KIEV, April 23 – Kiev city state administration is in talks with the National Bank of Ukraine on a UAH300 million credit, according to Anatoliy Holubchenko, acting head of Kiev city state administration.

POLTAVA, April 23 - Poltava Gas & Oil Company Ltd. plans to allocate $5.5 million to connect to the Soyuz gas pipeline, its technical director, Richard Bely, told the press.

KIEV, April 23 – The Antimonopoly Committee has permitted Mariupol Illich Steel Mill in Donetsk region to buy a share in the statutory fund of Austria's SLAV Handels GmbH, which gives over 50% of the votes in the governing body of the company to the buyer, according to a committee report issued on Tuesday.

KIEV, April 23 – The Antimonopoly Committee has permitted LMK-Bogdan Ltd., in the Kiev region settlement of Vasylkiv, in to buy a share in the statutory fund of Kiev-based Ukrainian AvtoHolding Ltd., which would give it over 50% of the votes in the company's governing body, according to a committee report.

KIEV, April 23 – Boryspil car plant in Kiev region, part of the Etalon Corporation, saw a loss of UAH4.835 million in 2007, while in 2006 the company's net profit was UAH4.6 million, according to a company report on the holding of a general meeting of its shareholders scheduled for June 6.

KIEV, April 23 - Ukraine's state commission for financial services market regulation, Derzhfinposluh, expects that investors will be setting up more funds investing in real estate in the country.

KIEV, April 23 ??“ Chervony Prapor poultry farm in Luhansk region is going to boost its statutory fund by 5.5 times, to UAH 35.7 million, via additional issue of shares, according to the company's report.

KIEV, April 23 - The volume of deals on the Ukrainian merges and acquisitions (M&A) market increased 44% on the year to $3.4 billion in 2006, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner Margaret Dezse said Friday.

KIEV, April 23 - At least two Ukrainian companies may launch initial public offerings on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2007, Ludwik Sobolewski, the exchange's president, said at a conference on IPOs on Monday.

KIEV, April 23 ??“ Ukreximbank, one of two state-owned banks in Ukraine, raised a syndicated loan worth $325 million for 12 months with possible prolongation for another 12 months, the bank reported Monday.