Brief articles from both AFX News and Marketwatch.com report about some recent selling of GOOG shares by company insiders. On Tuesday, Sergey Brin sold 67,500 shares worth about $33.3 million. Google director, John Doerr sold roughly 150,000 shares worth about $30 million. Next week, 103 million Google shares held by insiders become available for sale. Google shares closed down $3.60 at $187.98 on Thursday.
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