EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Oct 7

                                
 WARSAW, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 PEGAS
                                
 The head of Czech fabrics maker Pegas Nonwovens <PGSNsp.PR>
leaves.                                           [nPRG001042]
                                
 
                                
 KGHM
                                
 There is no need to dismiss the CEO of state-controlled
copper miner KGHM <KGHM.WA>, daily Parkiet quotes a deputy
treasury minister as saying.
                                
 
                                
 PGNiG, LOTOS
                                
 Poland's gas monopoly PGNiG <PGNI.WA> and second-largest oil
refiner Lotos <LTOS.WA> are among 47 companies competing for
Norwegian extraction rights, Parkiet writes.
                                
 
                                
 DACIA
                                
 Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by France's Renault
<RENA.PA>, reports a 43 percent sales increase in the first
three quarters to 31,600 units, Ziarul Financiar reports.
                                
 
                                
 DAFORA MEDIAS
                                
 Romania's drilling and construction company Dafora Medias
will put on hold projects worth 150 million euros ($203.9
million) because of higher financing costs triggered by the
global financial crisis, Business Standard reports.
                                
 
                                
 COGNIZANT
                                
 Cognizant Technology Solutions<CTSH.O> plans to establish a
regional services centre in Hungary,  business daily
Vilaggazdasag writes.

                                
 
                                
 VOLKSWAGEN, SKODA
                                
 Volkswagen's <VOWG.DE> Skoda Auto, the biggest Czech company
by turnover, will halt production in the last week of October
due to poor demand on other European markets.   [ID:nL6486851]
                                
 
                                
 MAGYAR TELEKOM
                                
 Magyar Telekom <MTEL.BU> plans to lay off up to 300
employees, most in the first quarter of 2009, at a cost of 5
billion forints ($27.41 million) this year, the company said in
a statement on Monday.

                                
 
                                
 EU CLIMATE PLAN
                                
 Poland has moved closer to assembling a blocking minority
among European Union members, allowing them to seek changes to
Brussels' proposed climate package, Polish officials said.
                                
                                            [ID:nL6433583]
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European shares were set to open higher on Tuesday, after
suffering record falls in the previous session, as a
surprisingly large Australian rate cut sparked hopes other
countries would follow suit.
                                
 Spreadbetters expected gains of as much as 2-2.3 percent on
Britain's FTSE 100 <.FTSE>, Germany's DAX <.GDAXI> and France's
CAC 40 <.FCHI>.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 U.S. stocks slid for a fourth straight day on Monday,
leaving the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years,
on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite
government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial
crisis.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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