When you need a multimeter for testing electrical equipment around the home, it's vital to know what all those symbols around the dial mean.

Looking at a garment tag can quickly make you feel like you've forgotten how to read. Most of us didn't learn the laundry symbols alongside our ABCs, so these modern-day hieroglyphics can be pretty ...

Q: Every Saturday, The Hartford Courant publishes expanded mutual fund tables. And every Saturday, I am perplexed by the two-letter symbols that appear next to my favorite funds. Could you please ...