GREECE - Factors to Watch on November 10

ATHENS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events which may affect Greek financial markets on Tuesday: GREEK PPC SEEN SWINGING TO 9-MTHS PROFIT Greece's biggest electricity producer, Public Power Corp (PPC), is expected to report a surge in profit for the first nine months of the year, as falling costs more than compensate for a drop in demand. PPC will report results before the market's open. COCA-COLA HELLENIC PRICES 300 MLN EURO 2016 BOND Coca-Cola Hellenic priced a 300 million euro, 2016 bond, with a coupon of 4.25 percent, at 110 basis points over mid-swaps. ALPHA BANK 9-MONTH NET HIT BY LOWER SALES, PROVISIONS Alpha Bank, Greece's third largest lender, said nine-month profit fell 39.3 percent on lower loan volumes and higher provisioning for bad loans as a result of a weak domestic and regional economy. ECB'S TRICHET LAYS INTO GREECE OVER STATISTICS European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet criticised Greece for producing unreliable statistics, saying they undermined the functioning of the euro zone's growth and stability pact. GREECE'S INTRALOT ENTERS ITALIAN VIDEO-LOTTERY MARKET Greece's Intralot said on Monday it will enter Italy's video-lottery market through a joint venture with Cogetech, eyeing revenue growth. GREEK COURT APPOINTS INTERIM BOARD AT THESSALONIKI WATER An interim management was appointed by a Greek court at water utility EYATH, after the resignation of the previous board of directors, financial daily Imerisia reported. www.imerisia.gr GREECE TO RETENDER MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS-OFFICIAL Greece plans to re-launch tenders for two major construction projects to expand an Athens tollway and build an airport by the middle of next year, a senior infrastructure ministry official told Reuters on Monday. GREEK OCT INFLATION PICKS UP TO 1.2% Y/Y Greece's headline consumer price inflation accelerated to a 1.2 percent annual pace in October, slightly above forecasts, as favourable base effects from oil waned. GREEK BUILDING PERMITS DROP 14.3 PCT Y/Y IN AUG Greek construction activity, measured by the number of new building permits, fell 14.3 percent year-on-year in August after a 16.9 percent drop in July, statistics service (NSS) data showed on Monday. EUROPEAN SHARES SET TO RISE AFTER US SURGE European shares were expected to rise for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, after Wall Street surged to 13-month highs following the Group of 20 nations' aid pledge that increased investors' appetite for risk. ============================================================== DISCLAIMER - The content and accuracy of the information contained in company news releases published on this service is the responsibility of the originating company and not of Reuters. While Reuters makes every effort to verify with the company concerned that any news release is genuine, it does not perform any other checks to verify the content or accuracy of the information in question. For other related news, double click on: ---------------------------------------------------------- EUR Money Guide Greek Debt News Greek Equities Guide Greece's Debt Greek Economic Indicators Government Debt Greek Stock News Greek Money News Greek Exchange Info --------------------------------------------------------- Keywords: GREECE FACTORS (Reporting by Tatiana Fragou; [phone]; fax [phone]; e-mail:[e-mail]) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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