than the hertz of two years ago. here's the bottom line. the rental car business is a beautiful, slap-happy three-way oligopoly! and while i still like avis, i think hertz is the board walk to avis's park place and the best way to play the game, thanks to the dollar thrifty acquisition. rob in massachusetts. rob! >> caller: hey, jim, how is it going? >> couldn't be better, thank you. >> caller: good. my question for you, what do you think of ford motor company? do you think it's going up, down? >> i think it's going sideways. here's why. they have a terrific smoking american business but still retrenching in europe. cut europe too late. it's -- i would say it's one-and-a-half up and one down. that's not what you want to hear but that's pretty much the odds. the car rental biz isn't geared up with competition anymore. it's a beautiful three-way, slap-happy oligopoly and when it comes down to it, i like hertz more than avis. don't move. "lightning round" is next! acceler-rental. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can re

these are lower frequencies that you see impacted from about call it 80 hertz to 250, maybe 300 hertz in there, so that is really lower than my voice goes. >> i want to be really clear. the number on on the right side are db numbers? >> that is correct. >> and you said that the hertz number on the bottom. >> you see, 32, 63. >> i don't see them. >> i have a different picture. >> you are seeing a piece of it. >> that is correct. >> what are the hertz on the bottom? >> okay, well here is, yeah, so we have some why don't we, put four of those up there. as a back up. >> and the three. that is five of those. yes. >> the area off of your screen. i might be able to. >> we will share. >> come on glen and share with me. >> no. so hold on. >> what page are we on here? >> we are on page, it is hard to tell. >> it is the second chart. >> okay. >> yeah, so it is hertz on the bottom, and it is db on the right. and of course the higher the db, is not good for us. the next chart, which i think is... >> that is ambiance. >> i think that it is important to look at an over-lay of those two. that is a li

this one is one vib per second, one hertz. how long does it take in seconds to undergo one complete cycle? begin with a w. - one. - one. okay. let's suppose i swing it at twice the frequency. how long would it take for one cycle? not everybody be seeing what most people be seeing. check the neighbor and see if the neighbor knows what the time is for one complete cycle, when it shook at two hertz. what's the answer, gang? how many say a half? all right, all right. let's suppose i told you i shake it back and forth... [makes sounds] ...seven times per second. what's the frequency? - 1/7. - seven. be careful, be careful, be careful. - do you see what happened? - yeah. [laughter] you all expected me to ask what's the--what's the time. i'm gonna call that time begin with the p. period. period. and you all expected me to ask you that. be careful in school because i didn't ask you that. i asked you a different question. what's the frequency? seven. next friday, when we take our exam, you start to read--"oh, i know what the answer to

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, this is 25 hertz, but you will be amazed by 23, this is because if the tone is dropped, the video isy out of sync with the frames, so it appears the water is flowing up. >> mesmerizing, isn't it? >> what is that in the oven?

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it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.rt-up investments, low cost of living, and low cost of living were relative to starting a new business. >> gas prices are falling. that's down about a quarter from a year ago and analysts say it's downhill from here, too. that's good news right? do you feel it? we live in the northeast. >> i don't feel it because i have a long commute and two cars and it feels like i'm always having to refill. i live in brooklyn. it's about $3.85 at the pump which is certainly off the $4 mark that people talk about. >> i pay almost 4.50 a gallon, but i have a prius. >> california and illinois is pretty difficult. >> the summer impacts a huge number of industry. the theme walter parks want them to come down. >> i'm lucky to find $4.10. it's more like $4.35. now when the price sings around 25 cents, i don't care. >> let's talk more autos. the auto show is underway. more than 1,000 vehicles featured. the new range rover sport is getting a lot of buzz, for an interesting reason. >> apparently they sell mor

it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.ever-ending struggle-- america battling to wean itself off foreign oil, and foreign producers doing all they can to make sure we stay hooked. one country eager to keep the u.s. a loyal customer is saudi arabia, the largest producer in the world. in 2008, lesley stahl went to meet one of the most powerful men in the world, ali al-naimi, the saudi oil minister and de facto head of o.p.e.c., the oil cartel. >> if most americans had an opportunity to sit down with the oil minister of saudi arabia, the thing they would like to know is where you think the price of oil's gonna be, say, in about six months. is it gonna be up or down? >> you want my classic answer? >> no, i want your honest-- >> okay. >> appraisal and judgment. >> my honest judgment is, if i were to know what the price of oil six months from now, i would be in las vegas, okay? >> [laughing] he may be smiling, but this is a man with serious heartburn and vertigo. in 2008, the price of oil had been soaring and sinking uncontrolla

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it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. back to "squawk box." kevin ferly is standing by at the cme. >> good morning. >> template or no template, what does it mean for the markets this morning? >> template? no, no template. here is what we see going on in the futures, andrew. basically, now sthl be the seventh session of what we call unchanged values. the market moved up a week ago sunday night on the first moves and we've been watching back and forth inefficiently in the same range every day sips. so given that the story has changed somewhat over the time period, i would say that the market is not an equilibrium and most traders are pushing on the extremes of that range waiting for it to break out one way or the other. >> what is volatility like? i assume that's gone up, or not.? >> overall, people continued to many hear it down. i think that adds to the attenuated type of problem that could take place, which is the only time some people read stability is the idea that spreads are tight and volatility is low. so you have t

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it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.>> welcome back. stocks have been riding the cyprus roller coaster again today. world markets just trying to figure out if this deal reached over the weekend is specific to that country in the terms reached or a template for future bailouts as was suggested at one point today. our chief international correspondent michelle caruso-cabrera is in nicosia. she has the very latest. good evening, michelle. >> reporter: hey there, bill. to answer the question, which is it? it is both. here's the case for why cyprus is absolutely a template. europe has made very clear they want to eliminate taxpayer-funded bailouts by 2018. and each and every bailout, subsequent bailout, has gotten tougher and tougher on investors. remember, this is the fifth one. the first one was ireland. ireland, the government of ireland did not want to bail out senior bondholders and banks. but the european central bank insisted that they do so. they were apoplectic about that idea. today they wiped out the senior bondhol

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it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. >>> you are watching "worldwide exchange." all eyes turn to milan with key italian bank earnings later today. two senior lawmaker res pushing for more new on the ecb governing council. >>> and a state judge has put the lid on mayor bloomberg's sugary drink plan. mayor bloomberg vows to fight on. >>> india's industrial output beats forecasts, but the rate cut is still seen. cpi out earlier showed prices continued to increase in february up nearly 11% from a year earlier. and it's been a sterling debut for hong kong's largest pawnshop. shares trimmed as much as 30% today. 1.31 versus the issue price of 0.98. that's not surprising while pawnshop shares were oversubscribed more than a thousand times. the company managed to raise $112.5 million. that is at the top end of its ranges. china galaxy securities is reportedly willing to raise -- in an ibo. beijing based company had originally planned to list both the hong kong and the shanghai bourses but skrabd that plan. there are reports that

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it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.> good morning. welcome back to "squawk box" on cnbc. that's spring music. is that what we're doing? isn't this spring music. >> spring music for cherry blossoms in d.c. today given to us by the japanese no less back in 1912. >> i told you why i'm wearing an orange tie. >> you have not told me why. >> it's a fall color. fashion forward people roll out the fall collection in the spring. that's how ahead of things i am. i already have -- all right. i'm joe kernen along with andrew ross sorkin. our guest host, john kelly and constance hunter. >> she's still in spring. >> i'm in winter. it's supposed to snow again. >> we're complaining about -- it didn't snow at all last year. now it snowed a lot this year. you have to give me the list of things -- what would indicate it's not warming? there really isn't. eastbound that asteroid and meteorites. cnn anchor really did ask is that because of climate change. >>> conclusion of a two-day fed meeting. policy statement updated economic forecast an

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