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While I'm no short term trader (or even a day trader), I imagine it is of high importance to these people that they hear about significant stock related news as early as possible. This would allow them to respond before competing traders do.

But where do these people get their news, especially those items specifically related to publicly listed companies (rather than a market or an economy as a whole)?

I imagine these are all sources on the internet, since other means would provide significant delay.

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I work for a fund management company and we get our news through two different service providers Bloomberg and Thomson One. They don't actually source the news though they just feed news from other providers
Professional solutions (costs ranging from $300-1500+ USD/month/user)

Bloomberg is available as a windows install or via Bloomberg Anywhere which offers bimometric access via browser. Bloomberg is superb and their customer support is excellent but they aren't cheap.

If you're looking for a free amateur solution for stock news I'd take a look at

There are dozens of other tools people can use for day trading that usually provide news and real time prices at a cost but I don't have any direct experience with them

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There's a whole industry devoted to this.

Professionals use Bloomberg terminals. High Frequency Traders have computers read news feeds for them. Amateurs use trading consoles (like Thinkorswim) to get headlines quickly on stocks.

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