Websites for financial news?

musicismylife78

what are some essential ones?

NYbenben

http://www.cnn.com
http://www.cnbc.com
http://www.wsj.com

PJSerf

http://www.bloomberg.com
http://www.thestreet.com
http://www.marketwatch.com

DriftingByTheStorm

BenBen got the bigboys.
Though CNN Money more appropriate than "CNN" proper.

For some massively alternative viewpoints: The International Forecaster

also, in general, marketwatch isn't bad.

and one of my personal favorites is bloomberg for their candor.

If you want a bit more of a party line highbrow approach
forbes
and the economist.

and for europe, the financial portions of time of london.

edit: darn you PJSurf, you stole 2 of my favs.

PJSerf

Just be wary, a lot of these sites also are responsible for driving the markets down as well.