Photo: Oil falls below $50, flu pandemic may hurt economy
Monday April 27, 05:10 PM
An employee fills a customer's tank at a petrol pump entirely run by woman in Kolkata in this May 2008 file photo. Oil prices fell more than 4 percent to below $50 a barrel on Monday, pressured partly by expectations the world economy could suffer another blow if a flu outbreak in Mexico turns out to be the start of a pandemic. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw