Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 6

                                
 PRAGUE, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

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 July foreign trade data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 July retail sales data at 0700 GMT.
                                
 July industrial and construction data at 0700 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/]
                                
 
===========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 EURO BOND IN PIPELINE: The Czech Finance Ministry named
three banks on Friday as lead managers for a euro-denominated
Eurobond issue it said would take place in the "near future".
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6820NS]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Emerging European currencies got a boost on
Friday from better than expected U.S. payroll figures that were
seen risk positive and may result in further currency gains in
the coming days, dealers said. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6820F1]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                

                                
 CEE POWER: Czech power for the next working day rose on
Friday, supported by outages in the region and rising demand as
schools start and factories ramp up after the summer holidays,
traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6821AF]  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=>   24,643     24,691    0,19       6,36
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>   19,018     19,208    0,99      -3,49
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,171,1    1,171,1     -0,6       4,82
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 10,447,93  10,320,1      1,24      0,19
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
GMT
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 SKODA HIRES WORKERS: Volkswagen's <VOWG.DE> Czech unit Skoda
Auto hired almost 1,000 temporary workers in August and will
need hundreds of additional employees in September as new orders
grow.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
 INCOME TAX: Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek plans to
propose a new income tax bill in the beginning of 2011, which
will remove the existing regressive taxation that there is above
the ceiling on social and health insurance payments.
                                
 Pravo, page 2
                                
 
                                
 VAT: The lower value added tax rate will likely be raised to
12 percent from 10 percent in April next year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
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