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AgriMarket: Some Ukrainian ports stopped loading due to bad weather Due to storm weather in the southern regions of Ukraine, some ports in the Black Sea (Yuzhniy, Odessa) have stopped loading works. Storm warning was announced, it is attended by sharp wind and snowfall. According to the weather forecasts, on December, 17, wind speed is expected to lower as well as snowfall will reduce. Read the story here.
Dec 16, 2009 at 17:44
Ukrainian industrial output down 24% in 11 months Total industrial output in Ukraine in January-November 2009 dropped 24% year-on-year, the State Statistics Committee said in a statement.
Dec 16, 2009 at 15:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukraine's leading 50 law firms ranked by newspaper The Yurydychna Praktyka (Practice of Law) newspaper has completed a study entitled "The 50 leading Ukrainian law firms in 2009."
Dec 16, 2009 at 15:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
NBU sets schedule for banks' opening during holidays The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has declared that Jan. 1-3 and Jan. 7-10, 2010 will be bank holidays, according to an NBU letter to the banks.
Dec 16, 2009 at 13:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian Journal: NBU says Budget delay won’t hurt hryvnia rate much A delay in the adoption of the national budget for 2010 will not significantly influence the hryvnia exchange rate, which will remain stable even if the budget process is slowed down, according to Valeriy Lytvytsky, the head of the group of advisors to the NBU's governor. Read the story here.
Dec 16, 2009 at 12:27
Evraz Group claims attempts to force out foreign investors from Ukraine Kyiv, December 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Russia's Evraz Group, which owns some mining and metals companies in Ukraine, assesses negative reports in the Ukrainian mass media and holding of court hearings against the group's companies as deliberate illegal attacks and plans to force out foreign investors from Ukraine.
Dec 16, 2009 at 12:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Alibaba.com: Severstal opens trading base in Kyiv SteelOrbis - Severstal Ukraine, a subsidiary of Russian steelproducer Severstal and whose main activity is the sale of zinc coated, polymer coated, hot rolled and cold rolled flats and profiled iron in the Ukrainian market, plans in January 2010 to open a new steel trading base in Kyiv, Severstal Ukraine's director Igor Gutorov has stated, adding that the move would enable an improvement in the servicing of the company's customers in Ukraine. Read the story here.
Dec 16, 2009 at 11:36
Western Information Agency: Government gives Ukraine entrepreneurs lavish Xmas present Verkhovna Rada has given a welcome present to Ukraine entrepreneurs and a bad one to corrupt officials, says head of VR committee for industrial and regulatory policy and entrepreneurship Natalia Korolevska, commenting on the new law which simplifies procedures for running a business.
Dec 15, 2009 at 23:46
Agrimoney.com: Grain trade 'twitchy' as cold snap approaches Winter sowings in Russia and Ukraine face the threat of a cold snap which could send temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius and is heading west across Europe. Temperatures in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, will fall to about -12 degrees. While it was still too early to gauge the significance of the threat posed by the lower temperatures, they were "already generating fears amid operators", Agritel said. Read the story here.
Dec 15, 2009 at 19:41
KamAZ has plans to buy foreign producer, estimated at 3.5 billion euro Moscow, December 15 (Interfax) - OJSC KamAZ has plans to purchase foreign producers, a report Deputy Russian Industry and Trade Minister Stanislav Naumov prepared for State Duma parliamentary hearings onDec. 15says.
Dec 15, 2009 at 17:31 | Interfax-Ukraine
Western Union to resume money transfers in hryvnias abroad Western Union Company is consulting with the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on settling issues regarding money transfer services in hryvnias, which the company started providing from July 2009.
Dec 15, 2009 at 15:42 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ukrainian Business Partner Corporation to enter Ukrainian securities market by late 2009 Kyiv-based Ukrainian Business Partner (UBP) public joint-stock company, which unites 13 companies, plans by late 2009 to enter the Ukrainian securities market, Serhiy Boiko, the director of the Partner communications center, which is part of the corporation, has told Interfax-Ukraine.
Dec 15, 2009 at 15:06 | Interfax-Ukraine
Malyshev Plant: Export potential of Ukrainian tank industry based on promising studies The export potential of Ukraine's tank industry, a famous producer of armored machinery, is based on promising studies, according to the Kharkiv-based Malyshev Plant state enterprise.
Dec 15, 2009 at 14:09 | Interfax-Ukraine
Airlines expected to lose $5.6 billion in 2010 GENEVA (AP) — The International Air Transport Association says airlines will lose around $5.6 billion next year, more than previously expected.
Dec 15, 2009 at 13:51
Passenger transportation in Ukraine over 11 months 12.5% down Ukraine's transport firms cut passenger transportation by 12.5% in January through November 2009 over January-November 2008, to 6.7 billion people, the State Statistics Committee has reported.
Dec 15, 2009 at 11:47 | Interfax-Ukraine