PRAGUE, Nov 11 (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 + 1 hours)
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VIENNA, Austria - Austria's Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI>
<VIGRsp.PR> to release nine-month results.
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold an
extraordinary session. Banking law on the schedule.
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PRAGUE - Logistics firm CS Cargo to hold a news conference on
significant acquisition at the Czech market (0900 GMT).
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Q3 GDP SEEN SLOWING: Czech economic growth plunged to the
lowest rate in five years in the third quarter as the central
European country suffered from a sharp downturn in the euro
zone, a Reuters poll showed.
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ZENTIVA Q3 NET LAGS FCAST: Net profit of Zentiva <>
missed market forecasts in the third quarter due to financial
costs, but the Czech generic drugs maker remained "confident" in
its full-year outlook.
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CPI BELOW FCAST: Czech year-on-year inflation undershot the
central bank's new price forecast by 0.4 percentage points in
October, the bank said.
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EURO DATE: The Czech Republic may set a euro adoption date
next year if the global financial crisis eases and if the
country can meet the euro entry criteria on a sustainable basis,
Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2008
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.260 25.220 -0.16 +4.91
vs Dollar <CZK=> 19.856 19.658 -1.00 -8.49
U.S. Equities <> 08,871 08,944 -0.82 -33.13
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
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EU PRESIDENCY: The leader of the main opposition party
leftist CSSD Jiri Paroubek said he would be willing to accept
the prime minister's offer for a post of the parliament's lower
house chairman ahead of the Czech Republic's EU presidency. He
had earlier rejected the idea.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
POLICE CHARGES CEZ EMPLOYEES: Power group CEZ <>
said it stood up for its 32 employees that the police charged
with extortion for illegally entering private property of people
suspicious of stealing power.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
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