Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 19

                                
 PRAGUE, Sept 19 (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 + 2 hours)
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 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on Czech currency.............................[CZK/]
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 BRNO - 50th International Engineering Fair 
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MAC]
                                
 
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 PRAGUE BOURSE HALTES TRADING IN DEVELOPERS: The Prague Stock
Exchange (PSE) briefly halted trading in shares of developers
Orco Property Group <ORCO.PA> <ORCOsp.PR> and ECM <ECMPsp.PR> on
Thursday following the stocks' slump.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI385129] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REAM]
                                
 
                                
 SANOFI GETS APPROVAL FOR ZENTIVA BID: The Czech central bank
(CNB) approved a request by Sanofi-Aventis <SASY.PA> to extend
the French drugmaker's offer for Zentiva <ZNTVsp.PR> until
November 28, the CNB said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI214856] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REAM]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 1,178.0  1,187.6   -0.81        -35.10
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  24.060   24.025   -0.15        +10.14
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  16.886   16.712   -1.09         +7.53
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  11,020   10,610   +3.86        -16.93
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
                                
 
======================= PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 REBEL MP MAY NOT BACK CABINET: Former finance minister
Vlastimil Tlusty of the ruling right-wing Civic Democrats said
he may not back the minority cabinet in a no-confidence vote
expected next month but left the door open to changing his
opinion.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
 ECM CONSIDERS SCALING BACK: Real estate developer ECM
<ECMPsp.PR> is considering halting some projects and inviting
strategic partners to join others as funding tightens amid the
global credit crisis. The firm's stock has lost over 80 percent
this year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 18.
                                
 
                                
 EXPORT ORDER DROP: Export orders for Czech-made computers
dropped 40 percent year-on-year in June and other sectors are
also feeling a drop in demand.
                                
 Mlada fronta Dnes, page B2.
                                
 
                                
 GREEN CARDS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS: The upper house of
parliament approved a bill to issue green cards to foreign
workers needed for jobs not filled by Czechs. 
                                
 E15, page 3
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
                                
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