Turns out that new airline checked-bag fee wasn't the end of it. Airlines ratcheted up the pressure on fliers ahead of the holiday weekend, significantly raising ticket prices to offset the runaway cost of fuel. The three biggest carriers each boosted most domestic fares by up to $60 roundtrip, and budget airline AirTran Airways raised its leisure fares by $30 roundtrip. ...more

May 23, 2008

Energy futures fell Wednesday, at times dropping below $90 a barrel after the government said crude oil supplies jumped unexpectedly last week. ...more

January 17, 2008

With oil at the once unfathomable price of $100 a barrel, consumers can expect the cost of filling their gas tanks, heating their homes - in fact, the price of most everything - to also keep rising. ...more

January 3, 2008

TAMPA In spite of a forecast that suggested gas prices would remain stable, costs at the pump went up by more than five cents per gallon last week in Florida. ...more

January 2, 2008

Oil prices ended the year near $96 a barrel, or 57 percent higher than where they began, and analysts expect rising demand and geopolitical instability to keep upward pressure on energy costs early in 2008. ...more

January 1, 2008

In spite of a forecast that suggested gas prices would remain stable, costs at the pump went up by more than five cents per gallon last week in Florida. ...more

December 31, 2007

SEBRING — Dan Feathers has raised prices at his dry cleaning business and so has florist Ladonna Paedae-Rodriguez. Kenny Long, president of Long's Air Conditioning Inc., might have to do the same thing. Local businesses are feeling the impact of higher gas prices and are trying to find ways to keep costs down. According to the American Automobile Association, motorists are paying about 90 cents a gallon more for gas now than they did last year. Guy Caruso, chief of the Energy Department's statistical division, the Energy Information Administration, predicted recently that gasoline prices, now averaging $3.11 a gallon nationwide, will rise another 10 cents by December. A jump of 15 cents a gallon from current levels, already well above last year's average of $2.23, also would surpass May's all-time record of $3.23 a gallon. ...more

November 25, 2007

Jim Ammons grumbles to himself every time he fills up his Ford Expedition, but he says gas prices would have to almost quadruple to $10 a gallon before he would ditch his SUV. ...more

October 20, 2007