1.   And a list of foreign companies trading on the exchange includes nothing but the listing date, country of origin, stock symbol and security name.

2.   And when a company goes to that big stock exchange in the sky, another may assume its stock symbol.

3.   As of Monday, RJR Nabisco, whose stock symbol was RN, ceases to exist.

4.   A few companies are putting their stock symbols in their ads, alongside the pitches that push their products and polish their images.

5.   A company whose stock symbol is SUIT has had great recent success in California and Texas, locales largely unheralded as hotbeds for flannels and pinstripes.

6.   But Philip Morris has not yet decided whether to change its stock symbol, the iconic MO.

7.   Even the surviving stock symbol will be AOL.

8.   Following is a list of companies, and their stock symbols, that had price drops after announcing that earnings will be less than expected in the June quarter.

9.   For some companies, such as PC Quote Inc., publicizing a stock symbol is particularly fitting.

10.   For years readers have been asking me to include the stock symbols of companies mentioned in this column.