Weekly Top Insider Sells

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May 06, 2013
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest insider sells during the past week. The overall trend of insiders is illustrated in the chart below:



Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR, Financial): Director Bruce A. Karsh Sold 7,064,036 Shares

Director of Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR) Bruce A. Karsh sold 7,064,036 shares on 05/01/2013 at an average price of $104.61.

Charter Communications Inc. was organized as a Delaware corporation in 1999. Charter Communications Inc. has a market cap of $10.43 billion; its shares were traded around $104.61 with and P/S ratio of 1.39. Charter Communications Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 79.6% over the past five years.

On Feb. 22, 2013 Charter Communications Inc. reported financial and operating results for the three and twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2012. Fourth quarter 2012 residential customer relationships increased by 20,000, a four-fold increase over the fourth quarter of 2011. Residential customer relationships grew by 108,000 in 2012, compared to a loss of 20,000 in 2011. Revenues grew to $1.913 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, up 4.3% as compared to the prior-year period, driven by growth in Internet and commercial customers, and higher sales of video and advertising. Total revenues for the full year rose 3.9% on a pro formabasis and 4.2% on an actual basis.

Director Opportunities Investment Oaktree sold 7,064,036 shares of CHTR stock on 05/01/2013 at the average price of $95.5. Opportunities Investment Oaktree owns at least 2 million shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 9.54% since.

Google Inc. (GOOG, Financial): Executive Chairman of the Board Eric E. Schmidt Sold 180,249 Shares

Executive Chairman of Board of Google, Inc. (GOOG) Eric E Schmidt sold 180,249 shares during the past week at an average price of $845.72.

Google Inc. was incorporated in California in September 1998 and reincorporated in Delaware in August 2003. Google Inc. has a market cap of $275.24 billion; its shares were traded around $845.72 with a P/E ratio of 24.45 and P/S ratio of 5.13. Google Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 37% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Google Inc. the business predictability rank of 3-star.

On April 18, 2013, Google Inc. announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Google Inc. reported consolidated revenues of $13.97 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, an increase of 31% compared to the first quarter of 2012. Google Inc. reports advertising revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC). In the first quarter of 2013, TAC totaled $2.96 billion, or 25% of advertising revenues.

Executive Chairman of the .Board Eric E Schmidt sold 15,286 shares of GOOG stock on 04/26/2013 at the average price of $801.82. Eric E. Schmidt owns at least 149,832 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.48% since.

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