gasoline prices

The figure reported by the Labor Department was well above what economists had expected, as a surge in gasoline prices strained an already struggling economy.

Chevron Corp. on Thursday projected a second-quarter loss from refining and selling fuel despite record-high gasoline prices that have been draining household and business budgets.

The NYT reports: With gasoline prices high and rising, a new financial milestone has arrived: the $100 tank of gas.

A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up their tanks sometime in the future but at current prices, using a debit-like card which banks gallons rather than dollars.

High gasoline prices and a weak economy took a toll on U.S. sales of Toyota Motor Co. and Ford Motor Co. vehicles in June, with Toyota reporting a 21.4 percent decline and Ford dropping 27.9 percent.

High gasoline prices and the economic downturn are changing the market for pickups and SUVs far faster than anyone anticipated.

President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela has no plans to raise state-subsidized gasoline prices anytime soon.

President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela has no plans to raise state-subsidized gasoline prices anytime soon.

When Eric King moved from his apartment in Pittsburgh to a single-family home with a lawn, he bought a manual lawn mower instead of the usual gas-powered kind.

He figures he's putting money in his pocket and saving trips to the filling station.

President Bush told Congress that dropping the ban would lower gasoline prices and “strengthen our national security.”