Archive for November 4th, 2009
Kazakhstan Daily News Roundup - November 4, 2009
HEADLINES:
Kazkommertsbank repays $500-million Eurobond
(SRI) - Kazkommertsbank (KKB) has repaid a $500-million Eurobond at maturity using its own funds, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday.
KASE delists BTA and Alliance
(SRI) - The Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announced on Friday preferred and ordinary shares of BTA Bank and Alliance Bank would be delisted from the exchange effective November 2.
ENERGY:
CPC October oil exports fall 0.2 percent month-on-month (Reuters)
Tethys sets sight on energy ‘Silk Road’ (Upstream Online)
Energy Ministry expects slight decrease in power generation in 2009 (Interfax)
MINERAL RESOURCES:
EU quota utilization levels of Russia and Kazakhstan (Steel Guru)
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY:
Indian PNB to buy majority stake in Dana Bank for $24 million (SRI)
Kazakh economy improves but bank problems weigh - IMF (Reuters)
Moody’s sees Kazakh banks NPLs at 30 percent by year-end (Reuters)
Steppe Cement Q3 revenue up 11 percent (Reuters)
FSA may form SPV-type institutions with banks to manage bad assets (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates November 4, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
POLITICS:
Kazakhstan stifles critics ahead of OSCE move
(Reuters) - As Kazakhstan inches closer to chairing Europe’s key security and human rights body next year, analysts and human rights groups say it is silencing critical voices at home instead of addressing issues of democracy.
Kazakhstan opens its honorary consulate in Australia (TREND)
SOCIETY:
Kazakhstan urges citizens to use planes over cars (Reuters)
REGIONAL:
Iran says EU firms in talks to bring its gas to Nabucco (AFP)
Kazakhstan Politics Roundup - November 4, 2009
Kazakhstan stifles critics ahead of OSCE move (Reuters)
Kazakhstan opens its honorary consulate in Australia (TREND)
Kazakhstan Business and Economy Roundup - November 4, 2009
Kazkommertsbank repays $500-million Eurobond (SRI)
KASE delists BTA and Alliance (SRI)
Indian PNB to buy majority stake in Dana Bank for $24 million (SRI)
Kazakh economy improves but bank problems weigh - IMF (Reuters)
Moody’s sees Kazakh banks NPLs at 30 percent by year-end (Reuters)
Steppe Cement Q3 revenue up 11 percent (Reuters)
FSA may form SPV-type institutions with banks to manage bad assets (Interfax)
National Bank of Kazakhstan: Exchange rates November 4, 2009 (Kazakhstan Today)
Kazakhstan Mineral Resources Roundup - November 4, 2009
EU quota utilization levels of Russia and Kazakhstan (Steel Guru)
Kazakhstan Energy Roundup - November 4, 2009
CPC October oil exports fall 0.2 percent month-on-month (Reuters)
Tethys sets sight on energy ‘Silk Road’ (Upstream Online)
Energy Ministry expects slight decrease in power generation in 2009 (Interfax)
Kazakhstan Regional News Roundup - November 4, 2009
Iran says EU firms in talks to bring its gas to Nabucco (AFP)
Iran says EU firms in talks to bring its gas to Nabucco
(AFP) - An Iranian official said on Saturday that European firms are in talks for Iran to join the EU’s flagship Nabucco gas pipeline project, which aims to reduce the bloc’s reliance on Russia, Mehr news agency reported.
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KASE delists BTA and Alliance
(SRI) - The Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) announced on Friday preferred and ordinary shares of BTA Bank and Alliance Bank would be delisted from the exchange effective November 2.
Kazkommertsbank repays $500-million Eurobond
(SRI) - Kazkommertsbank (KKB) has repaid a $500-million Eurobond at maturity using its own funds, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday.
