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Circuit City Insider Buys $6.2 Million Worth

Jonathan Moreland

11/18/08 - 09:05 AM EST

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 Monday 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
Crown Castle (CCI) Abrams David C
DIR
4,500,000
$60,618,809
CB Richard Ellis (CBG) Blum Capital Partners LP
BO
10,610,079
$39,999,998
Circuit City Stores (CC) Salinas Pliego Ricardo Benjamin
BO
25,037,000
$6,170,284
CNX Gas (CXG) Consol Energy Inc
BO
143,200
$3,943,031
Landrys Restaurants (LNY) Fertitta Tilman J
CEO,PR,
DIR,BO
164,819
$1,866,080
Autonation Fl (AN) Lampert Edward S
BO
228,700
$1,386,908
Lions Gate Ent (LGF) Rachesky Mark H Md
BO
139,000
$897,022
General Dynamics (GD) Johnson Jay L
VCB,DIR
14,000
$752,640
Tetra Technologies (TTI) Symens Raymond D
VP
150,374
$748,863
Greenbrier Companies (GBX) Furman William A
CEO,PR,
DIR
100,000
$687,650
Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name
Title(s)
Shares
Sold
Dollar
Value
Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III
DIR
2,000,000
$39,627,532
Thoratec (THOR) Kellogg Peter R
O
510,000
$11,429,630
Acxiom (ACXM) Valueact Holdings LP
BO
917,893
$6,438,945
Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Silver R Philip
DIR,BO
70,500
$3,071,353
Calpine (CPN) Harbinger Capital Spec Sit Fd
BO
223,777
$1,905,642
Home Bancshares (HOMB) Cauley S Gene
DIR
35,027
$894,545
K Tron International (KTII) Guenthardt Lukas
VP
10,000
$792,410
Hearst Argyle Television (HTV) Marbut Bob
DIR
50,000
$562,366
Steven Madden Ltd (SHOO) Madden Steven
BO
30,000
$556,200
Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO) Glickman Donald
DIR
26,500
$524,350
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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