[h1][b]Federation News Network[/b][/h1]
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[h2]Hudson Explorations' Stocks Plummet[/h2]
2995.12.19

[h3]The exploration company, Hudson Explorations, has emerged in a pitfall in colonial markets today, falling three points from its already tumultuous fall earlier in the year. 

Analysts point to the recent survey data leak last month contributing to the fall. Company investigation revealed that much of the corporation's survey of the Burnell Pulsar on the Norma Expanse Frontier has fallen into the hands of competing companies, devaluing much of the data complied. 

The HE board of directors have levied a 2 million credit fine on Anson Rayder, previously the Hudson Explorations Chief of Operations in the Burnell Pulsar System. The board found Rayder responsible for the leaks and terminated his employment, as well as a fine.

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[i]Anson Rayder - File Photo[/i]

The data leak comes at a bad time for Hudson Explorations as news has reached the colonies of the disappearance of the Mayflower, HE's exploration ship surveying the Glispie Star System beyond the Burnell Pulsar. A Federation vessel is currently enroute to conduct search and rescue operations in Glispie, however it is unclear if Hudson Explorations can withstand another hit on the stockmarket should the Mayflower not be recovered. - FNN[/h3]