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		faitswulff on Feb 25, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My experience of interviewing for a job at Apple It's shorthand on Twitter to refer to a company: https://twitter.com/search?q=%24AAPL&src=typd

comex on Feb 25, 2015 [–]

In this case, it's the same number of characters as the longhand.

yen223 on Feb 25, 2015 | [–]

But $AAPL is clearer, because "Apple" may refer to the record company, or the fruit!

(I'm stretching, I know.)

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