City National CEO Buys $52.7 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 Friday 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 City National (CYN) Goldsmith Russell D  CEO,PR, DIR,BO 1,250,000 $52,650,000 Sovereign Bancorp (SOV) Banco Santander Sa  BO 2,788,486 $6,500,682 Delta Petroleum Corp (DPTR) Tracinda Corp  BO 1,100,000 $6,168,000 Hilltop Holdings (HTH) Ford Gerald J  DIR,BO 357,500 $5,702,125 Avid Technology (AVID) Blum Capital Partners LP  BO 358,678 $4,934,915 Citigroup (C) Havens John P  CEO 500,000 $4,547,000 Nustar Gp Holdings (NSH) Greehey William E  DIR,BO 126,000 $2,260,642 Citigroup (C) Forese James A  O 200,000 $1,870,000 Circuit City Stores (CC) Pliego Ricardo Benjamin Salinas  BO 5,320,248 $1,186,947 Citigroup (C) Kelly Edward J III  O 100,000 $1,002,000

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III  DIR 2,000,000 $41,371,200 Mirant (MIR) Harbinger Capital Master Fd I BO 824,000 $14,182,800 Bankrate (RATE) Poliner Randall E  DIR 75,600 $2,284,050 Lumber Liquidators (LL) Sullivan Thomas D  CB,DIR, BO 108,300 $1,099,256 NBT Bancorp (NBTB) Murphy Michael M  DIR 28,895 $700,013 Hearst Argyle TV (HTV) Marbut Bob  DIR 59,861 $670,193 Data Domain (DDUP) Bhusri Aneel  DIR,BO 39,100 $666,991 Cedar Fair LP (FUN) Anderson Darrel D  DIR 50,000 $656,500 Media General (MEG) Harbinger Capital Spec Sit Fd BO 127,120 $633,529 Healthspring (HS) Rash Martin S  DIR 36,300 $599,788

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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