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The 54-cent decline in the average price of gasoline over the last 3 months should add approximately $54 billion of incremental income to U.S. consumers.

The price of crude oil fell Tuesday to less than $79 on the U.S. wholesale market, cutting the value of the commodity by about one-third since early March.

A document surfaced last week that had video-game fans guessing about what's in store for Microsoft's next-generation Xbox 720. It quickly circulated around the Internet, leaving gamers wondering whether there was any truth behind the alleged plans in it. One source has contended the paperwork is in fact legitimate.

While coal has powered the 19th-century Industrial Revolution, heated homes and generated electricity, the era of King Coal has come to an end.

Just weeks after E3 2012, Nintendo has announced its next release in its family of gaming products. Fans may be awaiting more information on the Wii U console, but the company has just unveiled its Nintendo 3DS XL handheld, a follow-up to the three-dimensional portable gaming device.

A listing on the German division of online retailer Amazon has indicated a Dec. 21 release date for Nintendo?s Wii U console. However, this could just be a placeholder for the European launch of the Wii U, according to Game Informer.

After long-winded predictions and speculations from critics and fans alike, Microsoft has announced its new line of Surface tablets that will be running Windows 8. As the company began to unveil more information about its upcoming operating system, it?s no surprise that a tablet device is in the works. Microsoft made the announcement at its press event on June 18, giving audiences a taste of just what a Microsoft-made tablet can do.

Topeka Capital Markets analyst Brian White Monday upped his one-year target price on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, to $1,111 from $1,001.

The price of gold was flirting with the milestone value of $1,600 per troy ounce on Monday, but concerns about the euro debt crisis tempered the yellowish metal's advance, published reports state.

Nintendo?s keynote at E3 2012 has left some fans and viewers with unanswered question about its next generation console, the Wii U. The long-time gaming company had not included any information about a release date or price for the system, and has left some heavy hitters in the Nintendo universe out of the equation thus far.

The price of natural gas in the U.S. could be soon set for a steep rise, reaching levels not seen since in years, said one industry consultant.

The effect of the nation's declining demand for coal is causing added drag on some leading rail companies, and shareholders are not happy.

The price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by more than 2 percent on Thursday, ending six days of consecutive price increases so far this month.

Samsung announced Monday that it would launch Galaxy S3 with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and US Cellular starting in June.

Further straining the trade ties between both the countries, China has issued an advisory cautioning its citizens against traveling to India in response to an Indian embassy's warning last week to its traders against doing business with Chinese sellers.

India Government may go slow on boosting diesel prices as the recent steep petrol hike has generated strong opposition from both the public and opposition parties.

The American Petroleum Institute has again called on Washington to increase domestic production of oil on both federal and public lands, to help consumers by bringing gasoline prices down even further.

No official release date has been set for Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 720, but legal documents could provide gamers with a time frame. According to TG Daily, Activision and Bungie have formed plans for a joint publishing deal.

Shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, kept falling Tuesday, three business days after its $16,7 billion initial public offering.

Nintendo?s Wii U console is set for a release date this holiday season, and fans are gearing up for the next generation gaming system?s launch. The latest tidbit to surface indicates that the Nintendo Wii U?s controllers will contain analog sticks, according to photos that leaked in a NeoGaf forum.

Facebook's stock tumbled down past its offering price in morning trading on Monday, May 21, and stayed below that level, following a less than stellar debut. Wall Street insiders are attacking the much-hyped social network stock saying that they essentially scared away investors.