Insider Sells $9.4 Million of Western Sizzlin

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 Bill Barrett (BBG) Warburg Pincus & Co BO 381,502 $7,179,559 Global Industries Ltd (GLBL) Dore William J BO 915,888 $2,459,806 Transmeta (TMTA) Riley Bryant R DIR 118,919 $2,127,476 Orexigen Therapeutics (OREX) Turner Daniel K III DIR 300,000 $1,038,450 Weatherford Intl (WFT) Macaulay William E DIR 100,000 $920,000 Moneygram Intl (MGI) Blum Capital Partners LP BO 607,746 $578,327 Global Industries (GLBL) Clerico John A CEO 200,000 $539,446 Visa (V) Saunders Joseph W CB,CEO, DIR 10,175 $513,462 Berry Petroleum (BRY) Jamieson Thomas J DIR 50,428 $448,609 Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Wolff Lewis DIR 55,700 $300,223

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Western Sizzlin (WSZZ) Dash Acquisitions LLC DIR,BO 11,250 $9,437,783 McMoran Exploration (MMR) Day Robert DIR 423,805 $3,917,002 KBW (KBW) Michaud Thomas B VCB,DIR, COO 84,100 $1,801,582 Navigant Consulting (NCI) Howard Julie PR,COO 76,408 $1,410,469 Qualcomm (QCOM) Stern Marc I DIR 45,000 $1,364,266 HMS Holdings (HMSY) Holster Robert M CB,CEO, DIR 40,000 $1,128,000 Ebix (EBIX) Luxor Capital Group LP BO 46,855 $1,061,369 Rock-tenn (RKT) Rubright James A CB,CEO, DIR 23,828 $801,862 Bebe Stores (BEBE) Mashouf Manny CB,F, DIR,BO 120,000 $789,600 Dusa Pharmaceuticals (DUSA) Becker Steven R BO 579,994 $661,193

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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