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• CARGILL INVESTS $200 MILLION IN UKRAINE AGRIBUSINESS UKRLANDFARMING 

  By Roman Olearchyk in Kyiv and Gregory Meyer in New York
  Financial Times, London, UK, Sunday, January 12, 2014

  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, Junuary 13, 2014

• Softengi's First Project in Switzerlan - SOFTENGI GLOBAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COMPANY NEWSLETTER

  First project with Ingersoll-Rand in Switzerland
  Softengi company, Kyiv, Ukraine
  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., January 10, 2014

• UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - OCTOBER 2013

  ANALYTICAL REPORT: by Olga Pogarska, Edilberto L. Segura
  SigmaBleyzer private equity firm & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine
  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Washington, D.C., Monday, November 11, 2013

  LINK: UKR-MonthlyEcReport(October-2013) [PDF]

• Annual IPR GROUP Seminar took place in Moscow.

  IPR Group, Kyiv, Ukraine,
  
  Thursday, Oct 31, 2013

• MARY KAY CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

  MARY KAY, Kyiv, Ukraine
  Friday, September 13, 2013
  Sept.13 marks 50 years of enriching women's lives for top selling beauty company

• APAX PARTNER'S FUND TO ACQUIRE GLOBALLOGIC

  GlobalLogic, a 6,600 person-strong global innovation engine [with large operations in Ukraine]
  GlobalLogic is a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
  GlobalLogic, McLean, Virginia, Thursday, October, 10, 2013 

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Saturday, October 12, 2013
• AGROGENERATION COMPLETES MERGER WITH HARMELIA  

  AgroGeneration has 120,000 hectares in Ukraine & 16,000 hectares in Argentina, Michael Bleyzer, Chairman of the Board
  AgroGeneration, Paris, France, Fri, Oct 11, 2013

  LINK: AG - Harmelia - Merger Completion - final [PDF]

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013

• DUPONT PIONEER CONGRATULATES YOU WITH WORLD FOOD DAY!

  The world's populatoin is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050
  DuPont Pioneer in Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
  The World Food Prize International Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa
  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Wed, October 16, 2013

• October 26, 2013 Invitation to the UCU Charity Banquet. SIXTH ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER and SILENT AUCTION

  INVITATION TO SIXTH ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER and SILENT AUCTION to benefit programs and further development of the Ukrainian Catholic University
  Ukrainian Cacholic University (UCU),
  Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, October 03, 2013

  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington D.C., Tuesday, October 8, 2013

• Bionic University Opens at Kyiv Mohyla Academy an Academic-Corporate Partnership

  The opening of the first inter-corporate IT educational center in Ukraine, known as BIONIC University opened at a renovated historic building on the campus of the National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy on September 27, 2013; University partners include Infopulse, Cisco, HP, Ciklum, Luxoft, Art-Master. Jansen Capital Management provides support in human capital development and management;

  National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy,
  Kyiv, Ukraine, September 27, 2013

  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington D.C., Tuesday, October 8, 2013

• UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - AUGUST 2013

  ANALYTICAL REPORT: by Olga Pogarska, Edilberto L. Segura
  SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Firm & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine
  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 10, 2013

  LINK: UKR-MonthlyEcReport(August-2013) [PDF]

• AGRICULTURE IN UKRAINE - NEWS BULLETIN - JULY 2013

  1. Macroeconomic Update; 2. Sector Overview; 3. Commodity Crop Prices (MoM Dynamics); 4. Activities by Market Players -- MPH; Mriya Group; Agrokultura AB; Agroton; NCH; HarvEast; Vitagro; 2012/2013 harvest yields from Agroliga; APC-Invest; Nibulon; Astarta, IMK; 5. Harmelia Update -- Published by Harmelia, SigmaBleyzer agribusiness company, Kharkiv, Ukraine

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Friday, August 30, 2013

  LINK: "Agriculture In Ukraine - News Bulletin - July 2013." [PDF]

• OVERVIEW OF ADOPTED AND PENDING CHANGES UKRAINE'S PSA LEGISLATION

  By Irina Paliashvili and Olga Nevmerzhytska
  RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group, P.A., Wash, D.C. & Kyiv, Ukraine
  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, August 26, 2013

• REPORT: 2013 Global Food Security Index Shows Promise in Developing Nations as Some Developed Countries Decline in Rankings

  LLC Pioneer Hi-Bred Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 30, 2013
  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, August 16, 2013

• UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - MAY 2013

  ANALYTICAL REPORT: by Olga Pogarska, Edilberto L. Segura; SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Firm & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine
  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 9, 2013

  LINK: UKRAINE - Monthly Economic Report (May-2013) [PDF]

• EPAM SYSTEMS SIXTH FASTEST GROWING TECH COMPANY IN U.S. ACCORDING TO FORBES MAGAZINE

  Over 3,000 staff in Ukraine, growing faster in Ukraine than any other delivery center country, Belarus Russia Hungary. Now have 10,000 staff in 12 countries.

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, June 24, 2013

• REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN DOING BUSINESS IN UKRAINE

  Presentation by Dr. Ediberto Segura, Partner and Chief Economist, SigmaBleyzer; Chairman of the Board, The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF)
  Invest in Ukraine: Revealing the Potential Conference, The International Investment & Road Show, NY, NY, Tue, June 11, 2013
  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Friday, June 14, 2013

  LINK: Regions of Ukraine June 2013-v3 [PDF]

• UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - MARCH 2013

  ANALYTICAL REPORT: by Olga Pogarska, Edilberto L. Segura
  SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Firm & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine
  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, May 13, 2013

  LINK: UKR-MonthlyEcReport(March-2013) [PDF]

• UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - FEBRUARY 2013

  ANALYTICAL REPORT: by Olga Pogarska, Edilberto L. Segura
  SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Firm & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine

  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, March 25, 2013

  LINK: UKR-MonthlyEcReport(February-2013) (PDF)

• CYPRUS FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS

  Kinanis LLC, Nicosia, Cyprus, Tue, Mar 19, 2013 (USUBC member)

• PHILIP MORRIS UKRAINE JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, March 11, 2013

• DUPONT JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)

  A world leader in market-driven innovation and science; in the development of modern plant genetics to farmers worldwide

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Monday, February 25, 2013 

• ENCOM GROUP JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)

  Company providing alternative energy and energy efficiency technologies and services in Ukraine
  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Wed, January 30, 2013

• UKRAINE EXPECTED TO SIGN LANDMARK SHALE GAS DEAL WITH ROYAL DUTCH SHELL IN DAVOS

  Potential $10 billion-plus exploration and production deal could mark the biggest investment to date in "unconventional" gas in Europe
  PSA agreement set to be signed in Davos in the presence of President Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine & Peter Voser, Shell’s chief executive
  By Roman Olearchyk in Kiev and Neil Buckley in London
  Financial Times, London, UK, Wed, Jan 23, 2013

• ECOLAB JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)

  Global leader in water, hygiene, and energy technologies and services

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Friday, January 25, 2013 

• UKRAINE - MACROECONOMIC SITUATION - DECEMBER 2012

  ANALYTICAL REPORT: by Olga Pogarska, Edilberto L. Segura, SigmaBleyzer Private Equity Investment Firm & The Bleyzer Foundation (TBF), Kyiv, Ukraine

  Published by U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Tue, Jan 15, 2013

  LINK: UKR-MonthlyEcReport(December-2012) (PDF)

• NEW ENERGY INNOVATIONS JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)

  A leader in the rapidly expanding alternative energy/biomass industry in Ukraine 

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington D.C., Wed, December 5, 2012 

• SUNRISE AGRO JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)

  Small manufacturer of Western quality agricultural machinery headquartered in Zhitomir & Kyiv, Ukraine

  U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC),
  Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 6, 2012  

• INVITE: FIFTH ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER AND SILENT AUCTION

  Supporting private, not-for-profit, non-governmental higher education in Ukraine
  Lviv Business School/Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
  Grand Ballrom of the InterContinental Hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine, Sat, Nov 17, 2012

• Global Anti-Corruption Legislation – Minimizing Your Company’s Investment Risk in Ukraine

  Salans LLC, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, November 20, 2012