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Thursday, 07/08/2010 5:46:22 PM

Thursday, July 08, 2010 5:46:22 PM

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Brokerage firms can also borrow stocks from the accounts of their own customers. Typical margin account agreements give brokerage firms the right to borrow customer shares without notifying the customer. In general, brokerage accounts are only allowed to lend shares from accounts for which customers have "debit balances", meaning they have borrowed from the account.

FYI your own account could be a source for shares of HMIT to be shorted. Whom would want shares to short? Anyone.