Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Oct 1

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 ======================== ECONOMIC DATA ======================== 
    Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September is due out at 
0730. No consensus forecast is available. 
    The Finance Ministry releases end-August budget balance 
 sometime in the afternoon. No consensus forecast is 
available. 
    Real-time economic data releases.................... 
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    Overview of economic data and forecasts.......... 
    Updates on Czech currency.............................[CZK/] 
 
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    SKODA AUTO INVESTMENT: Czech car maker Skoda Auto, a unit of 
Germany's Volkswagen AG , will invest 2 billion euros 
($2.83 billion) into an expansion in the Czech Republic over the 
next five years, a company source said. 
    Story: [ID:nL27891709] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-VOWG.DE] 
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------ 
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change 
                                 close   on day       in 2007 
 PX Index        1,816.3  1,825.3   -0.49        +14.31 
 vs Euro      27.635   27.635   +0.00         -0.49 
 vs Dollar       19.292   19.266   -0.26         +7.79 
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 
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 ==================== ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS ==================== 
    CEZ EURO BOND ISSUE: Electricity firm CEZ  has 
halved the maximum size of its euro medium-term note issuance 
programme to two billion euros, head of financing Jan Brozik 
said. 
    Story: [ID:nPRA001519] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEZPsp.PR] 
 
 ======================= PRESS DIGEST ========================== 
    TV BROADCASTING: The parliament has approved an amendment to 
several media acts, which allows six suspended new stations to 
launch digital terrestrial television broadcasting. The 
newcomers will compete with TV Nova station of Central European 
Media Enterprises (CME)  and TV Prima of Sweden's MTG 
 , both of which will also be expected to 
switch from analog to fully digital broadcasting. 
    The draft has yet to be approved by the Senate and signed by 
the President to become law. 
    Lidove Noviny, page 1 and 7, Saturday's edition 
    Related story: [ID:nL18876277] 
     
    NATURAL GAS PRICES: Households that purchase their natural 
gas from RWE Transgas  pay an average of 4.8 percent 
more from Monday for gas supplies. Prices in Prague and its 
vicinity, which are supplied by Prazska Plynarenska, increase by 
6.2 percent. 
    Pravo, page 4, Saturday edition 
 
 (Reuters has not verified any of the newspaper reports that may 
be quoted above and does not vouch for their accuracy.) 
 
 
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