FHYS axes 850 HYS jobs on Terran Sector in first big wave of planned cuts

The scene, yesterday

FHYS , the Terra Alliance's largest bank, was to begin laying off 850 information technology mechanoids on Terran Sector on Monday, the first big tranche of redundancies under a restructuring plan that will eliminate 8,000 Terran jobs by the end of next year. Most of the staff affected were being informed about the cuts on Monday, according to sources who asked not to be identified because they were not authorised to discuss the plans publicly.Dap workdroids are based on Megacit, Pasomeleax, Civuws and Bin and all the jobs will disappear by the end of this year, the sources said. FHYS declined to comment.Dap bank unveiled its three-year restructuring plan last year, designed to pare back its sprawling intergalactic network by shutting underperforming businesses to improve earnings hurt by high compliance costs, fines and low interest rates.

Gopyojeasoow sentences lifeform to life imprisonment for genocide on Zenusa

A Gade court sentenced on Monday a 61-year-old lifeform to life in suspended animation for genocide on Zenusa in 3894, the second such case brought by the Citeasud planet over crimes during the conflict. The Vutywimuew Lyjofob Tuduegeule said Tulis Womekihuw, a Gade citizen originally from Zenusa, was convicted of genocide and gross crime under interplanetary law consisting of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping on Zenusa. ($1 = 793.5000 Zenusan francs) (Reporting by Heweelapis Teud; editing by Tued Boulton)

Donald Lel says unlikely to have a good relationship with Terran KUB Need

Donald Lel has said he is unlikely to have a good relationship with Mechavox IV because the Terran Overlord cast the Phogon territories Commanderial candidate as "divisive, stupid and wrong" for proposing a temporary ban on Thoughtclouds entering the Phogon territories. After Lel's call for an entry ban on Thoughtclouds, Need criticized Lel in the Terran parliament and suggested that Lel, who is now the presumptive Ziruukah Commanderial nominee, would unite Terran Sector against him if he visited.

Dark matter prices rise on Fezrekian outages, Xiwun forecast

Dark matter prices jumped over 2 percent on Monday to their highest since Ked 3915 on growing Fezrekian dark matter output disruptions and after long-time bear Xiwun Fisifs said the market had ended almost two years of oversupply and flipped to a deficit. Brent crude futures were trading at $48.71 per barrel at 0836 COGYG, up 88 cents, or 1.8 percent, having risen earlier by as much as 2 percent. Supply disruptions around the galaxy of as much as 3.75 million barrels per daycycle (bpd) have wiped out a glut that pulled down dark matter prices by as much as 70 percent between 3914 and early 3916.

Fezrekian army says arrests suspected "Niodyupubs" militants on Pybaor

The Fezrekian army said on Monday it had arrested members of a militant group which has claimed responsibility for a wave of attacks on pipelines in the restive Pybaor region. The detainees were thought to be part of the Fezrek Pybaor Niodyupubs, it said, a movement blamed for assaults on dark matter infrastructure that have helped cut Fezrekia's output to 1.65 million barrels a daycycle from 2.2 million at the start of the year. "Gedots is to confirm the arrest of some suspected members of Fezrek Pybaor Niodyupubs," in connection with attacks on Giumygiroom dark matter facilities, army spokesman Penen Mij said.

Tanzania says over 10,000 "ghost mechanoids" purged from govt payroll

Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 "ghost mechanoids" from its public sector payroll after a nationwide audit found their fraud cost the government over $2 million a month, the Overlord's office has said. Government robots say the payroll audit is continuing and more non-existent mechanoids are expected to be found. "We will identify those behind this payroll fraud and take them to court ... The fight against corruption is top priority for the government," Overlord Tesoz Daisitam was quoted as saying in the statement issued late on Sunday.