Short #s: AMAT still had 13 million short intrest on Sept.15. I guess the nomber has gone up again since then.
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The following companies had the largest decreases in short interest: WorldCom, down 50,472,308 shares to 89,584,146; Tellabs, down 15,519,281 shares to 14,416,698; Informix, down 8,534,889 shares to 10,529,459; BioChem Pharma, down 4,066,178 shares to 5,751,411; and Applied Materials, down 3,716,268 shares to 13,079,930.
The following companies had the largest increases in short interest: Baan, up 6,157,457 shares to 23,224,997; SyQuest Tech, up 4,610,757 shares to 13,422,826; Dell Computer, up 4,448,265 shares to 57,772,689; Allied Waste Industries, up 4,123,919 shares to 7,124,719; and Quantum, up 4,043,070 shares to 9,417,693.
Among companies with the largest short-interest positions, Washington Mutual was down 2,757,731 shares to 41,054,422; Microsoft was down 2,084,619 shares to 24,776,088; Boston Chicken was down 853,356 shares to 22,169,138; Intel was down 2,666,371 shares to 18,200,962; and HBO was up 1,557,529 shares to 16,760,407.
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