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Automakers are flooding the Detroit auto show with new hybrid and plug-in models, but the combination of gas prices below $4 a gallon and higher upfront costs for the cars is not attracting consumers.

Trading in commodities futures will be capped under a federal rule adopted Tuesday that seeks to clamp down on speculative trades, which some have blamed for driving up food and gas prices in the past year.

Gas prices have dropped substantially, following a drop in crude oil prices, according to a survey published Sunday.

Soaring gasoline prices are in the rearview mirror. For the first time in months, retail gasoline prices have fallen below $3 a gallon in places, including parts of Michigan, Missouri and Texas.

And the relief is likely to spread thanks to a sharp decline in crude-oil prices.

In 2008, the future looked bright for the Smart brand in the Untied States. Gas prices had climbed to record levels, so then-distributor Penske Automotive had no trouble in selling 25,000 Smart Fortwos in the car’s first official U.S.-market year.

The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped nearly nine cents in the past two weeks.

Gas prices are having a direct effect on shoppers’ behavior, so some stores are offering gas discounts.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting gas prices by 10 cents a gallon for three months.

Mired in economic worry, Americans are growing gloomier about where the country is headed and the way President Barack Obama is leading it.

Opinions of the economy are at the lowest of the year as high gas prices, anemic hiring and financial turmoil abroad shake a nation's confidence.

Mired in economic worry, Americans are growing gloomier about where the country is headed and how President Barack Obama is leading it.

Opinions of the economy are at the lowest of the year as high gas prices, anemic hiring and financial turmoil abroad shake a nation's confidence.