PRAGUE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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MLADA BOLESLAV - Skoda Auto, a unit of Germany's Volkswagen
<VOWG.DE>, should release nine-month results.
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LISBON: President Vaclav Klaus has promised to sign the EU
Lisbon Treaty provided he gets the Czech opt-out from the EU
charter of rights he has long demanded, Prime Minister Jan
Fischer said on Wednesday.
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CROWN: The Czech crown fell to its lowest level since June
on Tuesday, hit by a dollar recovery that put pressure on
central Europe's markets. []
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EU TREATY SCENARIOS: The Czech Constitutional Court will
probably rule on the European Union's reform treaty on Nov. 3,
when it may remove one of the last remaining hurdles to a
charter meant to streamline the bloc's decision-making process.
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STILL NO RULING ON EU TREATY: The top Czech court heard a
complaint against the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Tuesday
but put off a ruling, most likely until Nov 3, extending
uncertainty over the bloc's key reform plan.
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LEADERS WANT QUICK DECISION ON LISBON: The Czech
constitutional court adjourned a hearing on a legal challenge to
the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty on Tuesday and said it
would probably deliver a ruling next week.
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LEFTIST LEAD SHRINKS: The Czech left-wing Social Democrats
(CSSD) saw its opinion poll lead over the main rightist party,
the Civic Democrats (ODS), narrow ahead of an election in
mid-2010, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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CEE MARKETS: Emerging Europe's currencies were down on
Tuesday, with the Polish zloty leading losses and the Czech
crown near a three-month low on the back of a sharp fall in the
euro/dollar and investors' pullback from risk.
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CEZ GERMAN DEAL: Czech utility CEZ <> filed a bid
for a 21.3 percent stake at German utility Enso held by Sweden's
Vattenfall [], CEZ said in a statement filed to the
Warsaw bourse.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
Czech Equities <> 1152,3 1152,3 -1,43 34,27
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 26,587 26,589 0,01 0,62
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18,074 18,064 -0,06 5,44
U.S. Equities <> 9762,69 9882,17 -1,21 11,24
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600
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CEZ COAL DEAL: Power group CEZ <> is close to a
settlement of a long term dispute with brown coal miner Czech
Coal. In a planned deal, CEZ would swap its Pocerady coal fired
plant for Czech Coal's mine CSA, the paper reports, quoting an
unnamed Czech Coal source.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
CME'S CZECH UNIT: Operating profit at Czech TV Nova, TV
group CME's <> <CETV.O> biggest earner, fell to $61
million in the first nine months from $114 million in the same
period last year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
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