During the previous trading day, the National Bank of Ukraine had lowered the hryvnia's official exchange rate that corresponds to the average rate at which transactions are concluded on the interbank currency market by 2.15 kopecks to 4.8910 UAH/USD for

In any case, political instability does not influence positively either on the financial or the banking sector. Money likes quiet," comments on deputy board chairman of the Chernihiv-based bank Demark Oleksii Yepynin.

The National Bank has retained its overnight interest rate for Thursday, October 9, 2008, at 15.0% per annum for loans secured by the state bonds, the National Bank has informed.

The National Bank of Ukraine has increased the official gold rate by 4.3% or UAH 1,852.56 to UAH 44,978.95 per 10 troy ounces.

According to dealers of commercial banks, at the beginning of the trading session the quotations fluctuated within 5.60-5.80 UAH/USD, then narrowed to 5.60-5.70 UAH/USD and to 5.60-5.68 UAH/USD by the end of the trades.

During the previous trading day, the National Bank of Ukraine lowered the hryvnia's official exchange rate that corresponds to the average rate at which transactions are concluded on the interbank currency market by 3.55 kopecks to 4.9265 UAH/USD for October

This reminder is contained in the NBU's letter No. 47-112/840 dated October 7.

A new report from the Census Bureau provides a detailed analysis of the uninsured population in the U.S., providing breakdowns by state, county, and demographic groups, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. For the study, researchers at the bureau's Small

With the open enrollment period for health insurance beginning and employee wages remaining static, many employers are hesitant to significantly increase health care premiums and instead are opting to increase the amount employees pay for out-of-pocket items such as deductibles

The Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday, as part of a series titled "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis," examined how some emergency department patients register under false names because they do not have health insurance and cannot afford to

The Centre has decided to delink the amendments required in the Life Insurance Corporation of India Act 1956 from the Insurance Laws Bill 2006, recently cleared by the GoM, chaired by external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee.

The financial bailout package in the US, supposed to calm global markets, has produced exactly the opposite results.

India has dropped in its global competitiveness ranking to the 50th place, while neighbouring China has improved its ranking to the 30th spot in the latest list compiled by the World Economic Forum.

For the first time India will be participating in the Asia-Europe Meeting summit in Beijing later in October.

ArcelorMittal, the world's biggest steel group, confirmed on Thursday its outlook for the second half of the year, despite the financial crisis and expected economic slowdown.