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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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