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The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	Northrop's $2.5 Billion Buyback Northrop Grumman announces a buyback authorization of truly mammoth proportions. At $2.5 billion in size, this buyback could potentially reduce Northrop's share count by approximately 9% if implemented in full.
The Motley Fool December 13, 2007 Rich Smith	L-3's Sub-Billion-Buck Buyback Government contractor L-3 Communications announces that its board has authorized the repurchase of up to $750 million worth of its own shares over the next couple of years.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Rich Smith	United Tech's 2-Billion-Buck Buyback The defense contractor has increased the amount it plans to spend on share repurchases. But can it afford it?
The Motley Fool October 26, 2010 Rich Smith	Lockheed Loves Itself Can it afford $3 billion in share buybacks? Sure. But is it a good idea?
The Motley Fool September 28, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Lockheed Martin: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 9.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like an acceptable use of shareholder capital at these prices.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2010 Rich Smith	Northrop Drops a $2 Billion Bombshell 11% of its shares could soon be vaporized.
The Motley Fool July 3, 2007 Rich Smith	Steel Dynamics Gets Busy There is no value prop here for shareholders. Rather than a buyback, a better move for Steel Dynamics would be to pay down a bit of its debt load.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Smith	Aetna's $1.25 Billion Buyback The health insurer Aetna splurges on its own shares; its board has authorized a $1.25 billion hike in its stock-repurchase authorization.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Raytheon: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 7.6 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital at these prices.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2008 Rich Smith	IBM's Supersized Buyback The computing giant will lay out another $15 billion to buyback stock.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Relives History The more you study GD's stock, the more you notice that investors consistently underestimate the General's profit-making prowess.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2008 Rich Smith	Does Tiffany's Buyback Glitter? The jewelry merchant announces a share repurchase authorization that nearly quintuples the size of its existing authorization.
The Motley Fool January 22, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Generally Less Dynamic? In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor General Dynamics to show a quarterly sales increase of 16% and a big rise in profits too.
The Motley Fool December 26, 2007 Rich Smith	McAfee's McTentative McBuyback The board of directors at McAfee hints that it just might be interested in its own shares. Can it afford the buyback, and even if it can, is the price right?
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Abantika Chatterjee	Easier Said Than Done at Rockwell Collins Will a buyback be a good strategy to boost EPS?
The Motley Fool December 17, 2007 Rich Smith	A Chubb-y Hubby of a Buyback Large-cap property & casualty insurer Chubb announces an "up to 28 million"-share buyback of its own stock, and sees the value of that stock fall 2% in response.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Rich Smith	Juniper's Billion-Buck Buyback But who will reap the rewards?
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lackadaisical Lockheed In advance of earnings, analysts expect a very slight rise in sales from Lockheed.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Roger Friedman	5 Cheap Stocks to Buy Now When the defense industry is battered, deals await the heady investor.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Riding Herd on Raytheon The defense contractor is set to report its quarterly earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Rich Smith	Mattel Pulls Out Its Wallet Mattel announces that it has added $500 million to its share buyback authorization, the latest installment of a program that has seen the toymaker retire 81.4 million shares over the past four years.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2004 Seth Jayson	Lockheed Martin Gains Altitude Healthy profits and free cash flow propel the stock, but has it reached a ceiling?
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Rich Smith	The Best Offense All the talk of defense spending cuts has taken its toll on General Dynamics' stock over the past few weeks, knocking it down about 4% since the beginning of the year, and another percent or so on Friday.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2007 Rich Smith	Adobe's Buyback Lacks Structural Integrity The latest adherent to the "Corporation, buy thyself" philosophy is PDF specialist Adobe, which announced in its fourth-quarter 2007 earnings that it's buying back another 30 million of its shares.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Slow Motion for General Dynamics Investors fear that decreasing sales in the coming year may threaten the defense contractor's stock price.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2010 Rich Smith	Does General Dynamics Deserve a Promotion? Sorry, General. That's as high as you go.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Rich Smith	3 Top Defense Sector Stocks Raytheon, Lockheed, and General Dynamics carry strong balance sheets, while their valuations appear attractive relative to their growth prospects.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	Could Raytheon's Stock Double? Could defense giant Raytheon be a path to 100% returns?
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	4 Defense Stocks Near 52-Week Lows If you're aiming to "buy low and sell high," then it makes infinite sense to start your search with bargain-priced stocks. Here are four in the defense sector: Lockheed Martin... General Dynamics... Raytheon... ITT Corporation...
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Rich Smith	Staples Secures Shares Wall Street's buyback binge continues. Staples had a $1.5 billion buyback plan in place already, but it had burned through $1.2 billion of its authorization and decided a re-up was in order.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Wells Fargo took Lockheed Martin down a notch to "market perform," on fears that pension costs will eat away at the firm's reported profits.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2011 Anand Chokkavelu	Rising Star Buy: Cheap Defense Stocks It's time to buy these beaten down defense stocks.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2008 Rich Smith	Lockheed Flies Right Let's take a wide-angle look at Lockheed to see how things stand year to date, and how management expects the rest of the year to shape up.
The Motley Fool September 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Tyco Tries a Billion-Buck Buyback Can it pay? Sure. But should it?
The Motley Fool September 2, 2009 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Yesterday, Citi took advantage of recent turmoil in the defense sector to upgrade one of the biggest names in Big Defense -- Lockheed Martin. in addition to upgrading Lockheed, it decided to pull its buy rating on Raytheon.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2011 Katie Spence	In Defense of 3 Companies You Might Be Overlooking Defense companies may not be the most glamorous companies to invest in -- but with the security of America depending on what these companies bring to the table, it's unlikely they'll disappear into the sunset any time soon.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Is Shipshape In advance of earnings, analysts expect defense contractor Northrop Grumman to show a small increase in sales and an even smaller increase in profits.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: General Dynamics Strong and Silent In advance of earnings reports, analysts are expecting to see sales and profit increases from General Dynamics.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Rich Smith	All Aboard at Atmel Semiconductor maker Atmel announces a 10% buyback, and plans to move quickly on it. Can it afford such a large-scale buyback, and perhaps more importantly, should it?
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Looking for Lockheed The defense contractor is set to report second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2009 Rich Smith	Northrop Grumman: Bad News Is Good News Northrop stunned the investing world by announcing that it will report a loss in the next quarter, but the news isn't as bad as it seems.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Chevron's $15 Billion Buyback Oil major Chevron announces an authorization to purchase up to $15 billion in stock over the next three years. It's money well spent. But could it be better spent elsewhere?
The Motley Fool August 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Steel Gets Denser When you combine cheap shares with a business that expects to best consensus estimates both this quarter and next, yesterday's jump in share price was wholly justified, whether Steel Dynamics actually gets around to buying back the additional shares or not.
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Rich Smith	Nordstrom Doubles Down Fresh from completing its last buyback of $1 billion worth of shares, the retailer announced that it's digging into its purse for another $1.5 billion worth of spare change with which to finance a shopping spree on its own shares.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2011 Todd Wenning	What Does Raytheon Do With Its Free Cash? Let's find out if they're good stewards of your capital.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Has General Dynamics Become the Perfect Stock? For General Dynamics to reach perfection, it needs to find new growth avenues.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2011 Katie Spence	Budget Woes Are No Match for These Titans Defense companies may suffer from pressure on Capitol Hill to cut defense spending, but that's no reason to back out of defense investing. If anything, now is the time to get in at rock-bottom prices.
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Northrop Grumman's Bad Omen In advance of earnings, analysts wonder if Northrop Grumman will miss estimates again, as it had last quarter.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Rich Smith	General Dynamics Advances, Shares Retreat After an initial surge in response to Q3 earnings, shares of defense contractor General Dynamics are today executing a phased withdrawal back to their pre-earnings positions.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Raytheon Rings In The defense contractor is set to report its second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.