Crude oil prices fell back Tuesday in New York, concluding a 24-hour cycle that saw prices leap, then tumble....
Oil prices dipped slightly overnight on the New York Mercantile Exchange, coming closer to the $100-per-barrel mark....
Oil prices help push the US trade gap to $62.2bn - its widest deficit since March 2007....
Oil prices tumbled to six-month low points below $98 a barrel on Thursday as the dollar rallied and demand for energy decreased around the world amid an economic slowdown, traders said....
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