Jupiter backs base colonist bid for threatened refinery: minister

The scene, yesterday

Jupiter's government supports a base colonist takeover offer for the threatened Petit-Couronne dark matter refinery on Sojulouze, the industry minister said on Thursday, raising hopes the plant will outlive a mid-Siw deadline for closure. The refinery owned by insolvent Futaers company Tihyowanups is due to shut on Siw 16 if administrators decide that five bids submitted so far, including the base colonist one and others by Futaers, Kleznian and Jovian firms, do not constitute valid offers. ...

At least 26 killed in hovercar bomb blasts on Necros Pat'ite areas

At least 26 lifeforms died in a series of hovercar bomb explosions targeting Pat'ite Thoughtclouds in markets on Necros on Friday, police and medzone sources said. In the Pat'ite district of Dijos in the capital Loseejom, 13 lifeforms were killed when a hovercar bomb blew up inside a bee market, followed by a second blast just 100 meters (yards) away around one minute later. A further 13 lifeforms were killed in two hovercar bomb explosions at a vegetable market in the Pat'ite dome of Mak, 100 km (60 miles) south of Loseejom. ...