EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Sept 22

                                
 WARSAW, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 ZENTIVA, SANOFI
                                
 Czech generics drugs maker Zentiva <ZNTVsp.PR> has accepted
a higher takeover offer from French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis
<SASY.PA> that values Zentiva at around 1.8 billion euros ($2.6
billion).                                         [nLM505309]
                                
 
                                
 ARCELOR MITTAL
                                
 Steel giant Arcelor-Mittal <ISPA.AS> in considering buying
Polish Huta Labedy and plans to invest 1.2 billion zlotys
($520.6 million) to build a new plant in Krakow, Rzeczpospolita
writes.

                                
 CEZ
                                
 CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> may curtail its production in Bulgaria's
Varna power plant as power price regulation in the eastern
European country curbs the utility's profits, writes E15.

                                
 CME
                                
 Broadcaster CME <CETVsp.PR> sees growth in next year's
advertsising prices will be higher than this year's, its chief
executive is quoted as saying by Hospodarske Noviny.
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE STOCK EXCHANGE
                                
 Financial crisis is likely to squeeze the selling price of
the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE), which is slated for sale by the
end of the year, its chief executive tells E15.
                                
 
                                
 BUCHAREST BOURSE
                                
 The Romanian government is holding talks with officials from
the troubled Bucharest Stock Exchange about measures which could
be taken to attract more investors, Finance and Economy Minister
Varujan Vosganian said.
                                
 
                                
 TRANSELECTRICA
                                
 Romanian power grid operator Transelectrica <TSEL.BX>
expects its gross profit to reach 120 million lei ($47.3
million) this year, compared with 80 million last year, Ziarul
Financiar reported.

                                
 KGHM
                                
 Polish copper miner KGHM <KGHM.WA> is expected to leave its
2008 guidance largely unchanged, despite falling copper prices,
buoyed by a strengthening in the dollar/zloty exchange rate,
analysts said.                                    [ID:nLJ691454]
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European stock index futures pointed to a mixed start on
Monday, after a record 8.2 percent jump on Friday as investors
awaited the details of the emergency $700 billion bank bailout
plan unveiled by U.S. authorities to end the credit crisis.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 Sweeping government measures to rescue the financial system
and restore confidence in shaky markets spurred a huge relief
rally in U.S. stocks on Friday, ending a week when the financial
landscape underwent the most dramatic reshaping since the Great
Depression.
                                
 The benchmark S&P 500 index had its biggest two-day rally
since October 21, 1987, two days after the 1987 stock market
crash.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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 REGIONAL INDICES
 Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20>     Istanbul ISE National 100 <.XU100>
 Budapest SE Index <.BUX>  Bucharest Beti <.BETI>
 Prague PX <.PX>           Zagreb Crobex <.CRBEX>
 Sofia Sofix <.SOFIX>      Ljubljana SBI20 <.SBI>
 
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 FTSEurofirst 300 <.FTEU3>
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