KIEV, Oct. 23 – Auchan, a French developer of supermarkets and shopping centers, is planning within two months to sign a loan agreement with the International Finance Corporation to attract $75 million for the construction of hypermarkets and shopping centers.

KIEV, Oct. 23 - The National Commission for Energy Regulation has issued a license and set up a feed-in tariff for electricity produced by Dunaiska solar power plant-2 (Odessa region).

KIEV, Oct. 24 – Ukrainian farmers and traders agreed at a meeting of the Agriculture and Food Ministry last week that wheat would not be exported after November 15, Ukrainian Grain Association Chairman Volodomyr Klymenko said.

KIEV, Oct. 24 – The UAVtormet Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals has strongly criticized the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade for placing obstacles in the way of granting permits for scrap metal exports, which worsens the financial situation at sector enterprises, and has appealed to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov for help.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Experts from U.S.-based investment bank Goldman Sachs have resumed coverage of Ukraine's economy and point to growing risks of a devaluation of the national currency, the hryvnia.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Interpipe, a pipe and wheel company, has begun cold tests of the Dniprostal steel smelting complex (Dnipropetrovsk), reads a statement made by the company.

KIEV, Oct. 25 - The Dniprovska coal mine, which suspended operation on Saturday after a methane gas explosion, is expected to resume operation next week, DTEK, Ukraine’s biggest privately-held power and mining company, said Tuesday.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Ukraine will seek to be able to launch its Cyclone-4 rocket from a facility in Brazil by 2013, President Viktor Yanukovych told Brazilian newspaper O Globo during his official visit.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Azerbaijan is interested in participating in a project for construction of a terminal for re-gasification of liquefied natural gas in Ukraine, Azerbaijan's Ambassador Eynulla Madatli announced at a press conference.

KIEV, Oct. 25 – Ukraine has taken on the obligation to import 48,000 cars duty free per year as part of the creation of a free trade zone with the European Union, according to Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.