KIEV, Nov. 14 – Kiev-based Kozyrnaya Karta company, which runs a chain of restaurants in Ukraine, has revised its plans for expansion across the country in response to the economic crisis, Andriy Zadorozhniy, chairman of the company's supervisory board, said in an interview with the Delo daily newspaper.

KIEV, Nov. 14 – Naftogaz Ukrayiny has been authorized to postpone the publication of its consolidated reports for 2007 audited under international standards from the end of July to the end of 2008.

KIEV, Nov. 14 – The International Monetary Fund may revise the conditions of its loan arrangement with Ukraine in a year, if the political situation radically changes, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said.

KIEV, Nov. 14 -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term corporate credit rating to 'B' from 'B+' on Ukrainian steel pipe producer Interpipe Ltd. At the same time, the long-term rating on the company's senior unsecured debt was lowered to 'B-' from 'B', and the Ukrainian national scale rating to 'uaBBB' from 'uaA', S&P said in a statement.

BAKU, Nov. 15 - Fifteen of the 20 nations that took part in the Baku Energy Summit on Friday and the European Commission signed the meeting's final declaration, Interfax reported, citing the Azeri government.

MOSCOW, Nov. 17 ??“ The Russian chain of Paterson department stores plans to open 113 supermarkets in Russia and Ukraine in 2006-2009 (not including franchised stores), the company's director for public relations, Nadezhda Seniuk, said at a conference on Russia's food industry organized by the Adam Smith Institute in Moscow on Monday.

PRAGUE, Nov. 17??“ The CEZ Group (the Czech Republic) is planning to buy stakes in some Ukrainian-based power distribution companies from VS Energy International N.V. (the Netherlands), a source close to the deal has said.

KIEV, Nov. 17 - Ukraine's Antimonopoly Committee has given permission to the Zaporizhia Auto Plant (ZAZ) and the Dutch company Bosal Nederland B.V. to set up the Bosal-ZAZ joint venture with foreign investments, the committee's press service said on Tuesday.

KYIV, Oct 17 – The future flagship of the Ukrainian Navy, the corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa, whose hull is made of steel that was manufactured at Illich Steel and Iron Works and Azovstal of the Metinvest Group before the full-scale war, has begun sea trials.

KYIV, Oct 17 – For the first time, labor shortages due to mobilization or employees leaving the country ranked as the top obstacle for businesses in September, according to a monthly survey conducted by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting (IER).