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In recession, employers look for high-fliers, not ‘office plankton’ Demand remains high for some categories of employees, but competition is high for most vacancies.
Oct 29, 2009 at 22:01 | Kateryna Grushenko
London, October 29 (Interfax-FIA/Interfax-Ukraine) – Fitch Ratings says that although external financing risks have eased somewhat for many countries in emerging Europe (EE) during recent months, rising government deficits and debt ratios mean that sovereign rating dynamics remain negative.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Recruiters: Don’t expect employee market to return any time soon Lina Barysheva of Manpower, a U.S.-based recruitment firm, explains what candidates have best chances of getting hired and keeping jobs.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:52 | Oksana Faryna
Business Sense: ‘Ins and outs’ of being an accountant in Ukraine Do you know how many Ukrainians work as accountants? The answer is more than 1 million! There is a good reason why the country needs so many accountants.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:49 | Ulf Schneider and Sven Henniger
Nemyria: New gas war unlikely; IMF aid depends on Yushchenko Deputy Prime Minister Hryhoriy Nemyria said he expects no year-end complications in relations with Russia, and hoped the president vetoes a populist wage increase.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:44 | Reuters
Ukraine’s largest shopping mall opens in Odesa Riviera Shopping City the size of 12 football fields welcomed first shoppers in Odesa on Oct. 16.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:38
Share of bad loans in Ukraine hits 7.1 percent  as of Oct.1, says central bank Kyiv, October 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The share of bad loans in the overall amount of the loans provided by Ukrainian banks grew by 0.3 percentage points in September 2009, to 7.1% as of October 1, 2009, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:38 | Interfax-Ukraine
Communist China eager to capitalize on Ukraine China’s Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Dejiang met with Ukraine’s top officials on Oct. 28 to discuss cooperation in steel, automobile and airplane production, and infrastructure.
Oct 29, 2009 at 21:36
The share of bad loans in the overall amount of the loans provided by Ukrainian banks grew by 0.3 percentage points in September 2009, to 7.1% as of October 1, 2009, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has said.
Oct 29, 2009 at 20:03 | Interfax-Ukraine
OSLO — Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor ASA on Thursday reported a 16 percent rise in third-quarter profit, as strong returns in its Asian markets offset declining profits in the troubled Eastern European operations.
Oct 29, 2009 at 19:25
Serbia, Russia negotiate terms for $1 billion loan BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia and Russia on Thursday began negotiating the conditions for a $1 billion (€675 million) loan, which some fear is an attempt by Moscow to extend its influence in the Balkan country.
Oct 29, 2009 at 17:16
Motorola posts 3Q profit, names permanent CFO NEW YORK (AP) — Motorola Inc. reported an unexpected quarterly profit Thursday as operating losses in its struggling mobile phone division narrowed. The company also forecast stronger-than-anticipated earnings for the current period.
Oct 29, 2009 at 16:20
Stocks rise in early trading after GDP report NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose sharply Thursday morning after the government said the economy grew at a stronger than expected pace during the third quarter.
Oct 29, 2009 at 15:59 | Associated Press
Finnair Q3 loss widens 15 percent HELSINKI (AP) — Finland's national carrier Finnair PLC reported Thursday its third-quarter net loss widened by 15 percent as the recession hurt demand, and said it "still has a long way to go" before being competitive.
Oct 29, 2009 at 15:47 | Associated Press
Representative of journalist's widow: PGO replaces lawyer of key figure in Gongadze case Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has removed Mykola Laptiev as defense lawyer for the ex-head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's external surveillance department, Oleksiy Pukach, a key figure in the case on the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
Oct 29, 2009 at 15:09 | Interfax-Ukraine