Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 19

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 19 (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 hour)

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 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/]
                                

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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.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Developer Orco Property Group <ORCOsp.PR> should
release third quarter results.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-REA]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 CBANKER HAMPL: The next move in Czech interest rates could
either be a cut or a hike and it should not be assumed they were
at their lowest despite a risk inflation could rise above
expectations, central bank Vice Governor Mojmir Hampl said. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI88687] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS:  Romania's leu touched a five-week high on
Wednesday to gain with other central European currencies that
have been boosted by stronger investor appetite on the back of a
weaker dollar. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI558724] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CSOB LISTING: KBC <KBC.BR> will sell a 30 to 40 percent
minority stake in Czech bank CSOB in 2010 on the Prague stock
exchange in what is expected to be the largest listing in the
bourse's history.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI109957] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 NWR Q3: New World Resources (NWR), the largest Czech hard
coal miner, made another quarterly net loss on lower demand
from steel producers, but nudged up its 2009 output target as
the steel sector begins to recover.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI48612] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MIN]
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 AVG IPO: Czech-based AVG Technologies could list shares in
2010, and is considering the London stock exchange or Nasdaq.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CSA FINANCES: Czech Airlines' (CSA) financial situation is
improving, helping it gain trust of banks for financing and
limiting need to sell assets, officials said.
                                
 The airline also named Michal Mejstrik as its new
supervisory board chairman.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)