Businessweek | Oil Prices: The Perils of Bottom Feeding Businessweek Over the past six months, oil prices have plunged more than 50 percent to below $50 a barrel, their lowest level since before the recession ended in 2009. That's slashed gasoline prices, triggered thousands of layoffs in the oil patch—and spurred a ... What to buy as oil prices recover Ewart: 'Lower and slower' to define oil price recovery |