Bruce L. Busby, Director at EMERITUS CORP\WA\ (ESC), bought 10,000 shares at $5.36 ($54K) on 2008-11-21, disclosed to the SEC on 2008-11-21.
Open-market purchase of $54k ESC 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.