PRAGUE, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session. To discuss
measures prepared for a potential disruptuptions in gas
deliveries from Russia. News conference due at 1130 GMT.
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LISBON: Czech President Vaclav Klaus opened the way to
resolve his last-minute objection to the European Union's Lisbon
reform treaty on Saturday and said the charter had progressed
too far for him to block it.
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SLOVAKIA WANTS GUARANTEES TOO: Slovakia may try to negotiate
an opt out clause in the European Union's Lisbon treaty to
protect itself from potential post-war property claims if the
Czechs manage to do so first, its prime minister said on Sunday.
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CEE OUTPUT GAPS: Slowing inflation, rising joblessness and
expectations of growing productivity gaps have rekindled the
debate over monetary easing in central Europe, even where some
analysts had expected rates to rise sooner.
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CORPORATE SENTIMENT: Forward-looking Czech corporate
sentiment arrested a steep slide through in September, with the
number of companies expecting bad times ahead declining by more
than half from the start of the year, a study showed on Friday.
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EU TREATY: Czech President Vaclav Klaus may settle for a
political rather than strictly legal guarantee from EU leaders
that the bloc's new treaty does not reopen post-war property
claims, news agency CTK reported on Friday.
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CZECHS BACK KLAUS: Demands by President Vaclav Klaus
delaying ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty have seriously
damaged the Czech Republic abroad, the country's prime minister
said, but an opinion poll showed most Czechs back the president.
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BUDGET: Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer said on Friday he
expected this year's public sector deficit to reach 6.5 percent
of gross domestic product, a smaller gap than that estimated by
his finance minister.
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CDS DEALS: Investors closed almost 13 percent of open
positions in Czech credit default swaps (CDS) last week, putting
the country at the top of league tables showing reduced
positions in risk insurance.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 1156,1 1156,1 -0,52 34,71
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25,816 25,801 -0,06 3,5
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,319 17,337 0,1 9,39
U.S. Equities <> 9995,91 10062,94 -0,67 13,9
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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CSA: Loss-making state run air carrier CSA supervisory board
will debate a plan how to rescue the company. The plan may
include firing top managers. Prague Airport chief Miroslav
Dvorak may replace CSA CEO Radomir Lasak.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17, E15, page 1
LISBON: The government is ready to lodge a Constitutional
Court complaint against President Vaclav Klaus, if he fails to
sign the Lisbon treaty, to question he competence. The cabinet
could ask the court to transfer the president's signing
authority to the prime minister.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
BEER: Brewery Prazdroj, which makes Pilsner Urquell and
Gambrinus, will raise price of beer by 1 percentage point in two
weeks.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 20
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