EMERGING EUROPE STOCKS - Factors to Watch Nov 3

                                
 WARSAW, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Central/Eastern
Europe's financial markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 ORCO
                                
 Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR> is considering
halting some of its planned project due to difficulties with
raising financing, a deputy chief was quoted as saying by
Hospodarske Noviny.
                                
 
                                
 TRANSELECTRICA
                                
 Romanian power grid operator Transelectrica <TSEL.BX> will
indefinitely delay plans to list an additional 10 percent stake
on the bourse because of unfavourable contitions on capital
markets, Ziarul Financiar reports.
                                
 
                                
 BANCA TRANSILVANIA
                                
 Romania's fourth largest bank Banca Transilvania <BATR.BX>
hired Merrill Lynch as a consultant for its sale, daily Ziarul
Financiar reports, citing banking sources..
                                
 Another financial daily, Business Standard, says Banca
Transilvania's board president Horia Ciorcila denied talks about
a potential sale.
                                
 
                                
 ALTEX
                                
 Romanian retailer Altex revised its 2008 sales forecast to
360-370 million euros from an initial 430 million euros, mostly
due to a decrease in Romania's consumption, Ziarul Financiar
reports.
                                
 
                                
 INA, MOL
                                
 The Croatian government has postponed talks with Hungary's
MOL <MOLB.BU> on a sale or swap of shares in Croatian oil group
INA <INA.ZA>, where the Hungarian company is the biggest single
shareholder and seeking a majority. [nLV93914]
                                
 
                                
 JW CONSTRUCTION
                                
 J.W. Construction <JWCA.WA> Poland's largest homebuilder,
has abandoned its results forecast for 2008 due to the more
restrictive lending policy of banks, the company said in a
statement late on Friday.                      [ID:nLV577013]
                                
 
                                
 EUROPEAN MARKETS
                                
 European shares were set to open higher on Monday, tracking
gains in the U.S. market in the previous session and in Asia on
Monday, on hopes that recent measures to help the financial
sector would calm jitters.
                                
 Financial bookmakers in London expected Britain's FTSE 100
<.FTSE> to open 68 to 84 points higher, or up nearly 2 percent,
Germany's DAX <.GDAXI> to open 95 to 123 points up, or as much
as 2.5 percent, and France's CAC-40 <.FCHI> to open 45 to 57
points up, or as much as 1.6 percent higher.
                                
 For the latest news on European markets, double click [.EU]
                                
 
                                
 WALL STREET
                                
 Wall Street hopes to turn a new page as it heads into
November, but this week is littered with hurdles ranging from
the U.S. presidential election to a likely gloomy jobs report.
                                
 Traders were more than happy to see the back of October, one
of the worst months in history for the broader market, and took
heart from the fact that it ended with one of the best weeks on
record.
                                
 For latest Wall Street news, double click [.N]

                                
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