diff --git a/README b/README
index 456d26b..39229ea 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -50,31 +50,27 @@ Usage example
         "ID": "22144"
       }
     ]
-    >>> print json.dumps(getQuotes(['AAPL', 'GOOG']), indent=2)
+    >>> print json.dumps(getQuotes(['AAPL', 'VIE:BKS']), indent=2)
     [
       {
         "Index": "NASDAQ", 
-        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "129.09", 
-        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-02T16:04:29Z", 
-        "LastTradePrice": "129.09", 
-        "Yield": "1.46", 
-        "LastTradeTime": "4:04PM EST", 
-        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 2, 4:04PM EST", 
-        "Dividend": "0.47", 
+        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "129.36", 
+        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-03T16:02:36Z", 
+        "LastTradePrice": "129.36", 
+        "LastTradeTime": "4:02PM EST", 
+        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 3, 4:02PM EST", 
         "StockSymbol": "AAPL", 
         "ID": "22144"
       }, 
       {
-        "Index": "NASDAQ", 
-        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "571.34", 
-        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-02T16:04:29Z", 
-        "LastTradePrice": "571.34", 
-        "Yield": "", 
-        "LastTradeTime": "4:04PM EST", 
-        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 2, 4:04PM EST", 
-        "Dividend": "", 
-        "StockSymbol": "GOOG", 
-        "ID": "304466804484872"
+        "Index": "VIE", 
+        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "17.10", 
+        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-03T13:30:30Z", 
+        "LastTradePrice": "17.10", 
+        "LastTradeTime": "1:30PM GMT+1", 
+        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 3, 1:30PM GMT+1", 
+        "StockSymbol": "BKS", 
+        "ID": "978541942832888"
       }
     ]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2aaad8..f675f61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,30 +35,26 @@ From development repo (requires git)
         "ID": "22144"
       }
     ]
-    >>> print json.dumps(getQuotes(['AAPL', 'GOOG']), indent=2)
+    >>> print json.dumps(getQuotes(['AAPL', 'VIE:BKS']), indent=2)
     [
       {
         "Index": "NASDAQ", 
-        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "129.09", 
-        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-02T16:04:29Z", 
-        "LastTradePrice": "129.09", 
-        "Yield": "1.46", 
-        "LastTradeTime": "4:04PM EST", 
-        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 2, 4:04PM EST", 
-        "Dividend": "0.47", 
+        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "129.36", 
+        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-03T16:02:36Z", 
+        "LastTradePrice": "129.36", 
+        "LastTradeTime": "4:02PM EST", 
+        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 3, 4:02PM EST", 
         "StockSymbol": "AAPL", 
         "ID": "22144"
       }, 
       {
-        "Index": "NASDAQ", 
-        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "571.34", 
-        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-02T16:04:29Z", 
-        "LastTradePrice": "571.34", 
-        "Yield": "", 
-        "LastTradeTime": "4:04PM EST", 
-        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 2, 4:04PM EST", 
-        "Dividend": "", 
-        "StockSymbol": "GOOG", 
-        "ID": "304466804484872"
+        "Index": "VIE", 
+        "LastTradeWithCurrency": "17.10", 
+        "LastTradeDateTime": "2015-03-03T13:30:30Z", 
+        "LastTradePrice": "17.10", 
+        "LastTradeTime": "1:30PM GMT+1", 
+        "LastTradeDateTimeLong": "Mar 3, 1:30PM GMT+1", 
+        "StockSymbol": "BKS", 
+        "ID": "978541942832888"
       }
     ]
diff --git a/googlefinance/__init__.py b/googlefinance/__init__.py
index b2c39b4..17e0f17 100644
--- a/googlefinance/__init__.py
+++ b/googlefinance/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ def request(symbols):
     url = buildUrl(symbols)
     req = Request(url)
     resp = urlopen(req)
-    content = resp.read().decode().strip()
+    # remove special symbols such as the pound symbol
+    content = resp.read().decode('ascii', 'ignore').strip()
     content = content[3:]
     return content
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a06b5fb..43c3200 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ from distutils.core import setup
 setup(
   name = 'googlefinance',
   packages = ['googlefinance'], # this must be the same as the name above
-  version = '0.4',
+  version = '0.5',
   description = 'Python module to get real-time (no delay) stock data from Google Finance API',
   author = 'Hongtao Cai',
   author_email = 'caiht.ht@gmail.com',
   url = 'https://github.com/hongtaocai/googlefinance', # use the URL to the github repo
   download_url = 'https://github.com/hongtaocai/googlefinance/tarball/0.4', # I'll explain this in a second
-  keywords = ['googlefinance', 'stock', 'price' , 'finance', 'google'], # arbitrary keywords
+  keywords = ['googlefinance', 'stock', 'price' , 'finance', 'google', 'real-time'], # arbitrary keywords
   classifiers = [],
 )