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Negative sentiment: Short-sellers under ever closer scrutiny

By Deborah Brewster in New York and Jennifer Hughes in London

Published: June 22 2008 19:46 | Last updated: June 22 2008 19:46

Short selling

When Patrick Byrne, the chief executive of Overstock.com, a US online retailer, launched into a rambling hour-long harangue on a conference call three years ago, his listeners were riveted.

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