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BUYINS.NET: GTE, PRS, ABR, AN, CCC, HNI Have Been Added To Naked Short List Today

Thu. July 10, 2008; Posted: 11:44 AM
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Jul 10, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- PRS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today that these select companies have been added to the NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE naked short threshold list: Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (AMEX: GTE), Primus Guaranty, Ltd. (NYSE: PRS), Arbor Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: ABR), AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN), Calgon Carbon Corp. (NYSE: CCC), HNI Corp. (NYSE: HNI). For a complete list of companies on the naked short list please visit our web site. To find the SqueezeTrigger Price before a short squeeze starts in any stock, go to www.buyins.net.

Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (AMEX: GTE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) an independent energy company, engages in oil and gas exploration, development, and production in Colombia, Argentina, and Peru. It owns 14% interest in the Palmar Largo joint venture comprising 341,500 acres in the Noroeste Basin of northern Argentina. The company also holds 100% working interest in the Nacatimbay block, 100% working interest in the Ipaguazu block, and 50% working interest in the El Vinalar Block, as well as certain working interests in four additional properties at Chivil, Surubi, Valle Morado, and Santa Victoria, all of which are located in Argentina. Gran Tierra Energy also holds various property interests in Colombia, including a 35% interest in Santana block that covers 1,119 acres and includes 15 producing wells in Linda, Mary, Miraflor, and Toroyaco fields; a 35% participation interest in Guayuyaco block covering 52,366 acres; and operational interest in Rio Magdalena block comprising 144,670 acres. In addition, it holds a 50% participation interest in Chaza block that covers 80,242 acres; 20% working interest and operational interest in Talora block comprising 108,334 acres; and 55% participation interest in Primavera contract consisting of 359,064 acres in the Llanos basin, all of which are located in Colombia. Further, the company has interests in Azar property; Mecaya Exploration and Exploitation contract; and two technical evaluation areas in the Putumayo Basin, all which are located in Colombia. Additionally, Gran Tierra Energy holds interests in block 122 and block 128, both located in the eastern flank of the Maranon Basin in northern Peru. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. With 129.17 million shares outstanding and 1.41 million shares declared short as of May 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of GTE.

Primus Guaranty, Ltd. (NYSE: PRS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) through its subsidiaries, operates as a credit derivative product company that sells credit swaps to banks and credit swap dealers against primarily investment grade credit obligations of corporate and sovereign issuers worldwide. The company also operates as an investment manager to affiliated companies and third party entities, as well as manages the credit swap and cash investment portfolios. In addition, it acts as a financial guaranty insurance company; and operates as a conduit or transformer between parties interested in buying or selling protection in insurance form and other parties interested in assuming the opposite risk position in the form of credit swaps. Primus Guaranty, Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda. With 45.22 million shares outstanding and 5.93 million shares declared short as of May 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of PRS. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 16,800 shares of PRS that were failing-to-deliver as of September 27, 2007.

Arbor Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: ABR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The trust invests in real estate related bridge and mezzanine loans, preferred and direct equity, mortgage-backed securities, discounted mortgage notes, and other real estate related assets. It offers bridge financing products to borrowers who seek short term capital to be used in an acquisition of property. Arbor Realty Trust offers mezzanine loans, which are loans subordinate to a conventional first mortgage loan and senior to the borrower's equity in a transaction. It provides financing by making preferred equity investments in entities that own real property. The trust also invests in mortgage-related securities. Arbor Realty Trust qualifies as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, the trust would not be subject to federal income tax if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC serves as the manager and advisor to the trust. Arbor Realty Trust was formed in 2003 and is based in Uniondale, New York. With 20.84 million shares outstanding and 7.22 million shares declared short as of May 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of ABR. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 20,208 shares of ABR that were failing-to-deliver as of September 24, 2007.

AutoNation Inc. (NYSE: AN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. It offers a range of automotive products and services, including new vehicles, used vehicles, vehicle maintenance and repair services, vehicle parts, extended service contracts, vehicle protection products, and other aftermarket products. The company also arranges financing for vehicle purchases through third-party finance sources. In addition, it offer various vehicle protection products, including extended service contracts, maintenance programs, guaranteed auto protection, ?tire and wheel' protection, and theft protection products. The brands of vehicles that the company sells include Ford, General Motors, Daimler, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and BMW. As of December 31, 2007, it owned and operated 322 new vehicle franchises from 244 dealerships located in major metropolitan markets, primarily in the Sunbelt region of the United States. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With 178.54 million shares outstanding and 16.7 million shares declared short as of May 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of AN. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 14,320 shares of AN that were failing-to-deliver as of September 28, 2007.

Calgon Carbon Corp. (NYSE: CCC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides services, products, and solutions for purifying water and air in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Activated Carbon and Service, Equipment, and Consumer. The Activated Carbon and Service segment manufactures granular activated carbon for use in applications to remove organic compounds from water, air, and other liquids and gases. It also offers leasing, monitoring, and maintenance of carbon adsorption equipment. In addition, this segment provides carbon reactivation, handling, and transportation. The Equipment segment offers systems to purify air and water. Its carbon equipment is used for volatile organic compound emissions control, air stripper off-gases, and landfill gas emissions, as well as for process purification, wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation, and de-chlorination. This segment employs proprietary ISEP (Ionic Separator) continuous ion exchange units for the purification of products in the food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Its ISEP units are also used to remove nitrate and perchlorate contaminants from drinking water. In addition, this segment offers UV equipment to disinfect drinking and waste water, as well as produces odor control equipment to control odors at municipal wastewater treatment facilities and pumping stations. The Consumer segment manufactures and sells carbon cloth for the medical and specialty markets, as well as offers PreZerve storage products to protect and preserve jewelry, and AllGone to adsorb odors and impurities from the air. Calgon Carbon Corporation serves potable water, industrial process, food, environmental water and air, and specialty markets. The company was founded in 1942 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With 40.91 million shares outstanding and 6.84 million shares declared short as of May 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of CCC. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 387,354 shares of CCC that were failing-to-deliver as of September 28, 2007.

HNI Corp. (NYSE: HNI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) designs, manufactures, and markets a range of office furniture and hearth products. Its office furniture products include storage products, such as vertical files, lateral files, and pedestals; seating products, such as task chairs, executive desk chairs, conference/training chairs, and side chairs; office systems, such as modular and moveable workspaces with integrated work surfaces, space dividers, and lighting; and desks and related products, including tables, bookcases, and credenzas. The company sells its office furniture products under various brand names, including HON, Allsteel, Maxon, Gunlocke, Paoli, Whitehall, basyx, and Lamex, as well as under private labels. HNI Corporation's hearth products comprise a range of gas, electric, and wood burning fireplaces, inserts stoves, facings, and accessories. The company sells its hearth products under the Heatilator, Heat & Glo, Quadra-Fire, and Harman Stove brand names. It sells its products through dealers, office product distributors, wholesalers, retail superstores, and regional contractors, as well as corporation-owned distribution and retail outlets. HNI Corporation operates primarily in the United States, Canada, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Muscatine, Iowa. With 44.44 million shares outstanding and 7.12 million shares declared short as of May 2008, there is a failure to deliver in shares of HNI. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 24,193 shares of HNI that were failing-to-deliver as of September 27, 2007.

About BUYINS.NET

WWW.BUYINS.NET is a service designed to help bonafide shareholders of publicly traded US companies fight naked short selling. Naked short selling is the illegal act of short selling a stock when no affirmative determination has been made to locate shares of the stock to hypothecate in connection with the short sale. Buyins.net has built a proprietary database that uses Threshold list feeds from NASDAQ, AMEX and NYSE to generate detailed and useful information to combat the naked short selling problem. For the first time, actual trade by trade data is available to the public that shows the attempted size, actual size, price and average value of short sales in stocks that have been shorted and naked shorted. This information is valuable in determining the precise point at which short sellers go out-of-the-money and start losing on their short and naked short trades.

BUYINS.NET has built a massive database that collects, analyzes and publishes a proprietary SqueezeTrigger for each stock that has been shorted, www.buyins.net/squeezetrigger.pdf. The SqueezeTrigger database of nearly 2,050,000,000 short sale transactions goes back to January 1, 2005, and calculates the exact price at which the Total Short Interest is short in each stock. This data was never before available prior to January 1, 2005, because the Self Regulatory Organizations (primary exchanges) guarded it aggressively. After the SEC passed Regulation SHO, exchanges were forced to allow data processors like Buyins.net to access the data.

The SqueezeTrigger database collects individual short trade data on over 7,000 NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stocks and general short trade data on nearly 8,000 OTCBB and PINKSHEET stocks. Each month the database grows by approximately 50,000,000 short sale transactions and provides investors with the knowledge necessary to time when to buy and sell stocks with outstanding short positions. By tracking the size and price of each month's short transactions, BUYINS.NET provides institutions, traders, analysts, journalists and individual investors the exact price point where short sellers start losing money.

All material herein was prepared by BUYINS.NET, based upon information believed to be reliable. The information contained herein is not guaranteed by BUYINS.NET to be accurate, and should not be considered to be all-inclusive. The companies that are discussed in this opinion have not approved the statements made in this opinion. This opinion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. This material is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an offer or solicitation of an offer to buy or sell securities. BUYINS.NET is not a licensed broker, broker dealer, market maker, investment banker, investment advisor, analyst or underwriter. Please consult a broker before purchasing or selling any securities viewed on or mentioned herein. BUYINS.NET may receive compensation in cash or shares from independent third parties or from the companies mentioned.

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