Date updated:09-29-2007
Each week Barron's has a 13D Filings column. 13Ds are filed when a fund (usually an activist hedge fund) accumulates more than 5% of a firm and is planning on pushing for change (e.g.a sale of the company, sale of certain assets, a share buyback, or a share dividend) to unlock value.
See Hate list below where funds filed 13Ds showing a new decrease in particular positions.

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ABXA
Abxa - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
"Red Mountain Capital Partners, the second-largest shareholder of ABX Air, urged the company to resume merger negotiations with Astar Air Cargo Holdings. Red Mountain Capital expressed disappointment with the company board's rejection of Astar's indication of interest to acquire ABX and its failure to pursue negotiations with Astar during the past three months. Red Mountain agrees the terms suggested by Astar don't fully reflect the value of ABX Air, but it believes "good-faith negotiations" could improve the offer. Red Mountain now holds 3,623,154 shares (6.2% of the total outstanding)."

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RURL
Rural/metro Corpo - $6.14
- +1.66%
- $5.99
"Stadium Capital Management called for replacing management or selling the company. Stadium Capital expressed dissatisfaction with Rural/Metro's delayed filing of its annual report, inadequate investor communication by the management and the "inappropriate delay" of the 2007 annual meeting of stockholders until February 2008. Stadium Capital said the delays and restatements suggest "a fundamental lack of financial oversight at the management and board level." Stadium Capital currently holds 2,813,652 shares (11.4%)."

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NLS
Nautilus Inc - $1.90
- -2.56%
- $1.94
"Sherborne Investors recently sent a "demand letter" to Nautilus asking that the company hold a special shareholder meeting, and calling for the removal of four incumbent directors from the board. Sherborne's demand letter calls for the removal of incumbent directors Peter Allen, Evelyn Follit, Donald Keeble and Diane Neal. It also calls for the election of four Sherborne nominees, namely Edward Bramson, Gerard Eastman, Michael Stein and Richard Horn, as well as certain technical proposals, including bylaw amendments. Sherborne currently holds 7,405,455 shares (23.5%)."

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INKS.OB
Inksure Technolog - $0.075
- +7.14%
- $0.075
"James E. Lineberger has become "extremely dissatisfied" with the company's financial performance and intends to discuss with management a possible merger or sale of the security-software company. Lineberger may also approach other InkSure shareholders to discuss matters, including the possibility of nominating a director to the board. Lineberger currently holds about 16.4 million shares (8.4%)."

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OCR
Omnicare Inc - $23.25
- -1.11%
- $23.40
"ValueAct Capital reported ownership of 7,942,925 shares (6.5%) after buying 6,640,625 from July 19 to Sept. 18 at prices ranging from $29.30 to $36.02 each."

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GNSM.PK
Gnsm.pk - $0.00
- N/A
- $N/A
"A group including Loeb Partners raised its holdings to 549,211 shares (6.93%) after buying 147,197 from Sept. 11 to 21 at an average price of $2.30 each."

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BEAS
Bea Systems - $0.00
- 0.00%
- $N/A
"Carl Icahn raised his stake to 38.72 million shares (9.88%) from 33.42 million (8.53%) reported on Sept. 14."

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FBN
Furniture Brnds I - $4.15
- +0.24%
- $4.08
"Sun Capital Securities increased its holdings to 4.31 million shares (8.9%) from 3.61 million (7.4%) reported on Sept. 18."
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