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To: VLAD who wrote (9174)6/4/1998 7:33:00 PM
From: per strandberg  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 23519
 
VLAD,

Some numbers:
Issued 33.2 mil, Insiders 4.1 mil, Institutions 13.2 mil.
That leaves 15.9 in the float with over 14 mil shorted.
Official number of shareholders: 648.

Wouldn't this indicate that the institutions must be the main shorters?
Are funds allowed to short?

Regards
ps