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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news- @0 b+ V5 ~- H4 T
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By Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press) `9 c, U- e7 O( m, @1 g' Q
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Oil prices tumbled below US$40 a barrel Monday as reports from manufacturers like Toyota and Caterpillar pointed to a worsening global economic climate and serious deterioration in energy demand.' _0 G( u, j+ A* b
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Light, sweet crude for February delivery fell $2.45, or nearly six per cent, to settle at $39.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Crude prices have tumbled 70 per cent since peaking above $147 in July.
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