KIEV, April 13 - The shareholders of ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih, one of Ukraine's largest steel producers, voted at their annual meeting on Thursday to waive dividends for 2011 despite the steelmaker's net profit of UAH 2.1 billion, the company said in a statement.

KIEV, April 16 – Kiev office rent rates denominated in U.S. dollars fell 20% in the first quarter from the previous quarter, reflecting weakening business environment, Knight Frank Ukraine LLC consultancy reported.

KIEV, April 16 – Ukraine may restrict imports of coking coals at five million tons for 2009, the director of the department for development of economic sectors at the Economy Ministry, Oleh Pendzin, said Wednesday.

KIEV, April 16 – Seven companies have submitted bids for a tender to fulfill 3D seismic work at the Prykerchenska oil and gas field on the Ukrainian shelf of the Black Sea, according to the founder and president of U.S. Vanco Energy Company Gene Van Dyke.

KIEV, April 14 – Turkey has canceled anti-dumping measures on imports of Ukrainian semi-finished iron and steel products, which have been in effect since 1995, the Economy Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine last week.

KIEV, April 14 – Kiev-based Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) supports the lifting of restrictions on the CIS aviation market, the Yevheniya Satskaya, UIA's press secretary, has told Interfax-Ukraine.

She said that the lifting of restrictions on air communications between Ukraine and Georgia is evidence of this step.

KIEV, April 16 - Raiffeisen Bank Aval, Ukraine??™s No. 2 bank by assets, increased a two-year syndicated loan by 240% to $512 million, Thomson Financial reported.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ Ukrainian Insurance Company Generali Garant, previously known as Garant-Auto, and Generali Garant Life Insurance, previously known as Garant-LIFE, will start a re-branding campaign from April 20.

KIEV, April 16 - Ukraine??™s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) grew by February 2007 compared with December 2006, the International Center of Policy Studies (ICPS) has said, citing a regular survey.

KIEV, April 16 ??“ Retail sales were estimated at UAH 32.6 billion in the first three months of 2007, up 25.6% up in adjusted prices from a year ago, the State Statistics Committee reported on Monday.