorp SNBC 5% of outstanding 1 mln shares Tempur-Pedic International TPX $200 mln prior plan complete Textron TXT 24 mln shares replaces prior plan 7/18/2007 C&F Financial Corporation CFFI 150,000 shares replaces prior plan Chemical Financial Corporation CHFC 500,000 shares 24.8 mln shares outstanding Corning GLW $500 mln through 2008 Knight Capital Group NITE $505 mln adds to prior plan Sysco Corp. SYY 20 mln shares upon completion of current plan S.Y. Bancorp SYBT 550,000 shares adds to prior plan 7/17/2007 Leesport Financial Corporation FLPB 150,000 shares includes prior plan 7/16/2007 Adtran ADTN 5 mln shares upon completion of current plan Newport Bancorp NFSB 243,917 shares 5% of outstanding Park National Corp. PRK 1 mln shares adds to prior plan Rohm & Haas ROH $2 bln upon completion of current plan Tidewater TDW $200 mln prior plan expired 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 Industrial Enterprises IEAM $25 mln adds to prior plan Intervoice INTV 2 mln shares over 2 years Paychex PAYX $1 bln 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 Source: The Online Investor


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@TheMarketQuote ... i took the 21s $CSCO "strike price trading"
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“@VentureBeat: Skype hits another milestone: Adds 10-person video calls for Windows $EBAY $CSCO $MSFT http://ow.ly/18Qa6D”
@LDrogen "all for free" is the operative phrase. How would $CSCO shareholders see a return on their investment?
After Hours Most Active: $SBUX, $MU, $MSFT, $TTWO, $CSCO, http://bit.ly/AzYaT #nasdaq
RT @katiefehren: Cisco buys up Arch Rock for the smart grid: http://bit.ly/b5VfMs $CSCO
A few of yesterdays laggards playing catch up $APKT $CSCO $GDOT
RT @YahooFinance: Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Arch Rock http://yhoo.it/ajDU7e $CSCO *And tech M&A continues...*
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Arch Rock http://yhoo.it/ajDU7e $CSCO $$
Looking for a retreat to reload long. $RAX, $TNA, $CSCO,
Should Skype Be Cisco’s ($CSCO) Gateway Drug? http://t.co/fx5JqyL via @gigaom
Added to $csco in premarket
@chessNwine taiwan checks are weaker creating eps uncertainty $glw but tons of value plays $mu $stx $wdc $onnn $ter $intc $csco $msft etc
RT @TheKirkReport: The most surprising thing about today? Seeing $CSCO close out on its lows
RT @TheKirkReport: The most surprising thing about today? Seeing $CSCO close out on its lows
The most surprising thing about today? Seeing $CSCO close out on its lows (RT @TheKirkReport)
RT @TheKirkReport: The most surprising thing about today? Seeing $CSCO close out on its lows
The most surprising thing about today? Seeing $CSCO close out on its lows
After Hours Most Active: $MSFT, $INTC, $CSCO, $GILD, $MPEL, http://bit.ly/AzYaT #nasdaq
$CSCO buying Skype, http://bit.ly/aDsZbr #telepresence is seeing traction with clients, but costly, there may be some truth to this rumor
$ITRI Itron announces strategic alliance with $CSCO to develop next generation IP for smart grid market


The Ides of August left Finisar looking cheap. A quick 10% boost doesn't really change that.
Assuming you pay attention to lines on a graph.
Video on demand will one day rule the digital airwaves, and SeaChange will help instigate the sea change.
A fear-based strategy can't be good for shareholders.
The new iPod touch is so cool, it makes other companies shiver.
And by "won," we kind of mean "lost."
How doling out cash can boost the company's stock price.
Keep your eye on margins.
Buy high and sell higher!
Keep an eye out for suspiciously spotless earnings.
The addition of phone service to Gmail should worry traditional telecom companies.
Buy high and sell higher!
In the end, you still have to do your own research for every trade.
Pay attention to this powerful indicator.