sprint/nextel also having a good day, up 7%. they talked about the 4g android phone that could be out this summer. tradertalk.cnbc.com. bertha, how's the nasdaq? >> adobe looking like it's going to be one of the pillars today for the nasdaq 100, up 5% premarket after beating when it came to first quarter earnings, and also topping analyst estimates when it came to its

this year it could be available for verizon wireless and sprint nextel customers. since the launch in 2007, the iphone has been available in the u.s. only to at&t subscribers, but the wall street -- but "wall street journal" reports they plan to release an iphone that will work on technology used by verizon wireless and sprint nextel in the u.s. >>> big doings at see on the hill university. students who arrive next year will be getting a free ipad. they are replacing text books with computers and allowing them to down load text books cheaper and they will get a mac book pro. it is a catholic liberal arts college. of course we say free. they are paying tuition but it is wrapped in. >> it could increase attendance there which will help as well. >> a nice bonus. >> some great minds are being honored today here in washington. they will be inducted in the national and vetters hall of fame. people like art fry and spencer silver, they invented post-it notes. ralph by the way created modern video game technology and roger easton came up with the foundation for the gps. th

sprint/nextel also having a good day, up 7%. they talked about the 4g android phone that could be out this summer. tradertalk.cnbc.com. bertha, how's the nasdaq? >> adobe looking like it's going to be one of the pillars today for the nasdaq 100, up 5% premarket after beating when it came to first quarter earnings, and also topping analyst estimates when it came to its outlook. meantime, google, you know, it's not just the issue of google being a search engine in china. google has now launched the motorola droid phone with china unicom, which says, yeah, we still launched it, but we're not putting the google search function on those phones because of the issues with the government. apple, meantime, its ipad getting just as much traction as kindle, according to comscore. 14% or 15% of folks are considering one or the other. starbucks is paying 10 cents a share dividend payable on april 23rd. nova vax is one of the winners in the biotech space. it says that its vaccine looks pretty good for h1n1 in its first-stage trial. and genzym

would like to follow up with the nextel. i'll ask the next them if they could shorten their presentations to five minutes. i know they had seven. while we are setting up, i just want to acknowledge that the congressman did come by, but he was not able to stay to bring remarks. and came by, at least i saw him here while we're in the middle of the panel. so he had to leave but he wanted to say hello to everyone, and i wanted to make sure that you knew that he was here and of his long commitment to haiti as well. and while we are assembling, our panelists this afternoon, this is a panel pathway forward, assessment and policy consideration to rebuilding haiti. and we've heard a little of that from the remarks from the members of congress, and also from the prior panelists. but this is where we get into, where we go to this new haiti that we envision for the future. you've already met his excellency, raymond joseph, our ambassador. from haiti to the united states, a jealous anthropologist, linguist and pastor. also with him on th

i want your thoughts on ticker symbol s, nextel. >> no, no, no. that's up on a spike on some product introduction, no. here's a deal. you want to speculate on a low price phone company, you go right down and you buy some qwest. this gives you the yield, too. sprint needs a takeover. and i don't think the government would ever let that happen. and i don't like stocks if the fundamentals are falling just because of a takeover basis. how about ken from louisiana? ken? >> caller: boo-yah from the home of the super bowl champion. >> you sportsman in paradise, you? and you know what, everybody likes that. i do, too. what's up? >> caller: because of your show and your books, i'm actually making money this year. >> yes! >> caller: and i bought high. but i dollar cost averaged down on a stock that pays a great dividend. it's apolo investment. >> i wish i knew more of what they own. but it does pay a good dividend. it's had too big of a run here. it's been a great run and that yield is safe. all right. let's go to jack in pennsylvania. jack. >> caller: cram

finally, important that sprint nextel in a completely separate announcement announced the 4g android phone that could be available this summer and michelle carruso cabrera and others were talking about that. back to you. >> well, thank you, mr. pisani. we want more action in the nasdaq, and bertha qumes is right there for us. >> well, trish, dobey was one of the big per fformers and talkin about what bob was talking about as theme, first quarter earnings topped expectations and boosted the earnings above expectations and today, the best performer in the nasdaq 100 which is a weak market for tech. if you look at the adobe chart today, it closed off of the highs of the session, but still nonetheless, 3.7% move. that had a halo effect of software if you move through the charts here. we had a high today and fresh high for checkpoint software in the back and the application software makers where there was a little strength in technology. and starbucks, and bob mentioning stock bucs issuing the -- starbucks issuing the first dividend ever. they expect by the end of the year, we will see th

the nextel will really be my q&a. to be very great with you many people have asked the questions i was interested in. i have a few go through a process. it is a new organization. they are new. that's what i was banking on. i was ever for the history of what's happened. there's been some concerns over the past, but i have a feeling the new folks, you guys voted come are going to do the right thing over time and make sure consumers are heard. i've heard that over and over again so not going to ask you questions because the next panel is a big panel. and my worry is the way the system where everyone will have, because i'm at the tail end you may never get to my questions. so thank you all for being here. >> senator, that won't happen because there's not very many of us here right now. [laughter] >> they will know we're doing this so they won't come back to. >> i would invite you to even move up. [laughter] >> delusions of grandeur. [laughter] >> mr. chairman, thank you very much for coming in not coming on any other spec

sprint nextel up another 2%.ompany expected to unveil that 4g smart phone at the cti wireless conference that kicks off today in las vegas. and wendy's and arby's getting a nice pop, purchase program by $5 million. mm, arby's that is my favorite fast food. >> is it really? >> potato cakes and a roast beef sandwich. >> potato cakes? >> yes. at lunch, with the roast beef sandwich. that's how i like to -- >> i've never been there so i don't -- >> you haven't been for the roast beef? >> made out of -- >> mashed potatoes, like a triangle shape and doused in grease and absolutely delicious. okay. so treasury secretary timothy geithner getting ready to speak in this room. might not have time for much more lunch other than a potato cake. in front of the house financial services committee, they're talking about the future of fannie and freddie. we are going to be taking his testimony live, but we have a panel to get ready on the president's plan for fannie and freddie. howard glazier is president of the glazier group and

citigroup on the list, general electric, sprint, nextel and ford. bank of america we draw your attention to right now because they, of course, are one of the biggest holders, remember countrywide? they got most of countrywide's underperforming loans and they are starting a new principal reduction program. they're the first major bank to do it. diana oolick is going to give us details on that. on the nasdaq, the old yellow freight, sirius xm radio and intel and applied materials on the list, as well. michelle, back out to you. >> hey, we're back here in las vegas at the wireless show. the ceo of sprint 4g matt carter is joining us. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> you're the reason the stock is up 5.5% right now. >> i wish i could take credit for that, no, it's about 4g and our network and mew phones and just all of that. >> for the novice, what is 4g? why do i need it? as tyler and sue was saying, 3g seemed fine. it's not fine, not in your world. >> 3g is actually, perfectly fine, but you can just do more with 4g. faster, more things, more ef