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The Motley Fool December 12, 2007 Rich Smith	General D's Below-Billion-Buck Buyback Defense contracting giant General Dynamics announces a 10-million-share repurchase authorization; at current share prices this represents an almost billion-dollar buyback. Can the company afford it? And even if it can, should it?
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 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.
BusinessWeek September 13, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	Chubb's Safe Harbor With Hurricane Frances threatening Florida, insurance stocks are being battered. But to the managing director at Wood Asset Management, now is the time to buy shares of Chubb.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Rich Smith	Juniper's Billion-Buck Buyback But who will reap the rewards?
The Motley Fool March 6, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	AIG Returns to Form While industry conditions can never be predicted with certainty, AIG may be one of the better choices for investors looking for insurance exposure.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Shubh Datta	At Walgreen, It's Payback Time Walgreen buys back shares and raises its dividend.
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 April 27, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Chubb's Fat First Quarter The insurance company hands out a hefty first-quarter profit.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Is Hewlett-Packard Crazy? Hewlett-Packard recently announced that its future is looking brighter and it's tripling its planned share repurchases, upping the limit to $12 billion worth of stock. Is it a good move?
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 October 14, 2011 Harsh Chauhan	Looking Beyond Dell's Buyback Would it be wiser for Dell to spend money on R&D rather than buybacks?
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 February 28, 2008 Rich Smith	IBM's Supersized Buyback The computing giant will lay out another $15 billion to buyback stock.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2011 Shubh Datta	It's Buyback Time at Coca-Cola Enterprises Coca-Cola Enterprises plans to buy back $1 billion worth of its shares.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2004 Rich Duprey	Buybacks Can Predict Profits Use management's signal flag of an undervalued stock to make market-beating profits.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2011 Andrew Tonner	Does Chubb Deserve a Spot in Your Portfolio? Especially in dealing with insurance companies, you need to dig deep before purchasing one these stocks. Let's take a deep look at Chubb to see if it belongs in your portfolio.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Play It Safe With AIG There is definite appeal in AIG's diversified business model. It's only a matter of time before Mother Nature rears her ugly head again, and what better way to spread your risk than by investing in a firm with product and geographic diversity?
The Motley Fool August 26, 2011 Shubh Datta	It's Buyback Time at Lowe's The home-improvement retailer plans to buy back $5 billion worth of its shares.
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 August 2, 2005 Chuck Saletta	Allstate: A Stock I'd Love to Own Thanks to a banner year and an aggressive buyback program, Allstate might look a bit cheap right now. It's priced at about 12 times trailing earnings.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2011 Harsh Chauhan	Why This Stock Looks Like a Buy Authorization of another buyback bodes well for Cypress.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bad Buyback, Bad! Today companies often choose to reward shareholders with a simple and popular method investors love: share buybacks. When is it good? When is it bad?
The Motley Fool September 30, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Accenture: Creating or Destroying Value? With shares trading at 14.3 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, the share buyback program looks like a decent use of shareholder capital at these prices.
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2007 Allen Kenney	Buy Back or Payout? Some REITs are repurchasing stock, but not all analysts agree with the move.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Richard Gibbons	Share Buybacks Aren't All Equal In the right circumstances -- when a company has excess capital and undervalued shares -- share repurchases are great for shareholders. But if the company is repurchasing overvalued shares, the buyback can actually be a sign of poor management.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Rich Smith	Analog's Billion-Buck Buyback Adding $1 billion to the buyback kitty, the semiconductor firm now boasts a $1.4 billion authorization to take its shares off the market.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2011 Shubh Datta	Why I Love Ebix's $75 Million Buyback Program The software and e-commerce solutions provider plans to buyback nearly $75 million worth of shares.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	A Closer Look at Insurance Stocks Insurance companies provide an invaluable service by allowing individuals to pool and share risk. The challenge for investors is locating companies with proven abilities to profitably navigate an uncertain future.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2011 Shubh Datta	It's Buyback Time at Best Buy The retailer plans to repurchase nearly $5 billion worth of shares.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Hewlett-Packard's $10 Billion Spending Spree How doling out cash can boost the company's stock price.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Dell: Compounding or Destroying Value? Dell's share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital. In fact, I think it's worth adding Dell to your watchlist.
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 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 September 8, 2011 Shubh Datta	It's Buyback Time at Acxiom Data services company Acxiom is planning to buy back up to $50 million worth of its stock in a move that CEO Scott Howe says is "an appropriate use of cash" at present. But is that all there is to it?
The Motley Fool October 27, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Don't Buy Into People's United's Buyback People's United's new buyback program doesn't mean you should buy.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2011 Esterhuizen & Sellitti	Undervalued Companies Buying Back Their Own Stock How do you know when a stock is undervalued?
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 September 21, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Kroger: Compounding or Destroying Value? Management is spending your capital.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Coca-Cola Enterprises: Compounding or Consuming Value? With the shares trading at 11.1 times the earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, this share buyback program looks like an acceptable use of shareholder capital.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2009 Dan Caplinger	These Companies Look Dumb and Dumber With stocks on the rise, companies are buying back shares again.
The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Rich Duprey	Don't Buy the Buyback Hype Are share buybacks little more than a tool for management to massage earnings? As for the benefit to individual shareholders, is it all it's cracked up to be?
The Motley Fool October 1, 2010 Esterhuizen & Sellitti	5 Undervalued Companies Buying Back Their Own Stock The following stocks are undervalued relative to their average target prices, and these companies have announced stock buybacks over recent weeks: Dillard's... Scholastic Corporation... Veeco Instruments... GameStop... Integrated Device Technology...
The Motley Fool August 27, 2009 Dan Caplinger	This Could Be Better Than Earning Dividends With the market down, share buybacks don't look as dumb as they used to.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Rich Duprey	Pennies on the Dollar Tree Management at the discounter announces a $500 million share buyback; investors ought to ask themselves: Is Dollar Tree a good buy now?
The Motley Fool September 23, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Staples: Compounding or Destroying Value? With shares trading at just 9.1 times its earnings-per-share estimate for the next 12 months, Staples' share buyback program looks like a very good use of shareholder capital.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2006 Seth Jayson	Bad Advice on Buybacks The point of a buyback is not to "move" the stock -- not over the short term. The point of a buyback is to increase shareholder value in the long run by giving existing shareholders a bigger cut of future economic benefits.
The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Buck Hartzell	Share Buybacks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The skinny on share repurchases.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	No Disasters at Allstate: Fool by Numbers The insurance titan released first-quarter 2007 results: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
Insurance & Technology September 17, 2009 Anthony O'Donnell	Chubb Provides Paper-Free Solution to Agents Chubb Commercial PaperFree improves on the former procedure of agents receiving a paper copy of documents through the mail or accessing them via Chubb's Web site prior to scanning them and uploading them to their agency management system.