It's not exactly a secret on Wall Street that publicly traded companies sometimes make a statement with their stock symbols. Consider the change made by technology titan Mark Zuckerberg, founder ...

Scott Olson / Staff / Getty Images A stock's ticker symbol is what identifies a company on an exchange, but they are not required to always remain the same. Sometimes, ticker symbols change ...

Shareholders are not required to take any action regarding the ticker symbol update. The Company’s common stock will continue to be listed on the NASDAQ and the CUSIP number will remain unchanged.

Block is changing its ticker symbol to XYZ, the company said Thursday ... 21 on the New York Stock Exchange and Jan. 22 on the Australian Securities Exchange. Block changed its name from Square ...