Poland - Factors to Watch March 14

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14/03/2024 07:09

WARSAW, March 14 - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on
Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour):
    
    DATA
    Poland's stats office to release its trade balance data at
0900. 
    
    ARMAMENT
    Negotiations are still ongoing between Poland's Armament
Agency and the American company Boeing regarding an offset
agreement for the purchase of 96 Apache attack helicopters; the
contract might be signed this year, and the first deliveries are
possible in 2027-2028, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily reported.
    
    ABORTION
    Almost 90% of Poles support the possibility of terminating a
pregnancy if the mother's life is in danger, while termination
when the mother does not want the child is supported by almost a
quarter of respondents, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily reported
quoting a United Surveys poll. 
    
    META
    The District Court in Warsaw ruled that Facebook cannot
arbitrarily remove content on its platform, Gazeta Wyborcza
daily reported. 
        
    ALLEGRO  ALEP.WA 
    Poland's biggest e-commerce platform Allegro said on
Thursday it expects core earnings to rise 28-31% at home in the
first quarter after its fourth-quarter result topped
expectations.
    
    PGE  PGE.WA 
    A Polish coal mine near the Czech border owned by Poland's
biggest utility PGE will be able to continue operating for now,
the state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday, following the
latest in a series of contradictory court rulings.
    
    POSTAL SERVICES
    The state-owned postal company Poczta Polska this year plans
to reduce the number of its employees to 58,000 from 63,000, but
the scale of the reduction may be much greater, Rzeczpospolita
daily reported, citing unofficial information.
    
  ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media
and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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