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.

Google Finance
 


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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
More headlines »



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03/21/06 @ 7:59 am

Marshall, thanks for this scoop. I’ve blogged about Google Finance this morning and invite your comments there.

I’m also unsure of the significance of this, except that it further proves that Google is not just about aggregating information, but also wants to re-package it, in a way, in order to monetize it.

What do you think Google might do next?



06/18/06 @ 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…



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