India's Rupee Finally Gets a Symbol

India's rupee has joined the ranks of the dollar, the pound, the euro, and the yen: It now can be designated with a symbol. After a nationwide contest, India's government announced the winning symbol for its currency, a combination of the Roman letter R and its Hindi equivalent. The government hopes the symbol will signal that India has arrived on the global economic stage and emphasize the "robustness of the Indian economy as a favored destination for global investments," says the information minister. (More rupee stories.)