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To: drsvelte who wrote (22662)	5/21/1998 11:30:00 PM
From: iandiareii	Respond to of 95453

EDIT: Short interest to follow <eom>

To: drsvelte who wrote (22662)	5/22/1998 12:32:00 AM
From: iandiareii	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

OSX: MAY SHORT INTEREST FIGURES (NYSE; AMEX) In memory of former Louisiana First Lady (and de facto Governor) Blanche Revere Long, who passed away last week at age 93. She was never short, always Long. Here's this month's snapshot of OSX short interest, followed by a few thread familiars. Comments solicited. NASDAQ figures due tomorrow, so GLBL N/A. Entries read, left to right: trading symbol, # shares open May 21, % change open shares from April 21, # days volume to cover. Bold figures indicate month/month percent gain. (Source: WSJ) TICKER......TOTAL.......CHANGE......DAYS-TO-COVER BHI ......... 6,214,629 ............ 49.1 ............. 3.1 DI ........... 3,841,762 ............- 12.0 ........... 4.2 FLC ......... 3,538,919 ............ 0.5 ............. 3.7 GLBL ......... N/A .................. N/A ............ N/A GLM .......... 2,175,528 .......... -30.7 ........... 0.8 HAL ......... 22,462,366 .......... 17.5 .......... 10.5 NBR .......... 7,194,444 ........... 3.8 ............. 7.5 NE ........... 2,052,229 ............. -49.0 ......... 2.3 RDC .......... 1,484,830 ............. 0.2 ........... 1.9 RIG .......... 1,865,157 ............. -51.2 ......... 1.9 RON ........... 639,629 .............. 18.5 .......... 1.0 SII .............. 888,684 .............. 13.4 .......... 1.3 SLB .......... 7,165,999 ............. 33.3 .......... 3.0 TDW .......... 5,557,060 ............. 19.0 .......... 5.5 VRC .......... 1,385,684 ............. -30.1 ......... 2.5 --------- DO ............ 9,705,614 ............. 13.4 ............ 8.8 ESV ........... 5,271,058 ............. 6.3 ............. 3.4 EVI ........... 8,786,964 ............. 37.3 ............ 11.8 PDE ........... 3,303,864 ............. 121.1 ........... 7.0 PDS ........... 1,441,834 ............. 116.3 ........... 8.1 PKD ........... 3,331,378 ............. -11.6 ........... 4.9 UTI ............ 347,664 ................ 47.7 ............ 1.2