Ned M. Barnes, Director at STERLING FINANCIAL CORP /WA/ (STSA), bought 700 shares at $16.90 ($12K) on 2007-11-27, disclosed to the SEC on 2007-11-29.
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).
Nothing distinguishes this filing.