Gilead Sciences VP Sells $1.3M 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 Superconductor Tech (SCON) Kopp Leroy C BO 80,000 $290,440 Viropharma (VPHM) Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital BO 38,120 $231,912 Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO) Buser Arthur L CEO,PR, DIR 40,000 $200,000 Gabelli Global Deal Fund (GDL) Gabelli Mario J DIR 13,900 $181,812 Boulder Growth & Inc Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 36,740 $163,223 Calumet Specialty Products LP (CLMT) Morris George C III DIR 10,000 $123,748 RAE Systems (RAE) Kopp Leroy C BO 65,000 $98,490 Huttig Building Products (HBP) Evans Robert S DIR 125,000 $97,500 MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Rindom David E VP 37,500 $57,681 Avis Budget Group (CAR) Krominga Lynn DIR 12,500 $49,375

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Gilead Sciences (GILD) Bischofberger Norbert W VP 30,000 $1,279,341 CME Group (CME) Odom C C II DIR 2,500 $742,502 Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Sutherland Allan C VP 12,500 $415,625 Corus Bankshares (CORS) Glickman Robert J BO 763,751 $357,537 Bovie Medical (BVX) Makrides Andrew CEO,DIR 47,500 $341,065 ZBB Energy (ZBB) GLG Partners LP BO 221,440 $299,798 Luminex (LMNX) Loewenbaum G Walter II DIR 15,486 $239,545 Oscient Pharmaceuticals (OSCI) GLG Partners LP BO 785,616 $236,942 Gamco Investors (GBL) Gabelli Mario J CB,CEO, DIR,BO 4,000 $211,648 BJS Wholesale Club (BJ) Povich Lon F VP,GC,SEC 5,000 $186,150

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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