Visa Insider Buys $400K Worth

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 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 Highbury Financial (HRBF) Peerless Systems Corp BO 480,625 $1,332,588 Visa (V) Minehan Cathy E DIR 6,000 $406,855 Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (ANPI) Hunter William L CEO,PR, DIR 455,313 $246,055 Collectors Universe (CLCT) Duncan Richard Kenneth Sr BO 37,093 $150,781 Cell Genesys (CEGE) Kopp Leroy C BO 150,000 $81,900 LMP Capital & Inc Fund (SCD) Gendelman Robert O 10,000 $79,180 Center Bancorp (CNBC) Seidman Lawrence B DIR 10,000 $75,580 RAE Systems (RAE) Kopp Leroy C BO 75,191 $74,401 ATC Technology (ATAC) Stewart Edward DIR 2,500 $42,246 NIsource (NI) Foster Dennis DIR 3,350 $38,626

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) Stiller Robert P CB,DIR, BO 200,000 $14,644,740 Sourcefire (FIRE) New Enterprise Assoc 10 LP BO 517,747 $6,242,890 Schwab Charles (SCHW) Schwab Charles R CB,DIR, BO 300,000 $5,450,790 Steel Dynamics (STLD) Bates John C DIR 246,800 $3,225,230 Shutterfly (SFLY) Clark James H BO 136,425 $1,730,738 Apple (AAPL) Rafael Betsy VP,CT 7,198 $926,383 Southwestern Energy (SWN) Wilson Stanley T X,CT, CAO 15,000 $611,273 Global Ship Lease (GSL) Integrated Core Strategies BO 316,716 $559,761 Roper Industries (ROP) Wood Benjamin W VP 6,353 $295,968 Corning (GLW) Schneider Pamela C VP 20,314 $290,693

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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