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The Motley Fool August 16, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Staples' Staying Power The office supply retailer reports another solid quarter. Here's a solid long-term play that no investor should be ashamed to have in his or her portfolio.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Should You Buy and Hold Staples? Staples passed 4 out of 4 of our retirement stock tests. Does it deserve a place in your portfolio?
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 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 October 10, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Staples Sticks to Outlook The office supply leader affirms its outlook and announces a stock buyback.
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 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 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 August 22, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Staples Holding Steady International sales help the office-supply retailer weather the shaky U.S. economy. Investors, take note.
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 May 17, 2005 Tim Beyers	Your Portfolio's New Staple? Consistent sales and earnings growth may make Staples a reliable investment.
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 February 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Turnaround to the Max OfficeMax continues to see improvement. Shareholders have watched the company's share price increase about 70% since February 2006.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2007 David Lee Smith	Staples' Not-Too-Shabby Quarter These results suggest the company deserves attention -- and maybe even love from investors.
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 April 18, 2007 David Meier	Stock, Paper, Scissors A stock analyst looks closer at the Big Three office-supply retailers: Staples... Office Depot... OfficeMax...
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The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Investors Stick It to Staples A cautious outlook outweighs a solid quarter for the office-supply retailer.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hard Days at Office Depot By most measures, it was a solid quarter for the office supply retailer. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Rich Smith	Juniper's Billion-Buck Buyback But who will reap the rewards?
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The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Dave Mock	Going Big in Texas Texas Instruments doesn't like to leave excess cash sitting in the bank. The company recently upped its buyback plan by an additional $5 billion, in addition to a 25% increase in its quarterly dividend.
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 September 9, 2010 Rich Smith	Tyco Tries a Billion-Buck Buyback Can it pay? Sure. But should it?
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The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Rich Smith	Staples Looks Sharp Staples bids for its European rival, Corporate Express, and gets turned down.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 Ryan Fuhrmann	Staples Delivers Staples shows why it is the office supply leader.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Shubh Datta	At Walgreen, It's Payback Time Walgreen buys back shares and raises its dividend.
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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 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 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 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	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.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2007 Rich Smith	Synopsys: This Price Ain't Right A buyback plan seems a bit too eager for the semiconductor-manufacturing software maker. But even if one values the stock based on its free cash flow, the price just doesn't look compelling.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Mike Cianciolo	Foolish Forecast: Sticking With Staples The office and school supply retailer is set to report its second-quarter earnings. Investors, here is what you can expect to find.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2007 Rich Smith	Waste Management's No Litterbug Waste Management allocates another $300 million to its stock buyback program for the year.
The Motley Fool October 27, 2006 Jason Ramage	Penny for Your OfficeMax The office supply retailer came through yesterday with a Halloween treat, beating third-quarter earnings estimates by a penny.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Kroger: Compounding or Destroying Value? Management is spending your capital.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2005 Nathan Slaughter	Minimizing OfficeMax No. 3 office supply retailer losing ground to larger rivals. Investors can hope that leadership can steer the company on a straighter course.
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 May 7, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	The Dust Settles at OfficeMax Does recent share price weakness warrant investment consideration in OfficeMax?
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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 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.