Director Sells $4.8 M Worth of Smithfield Foods

Editor's note: This combines the transactions from both Dec. 23 and Dec. 24; both days had less volume.

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- 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 and 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! Please note, however, that these are factual lists, not buy and sell recommendations. Dollar value is only one metric to assess the importance of an insider transaction.

Kana Software (KANA) Kay Technology Corp Inc BO 1,400,000 $1,610,000 National Holdings (NHLD) Bedford Oak Advisors LLC BO 524,666 $339,171 DWS Global Commodities Stock Fund (GCS) Benchmark Plus Management LLC BO 36,300 $301,136 Star Scientific (STSI) Tradewinds Master Fund BO 453,759 $285,536 Consolidated Tomoka Land (CTO) Wintergreen Advisers LLC BO 7,212 $258,911 Tower Financial (TOFC) Busse Keith E DIR 45,000 $212,921 Sports Properties Acquisition (HMR) Murstein Andrew DIR,SEC, BO 21,050 $209,207 Hersha Hospitality Trust (HT) Hutchison Thomas J III DIR 70,812 $200,252 Axion Power International (AXPW) Averill Robert G DIR 300,620 $171,353 Boulder Growth & Inc Fund (BIF) Ernest Horejsi Trust No 1b BO 27,609 $159,558

Hunt J B Transport (JBHT) Hunt Johnelle D BO 503,964 $16,768,092 Smithfield Foods (SFD) Luter Joseph W III DIR 300,000 $4,818,000 Sl Green Realty (SLG) Holliday Marc CEO,DIR 94,701 $4,797,553 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Trust BO 1260 $4,153,646 Marvell Technology (MRVL) Sutardja Pantas DIR,VP, CTO 200,000 $4,000,000 Guess (GES) Marciano Maurice CB,DIR, BO 57,000 $2,465,750 Stericycle (SRCL) Collins Michael J PR 42,061 $2,336,409 EV3 (EVVV) Emmitt Richard B DIR 144,956 $1,974,658 Schlumberger Ltd Nv (SLB) Ayat Simon CFO 30,000 $1,927,260 Sharps Compliance (SMED) Kunik Burton J CB,CEO, BO 160,078 $1,467,115

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.

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