KIEV, Sept. 11 – France's Decolletage Industries (Besancon) in September will open an automated car spare part production facility in the premises of open joint-stock company Kolomyiaselmash (Ivano-Frankivsk region), Deputy Head of Ivano-Frankivsk regional administration, Volodymyr Popovych said in an interview with the Uriadovy Kurier government's newspaper.

ODESSA, Sept. 11 – Odessa oil refinery is waiting for return of UAH 200 million of value added tax (VAT) by the state, the company's director general, Valeriy Chakheyev, said in an interview with the Odesskie Izvestiya newspaper.

KIEV, Sept. 8 – Ukrainian farmers' losses in the current marketing year (July 2011 through June 2012) with the export of grain projected at 24 million tons could exceed $1 billion because of the effect of duties on grain exports, according to President of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Alex Lissitsa.

LONDON, Sept. 8 - The launch of the first stretch of the Russian-German Nord Stream gas pipeline could have consequences for the financial and operation profiles of several issuers, including Ukraine’s Naftogaz Ukrayiny, the ratings agency Fitch says.

KIEV, Sept. 8 – Ukraine has invited foreign countries and foreign energy companies to participate in an international conference on the modernization of Ukraine's gas transport system (GTS), which will be held in Kiev on September 29.

KIEV, Sept. 8 - Canada's 3P International Energy Corp. announced it has closed the acquisition of Ukraine's Tysagaz for $17 million, subject to working capital adjustments.

The deal was announced on May 24.

KIEV, Sept. 9 - Ukrainian banks' net profit in January through August amounted to UAH6.8 billion, 60% over same period last year, while growth over seven months was 63% and growth over six months was 71%, the National Bank of Ukraine said.

KIEV, Sept. 9 – Ukraine's banking system is facing high risks, according to Standard & Poor’s.

"Ukrainian banks remain highly vulnerable to potential shocks due to rapid, untested loan growth in recent years, amid macroeconomic and political uncertainty," said S&P credit analyst Ekaterina Trofimova.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – The conditions for doing business in Ukraine have not improved from June 2007 to June 2008, according to the latest Doing Business report drawn up by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation.

KIEV, Sept. 11 – Sales of new passenger cars in Ukraine in August grew only by 1.3% year-over-year, and fell by 11.4% compared to June 2008, when around 60,000 cars were sold, the Auto-Consulting information and analytical group reported.