PRAGUE, Feb 17 (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 - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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DOCTORS ACCEPTED WAGE DEAL: Thousands of Czech hospital
doctors agreed on Wednesday to take back their resignations and
accept a wage offer from the government, ending a threat of a
crisis in acute care.
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TELEFONICA Q4 NET SEEN SLIDING: Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
<> is expected to show a 19 percent annual drop in the
fourth quarter net profit on lower fixed-line and mobile
revenues, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.
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PENSION REFORM CLOSE: Ruling parties in the Czech Republic,
working to defuse the fiscal time bomb set by an ageing
population, will agree reforms to the country's pension system
within days, Prime Minister Petr Necas said on Wednesday.
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KOMERCNI HIKES DIV, BUT SHARES DROP: Komercni Banka
<> will pay a much larger dividend this year after
fourth-quarter net profit beat expectations, although the Czech
lender cannot fully commit to such a high payout in future, its
finance chief said.
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CEE POWER MKTS SEEN COMBING: The Czech and Slovak grid
operators will look to combine their power markets with Hungary
as a step toward integrating the central European region with
western electricity markets, they said on Wednesday.
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BOND MARKET REFORM: Czech bond dealers have cautiously
welcomed Finance Ministry proposals to overhaul the secondary
bond market to raise transparency, but some doubt that the
changes can be implemented by July 1 as planned.
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CEE MARKETS: Czech day-ahead prices were steady on Wednesday
as a few plant outages and cold weather in the region appeared
to offset a decrease in wind generation.
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CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead prices were steady on Wednesday
as a few plant outages and cold weather in the region appeared
to offset a decrease in wind generation.
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Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2011
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24,322 24,343 0,09 2,71
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17,911 18,045 0,74 4,06
Czech Equities <> 1,250,1 1,250,1 0,22 2,07
U.S. Equities <> 12,288,17 12,226,64 0,5 6,14
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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PENSION REFORM: Economic ministers are scheduled to meet on
Thursday and could find an agreement on the final form of the
pension reform, the paper reports, citing unnamed sources.
Pravo, page 2
PENSION FUNDS: Czech pension funds won 133,000 new clients
last year to 4.53 million, a slowdown from 2009 when nearly
500,000 new clients joined.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
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