The answer to the share buy back...is short related. If it were about share reduction or the preservation of capital spent on buying back then OSK would certainly be buying at this level. Funny, or further validation is that insiders are buying at this level but they stop short of supporting the stock price with buy back or capital preservation to do so!!! Does it make sence to buy back your own shares, yes in my view when they are undervalued. The fact that insiders are buying at what they must see as value, yet the company doesn't! So, my conclusion is...they needed buying at higher levels to short, to bring down the price to cover. Just my view, but with that smell from the kitchen...I see rodent tracks. Just my view as I wait for a takeout offer to end this misery. glta