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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news% ^/ a( a9 K/ U' V1 {
Mon Dec 22, 4:00 PM
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: Q% O' Y. t iBy Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press& C: ?& {$ P# _ J, c4 n* G( K2 C8 Z
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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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" d9 r& d+ D" ^2 {8 S- \* {' d) WLight, 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.1 d- T) a% E4 h8 z( j: k
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