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Jason Raznick	Altera repurchased 10.8 million shares of its common stock during the quarter at a cost of $255 million. As of the end of the third quarter, Altera has, year to date, repurchased 32 million shares at a cost of $717 million. Repurchases in 2007 are part of a previously announced plan to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of the company's common stock through 2007 and the first half of 2008. Altera ended the quarter with $1.2 billion in cash and investments.	Love	October 24, 2007
sarah z	Altera recently announced a $500 million dollar buyback which adds to its prior plan. The programmable chipmaker also recently reaffirmed its forecast that third-quarter sales would be flat to 3 percent higher compared with the second quarter of this year. The stock has a forward PE of 21.	Love	September 12, 2007
akapal	90 mkt cap - 8.05B roa - 10.88 roe - 23.89 trailing p/e - 24.86 fwd p/e - 20.87 PEG - 1.44 # qtrs missed in last 4: 0 Sep 25 - .20	Love	August 23, 2007
mame	it MOVES and is at a good point to watch	Love	June 02, 2007
pinkmama	prefer wallmart	Hate	February 08, 2007
apat	good tech stock	Love	February 01, 2007