air products has been gunning for airgas for months. back in october it offered $60 a share for airgas in stock. then in december it upped the offer to $62 a share but in stock and cash. and today's effort brings the bid back to $60 a share but this time its all cash. air products dropped to its lowest price since beginning its effort to buy its competitor. as the company has upped the cash portion of its offers, its stock price has sunk. the auto industry has been in the headlines plenty this week thanks to the toyota troubles. some auto part stocks were hitting the brakes today thanks to a disappointing sales forecast from american axle. axle was able to report a profit and higher margins, but it was thanks to lower prices. t.r.w., dana holding, and arvin meritor saw the bulk of the selling in the group falling between 3% and 10%. by this time next week, 3/4ths of the earnings season will be over. disney and coke are due on tuesday. pepsi comes out thursday. and that's tonight's "market focus". >> tom: volatility is back on the menu f

david told you about the air product bid for airgas, $60 cash. what makes it interesting to me is if this thing goes through, really prax air is going to be the only major player in the industrial gas business. of course we're talking about oxygen, nitrogen, those kinds of businesses. marriott one of many companies that have now reinstated their dividend. there are now 39 companies that have reinstated or increased the dividend since october. how are we looking at the nasdaq? >> decent. we're up just shy of 0.5% here up ten points. boy does this board look different than it did an hour and a half ago. most large cap techs have opened positive. they were all negative, almost all negative. like i said in the premarket. but look. apple is higher as is google and microsoft. cisco, which was the only large cap tech higher yesterday is up another about 3/4 or so percent today. intel is higher as is oracle. take a look at sienna as we continue to watch other technology stocks as well. it is down 1.5% downgraded at barclays. dollar tree is a mover to the

in frankfurt, airproducts and airgas is -- well, air products is down slightly and airgas is up. ford is expecting to fix more than 17,000 mercury milan hybrids that may have a glitch in their brakes. warning lights come up on the dashboard and drivers may perceive a loss of braking even though the systems are indeed working. ford did fall 1% in after hours trading after dropping 5% in regular trading. ross. >> there seems to be something going on with hybrids. shares of volvo have recovered after dipping early in morning trade. it is seeing a relatively quick recovery in the european market, which is what is supporting stocks. overall, the stocks had a mixed reaction from analysts. the operating loss widened to $316 million. >> ross, we continue to keep an eye on toyota. the company shares gaining ground today, closing up 1% in tokyo, despite the threat of another recall. japan's transport minister says the company or the carmaker is considering a recall of its best selling car, prius. mahara says toyota might offer voluntary repairs on vehicles with brake issues. earlier, the n