Headline News: Stock Buybacks

• Munich Re Buyback Completion Depends on Stock Price, CEO Says (Bloomberg)
  March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Munich Re , the world’s biggest reinsurer, said the completion of its current share buyback may depend on the company’s stock price in coming weeks.
  
• United Tech board OKs buyback of 60 million shares (San Francisco Chronicle)
  United Technologies Corp. on Wednesday said its board approved a plan that calls for the repurchase of up to 60 million shares, worth about $4.3 billion at current prices. The plan replaces an earlier program, approved in June 2008, which was nearing... Buyback - United Technologies Corporation - United Technologies - Switzerland - Business and Economy
  
• United Tech board OKs buyback of 60 million shares (AP via Yahoo! News)
  United Technologies Corp. on Wednesday said its board approved a plan that calls for the repurchase of up to 60 million shares, worth about $4.3 billion at current prices.
  
• Gulf Navigation Completes Share Buyback of 42 Million Shares (Mena Report)
  Gulf Navigation (GulfNav), one of the leading Maritime and Shipping companies in the region, has successfully completed its share buyback process on the 26th February 2010, buying a total of 42 Million Shares. The company has bought the shares with a price range between AED 0.56 and 0.63 per share.
  
• Ingles OKs 1M Share Buyback (Supermarket News)
  The board of directors of Ingles Markets here has authorized the company to buy back up to 1 million shares of its Class A and Class B stock.
  
• BUYBACK: WIT: WIT-Transaction in Own Shares (ShareChat)
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• BUYBACK: BIT: BIT - Transaction in own shares (ShareChat)
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• United Tech Board OKs Buyback of 60 Million Shares (ABC News)
  United Technologies board approves plan to buy back up to $4.3 billion in shares United Technologies Corporation - Business - United States - Government - Jet engine
  
• BUYBACK: MLN: MLN - Notice of Acquisition of Securities 09 March 2010 (ShareChat)
  Don't know the stock code? Search by keyword: “As a bouncy young Minister in 1992, Simon Upton dismembered the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and created the Crown Research Institutes, to various shrieks of heresy and with perhaps too much the idea they should act like private companies.
  
• Applied Materials Boosts Dividend by 17%, Unveils $2 Billion Buyback (Fox News)
  Applied Materials announced plans to pay a 7-cent dividend and buy back $2 billion of its own stock.