The National Bank did not go out this week with interventions on the interbank market, according to the press service of the regulator on Friday, November 27.
The Central Bank has been refusing to buy or sell currency for three weeks in a row.
At the same time, since the beginning of the year, the NBU has bought $ 4.55 billion worth of currency on the interbank market and sold $ 3.8 billion.
The dollar fell to a minimum in two and a half years against ten world currencies. The reason for the fall in the US currency – the emergence of a vaccine against COVID-19. Analysts also predict a 20% collapse of the dollar in 2021.
The American oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil had one of the worst years in its history. Exxon shares have fallen by 45.36% since the beginning of 2020. The company has lost money for three quarters in a row, and in August they were excluded from the benchmark index of “blue chips” Dow Jones Industrial […]
Johnson & Johnson plans to complete the third phase of trials of its single-dose vaccine against COVID-19 in mid-January 2021. Paul Stoffels, vice chairman of the executive committee, senior scientific expert at Johnson & Johnson said they plan to deliver to market 1 billion doses. “We are in the middle of the third phase of […]
The American company Pfizer and the German BioNTech have applied to the European Medicines Agency for registration of their coronavirus vaccine. The announcement was published on the BioNTech website. “On Monday, November 30, Pfizer and BioNTech filed a formal application with the European Medicines Agency for a conditional authorization to use their COVID-19 candidate vaccine […]
The Supreme Court declared Astra Bank insolvent, the press service of the National Bank reports. By its decision, the Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the Kyiv District Administrative Court and the Sixth Administrative Court of Appeal, which found the central bank’s actions illegal. The NBU reminded that Astra Bank is the only bank that […]
Last week, from November 16 to 22, more than 4 million people in the world became infected with the new type of coronavirus, which is a record number since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced on Tuesday, November 24, the press service of the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, in these […]
The fall of the hryvnia will not happen again in the event of a full lockdown, as in March, assured the director of the open markets department of the National Bank Oleksiy Lupin. “We do not expect a repeat of the March events in the foreign exchange market, because in March it was something new, […]
With the appearance of an effective vaccine against coronavirus and the subsequent recovery of the world economy, the US dollar may fall by 20%. This was reported by the Financial Times. It is noted that banks, which already had negative forecasts for the dollar next year, deteriorated expectations against the background of the emergence of […]
The company, which was boosted by the coronavirus pandemic, continues to grow customers despite declining video conferencing. From February to April, 497 thousand organizations bought the premium version of Zoom, which is almost 30 thousand more than in the period from November to January. Although these data suggest a slowdown in customer growth, as from […]
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Entertainment Studios Networks owner Byron Allen has filed a $ 10 billion lawsuit against McDonald’s. According to The Wall Street Journal, the case concerns discrimination in advertising. According to the lawsuit, McDonald’s violated federal and state civil rights law by demonstrating “racial hatred and racial stereotypes” in the distribution of advertising media. According to the […]
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The criminal case against the owner of VAB Bank is closed. It is reported by news agency Interfax-Ukraine, referring to the statement of the press service of the Ukrainian company Ukrlandfarming, co-owner of which is also above mentioned businessman Oleh Bakhmatiuk. According to the original source, in the course of an investigation initiated by representatives […]
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US Employees of Facebook were allowed to work in a remote location by June next year. Most Facebook personnel were switched to remote mode in late March, and in April, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it is the last among of those to resume working in the office at the end of a pandemic of […]
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Проект, що його розробляє уряд, визначає введення 10% збору на купівлю іноземної валюти імпортерами. Деталі ініціативи Кабміну повідомив нардеп Ярослав Железняк, який є заступником голови податкового комітету Верховної Ради. “Тут варто зазначити, що обрана концепція не передбачає додаткових імпортних мит (що є складним при адмініструванні), а визначає запровадження 10% збору на валютообмінні операції із купівлі всіх […]
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Konstantyn Zhevago,the final beneficiary through Fevamotinico S.a.r.l. owns 50,3% of Ferrexpo shares. Shareholders Ferrerexpo Poltava Mining agreed to bond issue of Ferrexpo Finance Plc in an amount of 750 million dollars. Shareholders of PJSC Ferrerexpo Poltava Mining (FPM) is the largest producer of iron ore pellets in Ukraine, agreed to bond issue with the related […]
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The American company Pfizer, which developed in partnership with the German BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus COVID-19, expects revenue from sales of this drug in 2021 for $ 15 billion. This year the company hopes to produce 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine. The drug is expected to generate a quarter of Pfizer’s total revenue, which […]
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The state financial institution Oschadbank won the Court in the Individuals Deposit Guarantee Fund (IDGF), and obtained the right not to return 2 billion UAH, that was received from the Delta Bank. This was stated by FinClub. “The essence of the conflict is to try to return to the Delta assets that Oschadbank received from […]
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The court satisfied the claim of the state-owned PrivatBank to Agroterminal and decided to collect UAH 1 billion in debt from it as a guarantor of Boryvazh. This is stated in the decision of the Commercial Court of Odessa region. According to court materials, PrivatBank terminated the loan agreement due to the debtor’s breach of […]
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The State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine plans to expand the list of export products sold in China, and to enter the Chinese soybean market, says the “UkrAgroConsult”. It is reported that this is a promising direction because of no quotas, the quality of Ukrainian soybeans, namely, the statutory bar for GMO content and […]
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The state enterprise SETAM sold the most expensive lot of seized property on the electronic platform OpenMarket – the building of the hotel of the Military-St. Nicholas Monastery in Kyiv. The SETAM press service reported this. It is noted that the final price of the lot is 307.3 million hryvnias, which is 65 million hryvnias […]
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Oil and gas company Chevron has closed the deal to buy the US Noble Energy for $ 5 billion, follows from the Chevron message. “Chevron announced today that the acquisition of Noble Energy has been completed following the approval of the agreement by the Noble Energy shareholders,” the company said. Earlier on Monday, Noble Energy […]
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On Monday, Alphabet and ADT Inc companies announced a long-term partnership agreement. According to the press release, as a result, will be “a combination of award-winning Nest equipment and services based on Google machine learning technology, with a network of ADT installation, service and professional monitoring for creating a “smarter home” and integrated experience for […]
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Failure to meet the state budget expenditure plan in 2020 amounted to 68 billion hryvnias. This is the worst figure in the last five years, said the chairman of the Accounting Chamber Valery Patskan. “The volume of expenditures of every fourth budget program was changed by government decisions. At the same time, the amounts of […]
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The development of critical materials could attract billions of euros in investment in Ukraine, according to Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. He said this at a summit conference on the strategic partnership between Ukraine and the EU on critical raw materials and batteries. “Ukraine creates conditions for attracting investors. The current rules of access to subsoil […]
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For the first time, the National Bank has identified a list of critical infrastructure facilities in the banking system of Ukraine. This was reported on the regulator’s website on Friday, April 23. It is noted that such powers of the NBU are provided by the Law on Basic Principles of Cyber Security of Ukraine. “Objects […]
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