The average price of regular gas crept up to $4 a gallon nationally for the first time over the weekend, passing the once-unthinkable milestone just in time for the peak summer travel season. ...more

June 9, 2008

Federal regulators are six months into a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. oil markets, with a focus on possible price manipulation. ...more

May 30, 2008

Don't expect motorists to sympathize, but Exxon Mobil Corp. says gasoline prices didn't do it any favors in the first quarter. ...more

May 2, 2008

This won't surprise drivers but sure won't please them either – gas prices hit new record highs in Florida and Georgia in the past week. ...more

February 24, 2008

Exxon Mobil Corp. posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $40.6 billion - on Friday as the world's biggest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at the end of the year. ...more

February 2, 2008

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

Gasoline prices jumped back above $3 a gallon at the pump Monday even as concerns about the economy and increases in crude supplies sent oil prices lower. ...more

November 5, 2007

The widening gap between crude oil and the relatively low price of gasoline is signaling the first quarterly decline in oil prices in a year. ...more

October 9, 2007

OPEC sought to reassure jittery oil markets Tuesday by agreeing to boost crude production by 500,000 barrels a day - a move the cartel conceded was prompted partly by 'clouds on the horizon' from the U.S. housing slump. ...more

September 12, 2007