Liberty Media Sells $5.3M of IAC Interactive

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 Wednesday 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 James River Coal (JRCC) Steelhead Partners LLC O 277,000 $3,342,958 Delta Petroleum Corpco (DPTR) Tracinda Corp BO 391,368 $1,567,058 Southern Copper (PCU) Grupo Mexico Sab De Cv BO 92,000 $1,290,760 Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP) Flynn James E  BO,BO 140,906 $1,189,603 Bronco Drilling Company (BRNC) Inmobiliaria Carso S A De C V  BO 106,000 $640,040 Stone Tan China Acquisition (STTA) Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC O 70,000 $505,650 Retail Ventures (RVI) Schottenstein Jay L CB,DIR 165,700 $495,443 Cowlitz Bancorporation (CWLZ) Crescent Capital Vi LLC BO 80,000 $476,800 Cohen & Steers Reit & Pref Inc Fd (RNP) Cohen Martin CB,DIR 62,000 $319,680 National Coal (NCOC) Geologic Resource Partners LLC BO 255,504 $314,430

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value IACInteractivecorp (IACI) Liberty Media Corp BO 333,600 $5,340,808 China-biotics (CHBT) Pope Investments LLC O 142,760 $1,024,303 GMX Resources (GMXR) Centennial Energy Partners LLC BO 36,393 $865,939 Philip Morris (PM) Kuepfer Marco VP,TR, FO 10,000 $423,000 ATP Oil & Gas (ATPG) Centennial Energy Partners LLC BO 45,000 $281,478 Natures Sunshine Prod (NATR) Delta Partners LLC BO 49,000 $269,500 Nitromed (NTMD) Flynn James E BO,BO 460,831 $257,628 Ciber (CBR) Mcgill Archibald J DIR 16,161 $70,139 Herley Industries New (HRLY) Gamco Investors Inc Et Al BO 4,860 $58,600 Vicon Industries (VII) Roche Arthur D DIR 10,000 $54,569

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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