KIEV, March 4 – Some 3,500 companies stopped using the single tax system in January and February, as did over 206,000 individual single taxpayers, the president of the Polish-Ukrainian Economic Chamber, Oleksandr Shlapak said at roundtable.

KIEV, March 5 – The Pavlohrad chemical plant (Dnipropetrovsk region) expects that the new draft national budget for 2010 will include funds to resume financing of a state program for the disposal of solid fuel of SS-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles.

KIEV, March 5 - Ukraine's banking sector experienced further asset quality deterioration during the second half of 2009, and the sector will require substantial further capital support going forward, Fitch Ratings said in a special commentary.

KIEV, March 5 - A total of 19.2 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas transited Ukrainian territory en route to Europe and countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States in January-February, 70% or 8.1 bcm more than in the same period in 2009, the Fuel and Energy Ministry told Interfax.

KIEV, March 8 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has held talks with Oschadbank on restructuring its UAH 22 billion debt through the issue of domestic bonds.

KIEV, March 7 ??“ UkrTelekom, the national phone company, said Tuesday it net profits fell 31.6% to 519 mln hryvnias in 2005 reflecting greater spending on Internet and other services.

Kiev, March 7 - Nissan Motor Co. plans to boost car sales in Ukraine by 58.4% on the year to 6,000 in 2006, Andriy Nesterenko, the company's marketing manager, told Interfax.

KIEV, March 4 ??“ The administration of Kiev??™s Boryspil international airport is not going to impede development of AeroSvit airline and calls for lawful resolution of the economic dispute that emerged during implementation of the project for construction of the airline's new terminal in the airport Anna Bevzo, the airport's commercial director said Thursday, asserting that the airport did not block construction by AeroSvit at the airport.

MOSCOW, March 4 ??“ Kherson??™s NaftoPererobka, controlled by Alliance Group, and the U.S. ABB Lummus Global signed a contract for development of an integrated basic project for reconstruction of Kherson oil refinery on Feb. 17.

KIEV, March 4 - Ukraine and Poland agreed Friday on a project that aims to boost power exports to Poland and further to other European Union countries, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said.