Regular visitors to DailyFinance will note that we've implemented some momentous design changes. We're unveiling the new DailyFinance, which first launched in February in a simple blog format and has now been reborn as a full-fledged financial and business news destination.Since our fledgling days as a beta blog, we've hired some of the best financial reporters and columnists in the business. We think our new design will better showcase our top stories, original reporting and amazing editorial talent. If you want to jump to a quick list of all our latest stories in order of publication time, we've created the DailyFinance Wire (at the bottom of the home page, or you can use the "All Stories" link in the black horizontal navigation bar atop the home page).

We've built our new home page using a clean, easy-to-read design that still manages to pack in enough data, charts, portfolio tools and other features to satisfy the most experienced investors. The result, we believe, is an exciting new site that brings you the smartest business news and commentary, combined with the best data and investing tools available for free on the Web.

Despite our extreme makeover, our reason for being will remain the same. We want to help you navigate through turbulent economic times and make the best decisions about the future. Of course, we know you will ultimately be the judge of whether the new DailyFinance is as good as we think it is. We are eager to hear from you.

More improvements and exciting new investing applications are coming. And here's the little secret we can finally let you in on: Our parent AOL believes strongly enough in what we're trying to do that early next year, it's making DailyFinance its flagship for all things business and finance, replacing its longstanding AOL Money & Finance home page.

Along with our sister sites BloggingStocks, WalletPop, Luxist and AOL Small Business, we plan to continue to keep you ahead of the curve on what's going on in the universe of money and finance. We want to say thanks for being a loyal reader. We know we have lots of competition. We hope you'll like what you see.