Insider Buys $4.2M of James River Coal

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 Navigator Master LP BO 300,000 $4,949,880 Fibernet Telecom (FTGX) WC Capital Mgt LLC BO 25,100 $261,167 Biospecifics Technologies (BSTC) RA Capital Mgt LLC BO 5,390 $116,610 DWS Municipal Inc Tr (KTF) Condon Philip G O 8,000 $59,680 Metalico (MEA) Cornette Earl B DIR 23,350 $57,918 Merge Healthcare (MRGE) Merrick Ris LLC DIR,BO 28,200 $35,244 Lapolla Industries (LPAD) Kurtz Richard CB,DIR, BO 45,500 $23,176 Flanigans Enterprises (BDL) Flanigan James II CEO,PR, DIR,BO 5,000 $20,509 Rock Of Ages (ROAC) North Star Investment Mg BO 10,000 $19,485 Southern Connecticut Bancorp (SSE) Howland John H PR,COO 3,000 $15,000

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Arena Resources (ARD) Rochford Living Tr Lloyd Timothy Rochford Tr CB,DIR 132,750 $4,155,075 MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) Lone Pine Capital LLC BO 100,000 $3,850,000 Noven Pharmaceuticals (NOVN) Oss Capital Management BO 116,290 $1,282,353 Arena Resources (ARD) Broaddrick William Randall CFO 30,000 $957,390 Cosi (COSI) Juvonen Ronald X,BO 2,537,000 $811,840 Google (GOOG) Eustace Robert Alan VP 2,000 $634,680 Accenture Ltd (ACN) Coughlan Anthony G AO 9,731 $328,509 Red Hat (RHT) Cunningham Michael VP,GC 20,000 $282,600 Accenture Ltd (ACN) Hightower Dennis F DIR 4,500 $151,943 Dell (DELL) Tu Lawrence VP 11,000 $117,480

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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