Google News searches - who uses?

vivatifosi

Just wanted to ask a question of other regulars to find out who else regularly checks out the Google News section.

The reason I ask is that fairly recently I've started to customise my selection using the "custom section" directory. Within the selection I've picked global economic news and UK economic news, but there are also sections for Peak Oil, Currency, Gold, loads of industries... All of these are subsets of the "business" section. There's even one for the UK property market: http://news.google.com/news/section?pz=1&cf=all&ned=uk&hl=en&csid=4f7193427a3ee163

I've picked up a few interesting articles searching this way and was just curious to see if anyone else is doing the same. Anything you would recommend?

ETA: for fc123 there's also a search on UK retail. I am one of a total of 7 subscribers to the section on the UK economy!

michaels

Only time I use google news is when I use google search to find news on stories that BBC and Reuters don't seem to be running with - for example Fukushima updates - then I just search Google and use the google news links returned in the search results. May be I am being very lazy in using the BBC (and to a much lessor extent Reuters) as my news aggregators?

Vaguely on topic I read the economist lead on News International and it was the first place where I had seen anyone dare mention my concern that regulating the press was detrimental in the long term which led me to wonder - do I read the Economist because I agree with its perspective or have I read it so long I have been indoctrinated by their perspective?

twadge_face

Google News is awesome. True democratically selected content delivery and distribution system.

Wookster

Interesting Vivatifosi - gotta try that!

vivatifosi

Hope you enjoy Wookster!

Here are today's selections from the different searches to see if they whet anyone's appetite. Stories tend to be a bit lighter in the morning as US not up yet and at weekends there's often fewer stories:

World Economic News:

Japanese businesses look overseas in wake of earthquake, tsunami, Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/japanese-businesses-look-overseas/2011/07/13/gIQA1MS7HI_story.html

China ‘flash’ PMI, Japan trade data in Asian focus
Marketwatch:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-flash-pmi-japan-trade-data-in-asian-focus-2011-07-16?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Why China Looks Like a Buy , WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304223804576443911316710224.html

UK Economic News

UK economy watch: Inflation data fail to cheer, FT:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/565d28ea-aed5-11e0-9310-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1SLuyUfMk

Item Club scales back growth forecasts saying UK at 'critical juncture' , Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/17/item-club-economy-critical-juncture

Bellwether Report sees marketing budgets cut due to fragile UK economy , PR Week:
http://www.prweek.com/uk/channel/CityandCorporate/article/1080119/bellwether-report-sees-marketing-budgets-cut-due-fragile-uk-economy/

Business (general):

European Banking Authority was hobbled over stress tests , Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/8642492/European-Banking-Authority-was-hobbled-over-stress-tests.html

US deficit: Obama in further congressional crisis talks , BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14175329

Interest rates to rise in November as recovery strengthens , Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/8643256/Interest-rates-to-rise-in-November-as-recovery-strengthens.html

UK Property Market:

What? Only 27 bathrooms?, Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/17/viv-groskop-property-prices

Golf drives house prices above par , Scotsman:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/Golf-drives-house-prices-above.6802779.jp

One in three house sales collapse , Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/jul/15/one-three-house-sales-collapse

foreversummer

Thank you vivatifosi. I always use google news but didn't realise you could customize it in this way. Brilliant! Thank you.

Foreversummer