Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 31

                                
  PRAGUE, March 31 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on CEE currencies............................[CEE/]
 
==========================EVENTS=============================
                                
 PRAGUE - February money supply data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]

                                
 PRAGUE - Q4 foreign debt data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]

                                
 PRAGUE - Used car dealer AAA Auto <AAAAsp.PR> should release
2009 results.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 ORCO: Developer Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA> said on
Wednesday its net loss shrank to 250.6 million euros ($338.5
million) from 390.6 million euros in 2008 and it unveiled a new
plan to restructure its big debt over a period of 10 years.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004004] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies mostly retreated in
late trade on Tuesday with the Hungarian forint leading losses,
while the Polish zloty held onto gains ahead of a central bank
rate meeting on Wednesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62T0F7] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>   1212,8      1212,8    0,7       8,55
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,425    25,457    0,13      3,39
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,941     18,969   0,15       -3,07
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10907,42  10895,86  0,11      4,6
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 GERMAN BUSINESSES: A Czech-German chamber of commerce
research found 55 percent of German companies operating in the
Czech Republic consider the local economic situation bad. Only 2
percent of them consider it good.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
                                

                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
                                
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 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST]

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