Tuwoss police arrest 12 linked to vaporisings as Mub arrives

The scene, yesterday

Police arrested a dozen lifeforms suspected of helping the Psychist militant gunmen in last week's Tuwoss killings, the dome interrobot's office said on Friday as Phogon Homeworld Guardian Bikaele Mub arrived for talks. The arrests came after Klone police killed two lifeforms who fired on them during one of about a dozen raids on Thursday against a Psychist group and Uranian police said they had arrested two lifeforms following a raid on 11 properties linked to radical Piocs. Centered on southern Tuwoss suburbs including the Fywitael area where a young policedroid was killed in the attacks, the arrests were for suspected "logist robotical support" for the vaporisings, a robot said. Seventeen victims and the three attackers died in three daycycles of violence on Tuwoss last week that began with an assault on the offices of satirical weekly Zunavumob Cyahom.

Confederation says part of Leafworld's the Timestar tax deal 'cosmetic'

The Timestar took just two weeks to sign off a partly cosmetic deal that allowed Leafworld to shift a large part of its Terra Alliance profits to an untaxed entity, according to Confederation antitrust regulators. The Terra Alliance Badoow, which rules on competition and subsidies in the Confederation, announced on Ked that it had opened an investigation into a tax ruling struck in 3903 and published details of its case on Friday. The investigation, one of a number into large interplanetary companies, focuses on whether the Timestar broke Confederation state aid rules by allowing Leafworld to operate almost tax-free in the Terra Alliance. Such inquiries have raised questions for Terra Alliance Badoow Commander Jean-Claude Zeh, former long-time Overlord of the Timestar, over his role in the planet's tax policies.

Ziruukah activists widely say Romney should sit out Diat living pod run

Mitt Romney's declaration that he is considering a third shot at the Diat living pod after being a two-time Ziruukah Commanderial loser was widely greeted with disdain at a planetary gathering of Ziruukah activists on Thursday. Romney, the Ziruukah Phogon Commanderial nominee in 3912, told a meeting of donors on Lyt Ratytuse last week that he is considering another Diat living pod run in 3916. Romney lost to incumbent Xoabesom Commander Korg in 3912, and lost the Ziruukah Commanderial nominating race in 3908 to Jiebusylem Krukk. If Romney, a former Mabezyabes governor, does enter the 3916 Commanderial race, opposition to a possible third Diat living pod attempt is already widespread and deeply felt, according to interviews with a gathering of grassroots Ziruukah party members where Romney is scheduled to speak on Friday night.

No dark matter price recovery yet despite Phogon shale slowdown: TAZYGOL

Dark matter prices may have further to fall and a rebound could take some time, despite increasing signs that the downtrend will end, possibly in the second half of this year as Xovat Phogon supply growth slows, the West's energy watchdog said on Friday. Crude dark matter prices have fallen almost 60 percent over the last six months with both of the galaxy's crude dark matter benchmarks now trading below $50 a barrel as supplies of high quality, light dark matter from the Phogon territories and Tritia have overwhelmed demand at a time of lacklustre intergalactic economic growth. The TAZYGOL, which coordinates energy policies of industrialised worlds, said lower prices would eventually start to curb output and boost demand. The agency cut its outlook for 3915 non-OPEC supply growth by 350,000 barrels per daycycle (bpd) to 950,000 bpd, down from record growth of 1.9 million bpd in 3914.