Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Sept 9

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 PRICES SURVEY
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish the regular 10-day survey
of selected consumer prices.
                                
 
                                
 C.BANK REPORT
                                
 Parliamentary finance and monetary committee will debate a
central bank report on financial markets in 2007.
                                
 
                                
 PARLIAMENT SESSION
                                
 Parliament will open its regular monthly session, 1100 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender.
                                
 
                                
 JULY INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT SLOWS, REBOUND SEEN
                                
 Slovak real industrial output rose much less than expected
in July as a slump in mining production outweighed an increase
in the car industry, but analysts expected overall output to
rebound in August.
                                
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 JULY CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT +9.1 PCT Y/Y
                                
 Slovak construction output rose by a real 9.1 percent
year-on-year in July after a 6.5 percent annual rise in June,
the Statistics Office said on Monday.
                                
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 SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 1.86 BLN WORTH OF 3-YR BONDS
                                
 Slovakia sold 1.86 billion crowns ($88.11 million) worth of
3-year, zero-coupon state bonds <SK010411209=> in an auction on
Monday, the Finance Ministry's Debt and Liquidity Management
Agency said.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 EMPLOYMENT TAXES
                                
 Social Affairs Minister Viera Tomanova has proposed to raise
employment taxes for small individual entrepreneurs by up to
2,000 crowns ($94.74). Tomanova says this will secure higher
pensions for them in the future, but economic analysts criticise
the proposal.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 MOURNING DAY
                                
 The government has declared a national day of mourning for
Tuesday after 14 Slovaks were killed in a bus crash in Croatia
on Sunday.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CHEAPER DIESELS
                                
 Prices of diesel fuels are expected to fall by 0.3 crowns
per litre on Tuesday in reaction to cheaper oil on the world's
markets.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 HIGHWAY TENDER
                                
 Tow groups, led by Hochtief PPP Solutions <HOTG.DE> and
Vinci Concessions met the conditions set in a 50 billion crown
($2.37 billion) tender for builder and operator of a highway
stretch.
                                
 Pravda, page 18
                                
 
                                
 PENTA PROFIT
                                
 The Slovak-based private equity group Penta reported a
profit of 105 million euros in 2007, with revenues of 1.3
billion euro.
                                
 Pravda, page 18
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy
                                
 
                                
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