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Oil prices tumble below US$40 a barrel on dour economic news
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3 B6 z& T: M" c6 L# tBy Dirk Lammers, The Associated Press
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A" l, D; H( o7 Q* a: T+ i% DOil 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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' T) x2 j2 x, k6 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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