This is an October update of heavily shorted stocks in my portfolio.
(Short interest data from http://online.wsj.com/documents/shortint.htm, 10/15/2003 compared to 9/15/2003)
OCA Last Month 18,611,226; This Month 18,825,232; 1.15% increase; Short Interest 19.8 days
PPD Last Month 8,535,942; This Month 7,742,605; 9.29% decline; Short Interest 44.9 days
FDP Last Month 4,140,783; This Month 4,706,322; 13.66% increase; Short Interest 8.6 days.