Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 21

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 21 (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 + 1 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 Czech currency.............................[CZK/]
======================== EVENTS ===============================
                                
 PRAGUE - Conference on EU-U.S. relations - Time for
Reflection" with U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Richard
W.Graber and EU General Secretariat Council Defence Aspects
Director Claude-France Arnould (0800 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]

                                
 PRAGUE - EURO Business Brunch with Deputy Industry and Trade
Minister Tomas Huner and Energy Regulatory Office (ERU) Chairman
Josef Firt (0900 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
========================== TOP NEWS ============================
                                
 ECM PLANS SHARE ISSUE: Czech developer ECM Real Estate
Investments <ECMPsp.PR> (ECM REI) plans to issue new shares in a
private placement to raise fresh capital, the company said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLK614416] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 
                                
 NWR Q3 EARNINGS: Coal miner New World Resources <NWRSsp.PR>
reported 6 percent net profit growth for the third quarter but
warned that 2009 contracts could be hit by a fall in coal
prices.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLK614416] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 
                                
 FINMIN AGAINST EU PLAN: Czech Finance Minister Miroslav
Kalousek said on Thursday he had no no details of a planned
European Commission stimulus package but in any case would not
support it.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLK109663] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EU]
---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  25.750   25.700   -0.19         +2.91
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  20.489   20.453   -0.16        -11.30
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  07,552   07,997   -5.56        -43.07
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
====================== PRESS DIGEST ===========================
                                
 LIQUIDITY: The Czech central bank will offer banks each week
up to three months loans, taking state bonds as collateral, in a
bid to boost operations of the bond market.
                                
 Mlada fronta Dnes, page B2
                                
 
                                
 LUKOIL PLANS: Russia's Lukoil <LKOH.MM> is eyeing a stake in
one of the largest Czech refiner, Lukoil's President Vagit
Alekperov said.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
 NUCLEAR ENERGY: A CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> study showed that
extending the life of one of its two nuclear plants Dukovany by
20 years would cost between 20 billion Czech crowns ($977.5
million) and 40 billion.
                                
 E15, page 10
                                
 
                                
 PENSIONS: Labour Minister Petr Necas proposed that a next
phase of a planned pension reform calls for allowing a voluntary
opt out component.
                                
 E 15, page 1
                                

                                
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