Despite the recession, the number of limited liability companies – the favorite kind of company in Ukraine – increased by 6% yoy, to 694,271 by Sept. 1, reports the State Statistics Service. Apartment dwellers gradually are taking on responsibility for their buildings as the number of associations of co-owners of apartment buildings was up by 8.5%, to 34,128. The government battle to cut the numbers of state companies made little progress: the number dropped by only 1.5%, to 3,725.