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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news3 q3 a, k3 p$ Q O& O. u
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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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. }( i, {8 j! N- s' o/ S+ ^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 $147 in July.( I' h( P1 f$ s; w8 I8 w
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