The more important events, however, were the twin crises confronting the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell.

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Meanwhile, the report by Punjab's government encourages farmers to alleviate the twin crises of environmental degradation and falling productivity by returning to traditional practices.

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That's what Federal Reserve watchers are wondering today after it lowered its benchmark interest rate to 2% from 2.25%--its seventh cut since the twin credit and mortgage crises began to unravel last summer.

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