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AAA Michigan: State gas prices are down 3 cents
AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have fallen 3 cents per gallon over the past week to a statewide average of $1.72. Of the cities it surveys, AAA Michigan said Monday the cheapest price for self-serve regular fuel is in the Saginaw/Bay City area, where...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Automotive Equipment
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Orlando-area gasoline prices continue to drop
Sentinel Staff WriterAAA Auto Club South reports that the average price of a gallon of gasoline continues to drop in response to falling crude-oil prices. Even demand from 41 million Thanksgiving travelers -- 33 million of whom were traveling by car -- couldn't halt the...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Automotive Equipment
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Falling gas prices harm Conn. tax revenue
A steep drop in gas prices has created an estimated $100 million revenue shortfall in Connecticut's state budget for this fiscal year, which already has a projected deficit. State officials thought the state's petroleum wholesale tax was going to...Tags: Natural Resources, State Budgets, Energy Resources, Laws, Petroleum Industry
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Heavy rain, light spirits on roads
After driving more than 14 hours on a return trip from visiting relatives in Athens, Ga., the Daniel family got out of the rain and sat down to a table of fried seafood dinners yesterday afternoon at an Interstate 95 rest stop in Harford County.
They...Tags: Holiday Vacations, Natural Disasters, Disasters, Trips and Vacations, Petroleum Industry
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Car sales out of gas
AP Auto WriterAs the humbled captains of the U.S. auto industry spend the weekend preparing their second case for a federal bailout, their best argument may come in November's auto sales figures. Industry watchers and car dealers say they expect this month's vehicle...Tags: Ford, Wright Express Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Toyota, Consumer Confidence
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Regaining traction
McClatchy/TribuneThe steep drop in gas prices might not be enough to save Detroit, but cheaper fuel undoubtedly has made it easier for dealers to unload the trucks and sport utility vehicles that have been gathering dust ever since oil's record price spike this past...Tags: Auto Trends, Heavy Engineering, Ford, Petroleum Industry, Prius
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Not great expectations
Associated PressAs the humbled captains of the U.S. auto industry spend the weekend preparing their second case for a federal bailout, their best argument might come in November's auto sales figures. Industry watchers and car dealers say they expect this month's vehicle...Tags: Consumers, Ford, General Motors Corp., Wright Express Corporation, Petroleum Industry
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Nov. auto sales look dim, but cheaper gas, big incentives likely pulled them from Oct. depths
AP Auto WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ As the humbled captains of the U.S. auto industry spend the weekend preparing their second case for a federal bailout, their best argument may come in November's auto sales figures. Industry watchers and car dealers say they expect this...Tags: Consumers, Ford, General Motors Corp., Wright Express Corporation, Petroleum Industry
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OPEC Struggles To Find Balance In Oil Market
Associated PressOPEC oil ministers on Friday played down expectations of an immediate output cut, but did not dismiss one outright as they faced a third test in as many months of their ability to engineer a rebound in oil prices. The outcome of a hastily convened...Tags: Energy Saving, Commodity Markets, Wright Express Corporation, Economy, Petroleum Industry
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Good Samaritan was along the highway
My 1970 yellow E type Jaguar wouldn't start because of a low battery. I made a very short battery charge with the assumption that the anticipated trip would bring it up to normal. However, at the I-78 and Route 222 intersection, the engine stalled and...Tags: Automotive Equipment
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Gasoline: National average below $2 a gallon
Only four months after peaking at an unheard of $4.11 a gallon, the national average price for gasoline tumbled below $2 Friday, its lowest point in more than three years. On March 9, 2005, the last time gasoline cost less than $2, the Dow Jones...Tags: Wright Express Corporation, Petroleum Industry, Stock Activities
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How to book hotels on a budget
The Associated PressWhen the economy was booming, many hotel companies began building new properties. Some of those are opening now, resulting in a 2.5% increase in hotel room supply this year, just as demand is dropping by around 1% or more, according to Jan Freitag of...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Consumers, Armed Forces, Trips and Vacations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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