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Congress asked to consider new speed limit

Monday, July 28, 2008

Check your rearview mirror. It's back. The controversial and widely ignored national speed limit, lifted in 1995 after an 11-year run, is again being touted in the halls of Congress as a remedy for skyrocketing gas prices.

Fees, fewer flights ground business travel

Fuel costs causing turbulence

Monday, July 21, 2008

Business travelers are beginning to reminisce about the days when red-eye flights and early-morning meetings were their primary sources of distress.

Va. firm pitches bomb-detecting device

Monday, July 21, 2008

A Reston defense and security company is urging the U.S. and foreign governments to take a closer look at a new technology that can detect suicide bombers before they strike.

VW hopes America gets the bug again

Will build U.S. plant as part of comeback

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Volkswagen is looking to reconnect with American consumers by building its first U.S. manufacturing plant in 20 years.

America still hepped up on caffeine

Monday, July 14, 2008

When a Starbucks opened down the street from his Adams Morgan coffeehouse in 2004, Constantine Stavropoulos was a little worried. He had heard stories about the coffee giant's ability to snap up customers and drive competitors out of business. Months later, his worries subsided. Customers were still lining up for Tryst's lattes and espressos despite Starbucks' presence. By the end of the year, Tryst's sales had increased 10 percent.

GAS AND GO BROKE

No gold mine, service station owners discover

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

After more than 20 years in the service station business, Raman Sethi thought he had seen it all. He didn't see this coming. Earlier this year, Mr. Sethi, 53, began withdrawing money from his son's $150,000 college fund to keep his five Northern Virginia gasoline stations from going belly-up.

Independent truckers fume as costs rise

Monday, June 23, 2008

Some truckers are so upset over fuel prices that they are protesting. Nationally, a gallon of diesel fuel is averaging $4.69 a gallon, compared with $2.80 a gallon a year ago. They're driving trucks that get little more than 6 miles per gallon. Carriers say they need relief.

Travelers accept body scanners as 'wave' of future

Foes decry 'virtual strip search'

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Judging from the reaction of travelers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a new device that enables security screeners to peek through their clothing is likely to become a permanent fixture at airports nationwide.