51. Crude oil prices tumbled after a report showed supply could outstrip demand this winter. 52. Crude oil prices tumbled amid concerns that higher interest rates will slow economic growth and energy demand. 53. Copper prices also tumbled in European trading, reflecting swelling concern that a slowdown in Asian economies will crimp industrial demand for metal. 54. Cotton prices tumbled from recent records, reflecting the fears of traders that textile mills would slow purchases. 55. Crude oil and natural gas prices have tumbled in the second quarter. 56. Crude oil prices tumbled amid speculation that political unrest in Nigeria would ease. 57. ENERGY FUTURES PRICES FALL Gasoline and heating-oil futures prices tumbled to their lowest levels in more than two months. 58. ENERGY FUTURES SHARPLY LOWER Energy futures prices tumbled, as the arrival of the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz in the Persian Gulf proved uneventful, prompting heavy selling. 59. Energy stocks also fell after crude oil prices tumbled to an eight-week low. 60. Earnings restatements by those clients have caused their stock prices to tumble, costing investors tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars. |