TAMPA -- Pump prices in Tampa and elsewhere are falling, and industry observers say the trend is expected to continue, albeit at a much lower rate. In one month, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded in the Tampa Bay area has plummeted 33 percent, or $1.20, to $2.41, AAA reported this morning. A year ago, local retailers were charging, on average, $2.93 a gallon for the same grade of fuel. ...more

November 3, 2008

Carnival Cruise Lines and Holland America Line, which sail out of the Port of Tampa, will raise ticket prices by an undisclosed amount but eliminate fuel surcharges for 2010 cruises, parent company Carnival Corp. said. ...more

October 15, 2008

Carnival Cruise Lines, which sails out of the Port of Tampa and four other Florida seaports, said it will raise ticket prices by an undisclosed amount but eliminate fuel surcharges for 2010 cruises. ...more

October 14, 2008

It's been a while since motorists in the Tampa Bay area paid $3 for a gallon of gasoline. They may not have to wait much longer. ...more

October 9, 2008

Motorists are paying less at the pump as oil prices plunge amid decreased demand, and industry observers say the trend is expected to continue. ...more

October 6, 2008

The Dow plunged Monday more than 370 points and oil prices rocketed more than $25 a barrel - the biggest one-day jump ever - as anxiety about the government's $700 billion bailout plan sent new shockwaves through the markets. ...more

September 23, 2008

Even though Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday on a path toward the Texas coast and its vast refinery complex, gasoline prices in Florida and elsewhere continued to drop. ...more

September 10, 2008

Even though Hurricane Ike entered the Gulf of Mexico today on a path toward the Texas coast and potentially its vast refinery complex, gasoline prices in Florida and elsewhere continued to drop. ...more

September 9, 2008

Stocks Plummet After Retail, Unemployment Data NEW YORK (AP) - Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery. ...more

September 7, 2008

Gold, which scorched into the record books this year, has suddenly gone cold. ...more

August 16, 2008