Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 16

                                
  PRAGUE, March 16 (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 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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 PRAGUE - January retail sales data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]

                                
 PRAGUE - Economic conference with Czech central bank (CNB)
board member Robert Holman and Deputy Finance Minister Bohdan
Hejduk (0800 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 STAKE IN POLAND'S PAK: Polish energy group Enea <ENAE.WA>
made a preliminary offer on Monday for the government's
50-percent stake in utility PAK, subject of a long-running
dispute with a local conglomerate.
                                
 Story: [ID:nnLDE62E1DR] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty eased with other central
European currencies on Monday, showing some signs of
stabilisation after policymakers expressed concern on its rise
to 15-month peaks last week.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62E0C4] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEZ OUTAGES: Czech power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> <CEZPsp.PR>,
central Europe's biggest utility, has published its list of
planned outages for April for production blocks greater than 100
MW capacity.     
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62E1OC] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 KIT DIGITAL: Video technology provider KIT digital <KITD.O>
<KITDsp.PR> has agreed to buy privately-held U.S. group
Multicast Media Technologies for $18 million in cash and stock,
it said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003978] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-IPO]
                                
 
                                
 PPI: Czech industrial producer prices fell by 0.3 percent in
February from January, showing an annual decline of 2.0 percent,
data showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62E0AC] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1186,7    1186,7   -0,19      6,21
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,461    25,476    0,06      3,26
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,605    18,629    0,13     -1,24
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10642,15  10624,69  0,16      2,05
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 CSOB IPO: KBC <KBC.BR> could raise up to 80 billion crowns
($4.32 billion) from an IPO of a 30- 40 percent stake in its
Czech unit CSOB. The pricing should range from 1,000-5,000
crowns a share, Dow Jones reported, citing unnamed sources.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 25
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE SHARES: Morgan Stanley recommended to buy Czech
shares and said Czech equities should outperform those in
Poland. 
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 24
                                

                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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