Google Finance just launched

Posted by Marshall Sponder on March 20, 2006 | Link It

Got a hot tip from John Batalle’s blog that Google Finance just launched. I’m not really sure of the significance of this but am reporting it, just the same.

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Today’s Headlines

Washington Post

Dollar Rises as Bernanke Says Economic Outlook Is `Positive’
Bloomberg – 2 hours ago
The dollar rose for a second day against the euro after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said low long-term bond yields aren’ta signal of slowing growth in the world’s largest economy.
Fed Chief Sees Need to Include Global Factors in Setting Rates New York Times
Forex – US dollar firmer Sydney afternoon after balanced Bernanke … Forbes
Financial Times – Free Market News Network – FOX News – all 290 related »

Google launches free financial news website
Financial Times – 43 minutes ago

Oil Falls for Third Day on Speculation US Inventories Rose
Bloomberg – 1 hour ago

Banker Granted Retrial in a Case From 90′s Boom
New York Times – 2 hours ago

Oracle 3Q Profit Surpasses Expectations
Houston Chronicle – 6 hours ago

Dell to Employ 20,000 in India
Red Herring – 15 hours ago

Alliance could reduce number of products
Guardian Unlimited – 4 hours ago

VeriSign Buys m-Qube for $250M
Red Herring – 14 hours ago

Australian Banana, Sugar Crops Worst Hit by Cyclone (Update1)
Bloomberg – 3 hours ago

Kerzner agrees to go private in $3 billion buyout
Reuters – 9 hours ago

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WebMetricsGuru says:

June 18, 2006 at 2:04 pm

According to a recent PCWORLD story Google Finance is not doing as well as hoped and Yahoo Finance is attracting more viewership than Google Finance. I wrote about Google Finance when it first launched a couple of months ago, including posts…