The original buyback program was announced in November 1985.

It has had a continuing buyback program for years.

The company recently completed a 10-million-share buyback program begun in 2000.

The buyback program has had strategic impact as well.

Atlantic Research's board authorized a buyback program of up to 5 percent, or about 465,000 shares.

Or so one might conclude from the company's aggressive buyback program.

It plans to expand that buyback program over the next several years as the debt is reduced.

The buyback program has proven very popular in many cities.

Corporations that adopt a buyback program generally follow a 50 percent rule.

The Senate vote did not reflect a clear judgment among senators about the wisdom of the buyback program.