Google Finance Beta Released

t3rmin4t0r writes "Forbes.com is reporting that google has rolled out a finance site. The site finance.google.com seems to be too plain and looks suspiciously like something quickly hacked together. The Forbes article mentions that "Google had previously provided financial information through a framed page featuring information from Yahoo! Finance, Fool.com, MSN Money Central and ClearStation " and that the information is collected from various sources rather than a direct feed from the stock exchanges, making it probably less useful for buy & sell decisions. "

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Just In: Google merely collects other data!

[Gothmolly]

So the comment is that its a sparse site, composed of data collected and aggregated from other sites? My God! What is Google thinking! Oh wait, thats what they do, and are pretty successful at it. Think about it - in your Gmail screen, theres a little bare-bones stock price ticker, or just summary of the prices for the day... that's what Google's doing - they want to be your portal.

Except they so far have kept the interface cool, ads to a minimum, and the functionality high.