Why We’re Short Hanesbrands - Whitney Tilson

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Why We’re Short Hanesbrands
Jul 11, 2008 07:34 AM UTC

Whitney Tilson

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Via Short Stock Ideas from Seeking Alpha:

After a singular career as a financial journalist focused on discovering ticking time bombs in public-company financial statements, Herb Greenberg has teamed with Debbie Meritz to start independent research firm Greenberg Meritz Research & Analytics. In the firm’s very first report (made available here with permission), Greenberg and Meritz raise several questions about the performance and prospects at apparel company Hanesbrands – so many, in fact, that after doing our own work, we shorted the stock.

The entire 14-page report is available here.

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