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NYSE Short Interest For August

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Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007

Largest Short Positions

Ford  (F)                              191.9 million shares short

Countrywide (CFC)                83.6 million

Qwest (Q)                            83.3 million

AMD (AMD)                         81.7 million

Tenet                                  69.8 million

Best Buy (BBI)                    68.7 million

Time Warner  (TWX)            67.0 million

GE (GE)                             67.3 million

Wells Fargo                       63.0 million

Home Depot (HD)               61.8 million

Altrai (MO)                        54.9 million

GM (GM)                          52.7 million

Micron (MU)                     50.9 million       

Largest Increases

Countrywide  (CFC)          32.2 million share increase

Best Buy (BBI)                22.3 million

Home Depot (HD)            20.8 million 

Tenet                             19.1 million

Fannie Mae                    17.1 million

Schering-Plough             15.7 million

JPMorgan Chase (JPM)   11.6 million

Wachovia                        9.9 million

Wells Fargo                    9.3 million

Moody’s Corp                  8.3 million

General Electric (GE)      8.2 million

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT)   8.1 million

Largest Decreases

Motorola  (MOT)             95.1 million decrease

LSI                               27.0 million decrease

Ford                             21.0 million decrease

Natl Semi                     14.0 million decrease

CBS (CBS)                   12.8 million decrease

Texas Instru (TXN)         12.0 million decrease

IBM (IBM)                     11.9 million decrease

Verizon (VZ)                  10.7 million decrease

Data from NYSE and WSJ

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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