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Scotland's economic woes pile up as oil and credit worries take toll

Scotland's private sector economy has shrunk for the second time in two consecutive months and marked the steepest decline in almost a decade.

Scotland's private sector economy has shrunk for the second time in two consecutive months and marked the steepest decline in almost a decade, amid the squeeze of the global credit crisis and skyrocketing oil prices.