Carl Icahn Buys $66.9M Worth of Yahoo!

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 Wedesday 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 Yahoo (YHOO) Icahn Carl C DIR,BO 6,778,804 $66,956,621 Kayne Anderson Energy Tot Ret Fd (KYE) Kayne Richard A CEO,FO 114,000 $1,113,780 Autonation Fl (AN) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust O 150,000 $1,027,933 Ligand Pharmaceuticals (LGND) Bvf Partners L Pil BO 496,000 $913,054 Continental Resources (CLR) Hamm Harold CB,CEO, PR,DIR, BO 50,000 $892,885 Saks (SKS) Inmobiliaria Carso S A De C V BO 250,000 $811,558 Futurefuel (FTFL) Osmium Special Situations Fund Ltd BO 120,050 $691,222 Epicor Software (EPIC) Elliott International LP BO 149,400 $506,338 Allis Chalmers Energy (ALY) Bulgheroni Alejandro Pedro DIR 90,100 $493,036 Nordstrom (JWN) Walter Robert D DIR 50,000 $469,500

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Horrigan D Greg DIR,BO 200,000 $8,632,314 Boston Scientific (BSX) Nicholas Peter M DIR 1,021,100 $6,297,052 McMoran Exploration (MMR) Day Robert DIR 539,875 $6,181,406 Intrepid Potash (IPI) Martin J Landis DIR 310,000 $5,585,186 Linn Energy Llc (LINE) Linn Michael C CB,CEO, DIR 398,722 $5,031,509 Lumber Liquidators (LL) Sullivan Thomas D CB,DIR, BO 349,000 $2,837,370 Bebe Stores (BEBE) Mashouf Manny CB,F,DIR, BO 430,300 $2,500,285 SEI Investments (SEIC) West Alfred P Jr DIR,BO 175,700 $2,467,605 Silgan Holdings (SLGN) Silver R Philip DIR,BO 36,200 $1,566,562 Trustco Bank Corp N Y (TRST) Mccormick Robert A CB,DIR 124,300 $1,312,755

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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