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ONEOK buys back 7.5 million shares Published: Mon, Aug 7, 2006 TULSA, Okla. - Less than a week after the chairman mentioned that ONEOK Inc. had not repurchased any shares under a plan announced in December, the company announced buying back 7.5 million shares on Monday. ONEOK repurchased the shares at an initial price of $37.52 per share for a total of $281.4 million. The... Read More

Grubb & Ellis on defense Updated: Sat, Dec 9, 2000 Grubb & Ellis Co. wants to buy back more than a third of its outstanding common stock in self-defense against creeping merger mania in the commercial realty business. Directors of the Northbrook, Ill.-based firm have approved a "self-tender offer" -- a stock repurchase plan -- for up to 7 million shares at $7 per... Read More

Business in Brief Updated: Wed, May 10, 2000 Aetna plan unpopular Aetna Inc.'s low-cost health insurance plan, introduced a year ago and aimed at reducing the number of uninsured Americans, has failed to catch on. This week, Aetna officials acknowledged that initial sales have been slow, although they refused to disclose how many people have signed... Read More