Poland - Factors to Watch Apr 26

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26/04/2018 07:40

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL
TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
    
    ORANGE POLSKA  OPL.WA 
    France's Orange Polish unit reported a bigger than expected
net loss for the first quarter on Wednesday. Orange Polska
first-quarter net loss came at 50 million zlotys compared with
40 million zlotys loss expected by analysts.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1S216J
    
    PKN ORLEN  PKN.WA 
    PKN Orlen, Poland's top oil refiner, said on Thursday its
first-quarter net profit slumped 46 percent year-on-year to 1.04
billion zlotys ($299.26 million), pulled down by lower margins
and a stronger zloty.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1S30TN
    
    EU BUDGET
    Poland will get less from the EU budget for 2021-2027 than
it did in 2014-2020, Rzeczpospolita daily reported quoting
unnamed sources. 
  
    GETBACK  GBK.WA 
    The state prosecutor's office has started an investigation
over potential information manipulation by debt collecting
company Getback, Rzeczpospolita daily said. 
    
    GETIN NOBLE  GNB.WA 
    Polish billionaire Leszek Czarnecki is ready to capitalise
his Getin Noble Bank with a total of 1 billion zlotys,
Rzeczpospolita daily quoted him as saying.
    
    MLEKOMA
    Kuwait Projects Company Holding wants to take over a
controlling stake in Polish mild products maker Mlekoma for
around 120 million zlotys, Puls Biznesu daily said. 
    
    
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau
Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)
 ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com; tel. +48 22 6539700))