In Yahoo Finance why can't anyone lookup a symbol using a companies name.?

Question

It was once possible to lookup a symbol using a companies name. Now you can only get a quote with the name but that does not work very well as the site uses only 1 word names. WHY?

Answer 1

try here http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=wmt

To get a quote, enter a company name or stock symbol in the quote box above.