Citi CEO Buys $6.9 Million Worth

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 Citigroup (C) Pandit Vikram S CEO 750,000 $6,934,635 Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) Banco Santander Sa BO 1,500,000 $3,740,920 CNX Gas (CXG) Consol Energy Inc BO 133,400 $3,690,031 Autonation Fl (AN) Lampert Edward S BO 529,300 $3,155,179 Sirf Technology Holdings (SIRF) Galleon Special Opp Mgt BO 1,499,250 $2,137,920 Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Haque Promod BO 317,233 $2,048,228 Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Still George J Jr DIR,BO 317,233 $2,048,228 Pennsylvania RE Inv Tr (PEI) Lubert Ira M DIR 200,000 $1,457,728 AMB Property (AMB) Roberts John T Jr PR 70,000 $1,183,354 Equity One (EQY) Katzman Chaim CB,DIR, BO 81,100 $1,043,871

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 2,000,000 $42,026,000 Williams Sonoma (WSM) Lester Howard CB,CEO, DIR 1,043,447 $7,846,629 Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) Whitworth Ralph V DIR 3,401,719 $7,834,040 Extra Space Storage (EXR) Woolley Kenneth M CB,CEO, DIR 350,000 $3,449,785 China Ritar Power (CRPT) Feinberg Jeff BO 2,149,696 $2,988,077 Alliance Data Systems (ADS) Scullion John W PR,COO 37,000 $1,795,980 Usana Health Sciences (USNA) Wentz Myron W DIR 50,000 $1,762,500 Priceline Com (PCLN) Docter Jan L DIR 17,500 $954,975 Bancfirst Corp Ok (BANF) Mccalmont J Ralph DIR 14,302 $672,866 J&J Snack Foods (JJSF) Stanley Peter G DIR 16,474 $488,874

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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