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Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ:CLWR) shares have taken a beating these past three months, falling 36% and now trading just 10% from its 52-week low.  The question is will Clearwire stay afloat in 2011 and if so, when is the time to buy?

The latest news for Sprint’s credit, Fifth Third Bancorp’s dividend and Ford’s credit target.

Today’s breaking news includes Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) receiving coverage initiation by Wedbush, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) to launch tablet PCs, and Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) dropped some pocket change on lobbying for Q2.

Some of the latest news includes CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) looking bullish, Sprint Nextel Corporation’s (NYSE:S) 4G Exec to leave, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) pays nearly double tax hit of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS).

First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) announced in the pre-market on Wednesday morning that it is making another acquisition to drive its utility-scale solar business.

247Wallst.com is out with America's 15 most hated companies, which include AIG (NYSE:AIG), Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S).

It seems the rumor mill is still a buzz about a merger of Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) and T-Mobile USA (owned by Deutsche Telekom).  If Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) continue to expand control over the wireless arena,

Today’s upgrades include CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA), Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM).  Read more to see what analysts are saying about these companies.

Volume on the major exchanges is light today but as usual leading the charge is Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) followed by the SPDR S&P 500 (ETF) (NYSE:SPY), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Sprint (NYSE:S).

Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE:S) shares are on fire today up 11% and have already passed its daily volume of 58 million shares.  Sprint joins Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) this morning as the No. 3 most heavily traded stock on the NYSE.