Baker Brothers Buys $5.8M Worth of Genomic Health

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.

Genomic Health (GHDX) Baker Brothers Life Sciences Capital DIR,BO 341,854 $5,814,213 United Parcel Service (UPS) Thompson John Wendell DIR 17,421 $999,952 Corvel (CRVL) Hamerslag Steven J DIR 15,710 $482,527 Cape Bancorp (CBNJ) Lynch James J DIR 66,000 $412,500 DWS Global Commodities Stock Fund (GCS) Benchmark Plus Mgt LLC BO 45,100 $342,753 Scm Microsystems (INVE) Mountain Partners Ag BO 178,788 $318,243 Honeywell International (HON) Burke Kevin DIR 6,000 $225,900 Taylor Capital Group (TAYC) Second Curve Capital LLC BO 20,000 $171,400 Genomic Health (GHDX) 14159 Capital (gp) LLC DIR,BO 9,437 $160,503 Soapstone Networks (SOAP) Firefly Value Partners LP BO 74,857 $57,266

Microsoft (MSFT) Gates William H III DIR 2,000,000 $55,762,200 Google (GOOG) Page Lawrence PR,DIR, BO 83,334 $44,681,623 IAC Interactivecorp (IACI) Liberty Media Corp BO 414,903 $8,867,819 Netlogic Microsystems (NETL) Godinho Norman DIR,BO 95,896 $4,649,661 Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) Bill Melinda Gates Foundation BO 40,100 $2,983,693 Google (GOOG) Otellini Paul S DIR 3,344 $1,793,089 Netlogic Microsystems (NETL) Jankov Ronald Steven CEO,PR, DIR 25,000 $1,225,000 UAL Corp (UAUA) Tilton Glenn F CB,CEO, PR 73,859 $1,107,885 Tal International Group (TAL) Berkowitz Bruce R BO 77,634 $1,043,206 Valley National Bancorp (VLY) Lipkin Gerald H CB,CEO, PR 64,000 $851,620

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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