NYSE SHORT INTEREST DATA:

Mindray Medical International (NYSE: MR) saw some action ahead of its portable ultrasound system.  It saw a 3% gain in its short interest to 18,703,580 shares.  That comes to about 16% of its share count but it is now listed as a whopping 63.36 days to cover since its average volume has come down so much.

Sealy Corporation (NYSE: ZZ) saw a 1.2% gain in its short interest to 15,098,472 shares at the mattress and bedding company.  It currently has nearly 32% of its float short and a days to cover ratio of 58.44 days.

Rogers Communication, Inc. (NYSE: RCI) saw nearly a 2% rise in the short interest to 23,559,864 shares and this is only about 6% of its entire float.  Still, this comes to a massive days to cover ratio of 51.74 days.

The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) is one that technically should not have fit the screen because its short interest fell by 0.5%.  The new short interest is 26,330,958 shares and it has 44% of its float short and a days to cover ratio of 49.62 days.

HHGregg, Inc. (NYSE: HGG) saw a 3.7% rise in the short interest to 9,544,562 shares with nearly 53% of its float short and a days to cover ratio of over 34 days.

American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) saw a 5.7% gain in the short interest to 8,161,833 shares with over 22% of its float short and a days to cover ratio of 27.5 days.

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (NYSE: BPI) saw a 0.7% gain in the short interest to 9.25 million shares with over 52% of its float short and a days to cover ratio of 27.24 days.

Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM) saw another gain in the short interest of 0.6% to 8,716,129 shares in the short interest.  This comes to 22.3% of the float short and a days to cover ratio of 21.64 days.

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