Michael F. Reuling, Director at STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (STSA), bought 10,000 shares at $1.15 ($12K) on 2009-03-09, disclosed to the SEC on 2009-03-10.
Open-market purchase of $12k STSA by Director. Below the thresholds we flag for high-conviction alerts (no C-suite role, rare reversal, cluster, or A-grade history).
Something here stands out, but not much.