1st FDA-Approved Cancer Vaccine
Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 29 2010 | 2:45 PM ET
Shares of Dendreon sharply higher today, with CNBC’s Bertha Coombs.

Airtime: Thurs. Apr. 29 2010 | 2:45 PM ET
Shares of Dendreon sharply higher today, with CNBC’s Bertha Coombs.

We are more concerned about rate rises in China than the Greece contagion risks, says Craig Irvine, co-head of regional research at Daiwa Capital Markets. He speaks to CNBC’s Karen Tso and Martin Soong about his outlook for Asian markets.

Insight on the markets now, with David Gerstenhaber, Argonaut Capital Management.

Insight on the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, with Andrew Friedman, former partner of Covington & Burling, and Tony Crescenzi, PIMCO.

The currency wars could come to a head this weekend at the G20 summit. Arnab Das, managing director of market research and strategy of Roubini Global Economics, and Lauren Rosborough, senior currency strategist at Westpac, discuss the outlook.

The problems banks have with mortgages will take a long time to be solved and bank stocks are not attractive despite the recent drop in price, Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, told CNBC Wednesday.

A countdown to the opening bell, with Arthur Cashin, UBS Financial Services director, floor operations.