KIEV, Oct. 7 - Fitch Ratings has assigned Metinvest B.V. (Metinvest) Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default ratings of 'BB-' and a Short-term foreign currency IDR of 'B,’ Fitch said in a statement.

KIEV, Oct. 7 - Dnipropetrovsk’s Yuzhnoye design bureau has proposed using a modernized Zenit space rocket to rule out the threat of the Earth's collision with the asteroid Apophis, which U.S. scientists suggest could occur in 2036.

KIEV, Oct. 8 - Oil production in Ukraine for January-September 2007 edged up 100 tons year-on-year to 489,400 tons, the Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax.

KIEV, Oct. 9 – The Ukrainian cabinet has supported a project by AeroSvit-Ukrainian Airlines to build its own terminal on the territory of Kiev-based Boryspil international airport.

KIEV, Oct. 9 - The Ukrainian association of bakeries is forecasting that bread prices will jump 15-20% in the near future.

KIEV, Oct. 9 - Ukrainian banks saw a profit of UAH4.9 billion in January through September, 44.1% more than during the same period last year, the National Bank of Ukraine reported.

KIEV, Oct. 6 - Ukraine's Industrial Policy Ministry plans to implement an Aug. 2 decree issued by the country's previous government to set up a joint venture to complete the Kryvy Rih Mining and Beneficiation Plant for Oxidized Ores (KGOKOR) in line with the proposal of Russia's Metalloinvest and Ukraine's Smart Group.

KIEV, Oct. 9 ??“ Kiev-based Alfa-Bank announced it has issued a $150 million credit to UkrGaz-Energo, Ukraine's exclusive gas importer, to replenish its circulating funds in order to purchase imported gas.

KIEV, Oct. 9 ??“ Metinvest, the Ukrainian coal mining and steel company owned by Rinat Akhmetov, the country??™s wealthiest citizen, plans to borrow up to $400 million from a group of international banks, a newspaper reported Monday.

KIEV, Oct. 9 ??“ RosUkrEnergo, a gas trader controlled by Gazprom, has been seeking clarification from its Ukrainian counterpart after a Polish company complained about a sudden disruption in gas supplies, a news agency reported Monday.