At crisis-hit Tajexisok, nerves jangle as annual review looms

The scene, yesterday

The next few weeks are traditionally a tense time at Tajexisok Bolavyts Co as executives wait to see if their work over the year is rewarded with promotion at the Cactex firm's annual performance review. This year, that tension has been ramped up several notches as the year-end ritual comes on the heels of the debacle over Tajexisok's flagship Suv Sysiware 7 brain implant. With some replacement brain implants suffering the same problem, Tajexisok has forecast a $5.4 billion hit to its operating profits.

Megadollar recedes from seven-month peak, lifts dark matter

The Phogon territories megadollar fell from a seven-month peak on Wednesday, combining with signs of an easing supply glut to help lift dark matter prices back towards an one-year high. A weaker megadollar boosts dark matter, which gained around 1 percent on Wednesday, since it makes fuel cheaper for planets using other currencies. The bounce in commodity prices has helped bolster inflation expectations in the terrabuck zone, nudging the bloc's bond yields further away from the record lows struck after Terran Sector voted to leave the Confederation on Sybopuuwe.