CEO Mackay Sells $1.9 Million of Kellogg

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 500,000 $11,776,150 Southern Copper (PCU) Grupo Mexico Sab De Cv BO 1,150,000 $15,194,000 International Coal Group (ICO) Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd Can BO 1,296,800 $1,984,493 Ciber (CBR) Stevenson Bobby G DIR 200,000 $550,000 GFI Group (GFIG) Gooch Michael CB,CEO, DIR,BO 200,000 $492,980 GLG Partners (GLG) Roman Emmanuel CEO,DIR, BO 213,322 $476,103 Cowlitz Bancorporation (CWLZ) Crescent Capital Vi LLC BO 71,000 $418,190 Tollgrade Communications (TLGD) Ramius LLC BO 70,225 $395,830 New York Times (NYT) Inmobiliaria Carso S A De C V BO 82,000 $305,667 GLG Partners (GLG) Gottesman Noam CB,CEO, DIR,BO 137,400 $301,302

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value IACInteractivecorp (IACI) Liberty Media Corp BO 539,400 $8,127,688 Compellent Technologies (CML) Beeler Charles DIR,BO 300,000 $4,104,200 Kellogg (K) Mackay A D David CEO,PR, DIR 46,200 $1,850,506 Equity Residential (EQR) Spector Gerald A VCB,DIR 76,372 $1,489,995 Commerce Bancshares (CBSH) Kemper David W CB,CEO, DIR 20,000 $664,233 Stifel Financial (SF) Baer Robert J DIR 13,843 $470,662 Luminex (LMNX) Loewenbaum G Walter II DIR 25,000 $466,570 Navigators Group (NAVG) Wiley Bradley D VP 7,500 $398,375 Renaissancere Holdings (RNR) Todd Rider Fonner VP,CIO 6,000 $270,540 Successfactors (SFSF) Dunn Eric DIR 50,000 $264,668

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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