RE:Company buys up 45,200 today!These company re-purchases of its own shares can be seen as heathy, in some ways, but less so in others. For instance, SVC appears to believe that the best use of its own cash hoard is to buy back its own stock rather than a potential alternative of a strategic acquisition. I would also assume that reducing its public stock float has an artificial effect on SVC's earnings per share, making the quarter-over-quarter EPS appear stronger than might be the case were the stock float to remain level Q-over-Q. Still long, but still with many questions about management and BOD performance.