Growth is no longer on AirTran Airways' radar screen, as it announced plans Tuesday to further cut capacity and defer aircraft deliveries in the face of soaring fuel prices that caused it to swing to a second-quarter loss. ...more

July 30, 2008

Commodity regulators in Washington have accused a Dutch trading company of making roughly $1 million in illegal profits by manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline over an 11-day period last year. ...more

July 25, 2008

Prices at the pump pulled back from record highs Friday as another slide in oil capped crude's biggest one-week drop in more than three years. ...more

July 19, 2008

Crude oil reached record high prices again, thwarting any hopes from last week there would be a continued decline. ...more

June 30, 2008

Crude oil reached record high prices again, thwarting any hopes from last week there would be a continued decline. ...more

June 29, 2008

SEBRING — It seems the pain at the pump may not be the only way we'll pay for high gasoline prices. While medical device repairman Jason Rybinski is parking his 2005 GMC Sierra pickup truck in favor of a Japanese sedan, Sheriff Susan Benton is upping her 2009 gasoline budget from $498,000 to $800,000. So even though the sheriff has told her department heads to assemble a flat budget, more tax money than ever will buy fuel for deputies to protect Highlands County. ...more

May 25, 2008

It's the stuff of western dramas where rugged men went looking for it in the mountains. It's the glittering metal used in fancy jewelry, the highest honors for sports and the bars tucked away in heavily secured safes. These days, gold's appeal as a safe-haven investment has carried it to record prices. ...more

January 9, 2008

With copper prices skyrocketing, determined and often innovative thieves have swiped the metallic element from just about anything they can get their hands on - even if the task is laborious. ...more

January 1, 2008

NATION Gas Prices Rise Gas prices rose back to $3 a gallon at the pump Friday, but oil prices fell Friday, reversing earlier gains. Light, sweet crude for February delivery fell 62 cents to settle at $96 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ...more

December 29, 2007

Oil futures fell Thursday as investors, expecting an ongoing price slide, sold to lock in profits from the previous session's big gains. ...more

December 14, 2007