PRAGUE, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - President Vaclav Klaus to meet Finance Minister
Miroslav Kalousek at 0800 GMT.
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CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies made slight gains
on Monday but risk aversion limited demand, while Romania sold
about a third of a planned treasury bill auction as it again
refused to sell at yields above 7 percent.
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POLISH ENERGA BIDS: French energy group GdF Suez <GSZ.PA>
and Poland's top energy producer, PGE <PGEP.WA>, are among the
four final bidders for Poland's smallest state-owned utility,
Energa, the treasury ministry said on Monday.
The other two bidders to place final offers for Poland's
83-percent stake were Polish mogul Jan Kulczyk and Czech
Republic's Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding (EPH).
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PPI FLAT: Czech industrial producer prices were flat in July
versus the previous month and rose 2.3 percent from a year
earlier, showing the fourth annual growth since November 2008,
data showed.
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E.EUROPE WHEAT CROP LOWER: Bad weather has cut wheat output
and hit grain quality across central and eastern Europe, but
harvests will be enough to feed the region and allow for robust
exports from the Balkans, farmers and officials said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.815 24.806 -0.04 5.71
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19.235 19.319 0.43 -4.67
Czech Equities <> 1,182 1,182 0.72 5.79
U.S. Equities <> 10,302.01 10,303.15 -0.01 -1.21
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
SOCIAL WELFARE: The new Labour Minister Jaromir Drabek is
looking at a plan to streamline social benefits down to three
categories from more than 20 by 2012 to save on administrative
costs.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
KIT DIGITAL: Prague-listed technology firm Kit Digital
<KITDsp.PR> posted a 120 percent rise in second-quarter revenue
to $23.1 million.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 23
REAL ESTATE INVESTORS: Czech investors' share on the real
estate market will make up more than half the market this year,
the first time since 1998, Cushman & Wakefield said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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