As dozens of U.S. billionaires pledge their fortunes to charity and the country struggles to shake off recession, philanthropy is a growing status symbol of the rich, experts say.

``Karen Kingsbury caught our attention by her books, and her Red Glove Projects is a way for us to continue that way of giving,'' Ms. Detweiler said.

At the very beginning of the “Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols” (1972), the book’s author and one of the era’s most accomplished industrial ...

Russians give rouble a symbol By Reuters December 11, 20135:35 AM PSTUpdated 11 years ago ...

They wore them to give food baskets away to hungry families, and they wore them as they sold T-shirts and quilt raffle tickets to collect money for a scholarship in the name of the late Justin ...

A symbol of ridicule in Soviet times, when the black market exchange rate was a fraction of the official rate, confidence in the rouble was further hit by hyperinflation and devaluation in the 1990s.