Insider Sells $39.2M of Cliffs Natural

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 Republic Services (RSG) Cascade Investment LLC O 476,345 $12,011,182 James River Coal (JRCC) Steelhead Partners LLC O 100,000 $1,586,330 Pet Drx (VETS) Burleson Gene E CEO,DIR 383,700 $851,814 Autonation Fl (AN) Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Tr O 50,000 $498,360 Fibernet Telecom (FTGX) Wc Capital Management LLC BO 25,900 $256,850 Taro Pharmaceutical (TAROF) Franklin Resources Inc BO 10,235 $92,842 Cogent Communications (CCOI) Ferguson Lewis H DIR 10,400 $76,491 BKF Capital Group (BKFG) Bronson Steven N PR,DIR, BO 69,500 $59,075 FSI International (FSI) Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M BO 145,825 $48,821 Majesco Entertainment (COOL) Trinad Capital Master Fund Ltd BO 30,300 $24,379

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) Harbinger Capital Master Fund I BO 1,370,938 $39,210,960 Genelabs Technologies (GNLB) Morgan Stanley BO 5,374,343 $6,986,646 Intraware (ITRA) Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M BO 928,275 $3,713,100 Noven Pharmaceuticals (NOVN) OSS Capital Mgt BO 79,039 $880,043 Vonage Holdings (VG) Silver Point Capital LP BO 87,000 $55,711 Sinoenergy (SNEN) Feinberg Jeff BO 11,600 $29,116 Alpine Global Premier Prop Fd (AWP) Flamm Sheldon R TR,CCO 400 $5,356 Qualstar (QBAK) Nelson Richard A DIR,VP, BO 2,318 $5,273 Core-mark Holding Company (CORE) Miller Christopher M VP,CAO 217 $4,462 Flow International (FLOW) Fletcher Douglas P CFO 2,000 $4,220

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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