Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 22

                                
 PRAGUE, Oct 22 (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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 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 - Prague Stock Exchange to start conditional trading
with betting company Fortuna <FOREsp.PR>
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GAME]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Start of second round of Senate election, with
polls to close on Saturday. A third of Senate sets are being
contested.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
======================OVERNIGHT/MORNING NEWS=================
                                
 FORTUNA IPO: Czech betting group Fortuna <FOREsp.PR> said it
has raised 78.3 million euros ($109 million) in an initial
public share offer that was nearly twice oversubscribed.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004458] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GAME]
                                
 
                                
 FORTUNA IPO PRICE: Czech Republic's betting firm Fortuna
Entertainment Group <FOREsp.PR> valued its initial public
offering at 78.3 million euros, the company said late on
Thursday, confirming Reuters' earlier unofficial information. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nN21121055] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-IPO]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS==========================
                                
 NWR/BOGDANKA: Polish coal miner Bogdanka <LWBP.WA> rejected
a $1.2 billion takeover bid from regional rival New World
Resources (NWR) <NWRSsp.PR>, saying on Thursday it significantly
undervalued the company.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE69K0FR] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 CBANKER HAMPL: Czech central bank Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl
said on Thursday he did not believe monetary policy conditions
had changed significantly since the bank's Sept. 23 interest
rate meeting. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE69K0VQ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Hungarian forint and the Polish zloty
firmed with the help of rising stocks on Thursday but took no
further boost from the Polish central bank's minutes. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE69K0AB] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 FEATURE-DOCTORS' MOVE: After years of long hours and low
pay, Czech doctor Petr Klimak is threatening to quit and join an
exodus taking many to western Europe.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6970LS] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-HEA]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech spot power prices were up nearly 4 percent
on Thursday on lower nuclear supplies in the region, traders
said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE69K1TN] 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=>     24.596     24.572    -0.1       6.54
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     17.622     17.546    -0.43      4.11
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,140      1,140         0.73      2.03
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,146.57  11,107.97      0.35      6.89
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 NEXT BOOM: Prime Minister Petr Necas said he wants to
monitor the biomass energy sector to avoid a repeat of the solar
boom that threated to raise power prices.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 11
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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