Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 25

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 25 (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 + 1 hour)

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 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/]
                                

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 LUXEMBURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <ECMPsp.PR> should
release third quarter results after markets hours.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]

============================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 EU PROBES CEZ: The European Commission said it carried out a
surprise inspection at the premises of Czech energy firm CEZ
<CEZPsp.PR> and other companies on Tuesday to check suspicions
of anti-competitive activities.
                                
 Story: [ID:nGEE5AN1IT] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central Europe's main currencies eased on
Tuesday as mixed signals from the pace of global recovery
coupled with the prospect of possible further monetary easing in
the recession-hit region. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nGEE5AN0HQ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 T-BILL AUCTION CANCELLED: The Czech Finance Ministry
cancelled on Tuesday the only short-term treasury bill auction
scheduled for December.
                                
 Story: [ID:nGEE5AN22Y] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 EVRAZ TO PAY NO DIV: Evraz <HK1q.L>, Russia's second largest
steel maker by output, will not pay a dividend for full-year
2009, Vice-President Pavel Tatyanin said on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003796] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIV]
---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities <.PX>   1140,7     1140,7    -1,2       32,92
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>     25,999     26,029    0,12       2,82
vs Dollar    <CZK=>     17,339     17,399    0,34       9,29
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>   10433,71  10450,95  -0,16       18,88
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 ERSTE: Two ex-managers at Austrian lender Erste Bank
<ERST.VI> claim the bank bribed politicians in eastern Europe in
the late 1990s to succeed in privatisations of the region's
major banks, including Ceska Sporitelna, the second largest
Czech bank by total assets. The two managers were fired last
year for illegal trading. The deny the allegations.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 6
                                
   
                                
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