Chairman Sells $6M Worth of Blue Nile

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 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.

CVS Caremark (CVS) Lofberg Per Gh PR 45,483 $1,500,029 Zygo (ZIGO) Mak Capital One LLC BO 53,835 $394,791 Center Bancorp (CNBC) Seidman Lawrence B DIR,BO 12,517 $112,961 Penseco Financial Services (PFNS) Nicholas James B DIR 1,750 $55,085 Skye International (SKYI) Logan Perry D CEO,PR, DIR,BO 145,025 $39,350 Hurco Companies (HURC) Rentschler Charlie DIR 2,000 $33,340 Ll E Royalty Trust (LRTR) Spruce House Partners LP BO 51,000 $31,620 Bryn Mawr Bank (BMTC) Connell George W BO 2,000 $31,139 Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI) Day C Sean O 2,306 $29,881 Owens Illinois (OI) Wehmeier Helge H DIR 786 $26,985

Blue Nile (NILE) Vadon Mark C CB,DIR 95,471 $5,981,549 China Automotive Systems (CAAS) Xie Liping REL,CB 223,000 $4,262,606 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Trust BO 1,210 $4,015,950 Markwest Energy LP (MWE) Fox John M DIR 97,500 $2,927,535 Apple (AAPL) Serlet Bertrand VP 10,000 $2,135,500 Americredit (ACF) Fairholme Capital Management LLC BO 111,250 $2,128,624 Toreador Resources (TRGL) Balkany Julien DIR 194,297 $2,058,150 Vanda Pharmaceuticals (VNDA) Tang Kevin C BO 145,500 $1,687,583 Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN) Schnitzer Mardi BO 30,000 $1,500,000 GSI Commerce (GSIC) Rubin Michael CEO,PR,DIR 49,300 $1,281,800

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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