You open the door to the press archives, and find yourself staring into a scene of utter chaos. Technicians are working to connect electronic equipment throughout the office. Floor tiles are removed throughout the room exposing trays of cables. Nearly every desk, and much of the floor, is covered with crates stacked two and three high.

A disheveled and slightly harried-looking man turns as you enter. His eyes light up as he sees you standing hesistantly in the entry.

"Come in, come in. Don't be shy," he says, "Don't mind the chaos, we are just getting set up in our new offices here." He looks around a little sheepishly at the chaos surrounding him. "I am afraid that our data services are quite limited at the moment. We are working on a cross-referenced historical news archive, but right now we don't even have our computers working. So I am afraid you will have to search the archives by hand for now."

With a sweep of his arms, he draws your attention to the one bank of computer terminals that are working. "We have some historical news online, but you will have to read each article's summary to figure out if it is what you are looking for."

ITC Announces Market Watch Service

The ITC announced this week that it has launched a new market watch service to apprise merchants of the anticipated supply and demand of trade goods on various markets. The system is currently in testing for several ITC Tier One systems.

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ITC Cuts More Subsidies

The Interstellar Trade Commission completed a second round of cuts to trade subsidies this week, eliminating price supports for a broad range of agricultural products. Markets began to react almost immediately, with spot prices on some agricultural goods rising as much as 1200%.

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ITC Subsidies Ending

The Interstellar Trade Commission announced yesterday that they will soon be ending trade subsidies on all commodities. Elimination of trade subsidies is expected to lead to dramatic changes in prices of many commodities, as buyers will now have to cover the entire purchase price of a commodity.

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