Comments on: 10 Candidates for Extreme Makeover, Ticker-Edition http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Apple Fever - Today’s Top Blog Posts on Apple - Powered by SocialRank http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178557 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:01:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178557 [...] GigaOM 10 Candidates for Extreme Makeover, Ticker-Edition « [...]

]]> By: Only Developers . com » Blog Archive » Matt: SUNW to JAVA http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178556 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:49:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178556 [...] that Sun has changed their stock ticker from SUNW to JAVA, here’s ten other companies that should change their tickers. By the way, Om was just named one of the 50 most influential Indian [...]

]]> By: FFEJ http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178555 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:13:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178555 Well, Disney should do something given the contemporary meaning of DIS. Rather then going for the easy plays on Mickey how about PIXR? They could use a little Jobs juice for their stock

]]> By: Ashutosh Nilkanth’s Blog » SUNW, now JAVA http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178554 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:28:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178554 [...] that Sun has changed their stock ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA, Om Malik suggests ten other companies that should change their tickers. By the way, Om was just named one of the 50 most influential [...]

]]> By: Vinny Carpenter’s blog » Daily del.icio.us for Aug 27, 2007 through Sep 01, 2007 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178553 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:31:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178553 [...] 10 Candidates for Extreme Makeover, Ticker-Edition « GigaOM – Sun Microsystems is changing its ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA in order to better reflect the company?s role in new network infrastructure. Here?s 10 companies that we think could use an extreme ticker makeover. [...]

]]> By: Kishore Balakrishnan’s Blog » Blog Archive » elimination communication http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178552 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:14:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178552 [...] 10 Candidates for Extreme Makeover, Ticker-Edition – me: SAP to ABAP [...]

]]> By: SUN, 나스닥 종목 코드를 SUNW에서 JAVA로 변경 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178551 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:53:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178551 [...] 종목 코드 변경 소식을 듣고 GigaOM에서는 Sun Microsystems 외에도 종목 코드를 변경해야 하는 회사 10개를 써 놨는데 그 중 몇 가지를 [...]

]]> By: Lloyd Budd http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178550 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:05:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178550 I think what makes JAVA so special is that it will have such a nice shelf life.

That is a fantastic list!

Mrinal’s BALLS for Microsoft would be awesome!

NEVL for Google for obvious non-evil reason.

News Corp would change their ticker from NWS — boring — to FOX or something else if they could bundle their “news” with the ticker.

]]> By: Photo Matt » SUNW to JAVA http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178549 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:11:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178549 [...] that Sun has changed their stock ticker from SUNW to JAVA, here’s ten other companies that should change their tickers. By the way, Om was just named one of the 50 most influential Indian Americans. « Digg [...]

]]> By: Fun With Stock Tickers! — iKev http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178548 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:29:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178548 [...] Om and company have quite humorously lampooned SUN’s move to change their stock ticker to JAVA. Here are some of their suggestions: [...]

]]> By: Jeff Crites http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178547 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:42:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178547 Wouldn’t it be cool if the exchanges allowed companies to have ‘throwback’ days, and companies could, for instance, honor a Web 1.0 competitor who bit the dust.

So AMZN could wear the jersey for WEBV (Webvan) for a day, since Bezos is now delivering food. PETM (PetSmart) could be SOCK for a day, to honor the greatest business mascot of all time, the Pets.com sock puppet. And Apple (AAPL) could be IWOZ for a day, a tip of the hat to co-founder Steve Wozniak.

]]> By: Top Posts « WordPress.com http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178546 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:13:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178546 [...] 10 Candidates for Extreme Makeover, Ticker-Edition Sun Microsystems is changing its ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA in order to better reflect the company’s role in […] [...]

]]> By: engtech http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178545 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:22:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178545 Because nothing helps shake off past history like changing your name every two years.

]]> By: renatocpn http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178544 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:05:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178544 Very good makeups xD

]]> By: Arch Stanton http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178543 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:30:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178543 For Alcatel-Lucent, how about YAWN.
Haliburton? PORK
Qualcomm? SUE
SCO? AMF, or SOL, or “”

]]> By: Friday links: quant crowding « Abnormal Returns http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178542 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:59:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/23/10-companies-that-should-change-their-tickers-too/#comment-178542 [...] Malik at GigaOm.com suggests ticker changes for ten more technology [...]

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