Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced in a blog entry today that Sun will be changing its ticker symbol on the NASDAQ from SUNW to JAVA. Schwartz cites the high visibility of the Java ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Sun Microsystems Inc. said Thursday it plans to change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol to "JAVA" from "SUNW." The change will go into effect on Aug. 27, the Santa ...