Motorists may be giving thanks this week for lower gas prices — at least if annual trends hold up. ...more

November 23, 2009

The price of gasoline in Florida rose by nearly a dime a gallon this past week, possibly propelled by a rise in wholesale prices since late July. ...more

August 11, 2009

While the price of gasoline burned holes in the wallets of weary consumers last summer, one money-saving option for cash-strapped smokers caught on like wildfire. ...more

March 25, 2009

Santiago Carrasco, store manager of Tobacco Depot on Bloomingdale Avenue, said that about the time gas hit $4 a gallon, smokers with pipe dreams about saving a few bucks came in packs to his store to ask how – and how much it would cost - to roll their own cigarettes. But the do-it-yourself department that has been positively smokin' for some eight months is about to be extinguished, he said. An enormous price increase in conjunction with the federal excise tax that takes effect April 1 has already begun to snuff it out. ...more

March 20, 2009

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to climb, despite abundant oil supplies and low oil prices. ...more

February 17, 2009

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area continue to climb, despite abundant oil supplies and low oil prices. Although oil prices remain less than $40 a barrel, the average price of gasoline is creeping closer to $2 a gallon in the Bay area, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. ...more

February 16, 2009

Since you have had all kinds of writers sending thank you letters I thought I would add my thanks to Mr. Bush: For lying to us about WMD that Iraq had so you and your ilk could go to war and make certain people wealthy. For giving all those tax breaks to the wealthy and lying to us how a trickle down economy would work for me. For letting all those good jobs run offshore to make jobs for the Asians and Mexicans. For giving tax breaks to the wealthy and then borrowing money from foreign nations that my grandchildren are going to find difficult to pay back and blame me. ...more

February 7, 2009

Among the alarming numbers from last year's economic downturn are the number of people who now need food stamps to put dinner on the table. ...more

February 6, 2009

After last week's "inexplicable" increase in gasoline prices, the cost of fuel should start declining this week, according to AAA. ...more

January 13, 2009

After last week's "inexplicable" increase in gasoline prices, the cost of fuel should start declining this week, according to AAA. ...more

January 12, 2009