. >> they mentioned a google nexus. there are all of these funky names for them. google nexus 7. can download it hfind how t buy it there. >> third question all of my reports and spread sheets are on a lap top pc and microsoft office base. i was wondering if you knew an app based on microsoft office and could be used on the ipad 2. it made quite a few waives. it is called on-line desk top. download the app it's free to download but you pay a monthly fee of $5 it gives you access to microsoft office gives you a virtual portal so your ipad or tablet begins to look like a pc. so you can have access to all of your microsoft office documents. by the way microsoft office is coming to the ipad shortly. they will have their own proprietary app. >> great advice. always good to see you. >> jump out of a plane next, too. >> the town and the most famous boardwalk destroyed by hurricane sandy. this morning there's a big update for you. thou those details are coming up next. the best picture we have seen all morning. a mob of caning rning radi kang golf course. looks like a movie. [ manager 1

i don't know what these stores would sell, google phones, the nexus tablet, i don't know, books aboutos. it's just a rumor. one google executive told the website all things d, back in december, that there were no plans for a retail store. even without the retail store, analysts see a lot of rum for growth in the stock. still that means on its other products, gmail, chrome, google maps, youtube and, of course, the search you keep saying. katy stockton is the managing director of mkm partners. she looked at the stock to see how it's performing. we talked about apple in the past, underperforming right now. google is doing particularly well. for all the people that ask me, should you be using google stock, what do you have to say? >> i think you should buy it. it has performed fairly significantly as you discussed. this is a breakout on the chart. google above 800 also means it's at a new all-time high above previous highs above 2007 and last year. that breakout does support positive follow through. the stock has positive momentum. you want to stay on the same side of that momentum. >> th

investing in nexus hardware, projects like google glass. >> all right, jon. thank you so much.you tweeted about this. we asked what you thought eric schmidt should do with that cash. here's some responses. c. adams says pay a lot of tacks. should have done it last year. >> he's a little late on that. that's a good point. >> victor tweets he will buy a stake in blackberry. that's a good one. >> wouldn't cost much. >> and another says he should take the money and buy undervalued shares of apple. thanks again for tweeting in. send your comments o on @cnbcclosingbell. >> all right. about 15 minutes to go. and the dow is still down 12 points. the s&p down a fraction right now. >> despite the pullback in stocks today, our next guest says equities are the least of all evils right now. that's michael thompson with us. >>> also, maker's mark is leaving a sour taste in some people's mouths. get this. the company is watering down its bourbon and keeping prices the same. and this news is not going down very well at all. that story coming up later on "the closing bell." ♪ [ engine turns ove

google doing fairly well in the retail market. it has a new line of nexus phone and tablets. d bullish energy is behind google now and not behind apple. unfortunately for drivers, gas prices also going higher. new national average is $3.77. sger experts think it will continue like this into the spring and summer. here in new york and chicago, you're probably going to see four bucks a gallon soon if you haven't. if you live in california, you're already paying that. higher oil prices, refinery closing, optimism about the global economy. a lot of analysts saying it's just this little creeping optimism around the world pushing prices up in the global market. you can help yourself, i mean you can't control these prices obviously. you can use apps on your phone to find the cheapest gas this your area. because we think that these high prices could last well into the summer. so you'll start to see the high nr energy surcharges on deliveries. small businesses, they are eating this and it's costing them more. so i think as a consumer you'll start to see the little add ons. >> also they

google stock is near an all-time high as they took significant risks with hardware and the nexus program. not only is schmidt's traditional role less in demand but his role as government liaison has gotten less intense. google settled with the sec to end the two year investigation into its search practices. and a little less involved in the company and pushing 58 years old and maybe it's time for him to diversifdiversify. he struck me as a bit more cautious as a leader on the technology side. i'm not convinced he would have done the motorola acquisition and texas tablets and the jury is out on how it plays out and wonder if larry's maverick move could play into this move? >> you could take that as a question whether this really is a sell signal. if eric schmidt is losing somehow some faith in where this company is going? >> i don't know he's losing faith. when you're not in control of something it's a little bit nervewracking to have your whole net worth tied up in it. i would leave it at that. i don't think he spots something that makes him want to run the other way. that being said, go