Below is the short interest for key Nasdaq stocks for July, The figures compare July 13 with June 15. 2007.
Company Short Position
Level 3 (LVLT) 133.4 million shares
Comcast (CMCSA) 119.9 million shares
Charter (CHTR) 103.7 million shares
Microsoft (MSFT) 99.9 million shares
Sirius (SIRI) 91.2 million shares
Intel (INTC) 81.5 million shares
Yahoo! (YHOO) 70.8 million shares
Cisco (CSCO) 58.8 million shares
Oracle (ORCL) 41.5 million shares
Amazon (AMZN) 40.6 million shares
Sun Micro (SUNW) 40.0 million shares
Largest Increases In Short Position
Company Increase
Level 3 13.4 million share increase
Charter 12.8 milion shares
Sun Micro 11.0 million shares
PMC-Sierra 9.1 millin shares
Cisco 8.2 million shares
Whole Foods 5.3 million shares
Largest Decreases In Short Positions
Company Decrease
Amgen (AMGN) 15.0 million shares down
Intel (INTC) 15.0 million shares
Microsoft 14.4 million shares
Sirius 9.9 million shares
Oracle 7.1 million shares
Juniper (JNPR) 6.5 million shares
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