Comments on: Google Finance (GOOG) revista, Yahoo! (YHOO) and corporate accountability

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:10:40 +0000

Thanks Seth – kinda crucial!

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:25:19 +0000

Note the original post was in error – you have to use the name, not the symbol.

I explain this in a post of my own:

Google Finance, Blogs, and Politics

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:14:06 +0000

At the moment it’s very much a US thing but it is possible to get information on UK companies. For UK tickers, go to Hemscott (I think)

By: Stuart Jones

Stuart Jones — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:45:14 +0000

So does that mean that if I write on my blog about the way I have been treated by ~~Barclays~~ a bank it will appear on Google Finance’s page for that bank?

In any case, where do I find “the ticker symbol”?

By: think mojo » Yahoo! juice?

think mojo » Yahoo! juice? — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:16:31 +0000

[...] Dennis Howlett points to to Rebecca MacKinnon, who in turn acknowledges Kathryn Cramer (of busting-American-PMCs-in-Haiti-fame)Â and her tip on appearing in Yahoo! Finance. [...]

By: Investor Relations Blog :: Can Google Finance unleash blog activism on corporations? :: March :: 2006

Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:36:35 +0000

[...] There’s been a bit of discussion by Rebecca McKinnon, Robert Scoble and Dennis Howlett about the potential for using Google Finance blog posts to pressure companies and raise awareness of public campaigns. [...]

By: Dominic Jones

Dominic Jones — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:20:11 +0000

Blogs are potentially a valuable way to provide investors with unfiltered perspectives both from companies themselves and from anyone who has an interest in their activities.

But I fear that Google Financeâ€™s implementation is doing more harm than good.