News.com reports that Google has launched a beta version of Google Finance. Early reviews of the new site seem to contend that it is not as comprehensive as competing sites like Yahoo!'s, but the way in which stock charts and news are handled is somewhat unique. Stock charts are zoomable and scrollable left to right, with hyperlinked news stories attached to the chart when they were issued, showing any effects they had on the stock price. Definitely worth checking out, but for now maybe not yet as good as it could be...