Largest NYSE Short Interest Positions as of Mid-March 

By Wendy Soong

March 21 (Bloomberg) -- The following are the 100 largest short interest positions on the New York Stock Exchange in mid-March. 

Ticker                                                        Avg. Daily
Symbol   Company                       March 15      Feb. 15      Volume

F        FORD MOTOR COMPANY         198,959,980  189,648,227  50,026,916
IWM      iShares Russell 2000 Inde  158,727,133  158,547,715  66,748,404
Q        QWEST COMM INT'L INC        73,236,829   73,910,905  21,709,871
CVS      CVS CORP (DELAWARE)         72,869,344   50,867,475  16,252,704
LSI      LSI LOGIC CORP              72,344,701   76,393,730  10,505,334
CBS      CBS Corporation  CL-B       63,919,124   12,071,068   4,311,008
TWX      Time Warner Inc.            62,784,410   65,870,033  24,543,098
HAL      HALLIBURTON CO-HLDG         59,950,126   38,541,060  18,995,161
XOM      EXXON MOBIL CORP            58,106,581   49,916,877  24,900,949
PFE      PFIZER INC                  48,690,542   46,710,192  35,566,459
KFT      KRAFT FOODS INC.            47,726,516   37,527,152   4,301,634
S        Sprint Nextel Corporation   47,012,287   46,516,849  23,753,523
GM       GENERAL MOTORS CORP         46,168,151   49,074,178  12,613,938
WY       WEYERHAEUSER CO             45,833,020   12,537,503   8,726,349
GE       GENERAL ELECTRIC CO         45,809,035   25,658,363  36,376,745
DIS      WALT DISNEY-HLDG CO.        42,472,866   35,932,045  10,632,436
EMC      EMC CORP                    41,487,819   33,202,455  26,839,641
UFS      Domtar Corporation          40,732,467   19,097,968  19,396,475
AMD      ADVANCED MICRO DEV          40,007,473   30,506,438  27,167,740