German stocks - Factors to watch on December 22

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22/12/2014 06:05

FRANKFURT, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The following are some of the 
factors that may move German stocks on Monday: 
     
    ADIDAS  ADSGn.DE  
    The sportswear firm has sold more than 3 million Germany 
soccer shirts in the past year, with demand boosted by the 
national team's victory at the World Cup tournament in July, its 
chief executive told a German magazine published on Sunday. 
 ID:nL6N0U508P  
     
    BAYER  BAYGn.DE  
    China has officially approved imports of a genetically 
modified Bayer CropScience soybean variety after seven years of 
review, the company said on Friday, raising expectations that 
approval notices will come soon for other biotech crops. 
 ID:nL1N0U31S7  
     
    DAIMLER  DAIGn.DE  
    Daimler finance chief Bodo Uebber said the group would 
increase its spending on equipment as well as in research and 
development next year, according to an interview in 
Boersen-Zeitung. He also said a rise in earnings would be a good 
basis on which to pay shareholders a higher dividend. 
         
    DEUTSCHE BANK  DBKGn.DE  
    Deutsche Bank faces a fine for making false statements in 
connection with the Kirch media group's long-running bankruptcy 
case, German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported. 
 ID:nL6N0U406H  
     Separately, co-chief executive Juergen Fitschen told Welt 
am Sonntag that consolidation of the European retail banking 
market was overdue but would not commit on whether that could 
mean a sale of Postbank.  ID:nL6N0U407B  
     
    DEUTSCHE TELEKOM  DTEGn.DE , AXEL SPRINGER  SPRGn.DE  
    Deutsche Telekom is in talks to sell its Internet portal 
T-Online and online marketer Interactive Media to publisher Axel 
Springer, German media reported at the weekend.  ID:nL6N0U50IT  
    Separately, two U.S. agencies said on Friday that T-Mobile 
US  TMUS.N  has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. 
government over unauthorized charges placed on customers' bills, 
a practice known as cramming, and to pay at least $90 million. 
 ID:nL1N0U31F1  
     
    E.ON  EONGn.DE , RWE  RWEG.DE  
    The owners of Urenco are testing the market to gauge 
investor interest in the uranium enrichment company, said Uwe 
Beckmeyer, parliamentary state secretary in the German economy 
and energy ministry.  ID:nL6N0U409N  
     
    HENKEL  HNKG_p.DE  
    The consumer goods company is sticking with its 2014 
earnings forecast despite the Russian rouble's recent slide, 
Rheinische Post quoted Chief Executive Kasper Rorsted as saying 
in its Saturday edition. 
         
    SIEMENS  SIEGn.DE  
    Siemens has no plans to float its healthcare business next 
year following the legal separation of the unit in countries 
including Germany, Chief Executive Joe Kaeser told the weekly 
publication Wirtschafts Woche.  ID:nL6N0U404V  
     
    AIRBUS  AIRG.DE  
    The European Union launched a trade dispute at the World 
Trade Organization on Friday to challenge what it considers 
illegal U.S. subsidies for Airbus  AIR.PA  rival Boeing Co 
 BA.N  and other aerospace manufacturers in the U.S. state of 
Washington.  ID:nL6N0U33HP  
    Separately, Pratt & Whitney said on Friday its engine for 
Airbus' A320neo family of narrowbody airplanes has won 
certification from the Federal Aviation Administration. 
 ID:nL1N0U3261  
     
    SARTORIUS  SATG.DE  
    Sartorius said on Friday it had agreed to sell its Intec 
unit, a maker of industrial scales, to Japanese ball-bearing 
maker Minebea Co Ltd  6479.T . It is due to hold a conference 
call on the deal at 1430 GMT on Monday.  ID:nFWN0U306I  
     
    CAPITAL STAGE  HWAG.DE  
    The Hamburg-based operator of wind and solar parks plans to 
invest hundreds of millions of euros next year after gaining 
insurer Gothaer as a partner, its chief executive told a Euro am 
Sonntag.  ID:nL6N0U4054  
     
    CAT OIL  O2C.DE  
    CAT oil's management and supervisory boards recommended that 
the Austrian fracking specialist's shareholders accept a 
takeover offer by oil industry veteran Maurice Dijols. 
 ID:nFWN0U303X  
     
    HORNBACH-BAUMARKT  HBMG.DE , HORNBACH HOLDING  HBHG_p.DE  
    Q3 results due. Hornbach Holding's earnings before interest 
and tax (EBIT) are seen up 2 percent at 35.9 million euros. 
Poll:  ID:nL6N0U321B  
     
    STABILUS  STAB.DE  
    The company said it secured a 320-million-euro loan contract 
which it will use to refinance a high-yield bond. 
 ID:nFWN0U303Z  
     
    ASIAN BAMBOO  5ABG.DE   
    The company said DEG demanded immediate repayment of a $16.1 
million loan but said it had sufficient funds to pay. 
 ID:nFWN0U3041  
     
    OVERSEAS STOCK MARKETS 
    Dow Jones  .DJI  +0.2 pct, S&P 500  .SPX  +0.5 pct, Nasdaq 
 .IXIC  +0.4 pct at Friday's close.  ID:nL1N0U32CG  
    Nikkei  .N225  up 0.08 pct at 0604 GMT.  
     
    OPEL 
    Opel's chief executive warned senior managers at the 
European arm of General Motors  GM.N  that they needed to step 
up their game to reach a target of returning to profit by 2016, 
according to German daily paper Bild.  ID:nL6N0U40AE  
     
    GERMAN ECONOMIC DATA 
    German November import prices due at 0700 GMT. Seen -0.5 pct 
m/m, -1.8 pct y/y. 
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