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These Companies May Be Riding for a Fall

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                                                          CHANGE
                                                          YEAR-
STOCK                                              PRICE   TO-
                                                   JUNE 3  DATE
ACTION          A souvenir-collectible company--and       23 5/8   31
PERFORMANCE     overpriced, from the short perspective
ADVANCED FIBRE  Its price-earnings ratio--254--is         53 1/4   -4
                questioned by some shorts
AVANT!          Legal troubles beset this software com-   21 5/8   -32
                pany
CELLULAR TECH-  Its fraud-protection software may soon    13 3/8   -33
NICAL SERVICES  become outmoded
INTERNATIONAL   Is there gold in them thar hills?         6 1/4    43
PRECIOUS METALS Shorts say no
LIPOSOME CO.    Its $1 billion market capitalization      26 5/8   39
                may be excessive
PRESSTEK        The company's recent runup has shorts     87       22
                zeroing in
SHARED MEDICAL  Shorts feel its software sales            50 7/8    3
SYSTEMS         will soon wane
SOLV-EX         A perennial short-seller favorite, the    6 7/16   -54
                shorts are betting on still more declines
U.S. OFFICE     High debt has drawn the attention of      27 1/4   -20
PRODUCTS        one short-seller


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