Director Sells $2.8M Worth of Travelers

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 Wednesday 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 Nanosphere (NSPH) Slezak Mark DIR,BO 504,500 $1,538,725 Pier 1 Imports (PIR) Greek Investments Inc BO 317,723 $619,686 Cornell Companies (CRN) Frontfour Capital Group LLC DIR 29,700 $498,077 Orthovita (VITA) Broadbent Nancy C CFO,VP 100,000 $331,210 Wilhelmina International (WHLM) Newcastle Partners L P DIR,BO 1,700,749 $238,105 Hasbro (HAS) Goldner Brian CEO,PR,DIR 10,000 $237,599 Exelon (EXC) Steinour Stephen D DIR 2,126 $98,710 Stereotaxis (STXS) Middleton Fred A DIR,BO 27,792 $95,744 Cardinal Financial (CFNL) Dewberry Sidney O DIR 10,000 $77,500 Wal Mart Stores (WMT) Chambers Mary Susan VP 1,500 $74,112

Company Name (Ticker) Filer Name Title(s) Shares Sold Dollar Value Orion Marine Group (ORN) Kennedy Elliott J VP 171,773 $3,343,829 Travelers Companies (TRV) Dasburg John H DIR 71,381 $2,824,969 Vistaprint Ltd (VPRT) Keane Robert S CB,CEO, PR,DIR 54,500 $2,002,980 Solutia (SOA) Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I BO 280,000 $1,412,100 Dish Network (DISH) Kelly Michael VP 50,000 $851,688 Dorman Products (DORM) Berman Richard N CEO,DIR,BO 67,500 $835,850 Dynex Capital (DX) Buck Jay X 96,500 $772,445 Crown Castle International (CCI) Kelley Philip M VP 30,000 $701,400 Genzyme (GENZ) Termeer Henri A CB,CEO, PR,DIR 9,637 $544,849 O Reilly Automotive (ORLY) Wooten Rosalie O Reilly DIR 10,000 $370,940

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