PRAGUE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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PRAGUE - Czech PM meets party leaders to debate 2010 budget.
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PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <> should
release first half results.
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PRAGUE - Artificial textile maker Pegas Nonwovens
<> should release first half results.
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ECM RESULTS: ECM Real Estate Investments' <> net
asset value shrank 19 percent year-to-date to 112 million euros
in the first six months of the year, the Czech property
developer said on Wednesday.
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CSA LEADERSHIP OFFERS TO RESIGN: Czech Airlines (CSA)
management offered to resign on Wednesday in return for
acceptance of pay cuts by the state carrier's employees, to get
the company through the economic crisis.
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PEGAS EARNINGS POLL: Czech-based Pegas Nonwovens <>
is expected to post a 23 percent drop in second-quarter core
profit, after prices for its artificial textiles fell while
input prices rose, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
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PHILIP MORRIS POLL: Czech cigarette maker Philip Morris CR
<> is expected to show a two-fold increase in
unconsolidated net profit in the first half compared to a year
ago, when profits tumbled due to rising excise tax, a Reuters
poll showed on Wednesday.
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GAS: Czech energy regulators said on Wednesday they plan to
ask their German counterparts about reports somebody bought up
all free natural gas capacity for the first 10 months of 2010 in
a pipeline flowing from Germany.
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OUTPUT SURVEY: The annual decline in Czech industrial output
in July was, like in June, less severe than early in the year
thanks to a small pick up in foreign demand, a Reuters poll
showed on Wednesday.
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CSA IN DIRE STRAITS: Czech Airlines (CSA) expects to
generate up to 500 million crowns ($28.20 million) by selling
three Boeing 737s this year, part of new measures the state
carrier is taking during the economic crisis.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 0 1167,7 0 n/a
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,476 25,433 0,17 -4,77
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,885 17,854 0,17 6,43
U.S. Equities <> 9543,52 9539,29 0,04 8,74
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
CIGARETTES: Philip Morris Czech Republic <> plans
to invest 300 million crowns ($16.92 million) to expand capacity
at its Czech plant by a third.
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