Chevron's Quarterly Profit Falls on Lower Oil Prices
Chevron says its quarterly profit fell 5 percent in the first quarter as oil prices slipped.
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Exxon's Quarterly Profit Edges Up as Energy Production Slumps
Exxon Mobil's quarterly profit edged up, as the world's largest publicly traded oil company's results were helped by higher earnings in its chemicals business.
Savings Shrink as Americans See Biggest Monthly Income Drop in 20 Years
Savings have fallen this year, as American households in January experienced the worst 1-month income drop since 1993.
Is the Deal Worth the Drive? -- Savings Experiment
Driving to a sale may cancel out the savings on your purchases. Here, our experts break down the costs vs. the gains.
Increase Your Gas Mileage By Removing Items From Your Car
You can improve your gas mileage by as much as 2 percent, simply by removing 100 pounds of of dead weight from your car.
Stay Cool While Optimizing Gas Mileage
Get the most out of your gas mileage by cutting back on cooling.
More Gas Saving Ideas: Suggestions From Left Field
We've already shared some ideas from our readers on ways to economize, squeeze extra miles out of your tank, and find surprising discounts. In the final part of this series, we'll take a peek at some of the more unusual methods that you offer for reducing pain at the pump.
Gas Discounts and Diets: More Fuel-Saving Tips
Our first collection of readers' gas-saving suggestions looked at methods to help you cut Next, we covered methods for squeezing extra miles out of every tank. This time, DailyFinance looks at discounts and other ways that drivers can actually pay less for each gallon of fuel.
Ease Pain at Pump With Gas Station Credit Cards?
The average American family will spend about $825 more for gas in 2011 than it did in 2010. But for every pain there is a pill, and in this case, a partial cure for the fill-'er-up blues may be to sign up for a gas station credit card. Done the right way, it can result in hefty savings. The key: paying off the balance at the end of each month.
Unusual Cures for Pain at the Gas Pump
It's almost automatic: As soon as gas prices go up, the media rushes to offer suggestions for saving money on fuel. But rather than recycling all the old familiar ideas, DailyFinance asked its readers for their best suggestions to reduce pain at the pump, and you gave us some unusual options.
This IPO Could Be The Next Exxon Mobil
Biofuels company Solazyme owns a unique process when it comes to converting algae into a fuel could replace the gas in your car -- a method that could be used to create oil on an extremely large scale and at an extremely low cost. The company has just announced it's going public: You might want to get in on the action.
Sound Off! How Are You Saving at the Pump?
Once again, gas prices are hitting the stratosphere and, once again, many are dragging out the same old suggestions for saving money at the pump. Have you found any interesting or innovative methods to save money at the gas station? Click inside to give us your feedback.
Gas Prices Drain U.S. Consumers' Tax-Cut Savings
Americans are earning and spending more, but a lot of the extra money is going down their gas tanks. Gas prices have drained more than half the extra cash Americans are getting this year from a cut in Social Security taxes.
Why Gas Prices Are Quick to Rise, Slow to Fall
As soon as oil prices rise, it takes little time before drivers begin to feel the pain at the pump. But it takes far longer for price decreases to reach consumers. Here's why.
Five Ways the Government Could Make Oil Prices Fall
Sky-high oil and gas prices risk tipping the U.S. economy back into recession. But Washington isn't powerless when it comes to oil prices: Here are five things that the federal and state governments can do that would quickly reduce pain at the pump.
The Fix for High Oil Prices? Regulate the Speculators
As the crisis in Libya continues to shake world oil markets, many voices are calling for President Obama to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. With gasoline prices up 33 cents a gallon in the last month, that's a tempting idea. It's also the wrong one.
Why Gas Prices Keep Rising After Oil Prices Have Slid
Oil prices fell below $97 per barrel Monday -- from more than $100 a few days ago -- on reports that Libya's still exporting oil. But gasoline prices continued to rise, jumping 8 cents over the weekend.
How to Cope With Rising Gasoline Prices
The U.S. started 2011 with the highest gas prices ever for January. That doesn't bode well for the coming months, but the sky isn't falling. Here's what you can do about those higher fuel costs, including how to make investments that will profit from them.
Oil Breaches $91 a Barrel in Light Trading
Oil prices on Tuesday reached the $91-a-barrel mark in light trading as strong demand and limited supply continues to push up prices towards the end of the year.
Gasoline Tops $3 a Gallon for First Time at Christmas
It may be the happiest season of the year, but higher crude oil prices that have translated into higher gasoline prices have many motorists frowning. The weak U.S. dollar and expectations of a more robust economic recovery in the coming year have helped push oil to over $90 a barrel.
Lower Inventory and Higher Demand Pump Oil Prices Past $90 a Barrel
Lower U.S. petroleum inventory and higher demand pushed oil prices past the $90-a-barrel mark Wednesday. Gasoline prices remain near $3 per gallon as a result.
