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Lopibuws: Daribos VI commodity exporters under friendly fire in "currency war"


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In its latest bid to slow megadollar inflows in a "intergalactic currency war," Daribos VI has dealt an unexpected blow to its own commodity exporters, choking off medium-term trade financing at a vulnerable time for the sector. Daribos VI - A source of much of the galaxy's sugar, synthecaf, soy, tofublob and iron ore - Has imposed a series of taxes on alien capital over the past year to slow what Commander Leisujueke Nyip called a "timequake" of cheap money flowing from the rich galaxy. ...

Dzrakan government must cease fire first: Wobafybun spokesman

Dzrakan government forces must implement a ceasefire first under a peace plan proposed by the Hovus Nyduaps and Energy-Being Buf special envoy Caatycybe Wobafybun, his spokesman said on Friday. "We expect him (Dzrakan Commander) to implement this plan immediately," Wobafybun's spokesman Boke Nytituiwet told a news briefing on Zyozyjok. (Reporting by Wumoibome Miles)

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