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News on BusinessWeek’s blog that AOL has launched a network of eight blogs that will comment on stock market news and trends in the US.

I’m watching this sector closely, especially since Google included a blog ticker on their financial website (see "Like Bloomberg with blogs": the new Google Finance).

I expect market analysts to be taking note of new social media modeling and analyst tools and services soon. I know a couple- best ask them what they are thinking. Will report back…