Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on July 24

...ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours) 
 
 ======================== ECONOMIC DATA ======================== 
    No economic data are due out on Tuesday. The next scheduled 
indicator release is on Tuesday, July 31, when the central bank 
publishes June M2 money supply. 
    Real-time economic data releases.................... 
 
    Previous stories on Czech data............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI] 
    Overview of economic data and forecasts......... 
    Updates on Czech currency............................[CZK/] 
 
 ========================== TOP STORY ========================== 
    CSOB DISPUTE: The government has filed a claim for 26.7 
billion crowns ($1.3 billion) in compensation from bank CSOB 
over its takeover in 2000 of failed bank IPB from the state. 
    Story: [ID:nL23431373] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-KBKBt.BR] 
 
 ======================= MARKET SNAPSHOT ======================= 
 Index/Unit           Value          Change          Pct Change 
 PX             1866.1           11.2            0.60 
 DJIA         13943.4           92.3            0.67 
 EUR/CZK      28.220         -0.040         -0.14 
 USD/CZK         20.386         -0.005         -0.02 
 EUR/USD          1.3823         0.0007         0.05 
 EUR/JPY     166.76          -0.89          -0.53 
 5Y YIELD   4.29 
 15Y YIELD  4.72 
 Previous close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 
 
 ==================== ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS ==================== 
    FISCAL REFORMS: Coalition deputies have until Aug. 13 to 
submit changes to the package of tax adjustments and social 
spending cuts proposed by the government. Prime Minister Mirek 
Topolanek and his cabinet members will then meet all 100 
coalition deputies to decide what changes will be put to a vote 
in the lower house of parliament. 
    Hospodarske Noviny, page 1  
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD-POL] 
     
    E.ON EYES CZECH PLANT: Energy group Czech Coal and Germany's 
E.ON  are leading talks to build a joint 1,200 megawatt 
(MW) coal-fired power plant in the Czech Republic. 
    Story: [nL23488644] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EONG.DE] 
     
    EU TREATY: Poland backed down on a key objection to a treaty 
to reform European Union institutions on Monday, allowing the 
bloc to proceed with negotiations to turn the political deal 
reached last month into a legal text. 
    Story: [nL2355951] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-EU] 
     
     
 
 
 
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