PRAGUE, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank Governor Miroslav Singer to meet
President Vaclav Klaus (1100 GMT).
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EPH IN RUNNING FOR ENEA: Czech Republic's Energeticky a
Prymuslovy Holding (EPH) is back in the race for a controlling
stake at Enea <ENAE.WA> that could be worth as much as 11
billion zloty ($3.8 billion), two sources close to negotiations
told Reuters.
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CEE MARKETS: Hungarian government bonds fell on Wednesday
after the central bank flagged uncertainty about the economy's
prospects, while Polish long-dated paper also weakened after a
bond auction.
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NWR APPROVAL: Coal miner New World Resources's <NWRSsp.PR>
$1.2 billion hostile bid for Polish group Bogdanka <LWBP.WA> has
been approved by anti-monopoly body UOKiK, Bank Handlowy, which
is running the offer, said on Wednesday.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.612 24.607 -0.02 6.48
vs Dollar <CZK=> 18.078 18.113 0.19 1.63
Czech Equities <> 1,143.5 1,143.5 -0.31 2.34
U.S. Equities <> 11,007.88 11,023.5 -0.14 5.56
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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BUDGET CERTAIN: Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said it
was certain the budget would meet its 2010 deficit target and
that he would look at unfreezing hundreds of millions of crowns
in expenditures.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A11
FORWARD CONTRACTS: CEZ <> is in negotiations with
investment banks Morgan Stanley and Credit Agricole on contracts
worth tens of billions of crowns to sell electricity from its
coal plants 10 years ahead.
Mlada Fronta Dnes, page A10
ECM: Developer ECM Real Estate Investments <>
showed a 69.6 million euro loss in the first three quarters.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 23
PRAGUE COALITION: The Civic Democrats and Social Democrats
agreed on a coalition to run Prague City Hall, pushing the
election winner conservative party -- and national government
coalition partner of the Civic Democrats -- TOP09 into
opposition.
Pravo, page 1
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