Polaris Day 93 News

From: "Kerry Harrison" <kerry@madhousepress.com>

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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MAIN BULLETIN - Day 93

Byzant'um to join Free Trade League

CEO Maroc, head of Byzant'um Inc, financed another outdoor media event this
afternoon at Colony Mantua. The reception, which was staged in an orchard
near the Western treeline, provided guests with lunch and a range of light
beverages. Moreover, it provided the Mantuan elite with another opportunity
to mingle in comfortable surroundings. Invitations to these pleasant
Byzant'um events are becoming increasingly prestigious. CEO Maroc made a
series of short speeches to the assembled crowd in which he thanked Salbov
Fisheries and Weeds for providing the crab and shrimp, before moving onto
drier business. The Byzant'um boss proceeded to announce his company's
imminent membership of the Free Trade League. Negotiations apparently
nearing completion will see Maroc granted the ability to install a Byzant'um
director. This is expected to pave the way for 'full participation'. Maroc
ended his speech with an attack upon the arms race presently underway in the
Cirrus system. The Cephalid chief accused the Mantuan and Kyopan
administrations of engaging in a spiral of defence, instead of developing
and enjoying a peaceful environment. Agromman analysts welcomed the news,
suggesting that the Cephalid company should infuse the predominantly Terran
organisation with stability; or at least peaceful intentions. Others were
more cautious, implying that the growth of the Free Trade League threatened
to choke burgeoning levels of free competition in the Frontier Territories.

OTHER NEWS

Bent Products Merge with Almagest

A press conference was held today to provide Bent Products with a platform
to announce details of a friendly merger. Bent Products and Almagest
Peripherals have apparently finally combined. Bent Koranin, CEO of Bent
Products, described how Almagest personnel had been offered new posts. None
declined and all are now settling into their new uniforms and, rumour
suggests, pay rises. The Agromman dynasty controlling Almagest returned to
the Candida Expanse last month amid fears that the families homeworld assets
were in jeopardy. At the boisterous conference, journalists asked whether or
not Bent Products effectively now was the Agromman Coalition. CEO Koranin
refused to comment, stating that such matters were the responsibility of
Angra Palurok; the chairman of the Agromman Coalition. Experts drew
attention to the increased resources which the merger will make available to
Bent Products.

Sherwick Report 'Inconclusive'

The Senate inquiry into the explosion which two months ago rocked the
Sherwick Ambassadorial Hotel, has concluded that there is no evidence to
link the blast to extremists. The four star Sherwick was built into Dexter
Station, a Terran corporate platform in the Kito system (Candida Expanse),
primarily to capture the Candida diplomatic market. Nine guests and staff
were killed in the tragedy which inside Terran sources believe was the work
of the Proxima Insurgency. Few independent sources believe the claim, which
experts attribute to 'paranoia'.