Had a quick look through the archive
http://ed.frank-heinrich.net/index.php?title=Galnet_Archive:
12 Aug: Thargoids article;
"We're seeing poor revenue forecasts for a wide range of corporations, including big names like Sirius, Gutamaya and Core Dynamics," said a correspondent for the Galactic Finance Times. "They should be concentrating on marketing to leverage new product ranges, but
instead they're diverting resources into intensive research and development. They're ignoring the traditional sales cycle, and we don't know why. It's perplexing." ...mention of the London Treaty & "possibly lucrative venture is a start-up called MetaDrive Inc.,"
Fight for Pleiades Sector IH-V C2-16
Couple of attacks on Salome/Kahina
bit about Jaques
19th: bit about the Generation ships
Assassination attempt on Patreus
23rd Salome hijacked by Imperial forces
plus a couple of weekly expansion/economic/conflict reports
so can't see anything that really stands out...unless its the bit about Sirius etc diverting resources into intensive research. Maybe some local news reports around Sirius/Procyon/etc to expand on that?