On Wall St., alphabet is up for grabs: Big changes for three old-time firms mean their single-letter ticker symbols will soon be available. February 3, 2005: 4:07 PM EST ...

G’s that look like I’s, F’s that sound like “Waw,” and Q’s that look like monkeys — man, was our alphabet a mess. That’s because many of our letters began as Egyptian hieroglyph ...

An alphabet is a collection of letter-symbols that have been more or less standardized, and which often—though not always—reflect all of the sounds made in a particular language.

A stock symbol is a series of letters assigned to a security for trading purposes. Investors started using them to streamline hundreds of trades being made by the minute.

Why is “A” the first letter of our alphabet? Therein lies a “tail.”The ancient Phoenicians, who devised the precursor of our English alphabet about 3,000 years ago, depended heavily on ...

She spoke of her observation of Christmas displays of other municipalities and their multiple religious symbols. She said Garden City was unique in its single religious symbol of the créche. ...

In short, the letter Z (which doesn’t actually exist in the Cyrillic alphabet used in Russia) has been transformed and made toxic; it’s a remarkable example of how swiftly and decisively the ...

You may not know it, but there are a slew of symbols and characters that you can type with keyboard shortcuts. Here's how to type them in Windows 10 or MacOS.