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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news
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By Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press0 }/ D E5 D! H( q2 ~$ I
5 `- L# j% A( z; I9 E, J! c9 |Oil prices tumbled below US$40 a barrel Monday as reports from manufacturers like Toyota and Caterpillar pointed to a worsening global economic climate and serious deterioration in energy demand.5 [1 Y$ M3 E7 [9 E
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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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