Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 24

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 November confidence indicators at 0800 GMT
                                
 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/]
                                
 
============================EVENTS==========================
                                
 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session
(www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm). News conference to follow.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - 11-year government bond auction <CZ1002851=>.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Coal mining firm New World
Resources (NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> to hold an extraordinary
shareholders' meeting. Information to the proposed acquisition
of Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka Spolka Akcyjna <LWBP.WA> on the
schedule.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MIN]
============================TOP NEWS==========================
                                
 CEZ OFFERS TO BUY BACK OR SWAP EURO NOTES: Czech electricity
utility CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> said on Tuesday it was offering to buy
back three euro-denominated bond issues for cash or new debt.
                                
Story: [ID:nPRG004516] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CZECHS EXTEND DEAL TO USE ITALY OIL PIPE: Czech state oil
shipper MERO has extended a contract to use spare capacity on
the TAL pipeline from Italy to import extra crude oil if supply
via the Druzhba link from Russia is halted, the government said
on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AM11P] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-OIL]
                                
 
                                
 KBC TO FLOAT CSOB IN PRAGUE AND WARSAW: Belgian banking and
insurance group KBC <KBC.BR> plans to float its Czech unit CSOB
both in Warsaw and Prague, three market sources told Reuters.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AM1O7] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-IPO]
                                
 
                                
 FORTUNA EXCERCISES PART OF GREEN SHOE: Czech betting company
Fortuna <FOREsp.PR> said on Tuesday the manager of its initial
public offering had exercised part of an overallotment option on
Nov. 19.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004515] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-IPO]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Emerging European currencies dipped on Tuesday
as investors pulled back from riskier assets, and the zloty
eased a touch after the Polish central bank left interest rates
unchanged.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AM0LB] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power rose on Tuesday on cold
weather and moderate wind production in the region while Cal '11
baseload retreated from a more than month-high, following gas
and coal down, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AM1MS] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2010
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     24,681     24,697    0,06       6,22
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     18,44     18,354    -0,47      -0,34
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,122    1,122       -1,71       0,42
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,036,37  11,178,58     -1,27      5,83
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
 =========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 OIL DELIVERIES FROM RUSSIA: Russia's Transneft <TRNF_p.MM>
spokesman says the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia could
see a reduction in deliveries of Russian oil via the Druzhba
pipeline after Belarus used one branch of the pipeline to import
oil from Venezuela. But experts told the paper there was no such
threat and Russia was merely putting pressure on Belarus in a
dispute over creation of a customs union.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 EVRAZ TO BOOST OUTPUT: Russia's Evraz Group SA <HK1q.L> Vice
President Pavel Tatyanin said the company planned to double
output over the next two years and its Czech unit was its
flagship in central Europe.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
                                
 
                                
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