Commodity hedge funds have dwindled in recent years as oil prices slumped, leaving only a handful of larger players, including Hall, who ran the Astenbeck Capital Management fund until deciding to close it following losses this year. (fortune.com)
The city already suffered a labor shortage because so many construction workers left during the housing crash and again when oil prices slumped. (nbr.com)
We may be enjoying amazingly low prices at the gas pump, but as oil prices continuing to slide we must also remember the catastrophic events that have followed almost every drastic oil price slump in the past. (fortune.com)