Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 11

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN TRADE DATA
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish September foreign trade
data. Analysts expected a 85.2 million euro surplus, following a
200 million euro deficit in the previous month.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA RECOVERY CONTINUES BUT SLOWS IN Q3
                                
 Slovakia's economy continued to expand in the three months
to September but at a slower pace in annual and quarterly terms
than in the second quarter, due to a slower rise in foreign
demand, following a robust rise in the first half of the year.
                                
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 FORECASTS FOR SLOVAKIA'S Q3 GDP
                                
 Following are key details of a Reuters poll for Slovak gross
domestic product data due out on November 12.
                                
 The survey of eight economists and analysts who follow
Slovakia's economy was conducted between Nov 8 and Nov 10.
                                
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 DEXIA Q3 NET BOOSTED BY LOWER PROVISIONS
                                
 Belgian-French financial services group Dexia <DEXI.BR>
reported a smaller than expected drop in third-quarter net
profit on Wednesday with sharply lower provisions for credit
losses.
                                
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 EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRIAL SECTOR ON RISE
                                
 Employment in Slovakia's industrial sectors started to rise
after two years of decline caused by the global downturn, the
Statistics Office data showed. The average wage in the sector
rose to 784 euro in September, from 766 euro in August.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FICO LOOSES CASE AGAINST TABLOID
                                
 Ex-Prime Minister Robert Fico lost in a court a case against
one of the country's biggest weekly tabloid. Fico sued 'Plus 7
Dni' for an alleged defamation of his person in an article about
his visit to Libya.
                                
 Sme, page 5
                                
 
                                
 LOWER TAX COLLECTION
                                
 Tax collection lagged 9.9 percent behind its full-year plan,
the Tax Office said. The state budget revenue from taxes was
6.47 billion euros in the first nine months of the year, lagging
the plan by 710.83 million euros.
                                
 www.hnonline.sk
                                
 
                                
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