Going to Google Finance returns a 500 error on the home page. Going to a specific stock quote, such as via http://finance.google.com/finance?q=GOOG returns a message that reads, "The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds."
Here is a screen capture:
Yesterday, Google News Was Down and having serious issues throughout the day. Sara also commented about Google Finance being down in that post.
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