Economy

NEW YORK (AP) — Gasoline prices have finally begun their seasonal slide.

Better late than never.

The national average retail price has fallen for ten straight days and is now $3.74 per gallon

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Confidence among U.S. homebuilders remains at its highest level in six years, reflecting improved optimism over the strengthening housing market this year and a pickup in visits by prospective buyers to builders' communities

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are sliding following another weak forecast of global economic growth and poor expectations for U.S. corporate earnings

The Dow Jones industrial average was off 101 points at 13,482 at midday Tuesday

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Ken Salazar's office says the Interior secretary is about to make a major public announcement concerning a new milestone in the development of renewable energy on public land

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein has called for a federal investigation into gas prices in California because she doesn't think they are related to supply and demand.

Californians are paying an average of $4

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RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — A proposed large wind farm project in Carbon County has cleared another regulatory hurdle.

The Carbon County Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to grant a conditional use permit to the Power Company of Wyoming for the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind farm project

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The price of oil is slightly lower as investors weigh positive U.S. economic news against ongoing concerns about Europe's debt crisis

Benchmark oil dropped 34 cents Tuesday to $92.14 per barrel in New York after falling earlier in the session

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The price of oil is dropping as protests in Greece and Spain offer visible reminders that Europe is still struggling to resolve its debt crisis.

Benchmark oil fell $1.54 to $89.83 per barrel Wednesday in New York

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Top Wyoming officials say congressional action to block about $700 million in federal Abandoned Mine Land payments to the state over the next 10 years threatens to be devastating to the state budget

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