hotel. 8 blocks down the road is the white house. directly behind jonathan is an exxon gas station where the prices are $5.69 a gallon. why are the prices so high? americans are experiencing pain at pump but not quite like this station. on average a gas station marks up the price 16 cents per gallon. we have a statement from the pers station wholesale that they are marking it up $1.58 per gallon. a gas station across the street is selling for $4.15 a gallon and they chuckled at what is going on there. apparently it is always this high. greta: a lot of traffic because you will get a lot of business. if you are going to the kennedy center and on to capitol hill that direction if you need gas you have to get it here. you don t have much choice. people pull in and don t quite even look at the price before they put the pulp inform
reporting double digit sales in december. ford had its best december since 2005. shares of ford are up almost 2%. ford s not the only thing on the rise. that drink you buy at starbucks, that s also going up, too. about 1%, which means about 10 cents a cup. those price hikes are only happening in the northeast and sunbelt states. that does not include southern florida or california. it does include big cities like boss storngs new york, atlanta, and dallas. this follows price hikes that happened in the midwest and northwest back in november because starbucks has these costness front of it, costs for distribution, fuel. those prices are going up. prices for coffee beans, they re also rising. ten cents doesn t sound like a lot, you know what happens? they sort of take an inch and they keep opening the door. it becomes a mile. that cup of coffee that used to be $3.69 is now $5.69. that s why we bring our own coffee. exactly. i m all for that. thanks.
22,000 to lowest level in three months. interest rate for 30-year home loans fell to 4.51 this week down from 4.6. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke clarified the statement that another stimulus might be needed to boost economy. bernanke said today the fed is not ready to pump more cash in the economy. that sent oil prices plunging 2%. august futures finished the day off $2.36 to finish at $95.69 per barrel. shannon: in america s news headquarters speculation whether sarah palin will be part of the 2012 presidential campaign. carl cameron says that palin isn t saying but seems confident of the potential results. reporter: she says she can win but does not say if she will try. i did say i believe i could win but i went on to say it doesn t have to be me. i m not so egotistical to
22,000 to lowest level in three months. interest rate for 30-year home loans fell to 4.51 this week down from 4.6. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke clarified the statement that another stimulus might be needed to boost economy. bernanke said today the fed is not ready to pump more cash in the economy. that sent oil prices plunging 2%. august futures finished the day off $2.36 to finish at $95.69 per barrel. shannon: in america s news headquarters speculation whether sarah palin will be part of the 2012 presidential campaign. carl cameron says that palin isn t saying but seems confident of the potential results. reporter: she says she can win but does not say if she will try. i did say i believe i could win but i went on to say it doesn t have to be me.
but we ve stalled well behind the all-time high of $4.11 a gallon. that was back in 2008. however, one gas station in orlando has decided to put the petal to the metal. on friday, sun coast energy near the orlando airport was charging $5.69 a gallon for regular. that s the highest price in the nation. what is wrong with people like that? honestly, that is just supply versus demand, my first hand. i was going to say, you guys know that. but it s obnoxious. we ve been surmising that that s the gas station at which if you re renting a car, because it s been spring break, that s the place where you say, there s a gas station, i ll fill my car up before i return it. and it s $5.70. but now the local government the orlando says as of august, all the gas stations have to comply by putting the big signs at the side of the road. aren t there price gouging law? only when there s a hurricane or something with gas. i think gas stations get hit