Insiders Buy More Bank of America

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 Thursday 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 500,000 $12,558,850 Plato Learning (TUTR) Becker Steven R BO 1,091,100 $1,525,382 Bank Of America (BAC) Lewis Kenneth D CB,CEO, PR,DIR 200,000 $958,340 Geokinetics (GOK) Avista Capital Partners Gp LLC BO 156,500 $500,800 Bank Of America (BAC) Sloan Jr O Temple DIR 95,000 $430,350 Dover Downs Gaming (DDE) Tippie Henry B DIR,BO 42,500 $155,494 Caterpillar (CAT) Magowan Peter A DIR 3,500 $108,364 Bank Of America (BAC) Colbert Virgis DIR 15,000 $71,668 Dover Motorsports (DVD) Tippie Henry B DIR,BO 35,000 $67,541 Popular (BPOP) Ferre Maria Luisa DIR 25,000 $62,500

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 3,000,000 $54,554,100 Steel Dynamics (STLD) Bates John C DIR 268,979 $3,349,417 Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Jones Graham O DIR 227,100 $2,789,355 IACIinteractivecorp (IACI) Liberty Media Corp BO 46,000 $691,840 Half Robert International (RHI) Furth Frederick P DIR 30,000 $511,642 Ebix (EBIX) Brit Insurance Holdings Plc O 16,000 $357,054 Westfield Financial (WFD) Janosco Michael J Jr FO 35,000 $350,600 Geokinetics (GOK) Andreeff Dane BO 82,900 $265,297 UGI Corp (UGI) Varagne Francois CB 10,000 $260,000 99 Cents Only Stores (NDN) Akre Capital Management LLC BO 18,240 $149,191

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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