Looking Ahead
THE NEW GUY Ben S. Bernanke oversees his first Fed meeting as chairman this week. The two-day meeting begins today; a decision on interest rates is expected tomorrow. Economists predict that the Fed will again raise its benchmark overnight lending rate a quarter-point, to 4.75 percent.

Google Launches Financial News, Data, Blog Site (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The firm said it has begun offering a trial version of a service, called Google Finance, that uses a keyword search system to help consumers target information on public and private companies and mutual funds.

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Britannica Slams Journal's Wikipedia Comparison (TechWeb)
TechWeb - After the science journal Nature wrote that the online community-produced Wikipedia came close to Encyclopedia Britannica's accuracy on scientific topics, the Old World publication has come back with a strongly-worded defense.