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An example of a television news ticker, at the very bottom of the screen. News ticker on a building in Sydney, Australia. A news ticker (sometimes called a crawler, crawl, slide, zipper, ticker tape, or chyron) is a horizontal or vertical (depending on a language's writing system) text-based display either in the form of a graphic that typically resides in the lower third of the screen space ...
A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock or security on a particular stock exchange. Ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) which provide a shorthand for investors to refer to, purchase, and research securities.
Name Ticker Symbol Revenues US$ millions (2014) Sector Industry Sub-Industry America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. AMXB: 63,455: Telecom Services: Wireless Telecom
For a news site, and in particular a financial news site, it makes sense to include the ticker symbol along with the first mention of the company in an article. The Wall Street Journal and other publications do this. For an encyclopedia, the practice is uncommon and strange. It feels strange to include an external link in the article lead.
The Nasdaq Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) [2] is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is one of the three most-followed stock market indices in the United States.
Some ticker symbols are simply cute and fun. Southwest Airlines' ticker reflects the emotions and light-heartedness it hopes to inspire in its workers and customers. Its in-flight snacks and ...
Ticker can mean: Ticker tape, the paper strip output by a stock ticker machine; Ticker symbol, codes used to uniquely identify publicly traded companies on a stock market; News ticker, a small screen space on television news dedicated to headlines or minor pieces of news; Ticker, an action film directed by Albert Pyun
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