Headline News: Stock Buybacks

• Stock futures up on Europe data ahead of jobless claims
  Stock index futures rose on Thursday following two days of declines for the S&P 500 after upbeat European economic data and ahead of an expected drop in U.S. jobless claims.
  
• Aetna Board Authorizes $1 Billion Share Buyback
  Aetna Board Authorizes $1 Billion Share Buyback
  
• AstraZeneca doubles buyback as Brilinta shines
  AstraZeneca doubled its 2010 share buyback program on Thursday, after posting strong results and winning an endorsement from a U.S. advisory panel for its potential blockbuster heart drug Brilinta.
  
• Aetna board OKs $1 billion stock buyback program
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• NVR buying back $300 million in stock
  Homebuilder NVR Inc. said Thursday its board of directors approved the repurchase of $300 million in common stock. The buyback will not occur all at once, and will take place on the open market and through privately negotiated transactions.
  
• BUYBACK: MLN: MLN - Notice of Acquisition of Securities 28 July 2010
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• AstraZeneca Lifts Forecast, Buyback Amid Brilinta Win
  AstraZeneca Plc raised its earnings forecast for the third time this year and doubled a share buyback plan as the anti-clot drug Brilinta moved one step closer to approval and a U.S. court upheld a patent on the Crestor cholesterol medicine.
  
• UPDATE 2-AstraZeneca doubles buyback as Brilinta shines
  UPDATE 2-AstraZeneca doubles buyback as Brilinta shines
  
• Disclosures
  ROBINSONS LAND Corp. has disclosed the buyback of 500,000 shares at P13.54 a share, the buyback of 100,000 shares at P13.50 a share, the buyback of 100,000 shares at P13.48 a share, the buyback of 100,000 shares at P13.44 a share, the buyback of 100,000 shares at P13.40 a share.
  
• Google Ripe for a Stock Buyback or Dividend
  A growing cash pile makes the Web search leader a prime candidate for issuing a dividend or buying back stock, investors say