WARSAW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Wednesday.
CADBURY INVESTMENT
British candy maker Cadbury <CBRY.L> will invest 960 million
zlotys ($350 million) in a new factory in Polish city of
Skarbimierz and enlargment of the current one in Bielany
Wroclawskie, the economy ministry said.
IAR GHIMBAV
Romania's privatisation agency AVAS said it excluded
Israel's Marcovici Capital Ltd from the race in the sale of
state-owned helicopter maker IAR Ghimbav. Czech group Aero
Vodochody remains the only competitor, Ziarul Financiar reports.
ANTIBIOTICE
Romanian state-owned drug maker Antibiotice <ATBE.BX> will
cut its 2008 sales target because of higher financing costs,
Business Standard reports. The company did not give further
details.
GYSEV
Hungarian-Austrian railways Gysev will lay off 13 percent
of its workforce next year as the financial crisis has hit
freight ordersd, writes Nepszabadsag's Hungary Around the Clock
service.
KREMIKOVTZI
Bulgaria's troubled steel mill Kremikovtzi <KMKV.BB> faces
closure by the end of November if no investor emerges in the
next several days, writes Dnevnik.
VATTENFALL
Sweden's Vattenfall [] stepped in on Tuesday to save
Poland's largest listing this year, offering to take nearly 19
percent stake in electricity group Enea as other investors
mainly stayed on the sidelines. []
SHIPYARDS
Poland will present a new bill this month aimed at saving
its three shipyards from bankruptcy in line with European Union
guidelines, a deputy treasury minister said on Tuesday.
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EUROPEAN MARKETS
European shares were poised to rise on Wednesday, extending
their winning streak to a seventh day, after Barack Obama's
decisive win in the U.S. presidential election.
Germany's DAX <> is seen up as much as 1.7 percent,
Britain's FTSE 100 <> is seen rising up to 1 percent, and
France's CAC-40 <> is seen up as much as 0.4 percent,
financial bookmakers said.
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WALL STREET
U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday
after Democrat Barack Obama decisively won the U.S. presidency,
eliminating uncertainty over who will guide the world's largest
economy through what may be a protracted recession.
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REGIONAL INDICES
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