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BUZZ-Hedge funds eye profit from slide in TalkTalk shares

** TalkTalk shares down 12 percent after flagging dividend cut, cash call

** Move a big paper win for the many hedge funds shorting the stock

** Biggest positions held by BlackRock (Sao Paolo: BLAK34.SA - news) , with 1.9 pct of stock, and Marshall Wace, with 0.8 pct, FCA data shows

** 85.4 pct of the stock that was available to be used was out on loan on Feb. 6, industry tracker Astec Analytics shows

** Total (LSE: 524773.L - news) shares on loan 59.3 mln, or 11.1 pct of free float, AA (Frankfurt: A116XA - news) data shows