Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 2

...central bank (NBS) will release its weekly foreign 
currency reserves data, 1300 GMT. 
     
    DUTCH COURT VOIDS YUKOS BANKRUPTCY IN NETHERLANDS 
    A Dutch court nullified on Wednesday all decisions taken by 
the Russian receiver of bankrupt oil firm YUKOS related to the 
company's Dutch assets, including a 49 percent stake in Slovak 
pipeline operator Transpetrol. 
    [ID:nL31319559] [RTRS-ENR-JUDIC-OILG] 
     
    PRESS DIGEST 
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    FOOD PRICES TO RISE 
    Food prices will probably rise further in the coming months 
as wheat and milk prices go up, farmers and processors said. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    ELECTRICITY PRICES 
    Electricity prices could rise by 3-6 percent next year, the 
daily Pravda cited sources as saying. 
    Pravda, page 1 
     
    BANKING PROFITS 
    The Slovak banking sector's net profit rose by nearly 15 
percent to 13.8 billion crowns ($599.5 million) in 
January-September, compared with the same period of 2006. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1 
     
    U.S. HEDGE FUND JOINS MAV CARGO BIDDING 
    U.S. hedge fund York Capital Management, which oversees 
assets worth some $13 billion, joined the Slovak SPED-TRANS 
consortium bidding for a cargo unit of Hungary's state-owned 
railway company MAV. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 4 
     
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