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According to the investment and financial group "Sokrat," the lead manager of the auction, the Pryluky District Court prohibited the holding of bidding based on a lawsuit filed by an individual.
NBU officials and private bankers assure that the reduction of the country's main bank reserves will not have negative consequences. Since the beginning of 2006, the foreign currency reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) have decreased by approximately $500 million.

In the "Continuum" group, controlled by People's Deputy Ihor Yeremeyev, consolidation of assets has begun for an IPO. "We need to make the company more transparent and bring it to the external market - to an IPO," Ihor Yeremeyev told "DELO".

On January 19, JV "Western Oil Group" received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to acquire 60% of the charter fund of LLC "TD "Continium-Galychyna," the press service of JV "Western Oil Group" reported to the Western Information Corporation.
The hryvnia exchange rate continues to hold at a low level relative to foreign currencies. Currently, in exchange offices it stands at 5.12-5.2 UAH per dollar and 6.13-6.28 per euro. Thus, the exchange rate growth per week on average still reaches 2-3 kopecks.

"There are no grounds for lowering the ratings," Obkom quotes Pyzenyk, citing "Ukrainian News."
As noted in his report at an extended meeting of the Volyn Customs staff by the first deputy head of customs, Mykhailo Honcharenko, this was achieved despite many restraining factors for filling the budget – a reduction in import duty rates on certain groups of goods, a decrease in the number of commodity items with a…
Lutsk Automobile Plant will sell 10% of its shares on the exchange. The planned private placement was reported to "DELO" by Dmytro Tarabakin, Director of Trading Operations and Sales at "Dragon Capital" (which is the plant's exclusive partner for share sales).
The average price level for diesel fuel and gasoline in Volyn decreased. This is reported by the State Price Control Inspectorate in Volyn Oblast. \n \nIn December 2005, prices for diesel fuel and gasoline, compared to September 2005, decreased by 13.5%. In particular, the price of diesel fuel fell by 8.
The foreign car assembly program at LuAZ was also going well. KIA passenger cars that came off the assembly line numbered 383, Hyundai – 98.