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There’s a new search engine on the block. Created by Ash Nashed and Rafael Cosentino, Congoo search allows users to view web content normally hidden by subscription barriers, for free.

Special arrangements between Congoo and nearly 300 top media sources grant users limited access (between 4 and 15 articles per month) to premium content free of charge. Some of these publishers include: information newspapers, professional journals, wire services and investment analyst sites.

The system works via Congoo’s downloadable toolbar, Netpass (currently in beta). The incentive for publishers is marketing. Publishers can distribute their articles through the Congoo channel to showcase what they have to offer and gain interest.

Google just released another product. Google Finance, a financial information site, is now live. Yahoo! and MSN have offered a similar service for some time now.

Here are some of Google Finance’s features at a glance:

• Company Search – search for information about stocks, mutual funds, public and private companies
• Interactive Financial Charts – allows you to click and drag to view various time periods and zoom in
• Financial News –clustered by Google News, users can sort financial news by date and relevance
• Financial Blogs
• Discussion Groups – moderated to help maintain spam levels
• Create your own stocks and mutual funds Portfolio
• Related Companies Feature – shows which companies have, or have had associations with one another
• Recent Quotes – Keeps track of the latest stocks and mutual funds you’ve searched on