Oil hit a peak even before news emerged that some foreign oil firms operating in Libya would cut production and that the country's ports had temporarily closed.

油价在消息传播开来之前就已经达到峰值，消息声称利比亚几家外国石油公司将会减少生产，国家的港口也会暂时关闭。

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Ing has so far cut its banking unit's assets by a fifth from their peak, and is preparing for a full separation of its banking and insurance arms.

ING至此将其银行部门的资产砍掉了峰值的五分之一，并准备将银行与保险两大业务彻底分开。

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With yesterday's cut, the federal funds rate has fallen from a cyclical peak of 6.5 percent to 2 percent.

随着昨日的降息，美国联邦基金利率已自周期高点6.5%降至2%。

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Engineers at the federally funded Pacific Northwest National Laboratory showed that by equipping appliances and thermostats with a few cheap microchips and Internet connections, they could cut peak demand by as much as 50%.

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Bus journey times in peak periods have been cut by as much as 70% in the small area covered by the scheme.

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By focusing on times and places of peak demand, he's cut response times and saved money which he's invested in extra training.

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