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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news. g% D4 z9 ?0 H
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0 w- s3 E3 H/ L% N* J4 {By Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press( _% v4 S, K/ R7 C9 g
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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.5 N' [0 L ~' M& Z
# S- j9 x0 i! j" [. G6 tLight, 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.# M4 w; w" s& p+ m9 ~
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