PRAGUE, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - The lower house meets. Budget on the agenda of the
current but final vote not expected until next Wednesday.
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PRAGUE - Government, union and corporate representatives due
to meet on austerity measures at 1330 GMT.
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SOLID GDP ACROSS REGION: State spending helped Hungarian
consumers climb aboard a nascent recovery in the third quarter
and Bulgaria grew more than previously thought, as euro zone
demand continued to lead eastern Europe out of crisis.
A main supplier to the euro engine Germany, the Czech
Republic also showed solid growth, while Estonia, set to join
the currency area on Jan. 1, powered ahead with a 5 percent
expansion over a year earlier.
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ECB SAYS VULNERABILITIES REMAIN IN CEE: Economic and
financial conditions have improved in European Union states
outside of the euro zone, but the vulnerabilities seen at the
height of the global crisis broadly persist, the European
Central Bank said on Thursday.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 25.061 25.095 0.14 4.78
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.878 18.967 0.47 -2.73
Czech Equities <> 1,169.1 1,169.1 0.27 4.64
U.S. Equities <> 11,370.06 11,372.48 -0.02 9.03
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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MOSTECKA TAKEOVER: Investor Pavel Tykac is to buy out the
half of coal firm Czech Coal that he does not already own from
his two partners, Hospodarske Noviny reported without revealing
its sources. Czech Coal is a lignite supplier to power firm CEZ
<>. The two firms have held long-term disputes about
coal prices and projects to build new power plants.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
PENSION PLANS: The Labour Ministry plans the entire state
revenue from dividends paid by CEZ <> next year to go
toward pension reform. CEZ, a power firm, pays around 28 billion
crown dividend per year. The state is a 70 percent owner.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
As of next October, the ministry plans lower pensions for
those who retire early, and tighter conditions for granting
widower's pensions.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 6
CZECHS SHOW ANTI-ROMA SENTIMENT: Four out of five Czechs see
the Roma people as an unadaptive minority, a poll by the STEM
agency showed.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 6
POLISH MINE ACQUISITION: Privately held EPH bought a hard
coal mine shaft, Silesia, from Poland's Kompania Weglowa.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 22
HOUSE PRICES KEEP FALLING: Flat prices in Prague have
dropped 11.8 percent so far this year, according to a survey by
the realitymix.cz website.
Mlada fronta Dnes, page 1
HACKERS ATTACK POST SERVICE: Internet hackers attacked the
systems of state-owned mail firm Ceska Posta, damaging its
wholesale ordering system used by retailers in the pre-Christmas
period.
Lidove Noviny, page 1
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