Three Merck executives filed sales totaling over $18M this week. General Counsel Jennifer Zachary led the way. She filed a $10.7M sale on August 13, offloading 80,315 shares at around $133 each. Divisional President Rick DeLuca filed multiple sales across five days, adding up to roughly $6.7M. Executive VP Chirfi Guindo also sold $3.3M across two filings. The cluster of sales at MRK is hard to ignore. Three senior insiders all hitting the exit at the same time is a signal worth watching.
On the buy side, Bill Gates made headlines. His firm filed purchases of Republic Services stock worth over $81M combined across August 10 and 11. Gates picked up nearly 378,000 shares at roughly $215–$216 each. Republic Services is a waste management giant. The fresh filing shows Gates doubling down on the sector right now.
Meanwhile, a hedge fund board representative filed a $123.5M block sale in Twilio on August 12. That's 500,000 shares at $247. The size of that single transaction stands out sharply against Twilio's recent trading activity.
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