CME struck a deal with partner Igor Kolomoisky. He’d take 49% of the Studio 1+1 group for $100 million and a small TV station he owned separately. CME keeps an option to sell the remaining 51% of 1+1 to Kolomoisky for another $300 milllion.
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Former Finance Minister and one of the Regions Party's leaders Mykola Azarov forecasts that GDP in 2009 might decline to 24%.Full Story Yesterday, 11:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Debt-laden Central European Media Enterprises is teaming up with Ukrainian tycoon Igor Kolomoisky in a broadcasting merger likely to make or break the Prague-listed firm's future in the country.Full StoryYesterday, 11:37
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Three unidentified individuals assaulted Oleksandr Zozulia, the director of general affairs at Arcelor Mittal Kryvyi Rih steel plant (Dnipropetrovsk region), on July 3.Full Story 3 July, 21:00 | Ukrainian News
The Ukrainian government’s committee on European integration and international cooperation has approved a draft Cabinet of Ministers directive, approving plans to seek a loan from the World bank to finance reconstruction of hydroelectric power stations.Full Story 3 July, 20:46 | Ukrainian News
Luhansk, July 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Regions Party Leader Viktor Yanukovych has called on the Cabinet of Ministers to provide OJSC Luhanskteplovoz, a leading Ukrainian locomotive producer that is owned by Russian conglomerate Transmashholding, with state orders.Full Story 3 July, 19:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
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Kyiv, July 3 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Mykolayiv-based Sandora, the leading Ukrainian juice producer acquired by PepsiCo in 2007, has started producing fizzy drinks under the FruTonus brand, according to a press release of the company.Full Story 3 July, 18:18 | Interfax-UkraineArchive
CME struck a deal with partner Igor Kolomoisky. He’d take 49% of the Studio 1+1 group for $100 million and a small TV station he owned separately. CME keeps an option to sell the remaining 51% of 1+1 to Kolomoisky for another $300 milllion.
