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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news
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( c& `3 A* d& ~9 T" s4 yBy Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press* L8 k9 A5 Z( h+ i4 ~3 a6 J
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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.' \9 W5 t9 W. I3 n2 p0 e
' h; W/ e& ?& |- H5 C/ g. G% _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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