Google Insider Sells $4.1 Million

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 Tuesday 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 600,000 $15,697,020 Advanced Medical Optics (EYE) Gamco Investors Inc Et Al BO 117,700 $2,534,466 Optionsxpress Holdings (OXPS) Gray James A DIR,BO 99,900 $1,109,677 James River Coal (JRCC) Steelhead Partners LLC O 52,286 $716,229 Pvf Capital (PVFC) Calabrese Steven A DIR 140,000 $280,000 Pvf Capital (PVFC) Fedeli Umberto P DIR 140,000 $280,000 Energy Transfer LP (ETP) Grimm Michael K DIR 5,000 $174,933 Clearone Communications (CLRO) Bagley Edward D BO 45,000 $174,600 Fibernet Telecom Group (FTGX) WC Capital Mgt LLC BO 12,000 $121,049 Autoimmune (AIMM) Lusman Capital Mgt LLC BO 118,000 $105,726

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 1,000,000 $17,325,500 Google (GOOG) Otellini Paul S DIR 12,000 $4,145,046 Northern Trust (NTRS) Mccormack Robert C DIR 46,500 $2,784,994 Emc (EMC) Donatelli David A PR 175,000 $1,974,263 Hess (HES) Oconnor John J DIR,VP 31,539 $1,701,844 Aeropostale (ARO) Geiger Julian CB,CEO, DIR 76,731 $1,619,791 Dollar Tree (DLTR) Brock Macon F Jr CB,DIR 27,618 $1,215,200 Emc (EMC) Dacier Paul T VP,GC 100,000 $1,100,960 Hess (HES) Scelfo John J VP 17,106 $928,220 Apache (APA) Plank Raymond X,CB 12,000 $896,494

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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Jonathan Moreland is director of research and publisher of the weekly publication InsiderInsights, founder of the Web site InsiderInsights.com and the director of research at Insider Asset Management LLC. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, Moreland appreciates your feedback; click here to send him an email.