diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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 Package: FLCore
 Title: Core Package of FLR, Fisheries Modelling in R
-Version: 2.6.9.9007
-Date: 2018-09-28
+Version: 2.6.9.9008
+Date: 2018-10-10
 Authors@R: c(
-  person("Iago", "Mosqueira", email = "iago.mosqueira@ec.europa.eu", role = "cre"),
+  person("Iago", "Mosqueira", email = "iago.mosqueira@ec.europa.eu", role = "cre",
+    comment=c(c(ORCID = "0000-0002-3252-0591"))),
   person("Laurence T.", "Kell", email = "laurie.kell@iccat.int", role = "aut"),
   person("Philippe", "Grosjean", role = "aut"))
 Description: Core classes and methods for FLR, a framework for fisheries
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  NEW FEATURES
 - window(FLQuantDistr) method added to deal with @var slot
+- Method %*% for FLQuants,FLPar added
+- Better handling of currency units, so far for EUR and USD. Symbols are accepted.
 
  BUG FIXES
 - propagate(FLPar) placed the original object in the matching dimname$iter,
   instead of iter=1
+- Methods for %^% and ^ did not deal properly with units. Exponentation now returns
+  the units of the base
 
  FLCore 2.6.9
 
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 ## NEW FEATURES
 - window(FLQuantDistr) method added to deal with @var slot
+- Method %*% for FLQuants,FLPar added
+- Better handling of currency units, so far for EUR and USD. Symbols are accepted.
 
 ## BUG FIXES
 - propagate(FLPar) placed the original object in the matching dimname$iter,
   instead of iter=1
+- Methods for %^% and ^ did not deal properly with units. Exponentation now returns
+  the units of the base
 
 # FLCore 2.6.9
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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 # FLCore
-- Version: 2.6.9.9007
-- Date: 2018-09-28
+- Version: 2.6.9.9008
+- Date: 2018-10-10
 - Author: FLR Team and various [contributors](CONTRIBUTORS.md).
 - Maintainer: Iago Mosqueira <iago.mosqueira@ec.europa.eu>
 - Repository: <https://github.com/flr/FLCore/>