*550,000 purchased since 29 October 2010 (~ 3 months)*14,736,699...

*550,000 purchased since 29 October 2010 (~ 3 months)
*14,736,699 shares still to be purchased (~ 9 months to go)
*184k out of 10.4 million spent on the buy back to date
*~10.2 million to be spent on buy back
*last purchase on 17th November 2010

DGX has only purchased 3.6% of their intended amount of shares. Or alternativly, the have only spent 1.8% of their intended 10.4 million????

9 months, 10.2 million / ~14.7 million shares to go.

Not sure what DGX is waiting for. A cheaper price, surely not? They have flushed out the short term holders. Why not purchase a few large amounts now and at least create some interest in your stock and drive up the price. After all, that is the intention....