Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 10

                                
 PRAGUE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 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 Czech currency.............................[CZK/]
=========================== EVENTS =============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Meeting of the COSAC Chairpersons and the Troika
(Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of
Parliaments of the European Union) to continue.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EU]
                                
 
============================NEWS================================
                                
 PLANE TICKET HOME: The Czech Republic will offer a free
plane ticket and 500 euros ($649) to foreign workers who
voluntarily agree to return home after losing their jobs in the
economic downturn, the government said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9450886] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-JOB]
                                
 
                                
 CEE FX REBOUND: Currencies in Central Europe jumped on
Monday, erasing earlier losses, with Poland's zloty taking the
lead, but the global appetite for risk may have rebounded only
for the short term, dealers said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9182214] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CROWN RALLY OVERDONE: Barclays Capital recommends selling
the Czech crown at its current levels, saying the currency's
recent rally would be short-lived due to poor growth and
competitiveness outlooks, it said on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9563005] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 PPF WITHDRAWS ZENTIVA CHALLENGE: Czech financial group PPF
withdrew a court petition aimed to prompt Czech drug maker
Zentiva <ZNTVsp.PR> to call an extraordinary meeting to provide
detail of a takeover bid by Sanofi-Aventis <SASY.PA>, PPF said
on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA002362] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRU]
                                
 
                                
 JOBLESS GROW: The Czech jobless rate jumped by almost a
percentage point in January and Slovak industry showed its worst
contraction in a decade, as evaporating demand from the euro
zone batters ex-communist central Europe.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9215792] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 GDP OUTLOOK NEGATIVE: The global economic crisis knocked
central Europe to its knees in the fourth quarter of last year,
dashing hopes it could escape without pain, a Reuters poll
showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9642212] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 EU SUMMIT CALLED: The Czech presidency of the European Union
called on Monday for an emergency summit on the economic crisis
as a row between Prague and Paris escalated over French plans to
help its ailing auto sector.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9376889] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EU]
                                
 
                                
 SARKOZY THREATENS LISBON: Czech ratification of the EU's
Lisbon treaty has been jeopardised by comments made by French
President Nicolas Sarkozy, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek
was quoted on Monday as saying.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL9255410] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2009
 Czech Equities  <.PX>   761.1    761.1   +0.00          n/a 
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  27.855   27.845   -0.04         -3.82
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  21.612   21.575   -0.08        -11.50
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>   8,271    8,281   -0.12         -5.76
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600 GMT
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 CEZ FINALISING NEW BUYBACK: Power group CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> has
got approval to cancel existing shares it holds and is
finalising plans for a new buyback.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 PPF' DROPPED CHALLENGE: Financial group PPF's withdrawal of
a court petition against Zentiva <ZNTVsp.PR> does not mean it
plans to sell its stake to Sanofi-Aventis <SASY.PA> in the
French group's buyout offer, A PPF spokesman said.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B1
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jason Hovet)