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			<title>GM to release plan for European units in December</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53285/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:58:53 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[FRANKFURT (AP) &mdash; General Motors Co. said it expects to release a full restructuring plan for its Opel and Vauxhall operations in mid December, but did not specify the amount of cuts to capacity and jobs it would seek.]]></description>
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			<title>Ukrainian billionaire takes control of financially ailing Aerosvit airlines</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53244/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:10:45 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[New owner could revitalize airline which is deep in debt, hit by recession.]]></description>
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			<title>Business Briefs</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53242/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:03:05 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dubai group buys Ukrainian chopper plant; Dubai mulls buying Ukrainian planes; Tycoon seeks $8 billion in damages from Ukraine; Retail sales decline; Gazprom: Won&rsquo;t fine Ukraine's Naftogaz; EBRD delays $300 million loan to Naftogaz; State railway defaults on Barclays loan; ISTIL Group buys Kyiv's historic Leipzig Hotel.]]></description>
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			<title>Business Sense with Alexander Valchyshen</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53240/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:01:46 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Nation crawling out of recession, at least for now.]]></description>
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			<title>Macroeconomic Briefs</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53235/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:47:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[GDP down 16 percent in third quarter; October industrial output decline slows; Central bank sees near-term stability of hryvnia; Fitch cuts ratings, sovereign bond pressure builds.]]></description>
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			<title>Auchan, Billa steamroll ahead with Ukraine expansion</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53233/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:43:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Crisis fails to halt Ukraine expansion plans of foreign retail, wholesale giants.]]></description>
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			<title>Yushchenko pledges to veto populist price caps on drugs</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53231/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:36:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Shortage of medications could materialize if legislation not cancelled.]]></description>
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			<title>On the move</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_move/detail/53229/</link>
			<category>On the move</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:57 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Volodymyr Terzov]]></description>
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			<title>On the move</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_move/detail/53227/</link>
			<category>On the move</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:27:52 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Sergiy Sulimov]]></description>
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			<title>On the move</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_move/detail/53226/</link>
			<category>On the move</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:26:06 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Clemens Schlotter]]></description>
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			<title>On the move</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_move/detail/53224/</link>
			<category>On the move</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:29 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Eric Franke]]></description>
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			<title>Anglo-Russian oil company TNK-BP picks CEO</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53198/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:37 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON (AP) &mdash; Anglo-Russian oil company TNK-BP has appointed Maxim Barsky as its next chief executive, to take over in 2011, the company's owners said Nov. 19.]]></description>
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			<title>President of Dynamo Surkis concentrates 50% in Alstrom busines</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53161/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:14:35 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian businessman and president of the Ukrainian Dynamo (Kyiv) FC Ihor Surkis has concentrated the 50-percent stake in the Alstrom Busines Ņorp. (British Virgin Islands), which will become the owner of the 49-percent stake in the 1+1 Studio group, which owns 1+1 Studio, 1+1 International, Kino and TET TV channels, Surkis told the Delo newspaper.]]></description>
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			<title>Oil slips, economic woes outweigh US stockpile drop</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53141/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:09:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Oil prices fell slightly on Wednesday as concerns about a rebound in the economy offset a drop in U.S. oil and fuel inventories.]]></description>
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			<title>Experts: Ukraine's car market could grow 20-30% in 2010 if producers credit buyers</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53121/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:43:43 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Ukrainian market for new cars in 2010 could either remain at this year's level (165,000-170,000 cars) or fall by about 5% under the current legal conditions, experts on the car market have said.]]></description>
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			<title>Bloomberg: Ukraine looks for next IMF loan tranche in December</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53048/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:37:34 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ewa Krukowska writes:Ukraine&rsquo;s cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is &ldquo;absolutely necessary&rdquo; and the country hopes to obtain the next round of funds as early as next month, Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&amp;sid=aBj4MAS2FrBA" target="_blank">Read the story here.     </a>]]></description>
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			<title>Oil rises above $79, eyes product demand</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53045/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:23:25 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Oil prices rose more than 1 percent to above $79 a barrel on Tuesday as demand for oil products supported crude, outweighing pressure from a stronger dollar.]]></description>
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			<title>Foreign demand rises for long-term US assets</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/53005/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:30:43 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets rose in September as China and other countries boosted their holdings of Treasury securities.]]></description>
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			<title>Bloomberg:Ukraine GDP fell 15.9% last quarter, extending slump</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52912/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:39:13 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukraine&rsquo;s economy contracted 15.9 percent last quarter, extending the former Soviet state&rsquo;s decline, as political wrangling stalled the payment of bailout funds needed to keep the country afloat.<a href="http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=208165" target="_blank"> Read the story here. </a>]]></description>
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			<title>Statistics committee: Deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services shrinks by 9.5 times in nine months</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52903/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:00:39 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods and services January through September 2009 was estimated at $1.08 billion, which was 9.5 times down on the same period last year, the Ukrainian State Statistics Committee reported on Monday.]]></description>
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			<title>Mercedes moves into F1 with stake in Brawn Grand Prix</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52874/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[LONDON/FRANKFURT, Nov 16 (Reuters) - German luxury carmaker Daimler is further strengthening ties to its largest shareholder Aabar after agreeing to jointly acquire the majority of the champion Formula One team, Brawn GP.]]></description>
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			<title>Oil rises above $77 as traders eye dollar</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52856/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:14:49 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE (AP) &mdash; Oil prices rose above $77 a barrel Nov. 16 in Asia amid a weaker U.S. dollar and an improving global crude demand outlook next year.]]></description>
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			<title>Steel Guru: International Union of Donbass sees recovery in Ukrainian steel sector</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52852/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:42:05 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass feels that the regulation about increasing the competitiveness of mining and steel industry in Ukraine will finally lead to recovery. <a href="http://steelguru.com/news/index/2009/11/16/MTIwNTY2/IUD_sees_recovery_in_Ukrainian_steel_sector.html" target="_blank">Read the story here.</a>]]></description>
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			<title>Yatseniuk: Russia might claim UAH 50 billion in fine for Ukraine's importing less natural gas</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52831/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:15:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Presidential candidate Arsenii Yatseniuk, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the faction of the Our Ukraine - People's Self-Defense Bloc, has said Russia can claim a fine worth UAH 50 billion for Ukraine's importing less natural gas.<br />
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Ukrainian News learned this from a statement by the press service of Yatseniuk.]]></description>
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			<title>Tymoshenko denies possibility of sanctions against Ukraine for importing less Russian gas</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52821/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:49:49 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has denied one more time again statements that Russia might imposes penal sanctions against Ukraine for importing less natural gas than provided by the gas contracts between Naftohaz Ukrainy national oil and gas company and Russia's Gazprom gas monopoly.]]></description>
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			<title>NBU to debar uncontrolled emission of hryvnia</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52799/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:31:11 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Bank if Ukraine is determined to debar uncontrolled emission of the hryvnia, the NBU executive director for macroeconomic issues, Ihor Shumylo, had announced during a public discussion by representatives of state and non-government sectors arranged with help of Zerkalo Nedeli.]]></description>
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			<title>Tymoshenko: Hr 115 billion sent from Ukraine to offshore in 2009</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52790/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:27:09 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A total of UAH 115 billion were sent from Ukraine to offshore in 2009, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said.]]></description>
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			<title>Tymoshenko orders Energy Ministry to find place in Ukrainian ports to build liquefied gas terminal</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52786/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:11:40 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has ordered the fuel and energy ministry to find a place to create a terminal for handling liquefied gas in one of the country's ports.]]></description>
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			<title>Russia, Slovenia sign agreement on South Stream gas pipeline cooperation</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52783/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:05:36 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Slovenian Economy Minister Matej Lahovnik signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation on the South Stream gas pipeline project in Moscow on Saturday.]]></description>
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			<title>Tymoshenko plans to discuss gas with Putin at meeting in Crimea</title>
			<link>http://www.kyivpost.com/news/business/bus_general/detail/52782/</link>
			<category>General</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:46:22 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko plans to talk to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about natural gas supplies from Russia to Ukraine and to Europe across Ukraine at a meeting in Crimea on November 19-20, she said at a conference on Saturday.]]></description>
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