National bank of Ukraine’s official rates as of 03/08/22
Source: National Bank of Ukraine
Central bank official rates of banking metals as of August 03
One troy ounce=31.10 grams
In the second quarter of 2022, the net profit of the German automaker Bayerische Motoren Werke AG decreased by 1.7 times to 3.05 billion euros against 4.79 billion euros a year earlier. The company warned about the deterioration of the situation on world markets.
According to a press release, net profit in April-June decreased by 1.7 times and amounted to 3.05 billion euros against 4.79 billion euros in the same period a year earlier.
Earnings before taxes and interest (EBIT) decreased by 31.5% to 3.43 billion euros, compared to 5.01 billion euros.
BMW’s revenue in the last quarter increased by 22% to 34.77 billion euros.
The company’s automotive division in the second quarter reduced EBIT by 1.7 times compared to last year, to 2.46 billion euros. The margin of the indicator at the end of June was 8.5%.
Vehicle deliveries in the second quarter fell 19.8% to 563,190 from 702,440 a year earlier.
The company reaffirmed its guidance for the current year, which calls for an EBIT margin of 7-9% for the automotive division. Meanwhile, BMW cut its 2022 car shipment forecast and now expects the figure to be slightly below last year’s level, while previously forecasting deliveries to be at last year’s level.
Since the beginning of 2022, the capitalization of BMW has fallen by 12.7% and is about 52.5 billion euros.
Beijing’s countermeasures against the visit of Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan will be powerful, they will be felt both in the US and on the island itself, CGTN TV channel reported on Wednesday.
“Special Chinese countermeasures against Pelosi’s visit to the Taiwan region will be strong, powerful and effective, and will be constantly felt by the authorities in the United States and Taiwan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying said on the channel.
She also stated that the speaker’s visit to Taiwan is not related to democracy and concerns the issue of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday despite strong protests from China.
Yaroslav Zheleznyak, People’s Deputy of the Holos faction, announced that there was a proposal to the President for the appointment of former Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova as Ukraine’s Ambassador to Switzerland, but there is no official information about the decree yet.
“Now there is an ambassador to Switzerland – Irina Venediktova,” Zheleznyak wrote in Telegram on Wednesday.
At the same time, the media, citing Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, report that he signed a submission to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the appointment of Venediktova as ambassador to Switzerland.
Zheleznyak later added in a Telegram that “officially it is still unknown whether the president signed, but there is already a submission from the Foreign Ministry.”
The agency does not currently have official information about the appointment of Venediktova as the head of the diplomatic mission of Ukraine in Switzerland.
Ratio of the number of the unemployed in different regions of Ukraine in 2021 (thush people)
State employment center
