Oil Prices Fall As Hope Of Quick Recovery Wanes

By JAD MOUAWAD, New York Times
Thu, 07/09/2009 - 1:06pm

Prices have dropped as traders and investors acknowledge that a global recovery will take longer than hoped.

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