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Capital Trust Inc. (NYSE: CT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) operates as a real estate investment trust in the United States. It specializes in originating and managing credit sensitive structured financial products. The company makes investments for its own account, as well as manages a series of private equity funds on behalf of institutional and individual investors. Its investment program focuses on structured commercial real estate debt investments, including B Notes, subordinate CMBS, corporate mezzanine loans, first mortgage loans, and property mezzanine loans. The company also finances single properties, multiple property portfolios, and operating companies. It has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust and would not be subject to federal income tax, if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in New York, New York. With 22.09 million shares outstanding and 5.62 million shares declared short as of September 2008, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of CT. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 363,497 shares of CT that were failing-to-deliver as of June 30, 2008.
Lee Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: LEE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) publishes daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, and specialty publications in the United States. It provides local news, information, and advertising primarily in midsize markets, through 51 daily newspapers, as well as offers approximately 300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications in 23 states. The company also offers online services, including Web sites supporting its daily newspapers and other publications, and advertising services. In addition, it provides online infrastructure for approximately 1,500 daily and weekly newspapers and shoppers; and has minority investment in a company, which provides online editorial content and transactional and promotional opportunities. Further, Lee Enterprises has a joint interest in five newspapers. The company has a strategic alliance with Yahoo!, Inc. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 and is based in Davenport, Iowa. With 45.07 million shares outstanding and 16.78 million shares declared short as of September 2008, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of LEE. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 815,260 shares of LEE that were failing-to-deliver as of June 3, 2008.
The Talbots Inc. (NYSE: TLB | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer and direct marketer of men and women's apparel, shoes, and accessories in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It offers sportswear, casual wear, dresses, coats, sweaters, accessories, and shoes in misses, petites, woman, and woman petite sizes. The company also markets its products online through its Web sites, talbots.com and jjill.com. As of February 2, 2008, it operated 1,150 stores under the Talbots and 271 stores under the J. Jill brand names. The company was founded in 1947 and is based in Hingham, Massachusetts. With 55.36 million shares outstanding and 9.34 million shares declared short as of September 2008, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of TLB. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 1,582,289 shares of TLB that were failing-to-deliver as of March 18, 2008.
Ener1 Inc. (AMEX: HEV | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) engages in the development and commercialization of high-performance safe Lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in HEVs, and electric vehicles. The company, through its subsidiaries, also develops commercial fuel cell products; and nanotechnology-based materials and manufacturing processes for batteries and other applications. Ener1 serves auto, truck, and bus manufacturers, as well as departments of the U.S. government. The company, formerly known as Boca Research, Inc., was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With 104.81 million shares outstanding and 8.19 million shares declared short as of September 2008, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of HEV. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 182,982 shares of HEV that were failing-to-deliver as of June 2, 2008.
American Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) formerly known as American Capital Strategies, Ltd., is a principal investment firm specializing in management and employee private equity buyouts, acquisitions, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisition, add-on acquisitions, securitizations, special situations, growth capital investments in middle market companies, early stage in mature private and public companies, corporate divestitures, acquisitions of portfolio companies of private equity firms, acquisitions of family-owned or closely held businesses, change of control, or the exit of minority shareholders, going private transactions, and ownership transitions. The Special Situations Group invests in troubled and distressed situations including operational turnarounds, auctions, corporate and orphan carve-outs, portfolio add-ons, complex management buyouts and provides financings for DIP, exit, mezzanine for sponsored buyouts, second lien refinance, and direct lending to distressed companies. It prefers to invest in manufacturing, services, and distribution companies. The firm also makes investments in companies that provide services or products to federal, state, or local governments, focusing on information technology for custom information technology solutions, technology and software enabling headcount reduction, technology and software enabling cost reductions in conducting transactions with or within government. American Capital, Ltd. was founded in 1986 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland. With 207.01 million shares outstanding and 38.88 million shares declared short as of September 2008, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of ACAS. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 3,844,117 shares of ACAS that were failing-to-deliver as of March 24, 2008.
CompuCredit Corp. (NASDAQ: CCRT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) provides credit and related financial services and products to underserved consumer credit market. It operates in four segments: Credit Cards, Investments in Previously Charged-Off Receivables, Retail Micro-Loans, and Auto Finance. The Credit Cards segment consists of credit card investment and servicing activities conducted with respect to receivables underlying accounts originated and portfolios purchased by the company. The Investments in Previously Charged-Off Receivables segment acquires and sells previously charged-off credit card receivables. The Retail Micro-Loans segment provides small-denomination, short-term, and unsecured cash advances due on the customer's next payday; installment loan and other credit products; and money transfer and other financial services. The Auto Finance segment engages in purchasing and servicing auto loans through a network of pre-qualified auto dealers. The company also offers other ancillary products, including credit and identity theft monitoring, health discount programs, shopping discount programs, debt waiver, and life insurance. In addition, it offers small-balance and short-term cash advance loans through various channels, including retail branch locations and the Internet. CompuCredit Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. With 48 million shares outstanding and 6.34 million shares declared short as of September 2008, there is no longer a failure to deliver in shares of CCRT. According to quarterly data provided by the SEC, there were still 1,280,457 shares of CCRT that were failing-to-deliver as of January 2, 2008.
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