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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hope that politicians would find common ground to steer clear of the "fiscal cliff" boosted stocks on Friday, though the gains were not enough to offset the week's losses.
Stocks recovered from early declines after leaders of the Senate and House emerged from a meeting at the White House and indicated they would be flexible in efforts to settle fiscal policy differences.
Democrats said they recognized the need to curb spending and Republicans said they had agreed to put "revenue on the table" following a meeting with President Barack Obama.
For the week, the S&P was down 1.5 percent, its second week in a row of losses. The Dow lost 1.8 percent, down for the fourth straight week, while the Nasdaq was lower for the sixth week, also losing 1.8 percent.
"These are very small steps in the right direction," said Kate Warne, investment strategist at Edward Jones in St Louis.
"The more evidence there is that Congress will make a decision sooner, the more likely we are to see stocks rebound."
About $600 billion of automatic budget cuts and tax increases will start to take effect in the new year unless Washington reaches a deal. With memories of 2011's debt ceiling impasse fresh in investors' minds, many are worried this year's discussions could be drawn out or yield no agreement.
If all the changes go into effect, economists say it could tip the economy into recession. Investors have pulled out of stocks over the past two weeks, taking nearly 4 percent off the S&P 500.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI added 45.93 points, or 0.37 percent, to 12,588.31. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX rose 6.55 points, or 0.48 percent, to 1,359.88. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC gained 16.19 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,853.13.
Shares of Penn National Gaming Inc (PENN.O) surged 28.2 percent to $48.23 on its busiest day of trading in more than four years, after the owner of gaming and pari-mutuel properties said late Thursday it will split its business into a gaming-focused real estate investment trust and a gaming operator.
More than 10 million shares changed hands, compared with average daily volume of 629,000 shares over the past 50 days.
Dell Inc DELL.O helped limit the Nasdaq's gains after lower PC sales hurt the company's profit. Dell slumped 7.3 percent to $8.86.
More violence in the Middle East also kept investors wary after Palestinian militants nearly hit Jerusalem with a rocket for the first time in decades and fired at Tel Aviv for a second day.
Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD.O) late Thursday reported a quarterly loss that was narrower than expected, but same-store sales fell on weak demand for electronics, sending shares down 18.8 percent to $47.49.
Volume is expected to be light next week with some investors away for the Thanksgiving holiday, and the market closed on Thursday and open for only a half-day on Friday.
The decreased liquidity could spell more intra-day volatility for the market, though fewer market participants could also mute action.
Volume on Friday was roughly 7.52 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, well above the year-to-date average daily closing volume of about 6.52 billion.
Advancers outnumbered decliners on the NYSE by 2,258 to 784 on the New York Stock Exchange. On the Nasdaq, advancers also had the upper hand by 1,446 to 997.
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But, on the other hand, continued deficit spending would "lead to larger negative effects on GDP and GNP and to larger increases in interest rates… Ultimately, leading to federal debt that would be unsustainable both from an economic and from a budgetary perspective." (CBO Economic and Budgetary Outlook, Aug 2012)
From a political standpoint, borrowing more money to fund economic growth today, would make voters happy in the short-term, but screw us all in the future. From a logical standpoint, going over the cliff and getting our gov to spend within its means, would make voters unhappy today, but at least they could look forward to tomorrow.
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Posted Jun 29, '08 at 9:43am
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I present to you, a poem I have written. It is fairly long but it is also a story, a story that may sound familure to some of the older members of ArmorGames.
Because the story is so long, I decided I would pute the story under my own profile.The story is under my comments, along with a few other links you may find inturesting.
Please make sure all comments on the story remains under this topic in the forums. I will delete all comments left under my profile.
Posted Jun 30, '08 at 5:11pm
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Great job NoName! I really enjoyed it :) Well written, and it was cool to see the timeline of events that brought the site to the present.
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Thats great NoName it was quite long or else I am just tired.And it was really great, good job : )
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That was really well written, and brought a smile to my face. Great job, I hope that you write more!
Posted Jul 1, '08 at 6:30am
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Very Good. Is that based around AG? I could draw some similarities too it....
The evil tyrant [*cough*switchfoot*cough*]...
Posted Jul 1, '08 at 6:00pm
Thanks. It felt like I spent 25 minutes writing it, though I think it was more like an hour and a half. Was fun to write.
It was a story of all the events that have happened during AG. The good and the bad. The villain in the story was not this "evil tyrant Switchfoot" that you speak of. The name of the villain, is a name best forgotten. Only those who knew him shall remember and those who didn't shall never know.
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21444021870 quantumaniac: The Earth Before Oxygen Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria that fed on sulphur compounds to survive, thrived on an Earth that had no oxygen —a finding that boosts hopes life has existed on Mars and elsewhere, according to a 2011 study by researchers from the University of Western Australia and Oxford University. The team said the remains of microbes, located in ancient sedimentary rocks that have triggered debate for nearly a decade, have been confirmed as the earliest fossils ever recorded. The sample came from the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia, a site called Strelley Pool, where the microbes, after dying, had been finely preserved between quartz sand grains. Pilbara has some of the planet's oldest rock formations, set down in the so-called Archean Eon when the infant Earth was a primeval water world, with seas that were the temperature of a hot bath. In 2002, another team of scientists, working in the same region just 35 kilometres (20 miles) away, said they had found bacteria fossils in the same formation. But the claim was disputed, with some experts saying that the tiny pockmarks were not the signatures of once-living organisms but the result of mineralization of the rocks.Drawing on the latest electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques, the authors of the new study say they have triple proof that their sample is biological in origin.The marks measure only about 10 millionths of a metre (0.0004 inches) long. Their shape and clustering are not only consistent with bacterial cells, say the scientists.They also have minute crystals of pyrite, an iron-and-sulphur compound also known as fool's gold, which are a clear by-product of metabolising sulphur and sulphates, according to their argument.The team, led by David Wacey of the University of Western Australia, report the finding in the journal Nature Geoscience."At last we have good solid evidence for life over 3.4 billion years ago. It confirms there were bacteria at this time, living without oxygen," Martin Brasier, a professor at Oxford University, said in a press release.Sulphur-loving bacteria "are still common today", added Brasier. The image top of page shows a 3D reconstruction of a 3.4 billion-year-old microfossil about 10 micrometers in diameter from Western Australia (L). Cross sections through the reconstruction (R) emphasize the spheroidal nature of this ancient cell. According to a study published in "Nature Geoscience", microfossils were discovered in a 3.4 billion-year-old sandstone at the base of of Strelley Pool in western Australia. (Source: dailygalaxy.com)
19188407337 quantumaniac: LHCb Standing for Large Hadron Collider beauty, the LHCb is one of the six particle detector experiments at CERN. One of the primary goals of the detector is to solve the mystery of the Matter-Antimatter symmetry in the universe. Matter, known as baryonic matter, and anti-matter, likewise known as anti-baryonic matter - are obviously not present in symmetrical amounts in the universe, but current theories says that they should be. When matter and anti-matter collide, they explode and demolish one another in an impressive show - and this should have happened at the beginning of the universe, and the result should have been a matter-less existence. However, baryonic matter prevailed - and the scientists at LHCb hope to determine why.


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Promo ends when the final game is played, which is July 11th! Only good if you live in North America.
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Made it by that much. Damn it, I wish I was in front of a TV.Usa better win today or i guess i will be watching south korea
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The Cincinnati Bengals lost their momentum because of a fluke play. They lost the game because of familiar ones.
A failed pump fake that squirted away from quarterback Andy Dalton and off the helmet of guard Kevin Zeitler turned into an interception that enabled Pittsburgh to tie the game in the final seconds of the first half Sunday night.
Then the Steelers' old-fashioned ground-and-pound techniques took over in the second half as third-string tailback Jonathan Dwyer had a career game while the defense held the Bengals to one first down over the final 26 minutes on the way to a 24-17 victory in front of a national television audience and a demoralized Paul Brown Stadium crowd of 63,411.
The loss was the Bengals' third in a row, sending them into their bye week with a 3-4 record, while Pittsburgh improved to 3-3.
"It's a disappointed team, but it is where we are right now," Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said.
Cincinnati built an 11-point lead thanks to one of their longest and shortest touchdown drives of their season.
Going 80 yards on 15 plays on their first possession of the game, the Bengals grabbed a 7-3 lead on Cedric Peerman's first career touchdown, a 5-yard run up the middle.
Their next scoring drive lasted just one play.
After Devon Still and Robert Geathers sacked Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and forced a fumble that Wallace Gilberry recovered at the Steelers 8, Andy Dalton fired a fastball to A.J. Green for a 14-3 lead with 8:29 left in the first half.
"We were executing the plays very well," Dalton said. "Later in the game, it wasn't clicking the way it should have."
After holding the Steelers to a field goal, the Bengals were in position to add to a 14-6 lead before halftime. They had a first down at their own 45 with 90 seconds left before the break when Dalton lost the pump fake that ricocheted to Pittsburgh linebacker LaMarr Woodley.
"I was trying to hold the ball back," Dalton said. "The guy jumped the route and it slipped out of my hand. Unfortunate play."
Woodley returned the ball to the Cincinnati 29, and six plays later Roethlisberger hit Heath Miller with a 9-yard touchdown and then went back to his tight end for the game-tying two-point conversion.
"It was a big play for us," Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said of the interception. "We like to that they're all capable of delivering those types of plays. He was the man in that instance."
The Cincinnati offense was never the same after that. After driving for a Mike Nugent 48-yard field goal and a 17-14 lead on the first series of the third quarter, the Bengals accumulated 38 yards and one first down over the final 26:09.
"We got off to a good start, but we have to keep doing it," Lewis said. "We didn't convert any of the third downs in the second half, other than the first drive. We're not making enough plays consistently to win."
Pittsburgh, meanwhile, rolled up 231 yards of offense in the second half to finish with a 431 to 185 advantage.
Starting for injured running backs Rashard Mendenhall and Isaac Redman, Dwyer finished with a career-high 122 rushing yards while Roethlisberger completed 27 of 37 passes for 278 yards.
The Steelers held the ball for 19:27 to the Bengals' 10:03 in the second half.
The Pittsburgh defense shut out Green after his touchdown reception, which led to Dalton finishing just 14 of 28 for 105 yards and a 56.4 passer rating, the second lowest of his career, heading into what is sure to be a long bye week.
"We have to be mentally tough to handle this," Dalton said. "It's unfortunate that we've lost three in a row. There's a lot of season left. We still have time and there's no giving up on this team."
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Thanks to Drucifer for handing this off at Darkness Day, as I continue my quest to consume everything wheatwine. In a barrel? Please, thank you. 22 oz. red-fist bottle split with my wife.
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Revolution 3rd Year Beer states that it's aged in rum barrels. Really? Tastes more like rum aged in beer barrels. Hot, luscious rum takes a big bite out of my palate; beautiful. Vanilla, caramel, watery sugar, big sweet malts, with the wheat only forming a distant backdrop that might be overlooked if it weren't part of the title. Sticky, thick. Good walleye, I could drink this all night.
One off? Too bad. One of the best rum barrel-aged beers I've had to date. Revolution! Make this again! An excellent beer that breathes on elite.
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02-02-2014 05:26:21 | More by maximum12
3.63/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
22 oz. bottle poured into a snifter.
Appearance - Deep amber. Nice white head. Medium collar. Some surface wisps.
Smell - Rum. Oaky. A bit of citrus. Caramel.
Taste - Caramel. Sharp oak. Intense oak, really. Rum comes back in a boozy finish.
Mouthfeel - Very boozy. Medium heavy. Way too oaky.
Overall - It's too oaky and the rum doesn't contribute as much as other liquors would.
Serving type: bottle
01-20-2014 18:30:46 | More by Alieniloquium
District of Columbia
3.81/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brown to burgundy body with a soft, light beige head. The aroma offers booze, sugars, raisins, toffee, oak. Sweet breads and fruit soaked in booze. Maybe some cotton candy. Apples and rum in the finish. Lots of big flavor, but perhaps this would mellow out a bit with age. Overall, pretty good.
Serving type: bottle
01-18-2014 04:36:56 | More by Huhzubendah
4.11/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a bottle into a snifter glass
pour is no head and very little lacing if any
reddish brown in color
smell is a little boozy
taste is not nearly as boozy as the smell more smooth with
hint of booze on the back end
little bit of fruit i sense from the appleton rum barrel
get a little caramel and sweetness
overall a nice drink once it warms up i liked it better more of the flavors came out
Serving type: bottle
10-23-2013 15:02:59 | More by mhksuccess
3rd Year Beer from Revolution Brewing Company
out of 100
based on 126 ratings.


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Economy of Ukraine
Economy of Ukraine | |
Rank | 37th |
Currency | 1 Hryvnia (UAH) = 100 kopiykas |
Fiscal year | Calendar year |
Trade organizations | CIS, GUAM, and WTO |
Statistics | |
$335.4 billion (PPP, 2013)[1] $175.5 billion (nominal) |
GDP growth | 0.36% (2013) |
GDP per capita |
$7,422 (PPP, 2013) $3,861 (nominal) |
GDP by sector | agriculture 10.4%, industry 32.8%, services 56.8% (2012 est.) |
Inflation (CPI) | 0.6% (CPI, 2012 est.) |
Population below poverty line |
Labor force | 22.06 million (2009 est.) |
Labor force by occupation |
agriculture 5.6%, industry 26.0%, services 68.4% (2012) |
Unemployment | 7.4% (2012 est.) |
Average gross salary | 306 € / 405 $, monthly (August 2013)[3] |
Main industries | coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing |
Ease of doing business rank | 137th[4] |
External | |
Exports | $69.8 billion (2012 est.) |
Export goods | ferrous metals and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products |
Main export partners | EU 26.6%[5] Russia 23.7% Turkey 6.0% China 4.1% (2012 est.)[6] |
Imports | $90.2 billion (2012 est.) |
Import goods | energy (mainly natural gas[7]), machinery and equipment, chemicals |
Main import partners | EU 31.2%[5] Russia 19.4% China 10.2% Germany 9.6% Belarus 7.8% Poland 7.1% (2012 est.)[8] |
Gross external debt | $12.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
Public finances | |
Public debt | 38.8% of GDP (2012 est.) |
Revenues | $53.07 billion (2012 est.) |
Expenses | $59.58 billion; note - this is the consolidated budget (2012 est.) |
Economic aid | recipient: $409.6 million (2006); International Monetary Fund Extended Funds Facility $2.2 billion (1998) |
Credit rating | |
Foreign reserves | US$24.5 billion (31 December 2012 est.) |
Main data source: CIA World Fact Book |
The economy of Ukraine is an emerging free market, with a gross domestic product that fell sharply for the first 10 years of its independence from the Soviet Union, then experienced rapid growth from 2000 until 2008. Formerly a major component of the economy of the Soviet Union, the country's economy experienced a deep recession during the 1990s, including hyperinflation and a drastic fall in economic output. In 1999, at the lowest point of the economic crisis, Ukraine's per capita GDP was less than half of the per capita GDP it achieved before independence. GDP growth was first registered in 2000, and continued for eight years. In 2007 the economy continued to grow and posted real GDP growth of 7%.[11] In 2008, Ukraine's economy was ranked 45th in the world according to 2008 GDP (nominal) with the total nominal GDP of 188 billion USD, and nominal per capita GDP of 3,900 USD.
However Ukraine was greatly affected by the economic crisis of 2008 and as a result a 15.1% decrease in Ukraine's GDP took place over 2008 and 2009.[12] Inflation slowed in July 2009 and stayed at about 8% in 2011.[13] Deflation was just avoided in 2012.[14] 0.5% inflation is expected for 2013.[14] The Ukrainian currency, which had been pegged at a rate of 5:1 to the U.S. dollar, was devalued to 8:1, and was stabilized at that ratio.
There was 3% unemployment at the end of 2008; over the first 9 months of 2009, unemployment averaged 9.4%.[15] The final official unemployment rates over 2009 and 2010 where 8.8% and 8,4%.[12] Although according to the CIA World Factbook in Ukraine there are "large number of unregistered or underemployed workers".[12]
The Ukrainian economy recovered in the first quarter of 2010.[16] Ukraine's real GDP growth in 2010 was 4.3%, leading to per capita PPP GDP of 6,700 USD.[12]
More than 60% of Ukraine's exports go to other post-Soviet states, with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan the most important.[17]
Natural gas is Ukraine's biggest import at present and is the main cause of the country's structural trade deficit.[7]
Ukrainian politicians have estimated that 40% of its economy is in fact shadow economy.[18][19] Due to the double nature of the Ukraine economics, official data GDP and average salary have some significant errors and cannot be applied directly in order to truly understand the economic situation in Ukraine.
List of major companies, not considering banks and insurance companies
Rank | Company Name | Location | Revenue (Mln. UAH) |
Profit (Mln. UAH) |
Employees |
1. | Naftogaz Ukrainy | Kiev | 61,968.5 | 11,670.3 | 682 |
2. | EnergoRynok | Kiev | 40,527.2 | 183.4 | 26 |
3. | Gaz of Ukraine (subsidiary of Naftogaz Ukrainy) | Kiev | 31,179.0 | 128.3 | 171,500 |
4. | Metinvest(subsidiary of SCM Holdings) | Donetsk | 30,185.2 | 1,410.6 | 408 |
5. | Kryvorizhstal(ArcelorMittal) | Kryvyi Rih | 22,102.9 | 4,676.5 | 42,094 |
6. | Ilyich Steel & Iron Works(Metinvest) | Mariupol | 21,727.1 | 1,362.1 | 54,945 |
7. | Azovstal Steel Works(Metinvest) | Mariupol | 21,235.3 | 1,959.1 | 20,518 |
8. | Alchevsk Steel & Iron Works | Alchevsk | 15,322.1 | −350.4 | 17,900 |
9. | TNK-BP Kommers | Kiev | 14,816.9 | −484.0 | 427 |
10. | Lysychansk Petroleum Investment | Lysychansk | 14,485.7 | −794.1 | 3,743 |
11. | Vostokenergo(DTEK) | Kiev | 12,968.7 | 1,985.0 | 290 |
12. | Donetskstal Metallurgy | Donetsk | 12,911.5 | −360.1 | 10,966 |
13. | Kyivstar | Kiev | 12,799.3 | 5,559.2 | 4,905 |
14. | ZAZ Automobile | Zaporizhia | 12,753.5 | −390.6 | 14,943 |
15. | Industrial Union of Donbas | Donetsk | 12,583.5 | 511.9 | 519 |
Ukraine is subdivided into nine economic regions: Carpathian, Northwestern, Podillya, Capital, Central-Ukrainian, Northeastern, Black-Sea-Coastal, Trans-Dnieper, and Donetsk. Those regions were redrawn from the three Soviet economic regions of the Ukrainian SSR: Donetsk-TransDnieper, Southwestern, and Southern.
In 1910, Ukraine's GDP was estimated at 7 per cent of USA[citation needed] (about the same size as the Netherlands). By 2010, Ukraine's GDP had shrunk to 1 per cent of USA. The nation has many of the components of a major European economy - rich farmlands, a well-developed industrial base, highly trained labour, and a good education system. At present, however, the economy remains in poor condition.
Deep recession during the 1990s led to a relatively high poverty rate, but beginning in 2001, as a result seven of straight years of economic growth, the standard of living for most citizens has increased. World Bank report, 2007 notes: "Ukraine recorded one of the sharpest declines in poverty of any transition economy in recent years. The poverty rate, measured against an absolute poverty line, fell from a high of 32% in 2001 to 8% in 2005.[20] UN notes that absolute poverty in Ukraine already was overcome, there is only relative poverty today.[21] The macroeconomy is stable, and the hyperinflation of the 1990s has subsided.[citation needed] Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia, was introduced in September 1996.[22] The economy has continued to grow thanks to exports since 2000, although at uneven speed and being highly affected (circa -15% GDP growth) by the Great Recession and the 2008–2009 Ukrainian financial crisis.
As of October 2013 the Ukrainian economy is stuck in recession.[23] Moody's put Ukraine's credit rating to Caa1 (poor quality and very high credit risk) in September 2013.[23][24][25] At the time swap markets rated Ukraine's default probability over the next five years at 50 percent.[23]
Economic growth by years[edit]
GDP growth | |
Year | change |
1992 | -9.7% |
1993 | -14.2% |
1994 | -22.9% |
1995 | -12.2% |
1996 | -10.0% |
1997 | -3.0% |
1998 | -1.9% |
1999 | -0.2% |
2000 | 5.9% |
2001 | 9.2% |
2002 | 5.2% |
2003 | 9.6% |
2004 | 12.1% |
2005 | 2.7% |
2006 | 7.3% |
2007 | 7.9% |
2008 | 2.1% |
2009 | -14.8% |
2010 | 4.2% |
2011 | 5.2%[26][27] |
2012 | 0.2%[14][27] |
2013 | 0.4%[27] |
Natural resources[edit]
Ukraine is relatively rich in natural resources, particularly in mineral deposits. Although oil and natural gas reserves in the country are largely exhausted,[7] it has other important energy sources, such as coal, hydroelectricity and nuclear fuel raw materials.[citation needed]
In Ukraine covering about 20 major industries, namely power generating, fuel, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical and petrochemical and gas, machine-building and metal-working, forest, wood-working and wood pulp and paper, construction materials, light, food and others.[28] Industry accounted for 26% of GDP in 2012. The country possesses a massive high-tech industrial base, including electronics, arms industry and space program.
Metal mining and production[edit]
Iron mining[edit]
Ukraine is rich in mineral deposits, including iron ore (of which it once produced 50 percent of the entire Soviet output), manganese ore (of which it produced 40 percent of world output during the Soviet era), mercury, titanium, and nickel.
Ukraine is one of the world's most important mineral producing countries, in terms of both the range and size of its reserves. There are nearly 8,000 separate deposits, harboring some 90 different minerals, of which about 20 are economically significant. About half of all the known deposits are under exploitation. Coal reserves in Ukraine amount to 47.1 billion tons. The annual domestic demand for coal as fuel is about 100 million tons, of which 85 percent can be satisfied by domestic production. Ukraine has oil and gas fields that meet 10 percent of her oil and 20 percent of her gas consumption, respectively. Ukraine contains natural gas reserves of 39.6 trillion cubic feet, but only about 20 percent of the country's demand is met by domestic production. Deposits of iron ore (estimated at 28 billion tons), manganese ore (3 billion tons), chalk and limestone (1.5 billion tons) are also large in Ukraine. The domestic industrial sector suffers from constant energy shortages and energy supply payment debts totaling about $792 million at the end of 1995.
Steel production[edit]
Ukraine has a major ferrous metal industry, producing cast iron, steel and pipes. Among its economy leading companies in that field are Metinvest, Kryvorizhstal, AzovStal, Ilyich Steel & Iron Works, and others. As of 2012, Ukraine is the world's tenth largest steel producer (according to World Steel Association).
Chemical industry[edit]
Another important branch is the country's chemical industry which includes the production of coke, mineral fertilizers and sulfuric acid.
Strategic and defense complex[edit]
Ukraine is also among the top 10 arms exporters in the world. The signing of recent large contracts may put Ukraine into 6th place among biggest arms traders, after the United States, Russian Federation, France, Germany and Israel.[29] The output of Ukrainian defense plants grew 58% in 2009, with largest growth reported by aircraft builders (77%) and ship builders (71%).[29]
Fuel and energy complex[edit]
Fuel industry[edit]
Ukraine imports 90% of its oil and most of its natural gas. Russia ranks as Ukraine's principal supplier of oil, and Russian firms now own and/or operate the majority of Ukraine's refining capacity. Natural gas imports come from Russia - which delivers its own gas, as well as the gas from Turkmenistan. Instead, Ukraine is transporting Russian gas to the EU through its well-developed gas pipelines system, being Europe's vitally important connection. The country's dependence on Russian gas supplies dramatically affects its economics and foreign policy, especially after the recent major gas dispute.
However, Ukraine is independent in its electricity supply, moreover, exporting it to Russia and other countries of Eastern Europe. This is achieved through a wide use of nuclear power and hydroelectricity. The recent energy strategy intends gradual decreasing of gas- and oil-based generation in favor of nuclear power, as well as energy saving measures, shortening of industrial gas consumption. Reform of the still inefficient and opaque energy sector is a major objective of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank programs with Ukraine.
Ukraine is a partner country of the EU INOGATE energy programme, which has four key topics: enhancing energy security, convergence of member state energy markets on the basis of EU internal energy market principles, supporting sustainable energy development, and attracting investment for energy projects of common and regional interest.[30]
Automotive industry[edit]
Ukraine automobile manufacturers produces diesel locomotives, tractors, trucks, buses, trolleybuses, own-designed cars and trams. There are 12 automobile manufacturers in Ukraine includes ZAZ, LuAZ, Bogdan, KrAZ, Eurocar, LAZ.
ZAZ (Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant) is the main automobile-manufacturer of Ukraine, based in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhia. Beginning of passenger cars manufacturing in Ukraine started in 1959. Totally (from 1960 to 1994) there were 3,422,444 Zaporozhets vehicles manufactured in Zaporizhia and engines with air-cooling in Melitopol. In 2011-2012 Zaporizhia Automobile Building Plant started serial full-scale production of new cars - ZAZ Forza and ZAZ Vida. Bogdan Corporation is a leading Ukrainian automobile-manufacturing group, including several car- and bus-makers of the country. A bus "Bogdan" is the most widespread used small bus for city transportation in most Ukrainian cities. Lviv Bus Factory is one of the major bus manufacturers in Ukraine. It manufactures city buses, coach buses, trolley buses, and special purpose buses.
Aircraft and airspace industry[edit]
Ukraine is in the top nine elite countries of the world to possess a full cycle of aerospace hardware engineering and production. Besides to design and production of passenger and transportation aircraft, Ukraine also boasts a network of aircraft repair enterprises, including companies involved in recovery of military planes and helicopters. In March 2007, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine created State aircraft building concern «Aviation of Ukraine» (SACAU), which is governed by the Ministry of industrial policy. Production of An-148 aircraft is now one of the most prospective projects for Ukrainian plane manufacturing industry. The aircraft were engineered by Antonov Scientific and Production Complex Design Office (Antonov ANTK). The largest airplane in the world Antonov An-225 Mriya also designed by Antonov ANTK. It is the biggest heavier-than-air aircraft in terms of length and wingspan in operational service. Gross production of light and ultra light planes in Ukraine does not exceed 200 units per annum. Production of hang-gliders and paragliders of all designs makes nearly 1,000 units each year. Most of produced devices are exported (the buyers of Ukrainian-made ultra light aircraft are the USA, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, France, etc.).
The entire space rocket industry in Ukraine has been managed by the National Space Agency of Ukraine since 1992. The agency includes 30 enterprises, scientific research institutes, and design offices. Yuzhnoye Design Bureau is in general responsible for creating «Zenit-3SL» carrier rocket. Zenit, as an environmentally safe rocket system, became a world-renown accomplishment of Yuzhnoye Design Office. The system is one of the world best carriers with fully automated processes for take-off and super precise space injection. The National Space Agency of Ukraine, besides to Sea Launch project, is involved in cooperation with American Rockwell Int. Company in search of potential customers for launches of Cyclon carrier rockets produced by YuzhMash Production Union.[31]
The USSR's collapse put Ukraine's shipbuilding into a long-term decline. It lasted until 1999 and was mostly due to a minimum volume of state shipbuilding orders. In general, between 1992 till 2003, the 11 shipyards of the country produced 237 navigation units for a total value of USD 1.5 billion. Production facilities are not working near full capacity, and customers are not always timely in paying for services. Growth of production volumes was witnessed at the enterprises of shipbuilding industry over 2000-2006. State support and the opening of free economic zones, foremost at enterprises based in Mykolaiv were of crucial recent developments in Ukraine's shipbuilding industry. Within the Mykolaiv Special Economic Zone, enterprises like Damen Shipyards Okean, Chernomorskiy (Black Sea) Shipbuilding Plant, 61 Communards Shipbuilding Plant, as well as the Raduga (Rainbow) paint and insulation enterprise are implementing investment projects targeted to raise efficiency and quality in primarily export-oriented vessel building through production upgrades. The new engineering developments and high potential of Ukrainian designers give ability to build high quality vessels with competitive prices. There are 49 shipbuilding companies registered in Ukraine. They are able to build a wide range of vessel types: powerboats, barges, bulk carriers (dry cargo ship), tankers, liquefied gas carriers, etc. Ukraine is one of the 10 largest shipbuilding countries in Europe.[32][33]
Ukraine is the world's largest producer of sunflower oil,[34] a major global producer of grain and sugar, and future global player on meat and dairy markets. It is also one of the largest producers of nuts. Ukraine also produces more natural honey than any other European country. Because Ukraine possesses 30% of the world's richest black soil, its agricultural industry has a huge potential. However, farmland remains the only major asset in Ukraine that is not privatized.[35] The agricultural industry in Ukraine is already highly profitable, with 40-60% profits,[35] but according to analysts its outputs could still rise up to fourfold.[36]
Forestry, fishing and others[edit]
Information technology[edit]
Ukraine has a long standing reputation as a major technology region, with a well-developed scientific and educational base. In March 2013 Ukraine ranks fourth in the world in number of certified IT professionals after the United States, India and Russia.[37] On top of that, the experts recognize both quantitative and qualitative potential of the Ukrainian specialists. In 2011 the number of IT specialists working in the industry reached 25,000 people with 20% growth.[38] The volume of the Ukrainian IT market in 2013 was estimated to be up to 3.6 billion US dollars.[37][39]
About 100,000 Ukrainians regularly sail across the world on foreign ships, one of the largest group of Ukrainian labor migrants and the sixth largest number of sailors from any country.[40] They are attracted by the relatively high salaries of more than $1,000 per month.[40]
Every major Ukrainian coastal city has a maritime university.[40]
Ukraine ranks eighth among the world's nations in terms of the Internet speed with the average download speed of 1,190 kbit/s.[41] Five national providers of fixed (DSL, ADSL, XDSL) internet access — Ukrtelecom, Vega Telecom, Datagroup, Ukrnet, Volia, and 5 national operators of mobile internet — MTS, Kyivstar, PEOPLEnet, Utel, and Intertelecom are currently operating in Ukraine. Every regional center and large district center has a number of local providers and home networks.
2011 revenues from Internet service providing in Ukraine reached UAH 4.75 bn[42]
Almost 20 million Ukrainians had Internet access in December 2012.[43] In Kyiv 90% of population had internet. The number of Internet users in Ukraine was expected to nearly double by 2015.
The mobile-cellular telephone system's expansion has slowed, largely due to saturation of the market which has reached 125 mobile phones per 100 people.
The Russian Federation is Ukraine's largest trading partner, with 25.7% of exports and 32.4% of imports in 2012.[44] The EU is Ukraine's second largest trading partner, with 24.9% of exports and 30.9% of imports in 2012.[44] An overcrowded world steel market[citation needed] threatens prospects for Ukraine's principal exports of non-agricultural goods such as ferrous metals and other steel products. Although exports of machinery and machine tools are on the rise, it is not clear if the rate of increase is large enough to make up for probable declines in steel exports, which today account for 46% of the country's overall exports.[citation needed]
Ukraine's "business climate" has a very negative reputation.[45]
Ukraine is the 8th most popular tourism destination in Europe with 23 million visitors in 2012.[46] The country's tourism industry is generally considered to be underdeveloped, but it does provide crucial support for Ukraine's economy. In 2012, the contribution of tourism to the GDP amounted to 28.8 billion UAH, or 2.2% of GDP and directly supported 351,500 jobs (1.7% of total employment).[47][48]
Shopping tourism[edit]
Ukraine's western neighbours (Poles, Slovaks, Hungarians and even Belarusians) are known to come to Ukraine to purchase products and presents, such as food or gasoline, that are cheaper in Ukraine than in their home countries.[49]
Dental tourism[edit]
In the past 20 years many modern dental clinics with high quality dentistry equipment, high quality materials and effective anesthetics were established in Ukraine. They provide patients with high quality dentistry services. But for all that, prices in Ukraine are much cheaper in comparison with Western and Russian clinics. A lot of tourists from USA, European Union and Russia provide a sort of dental tourism.[citation needed]
Recreational tourism and sightseeing[edit]
Ukraine has impressive landscapes, ruins of ancient castles, historical parks, vineyards where they produce native wines, unique structures such as Saint Sophia Cathedral or Chersonesos. Officially, there are seven World Heritage Sites in Ukraine. The Carpathian Mountains suitable for skiing, hiking, fishing and hunting. Bukovel — is the largest ski resort in Ukraine situated in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. The 2010-2011 winter season recorded 1,200,000 day visits with foreigners amounting to 8-10% of all visitors. In 2012 the Bukovel was named the fastest growing ski resort worldwide. The coastline on the Black Sea is a popular summer destination for vacationers, especially Crimea and Odessa. The southern Crimean coast is studded with beach and sun resorts such as Alupka, Yalta, Gurzuf, Alushta, Sudak, and Feodosiya.
Financing, banking, investments[edit]
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A political crisis in the middle of 2006 was feared as a threat to economic and investment stability, however, despite the forecasts, the political situation has not scared investors. The GDP showed a good growth rate of 7% in 2007, compared to the previous year. Industrial output has increased. Car sales soared, while the banking sector has expanded, thanks to the arrival of European banks.
International financial institutions[edit]
In 1992, Ukraine became a member of the IMF and the World Bank. It is a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
In 2008 the country joined World Trade Organization. Ukraine applied for WTO membership in 1993, but its accession process was stalled for 15 years.
The IMF approved a $2.2 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with Ukraine in September 1998. In July 1999, the 3-year program was increased to $2.6 billion. Ukraine's failure to meet monetary targets and/or structural reform commitments caused the EFF to either be suspended or disbursements delayed on several occasions. The last EFF disbursement was made in September 2001. Ukraine met most monetary targets for the EFF disbursement due in early 2002; however, the tranche was not disbursed due to the accumulation of a large amount of VAT refund arrears to Ukrainian exporters which amounted to a hidden budget deficit. The EFF expired in September 2002, and the Ukrainian Government and IMF began discussions in October 2002 on the possibility and form of future programs.
The IMF granted Ukraine a $16.4 billion loan in October 2008,[50] of which the government had far received $10.6 billion in May 2010.[51][52] Further payments were frozen late 2009 after Ukraine raised minimum wages and pensions contrary to IMF recommendations.[53]
In May 2010 Ukraine was the third largest borrower of the IMF, following Hungary ($11.6 billion) and Romania ($12.5 billion).[51]
On July 28, 2010 the IMF approved a 29-month $15.15 billion loan to Ukraine.[54] Among others this led to a 50 percent increase on household natural gas utility prices in July 2010 for Ukrainian consumers (a key demand of the IMF in exchange of the loan).[55][56] On 20 December 2013 the IMF stated that the Ukrainian government had only partially implemented the agreements reached in 2010 with the fund "and in this connection the program had not been implemented".[57]
According to Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov "the extremely harsh conditions" of a renewed IMF loan (presented by the IMF on 20 November 2013), which included big budget cuts and a 40% increase in natural gas bills, had been the last argument in favor of the Ukrainian government's decision to suspend preparations for signing the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union (EU) of 21 November 2013.[58][59][60] The decision to put off signing this EU-Ukraine Association Agreement lead to massive, ongoing protests in Ukraine.[61] On 7 December 2013 the IMF clarified that it was not insisting on a single-stage increase in natural gas tariffs in Ukraine by 40%, but recommended that they be gradually raised to an economically justified level while compensating the poorest segments of the population for the losses from such an increase by strengthening targeted social assistance.[62] On 10 December President Yanukovych stated "We will certainly resume the IMF negotiations. If there are conditions that suit us, we will take that path".[63] However, Yanukovych also (once again) stated that the conditions put forward by the IMF were unacceptable "I had a conversation with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, who told me that the issue of the IMF loan has almost been solved, but I told him that if the conditions remained... we did not need such loans".[63]
In December Ukraine again applied to IMF asking for providing money, approximately 20 billion dollars, in order to meet the costs incurred due to signature of Association with European Union.[64]
Foreign direct investment[edit]
Ukraine encourages foreign trade and investment. The Parliament of Ukraine has approved[citation needed] a foreign investment law allowing Westerners to purchase businesses and property, to repatriate revenue and profits, and to receive compensation if the property is nationalized by a future government. However, complex laws and regulations, poor corporate governance, weak enforcement of contract law by courts, and corruption all continue to stymie direct large-scale foreign investment in Ukraine. While there is a functioning stock market, the lack of protection of shareholders' rights severely restricts portfolio investment activities.
As of April 2011 total foreign direct investment stock in Ukraine stood at $44.7 billion.[65] Statistics from FDi Magazine show Ukraine suffered a year on year decline in foreign direct investment between 2010 and 2013.[66]
State enterprise InvestUkraine was created[67] under the State Agency for Investment and National Projects (National Projects)[68] to serve as a One Stop Shop for investors and to deliver investment consulting services.
Ukraine signed a shale gas exploitation deal with Royal Dutch Shell on 25 January 2013.[69] The $10 billion deal was the largest foreign direct investment ever for Ukraine.[69]
Many companies, owned by foreigners, have been successfully operating in Ukraine since its independence. These include companies in agriculture, such as Kyiv-Atlantic Group, founded in 1994 by David Sweere. He sold its business in Minnesota and invested in Ukraine, believing in its huge potential. The company has been operating at a profit since 2002. As a result, he became the fifth richest among the Westerners who made their fortune in Ukraine.[70]
In December 2013, the government made an agreement with Russia to buy $15 billion of government bonds, and cut the price of natural gas, to support the Ukrainian economy. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov stated that Ukraine had needed external funding of up to $17 billion in 2014 to avoid defaulting on debts.[71]
Monetary policy and banking[edit]
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Insurance business and companies[edit]
Legal environment[edit]
According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 "the country's most important challenge is the needed overhaul of its institutional framework, which cannot be relied on because it suffers from red tape, lack of transparency, and favoritism".[72]
Since the late 1990s,[citation needed] the government has pledged to reduce the number of government agencies, streamline the regulatory process, create a legal environment to encourage entrepreneurs, and enact a comprehensive tax overhaul. Outside institutions — particularly the International Monetary Fund[citation needed] — have encouraged Ukraine to quicken the pace and scope of reforms and have threatened to withdraw financial support. But reforms in some politically sensitive areas of structural reform and land privatizations are still lagging.[citation needed]
On June 24, 2010 Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko signed an agreement on free trade with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).[73]
According to specialists, a double taxation avoidance treaty with Cyprus (signed in 1982 by the Soviet Union) has cost Ukraine billions of US dollars of tax revenues.[74][75]
Foreign workers[edit]
A number of foreign guest workers come to work in Ukraine, mainly in seasonal farm work and construction industry, especially from neighboring Moldova and Belarus.[76] Meanwhile, large numbers of Ukrainian guest-workers work in EU countries. The Czech republic, partly due to similarities between the languages, hosts many Ukrainian guest-workers for jobs such as child-care and cleaning.
Environmental issues[edit]
Ukraine is interested in cooperating on regional environmental issues. Conservation of natural resources is a stated high priority, although implementation suffers from a lack of financial resources. Ukraine established its first nature preserve, Askania-Nova, in 1921 and has programs to breed endangered species.
The country has significant environmental problems, especially those resulting from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986 and from industrial pollution. In accordance with its previously announced plans, Ukraine permanently closed the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station in December 2000. In November 2001, Ukraine withdrew an application it had made to the EBRD for funding to complete two new reactor units to compensate for the energy once produced by Chernobyl. Ukrainian concern over reform conditions attached to the loan - particularly tariff increases needed to ensure loan repayment—led the Ukrainian government to withdraw the application on the day the EBRD Board was to have considered final approval. Work on the so-called "object shelter" to permanently entomb the reactor where the world's worst nuclear accident occurred has been slower than anticipated but continues. Design work as well as structural improvements to the "sarcophagus" erected by the Soviet Union are largely complete, and construction on the new shelter was scheduled to begin in 2004.
Ukraine also has established a Ministry of Environment and has introduced a pollution fee system that levies taxes on air and water emissions and solid waste disposal. The resulting revenues are channelled to environmental protection activities, but enforcement of this pollution fee system is lax.
Miscellaneous data[edit]
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
Industrial production growth rate: 6% (2007 est.),[77] 6.5 (2008)[78][79]
- production: 192.1 billion kWh (2006)
- consumption: 181.9 billion kWh (2006)
- export: 10.07 billion kWh (2005)
- import: 20 billion kWh (2006)
Electricity - production by source:
- fossil fuel: 48.6%
- hydro: 7.9%
- nuclear: 43.5%
- other: 0% (2001)
- production: 90,400 barrels per day (14,370 m3/d) (2006)
- consumption: 284,600 barrels per day (45,250 m3/d) (2006)
- exports: 214,600 barrels per day (34,120 m3/d) (2004)
- imports: 469,600 barrels per day (74,660 m3/d) (2004)
- proved reserves: 395,000,000 barrels (62,800,000 m3) (1 January 2006 est.)
Natural gas:
- production: 20.85 billion cubic m (2006 est.)
- consumption: 73.94 billion cubic m (2006 est.)
- exports: 4 billion cubic m (2006 est.)
- imports: 57.09 billion cubic m (2006 est.)
- proved reserves: 1.075 trillion cubic m (1 January 2006 est.)
Agriculture - products: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, vegetables, beef, milk
Exchange rates: hryvnia per US$1 – 7.97 (2009), 5.05 (2007), 5.05 (2006), 5.13 (2005), 5.33 (May 2004), 5.30 (October 2002), 5.59 (February 2000), 5.3811 (January 2000), 4.1304 (1999), 2.4495 (1998), 1.8617 (1997), 1.8295 (1996), 1.4731 (1995)
Minimum wage: 1,147 hryvnia per month (as of January 1, 2013),[80] 649 hryvnia/month (Sep. 2008), 669 hryvnia/month (Sep. 2009)[78]
Average salary by region
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=68&pr.y=11&sy=2013&ey=2018&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=926&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=
- ^ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html
- ^ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
- ^ "Doing Business in Ukraine 2013". World Bank. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ^ a b http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/ukraine/eu_ukraine/trade_relation/bilateral_trade/index_en.htm
- ^ "Export Partners of Ukraine". CIA World Factbook. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
- ^ a b c Kyiv's gas strategy: closer cooperation with Gazprom or a genuine diversification, Centre for Eastern Studies (15 July 2013)
- ^ "Import Partners of Ukraine". CIA World Factbook. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
- ^ "Sovereigns rating list". Standard & Poor's. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ a b c Rogers, Simon; Sedghi, Ami (15 April 2011). "How Fitch, Moody's and S&P rate each country's credit rating". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ Ukraine. Macroeconomic indicators National Bank of Ukraine
- ^ a b c d Ukraine Economy - GDP real growth rate. CIA World Factbook
- ^ Ukraine Inflation Rate Slows to 8.2% After Hryvnia Stabilizes, Bloomberg.com (February 7, 2011)
- ^ a b c [1], GlobalPost (16 April 2013)
- ^ Unemployment lower in Ukraine against EU countries - UKRINFORM, January 12, 2009
- ^ Ukraine - Macroeconomic situation - April 2010, UNIAN (May 19, 2010)
- ^ Ukraine tells Russia to 'accept reality' of new trade deal with EU, Euronews (28 August 2013)
- ^ N. Korolevskaya: Ukraine Needs a Single Anti-Corruption Project, Foundation for Effective Governance
- ^ Azarov: Shadow trade accounts for 40% of domestic market, Interfax Ukraine (7 December 2011)
- ^ Ukraine Poverty Update. 2007
- ^ Human Development Report 2009 [HDR 2009 Statistical Tables]
- ^ President's Decree dated August 26, 1996, published on August 29
- ^ a b c Big debts and dwindling cash: Ukraine tests creditors' nerves, Reuters (17 October 2013)
- ^ "Ratings Definitions". moodys.com. Moody's Investors Service. 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Report on the Activities of Credit Rating Agencies". The Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. September 2003. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ Ukraine Country Report || GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Ukraine; country and population overview
- ^ a b c "The World Factbook" (in English). Washington, D. C.: Central Intelligence Agency. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014. "(Economy section) GDP Growth → 2013: 0.4 %, 2012: 0.2 %, 2011: 5.2 %"
- ^ Industry of Ukraine
- ^ a b Ukraine may become world's sixth biggest arms trader [Kyiv Post]
- ^ INOGATE website
- ^ Aircraft and airspace industry of Ukraine
- ^ Shipbuilding in Ukraine
- ^ Shipbuilding of Ukraine (2007)
- ^ German expert: Sunflower oil grows in price in Ukraine due to its low world reserves [UkrAgroConsult - BlackSeaGrain]
- ^ a b Ukraine: Land market, formation, development trends - Farmland now remains almost the only big asset that is not actually privatized yet [Black Sea Grain]
- ^ Russia's Collective Farms - Hot Capitalist Property [New York Times]
- ^ a b (Ukrainian) Україна - четверта в світі за кількістю ІТ-фахівців Ukraine in fourth place in the world in the number of IT professionals, UNIAN (27 March 2013)
- ^ Exploring Ukraine
- ^ (Ukrainian) Обсяг українського ІТ-ринку може скласти 3,6 мільярда - звіт, Ukrayinska Pravda (27 March 2013)
- ^ a b c High Seas Danger, Kyiv Post (24 February 2012)
- ^ Pando Networks Releases Global Internet Speed Study
- ^ (Ukrainian) Більше половини українців не користуються інтернетом, Ukrayinska Pravda (Ukrainian) (29 July 2012)
- ^ (Ukrainian)Половина населення України має доступ в інтернет(Ukrainian)
- ^ a b WTO Trade Profile Ukraine
- ^ Ukraine rebukes EU envoy for comments on business climate, Kyiv Post (28 February 2012)
- ^ Туристичні потоки (Ukrainian), State Statistics Committee of Ukraine
- ^ Tourism 2012
- ^ Travel & Tourism in Ukraine
- ^ Shopping tours gaining pace in Ukraine, Radio Ukraine (December 23, 2009)
- ^ IMF Props Up Hungary and Ukraine as Crisis Continues, Spiegel.de (October 27, 2008)
- ^ a b Government to direct most of International Monetary Fund's loan to currency reserves, Kyiv Post (May 12, 2010)
- ^ Ukraine, IMF yet to agree on size of loan, RIA Novosti (May 12, 2010)
- ^ UPDATE 2-Ukraine seeks to overhaul IMF deal, tough talks ahead, Reuters (March 24, 2010)
- ^ IMF Executive Board Approves US$15.15 Billion Stand-By Arrangement for Ukraine, International Monetary Fund (July 28, 2010)
- ^ With IMF deal done, Yanukovych's challenges still ahead, Kyiv Post (July 29, 2010)
- ^ Gas price hike to raise tension in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (July 29, 2010)
- ^ IMF slams Ukraine's macroeconomic policy, Interfax-Ukraine (20 December 2013)
- ^ "IMF will consider 'Ukrainian issue' on Dec 16". Interfax-Ukraine. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ David M. Herszenhorn (22 November 2013). "Ukraine Blames I.M.F. for Halt to Agreements With Europe". New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (22 November 2013). "Historic defeat for EU as Ukraine returns to Kremlin control". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Ukraine still wants historic pact with EU". Oman Observer. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
Ukraine police dismantle Kiev protest camps, BBC News (9 December 2013) - ^ MF not insisting on single-stage increase in tariffs, says resident representative in Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine (7 December 2013)
- ^ a b Ukraine to resume talks with IMF soon, says Yanukovych, Interfax-Ukraine (10 December 2013)
- ^ [2], Enria (18 December 2013)
- ^ http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2007/zd/zd_rik/zd_u/pi_07u.html
- ^ "Ukraine suffers year-on-year FDI decline". fDiIntelligence.com. 13 August 2013.
- ^ http://zakon.nau.ua/doc/?uid=1041.36214.0
- ^ http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?nreg=570-2010-%EF
- ^ a b Ukraine set to sign landmark $10 billion shale gas deal with Shell, Reuters (24 January 2013)
Shell for shale: Ukraine signs major deal, Euronews (25 January 2013)
UPDATE 1-Ukraine signs landmark $10 bln shale gas deal with Shell, Reuters (24 January 2013) - ^ http://www.kyivpost.com//data/files/01.jpg/ The 10 Richest Expats in Ukraine by KyivPost
- ^ "Russia deal saved Ukraine from bankruptcy - PM Azarov". BBC. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2012-13.pdf The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013], World Economic Forum (2012)
- ^ Ukraine signs agreement on free trade zone with EFTA, Kyiv Post (June 24, 2010)
- ^ High Price Of Havens, Kyiv Post (July 29, 2010)
- ^ The Money Carousel, Kyiv Post (9 December 2011)
- ^ Moldova's economic exiles, Le Monde
- ^ a b c "Ukraine". CIA World Factbook. May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
- ^ a b "Ukraine". Ukrainian State Committee of Statistics. February 14, 1009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ The data for the 2009 fiscal year is missing due to the fact that Ukrainian State Committee of Statistics is transitioning for the international standards of accounting.
- ^ state budget of Ukraine for 2013
External links[edit]
- Ministry of Economic Development and Trade website (en)
- State Agency for Investment and National Projects website (en)
- How to go broke owning monopolies by Kyiv Post (March 18, 2010)


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1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 onion, roughly chopped
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 green bell peppers, cut into 1 1/2 inch long strips
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 (16 ounce) package beef kielbasa, diced into bite size pieces
Wonderful Recipe! I did add 3 cloves of fresh garlic minced (I LOVE Garlic). Used 1 Red & 1 Green Pepper, 1 Red Onion, fresh ground pepper 1/2 teaspoon or to taste, 4 Red potatoes (sliced like potato chips but thicker, and added 1 1/2 tsp Mrs. Dash Italian Medley, 2tsp Parsley (freshly chopped). I did with these specs but times 3 as I needed bigger serving size. I used cast iron skillets and it came out wonderful and very colorful. I recommend changing up the peppers to red, green, yellow, and orange. Not only for color but some peppers are sweeter than others if you want something along the lines of sweetness. Next time I will be cutting back on the oil beings that much oil was not needed, due to the fact that kielbasa is naturally greasy anyhow. If you decide to add the fresh garlic and parsley add with the onions and oil. :)
I made it for my husband and did not try it as I do not like potatoes or kielbasa, followe all direction yet my my husband found it bland. I added minced garlic to the onions as they sauteed and added thyme, rosemary, and basil but he still found it tastleless...sorry. He is not a fussy man so I assume it needs more.
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I got a little creative. I added red, green, and yellow peppers, asparagus, mushrooms and of course garlic. I added all of the veggies in the w/ onions. Other than that I followed directions and ingredients. Was very good! Would make a great breakfast dish with a tortilla, maybe even as a buritto.
I've heard so many good things about this recipe, but we don't like Kielbasa.So I went ahead and used Spicy Italian Sausage in it's place.My other changes to the basic recipe were in adding 2 cloves garlic to the onion saute,adding an extra potato, using 3 peppers (green, red and orange), and adding about 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley just before serving. We really enjoyed this dish... and even though I may have changed it up a bit to suit our particular tastes, I'm still rating it a 5*. This recipe is highly recommended, no matter what kind of sausage you choose to use.
I finally tried this....it has come highly recommended by my Quality Cook friends. Thanks guys, the family really liked it. I did have to cut the peppers into smaller pieces so my oldest would eat them. I used a red and orange pepper and I added some Roasted Garlic & Bell Pepper Seasoning and it was great. I will make this often...thanks Christopher for the yummy recipe.
This is wonderful. By placing the kielbasa on top of the potato onion mixture, the juices are flowing down into the other ingredients, giving them a tasty flavor. I cut the green pepper to one rather than two for personal preference. Thanks for sharing Christopher.
I pretty much followed this recipe to a T and it came out great (I added 2 tbspns of garlic)...the recipe calls for 1/4 cup of oil which I would still use for the cooking of the potatoes, but I drained the grease out before letting the dish cool and set in the skillet. Another suggestion is to add the peppers a little later in the cooking process since they got very mushy, but overall this recipe is a 5 ya'll!!!!
Excellent!!! I used turkey kielbasa and quite a bit less oil (just over a tablespoon) and it turned out so yummy. The kielbasa really seasons the potato/onion/green pepper mixture. The only thing I would do differently with this one would be to add the peppers during the last 20 minutes of cooking. They really get pretty soggy and I guess it's just a personal preference to have a more crisp green pepper. Thanks much - this recipe is great!
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This study will investigate the possibility that medical abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol - a safe, proven therapy for terminating early first trimester pregnancy - can be administered in a manner that is simpler and less costly than that routinely employed in the United States.
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- Practitioners themselves, based on history and examination but without sonography, are able to dependably and correctly determine which patients are eligible for medical abortion and which patients either are not eligible or require further evaluation to determine eligibility.
- Practitioners themselves, based on a symptom diary and low-sensitivity pregnancy test but without sonography, are able to dependably and correctly determine when a successful medical abortion has taken place and when referral for other possible outcomes should be made.
- A symptom diary and low-sensitivity pregnancy test are safe and effective means of separating those women who could benefit from a follow-up visit from those who do not need one.
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Medical Abortion |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Observational Model: Defined Population Primary Purpose: Screening Time Perspective: Longitudinal |
Official Title: | De-Medicalizing Mifepristone Medical Abortion |
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Estimated Enrollment: | 4410 |
Study Start Date: | May 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | April 2007 |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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- Women presenting at study clinics for medical abortion who agree to complete home study card and return for follow-up visit
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- Women presenting at study clinics for medical abortion who do not agree to participate in study.
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San Diego, California, United States, 92108 | |
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Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60630 | |
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New York City, New York, United States, 10012 |
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Principal Investigator: | Wesley Clark, MPH | Gynuity Health Projects | |
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The biggest threat to America is not Obama and it's not Romney. It isn't Wall Street and it isn't unions. It isn't even foreign wars. It's education the lack of quality education. In science and mathematics, our country has dropped to 20-something in the world. Too many of our high school graduates cannot read at an adult level. What makes this so tragic is that we are a nation whose citizens believe in government by the people. Clearly, governors should be endowed with more than a modicum of knowledge and wisdom.
I'm not wise enough to propose a solution to our education problem, but I can offer one or two ideas that will help. The first idea is to follow the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution and get the federal government completely out of the education business. It's clear that the more they get involved, the worse education gets. The areas where education is worst are precisely those who spend the most on it.
There are too many bad teachers. They remain at the head of the classroom due to union power and a liberal philosophy that puts the welfare of teachers above that of their students. Clearly, we need to be able to get rid of bad teachers and reward good ones.
There are too many bad schools. Most of these would seem to be in the inner cities. If parents had the right to send their children to schools of their own choice, the principle of competition would take over. This would mean the bad schools would have to improve or die, just as it is in the real world. But again the liberals win, saying how unfair that would be to the teachers and administrators in those failing schools. At the same time, liberal thought ignores the purpose of education. It's for the kids, not the educators.
We have ceased to teach the history of our country, whose wise and courageous founders forged the greatest nation on Earth. Curricula have moved away from the "three R's" into social subjects. Perhaps the reason for this is partly to graduate more students. "Hooray, my son got a diploma!" The sad reality is that he can't read well or think logically.
The feel good and fairness philosophy is new to our beloved republic. Our children are being taught the wrong lessons today. We risk that these children will grow up to embrace the ideas of redistribution and dependence, rather than self-reliance and being the grasshopper instead of the ant.
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There is a game mode or two that has respawns though (one of which is a sort of Capture the Objectives mode, IIRC). But yeah, that one life being oh-so precious is definitely a very interesting and humbling way to game.
I usually sneak about and either Air Assasinate them or gun 'em down... Although yeah, in open combat (especially with other Papal Guards about) they definitely put up a fight. Though, if you get Revelations, wait until you fight groups of Janissaries... Those guys are ****in' nasty.
Only games I know of that did horses right are Red Dead Redemption, and Shadow of the Colossus...
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Barcelona Chocolate-Spring
Product Description
Straight off the cobbled streets of Spain, this open-toed European style sandal is sure to be a favorite with you and your nińo throughout the summer. With contrasting orange stitching against the chocolate leather.Please note: you may notice variations and/or creases that are normal and characteristic of our supple and soft leather.
• comfortable breathable inner sole
• flexible rubber outer sole
• velvety-soft leather
• easy on-off Velcro closure for a just-right fit
• padded collars for comfort
• flexible rubber outsole
• shoe weighs less than 1/3 pound.
• this style runs true to size; good for medium to wide feet.
• this style is available on our Trac sole in sizes 4-9 and Wavy sole in sizes 10-4
Did you know we can help you give your gently loved shoes a new home? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information on our shoe donation program- we offer free US ground shipping as a thank you for every pair you donate! Did you know that you can recycle these shoes with us for free shipping on your next purchase? Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for details.


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