May 7- Lundin Petroleum AB:. *RBC cuts target price to Sek 160 from Sek 165; rating sector perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1580.
HELSINKI, May 7- The following stocks may be affected by newspaper reports and other factors on Tuesday:. Danish brewer Carlsberg's first-quarter operating profits and revenue exceeded forecasts, as strong beer sales in Asia helped cushion a decline in mature European markets as well as in its former growth driver Russia.
For more on the company, click on LUNDIN PETROLEUM. Lundin Petroleum reported first-quarter EBITDA of $276.2 million, mostly in line with market expectations. Finland's clothing and home furnishing retailer Marimekko announces its quarterly results.
STOCKHOLM, May 7- Lundin Petroleum:. *Q1- EBITDA of musd 276.2. *Mean forecast for Q1 EBITDA was $277 million in Reuters poll.
*Norway spuds appraisal well 16/ 2-21 on johan sverdrup discovery, offshore.
*Norway less predictable place to do business- oil firms. *Second change to Norway energy incentives in 5 months. Norway, the world's seventh-biggest oil exporter, announced on Sunday it would lower the amount energy firms can write down on their investments to 22 percent of their investment costs from the special energy tax, down from 30 percent earlier.
OSLO, May 6- Lundin Petroleum's Luno II discovery in the North Sea may contain between 25 and 120 million barrels of oil equivalent, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Monday. Lundin Petroleum has a 40- percent stake in the discovery. Lundin Petroleum confirmed the numbers in a separate statement.
*Luno II oil discovery offshore Norway successfully tested. *Says Lundin Petroleum estimates that the luno II structure which is believed. to span across two separate reservoir segments contains gross contingent.
March 19- Liberty Media Corp said on Tuesday it will buy a 27.3 percent stake in cable television operator Charter Communications Inc for about $2.62 billion. The company will buy the stake from Apollo Management, Oaktree Capital Management and Crestview Partners, the companies said in a joint statement.
March 19- Liberty Media Corp will buy a 27 percent stake in Charter Communications Inc, signaling Chairman John Malone's return to his roots in cable television and a renewed appetite for consolidation in the sector. Chief Executive Greg Maffei said Liberty sees opportunities in U.S cable and that low interest rates made the deal attractive.
*Starz has $1.1 bln debt, access to $450 mln more. *Starz is potential acquisition target- analyst. Starz currently has about $1.1 billion of debt and access to a $450 million bank credit facility, the company said in a statement late on Friday.