Since you mentioned MarketWatch and river of news, I think these folks do a good job: http://seekingalpha.com/market-news/all http://seekingalpha.com/market-ne

Since you mentioned MarketWatch and river of news, I think these folks do a good job: http://seekingalpha.com/market-news/all http://seekingalpha.com/market-news/all However, it does seem unnecessarily javascript-heavy when we are talking text, and it aggressively auto-reloads (sometimes when I'm in the midst of reading!). There seems to be a usability mismatch among people that use 1 browser with one tab open vs. people that utilize multiple browsers and/or multiple tabs. edit: I, personally, use multiple browsers, some with multiple windows, and some of those windows with 5-60 tabs (i.e. HN). Graceful degradation used to be a concept highly regarded among developers that addressed these usage scenarios, but now we cater to the lowest common denominator only.