WARSAW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Thursday.
KGHM
Workers at Poland's state-controlled copper miner KGHM
<KGHM.WA> will likely vote in mid-October to go on strike over
pay and management plans to consolidate mines, newspaper Parkiet
reports, citing trade union representatives.
ASSECO POLAND
Poland's largest software maker Asseco Poland <SOBK.WA>
plans to float its unit Asseco South Eastern Europe on the
Warsaw bourse by the end of this year and may book more than 60
million zlotys ($26.5 million) in gains from revaluation of its
shares in the company, its deputy chief executive told Parkiet
in an interview.
CEZ
Full auctioning of CO2 emission allowances, as proposed by
European Commission and slated to launch in 2013, would mean a
rise in power prices by 15 to 20 euros per MWh, CEZ <>
sales director is quoted as saying by E15.
PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE, WARSAW BOURSE, VIENNA BOERSE
The Warsaw bourse is "the worst possible" buyer for the
Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) as it may try to dampen its smaller
rival's operations in favour of its own market, the PSE's CEO
said in a radio talk show.
Vienna Boerse chief executive Michael Buhl reiterated the
Austrian bourse is keen on acquiring the PSE, writes E15.
ANTIBIOTICE
Romanian drugs maker Antibiotice <ATBE.BX> plans to cut 100
jobs this year from the current 1,000, as part of a cost-cutting
campaign aimed at reducing costs by 5-7 percent, Ziarul
Financiar writes.
ROMANIAN CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Romania will suspend capital gains tax on investments in
shares for one year in 2009 as part of a set of measures aimed
at reviving trade on the troubled Bucharest stock exchange,
authorities said on Wednesday.
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CEZ, ENEL, E.ON, SUEZ
Romania has picked four companies including Enel <ENEI.MI>
and E.ON <EONG.DE> to build power production units for
state-controlled energy producer Termoelectrica, Finance and
Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian said on Wednesday.
The government also picked Electrabel, owned by France's
Suez <LYOE.PA> and Czech CEZ <> to develop
Termoeletrica's Borzesti and Galati units, respectively.
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EUROPEAN MARKETS
European shares were set for a mixed start on Thursday, with
the focus remaining on banking stocks as uncertainty persisted
about when Congress might approve a proposed $700 billion rescue
plan for the U.S. financial sector.
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WALL STREET
The Dow and S&P 500 edged lower on Wednesday as uncertainty
about when Congress might approve a proposed $700 billion
financial sector bailout offset Warren Buffett's $5 billion bet
on Goldman Sachs.
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REGIONAL INDICES
Warsaw WIG20 <> Istanbul ISE National 100 <>
Budapest SE Index <> Bucharest Beti <>
Prague PX <> Zagreb Crobex <>
Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX> Ljubljana SBI20 <>
MSCI Global Emerging Markets <.MSCIEF>
FTSEurofirst 300 <>
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