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GOOGLE's at it again--Today Google introduced Google Finance.
Google Finance exhibits Google's strength through connection.
Built entirely on licensed data and links to external sources some ot the things you can expect to find on Google Finance are interactive charts with historical prices and volumnes, links to related news stories and portfolio tracking. In addition to links to external data through Reuters and Morningstar, GOOGLE FINANCE--ANOTHER GOOD FIRST STEP
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Being already hooked on Google, it was a pleasure to see my Personalized Google Web Page Portfolio automatically load to Google Finance. The new siteis a nice clean first step. Not a lot of bells and whistles but a decent chart, good summary information and of course a well organized list of links to more information. Of course, when I type in a symbol to get a quote, Google remembers and offers the click opportunity to add the stock to my portfolio. I am sure multiple portfolios will be added later.

A few months ago, I unloaded many of my (family and friends) AMAZON COMPETITION INCREASES
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David Jackson with Seeking Alpha posted an excellent summary of online ecommerce based on Nielsen/NetRatings.

The data for online sales for Cyber Monday (the Monday after Thanksgiving showed Ebay with the most traffic, but Walmart (111%), Target (73%) and Best Buy (61%) had the strongest online sales growth. Although Amazon came in at a 34% increase the dramatic advance of

Gamestop (GME) has been one of the best performers in our Stock fo the Week Portfolio. We purchased GME in March of 2005 at $19.95 per share. Today it was selling at $41.36. Gamestop has returned 53+ % and based on all company predictions, we should expect to see it continue to rise.

With 4th quarter reports in,Gamestop achieved record sales, increased our gross margins, even though very low margin hardware sales grew by almost 5% as a percentage of sales, and kept our expenses well

Google Base Search Box Within Main Google Results
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When Google Base was first announced, I said it was going to be very BIG. My opinion has not changed.

In recent weeks, it has been announced that Google Basewill be used by several major retailers in Europe to sort and display their wares. The article linked above shows how ubiquitous Google Baseis going to become.

The idea is that when one searches through the "normal" Google Search Box, one will occasionally be offered drop down boxes to "define" the search. In the example given, a search for homes for sale might bring back a drop down list for locations or for listing type.

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