EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Sept 11

                                
 WARSAW, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Thursday.
                                
 
                                
 PKN ORLEN
                                
 Poland's largest oil company PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> will next
Thursday replace its chief executive Wojciech Heydel with his
deputy Jacek Krawiec, newspaper Parkiet reports withouth giving
sources.
                                
 
                                
 BANK BPH
                                
 ING lifts its target price for Poland's mid-sized lender
Bank BPH 15 percent to 81.87 zlotys and keeps its 'hold'
recommendation for the stock, citing estimates for BPH's
imminent merger with a Polish unit of GE Money Bank.
                                
 
                                
 CERSANIT
                                
 Poland's largest bathroom fittings maker Cersanit <CRSA.WA>
will build a new plant in Romania over the next two years with
production capacity of 12 million square meters of ceramic tiles
annually, newspaper Parkiet reports citing its supervisory board
member Artur Kloczko.
                                
 
                                
 RAIFFEISEN
                                
 Raiffeisen Bank Polska, a unit of Austria's Raiffeisen
International <RIBH.VI>, is planning to offer yen-denominated
mortgage loans in Poland, newspaper Dziennik reports without
giving sources.
                                
 
                                
 CEZ
                                
 The Czech government approved lifting mining limits for
Severoceske Doly mine owned by CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> to allow the
company to extract an additional 32 million tonnes of coal.
                                
 
                                
 VOESTALPINE
                                
 The government and Austrian steelmaker Voestalpine <VOES.VI>
are likely to sign next month an agreement to build a 5 billion
euro steel plant on Romania's Black Sea shore, newspaper Ziarul
Financiar writes quoting sources close to the deal.
                                
 
                                
 LOTOS
                                
 Third-quarter net profit at Poland's second largest oil
refiner Grupa Lotos <LTOS.WA> will be lower than a quarter
earlier, the company's deputy chief executive said on Wednesday.
                                
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 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European stocks were seen mixed on Thursday, as lingering
worries over the credit crisis overshadow the positive impact of
the weakening euro on shares of exporters.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as OPEC's move to shore up oil
prices boosted energy shares and Texas Instruments' outlook
soothed fear about technology spending even as worries persisted
about the health of the banking sector. 
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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