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- From: antonio@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Franklin Antonio)
- Subject: Re: Stock Symbols for Fun & Profit
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.001744.10651@qualcomm.com>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 00:17:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.231836.16151@cbnews.cb.att.com> ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet) writes:
- >Some stock symbols have "cute" or "fun" references to the company.
- >You know, where the company had a lot of fun picking the symbol?
- >For example:
- >PNUT - Jimbo Jumbo
- >OIL - Triton Energy
- >SODA - A&W Brands (Root Beer & other soft drinks)
- ... {most of Arthur's list deleted} ...
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- You produced a fairly complete list. You had quite a few I didn't know.
- Here are my additions...
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- JAVA -- Mr Coffee
- SIGN -- PlastiLine
- LOAN -- Surety Capital
- KITS -- Merridian Diagnostics
- FERT -- NuWest Industries
- ICE -- Artic Alaska Fisheries
- JIT -- Frozen Food Express (JIT = Just In Time)
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