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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news
- F6 F5 w+ q+ w8 qMon Dec 22, 4:00 PM
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- ]$ N) x# `7 a# m" E- pBy Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press
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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.
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8 @/ y3 `& s: n" hLight, 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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