Mixed Insider Signals at Popular

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 Republic Services (RSG) Cascade Investment LLC BO 450,000 $11,666,835 NTR Acquisition (NTQ) Weiss Andrew M BO 430,200 $4,297,698 GTX (GTXI) Hyde Joseph R III DIR,BO 105,264 $1,113,978 SLM (SLM) Goode Earl A DIR 20,000 $213,904 Popular (BPOP) Chafey David H Jr PR,COO 35,000 $104,300 BKF Capital Group (BKFG) Bronson Steven N PR,DIR, BO 82,900 $76,268 Saga Communications (SGA) Tisch Daniel R BO 59,980 $59,980 Capital Bank (CBKN) Cohen Leopold I DIR 10,000 $53,850 GTX (GTXI) Glass J Kenneth DIR 5,000 $53,243 Capital Bank (CBKN) Ricker Carl H Jr DIR 5,000 $27,500

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value IACInteractivecorp (IACI) Liberty Media Corp BO 185,300 $2,783,629 Popular (BPOP) Morales Manuel Jr DIR 437,846 $1,333,964 Virgin Media (VMED) Huff William R DIR 250,000 $1,209,200 Northern Trust (NTRS) Mccormack Robert C DIR 20,000 $1,157,700 Hudson City Bancorp (HCBK) Butkovich Ronald J VP 83,000 $1,022,560 Monro Muffler Brake (MNRO) Glickman Donald DIR 37,400 $920,236 Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Smithburg William D DIR 10,000 $537,600 Transmontaigne LP (TLP) Cushing Mlp Opp Fund I LP BO 29,800 $533,754 Morgan Stanley (MS) Nides Thomas R O 12,500 $248,382 NCI (NCIT) Narang Charles K CB,CEO, DIR,BO 5,000 $151,051

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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