Gates Sells Even More Microsoft Shares

Which insiders are selling and buying chunks of stocks?

Below are lists of the top 10 open-market insider purchases and sales filed at the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday as ranked by dollar value. Company executives and directors are in the best position to assess the attractiveness of their firms' shares, and here is how many of them are voting their wallets!

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Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Bought Dollar Value CNX Gas (CXG) Consol Energy Inc BO 272,000 $7,488,418 Avid Technology (AVID) Blum Capital Partners LP BO 237,425 $3,441,472 Renaissance Acquisition (RAK) Florescue Barry W CEO,DIR, BO 500,100 $2,845,573 Lions Gate Entertainment Corp Cn (LGF) Rachesky Mark H Md BO 425,654 $2,779,619 Waste Services (WSII) Remillard Lucien DIR 196,400 $1,178,386 Ultimate Software Group (ULTI) Yanover Robert DIR 68,300 $1,015,948 Monster Worldwide (MNST) Iannuzzi Salvatore CB,CEO, PR,DIR 72,000 $1,003,723 Allergan (AGN) Pyott David E I CB,CEO, DIR 25,000 $958,665 Trico Marine Services (TRMA) Bay Harbour Mgt BO 82,500 $691,295 Herbalife Ltd (HLF) Goudis Richard CFO 25,000 $485,372

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 3,000,000 $69,920,100 Mirant (MIR) Harbinger Capital Special Sit Fd BO 984,756 $16,493,296 K12 (LRN) Milken Michael R O 210,000 $5,886,300 CSX (CSX) Ward Michael J CB,CEO, PR,DIR 125,716 $5,854,594 American Financial Group (AFG) Lindner S Craig CEO,PR, DIR 157,900 $3,737,366 Total System Services (TSS) Blanchard James H DIR 312,865 $4,374,178 NY Community Bancorp (NYB) Farrell Robert S DIR 81,500 $1,235,540 Apache (APA) Plank Raymond CB,DIR 13,099 $988,851 CME Group (CME) Carey Charles P DIR 2,000 $641,980 CME Group (CME) Cermak Mark E DIR 2,000 $629,490

Key to Titles: A=Assistant, AI=Affiliated Investor, AO=Accounting Officer, BD=Business Development, BO=Beneficial Owner, CAO=Chief Accounting Officer, CB=Chairman, CCO=Chief Compliance Officer, CEO=Chief Executive Officer, CFO=Chief Financial Officer, CIO=Chief Information Officer, CO=Compliance Officer, COO=Chief Operating Officer, CT=Controller, CTO=Chief Technology Officer, DIR=Director, F=Founder, FO=Financial Officer, GC=General Counsel, HR=Human Resources, IO=Information Officer, IR=Investor Relations, LO=Legal Officer, MD=Managing Director, O=Officer, OO=Operating Officer, PR=President, PT=Partner, REL=Relative of an insider, SEC=Secretary, SH=Shareholder, SO=Sales Officer, TO=Technology Officer, TR=Treasurer, TT=Trustee, VCB=Vice Chairman, VP=Vice President, X=Ex Officer or other title displayed.

Source: InsiderInsights.com

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