PRAGUE, July 28 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday:
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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CROWN FIRMING HAS "BECOME UNHINGED": The Czech crown
<EURCZK=> has strengthened excessively and is influencing the
central bank's stance on interest rates, vice-governor Mojmir
Hampl said.
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CENTRAL BANKER HAMPL TO MISS AUG 7 MEETING: Czech central
bank Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl will miss the bank's Aug. 7
monetary policy meeting due to vacation, he said.
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CZECH BRUECKNER NEW AUSTRIAN COACH: Former Czech Republic
coach Karel Brueckner has been appointed Austria coach, the
Austrian Football Federation said.
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ERSTE CUTS ZENTIVA RATING, RASIES TARGET: Erste Bank cut
generic drug maker Zentiva <> to "hold" from
"accumulate" but raised its target price to 1,155 crowns from
1,120.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2008
Czech Equities <> 1,433.7 1,441.6 -0.55 -21.01
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 23.790 23.790 +0.00 +11.39
vs Dollar <CZK=> 15.103 15.116 +0.00 +20.20
U.S. Equities <> 11,371 11,349 +0.19 -14.28
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
====================== PRESS DIGEST ===========================
FIRMS EYEING WEB PORTAL SEZNAM: Several industry groups and
financial investors have shown interest in buying the country's
largest web portal Seznam, including domestic media group
Mediatel and Google <GOOG.O>, for a price of at least $900
million.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
CEZ FAVOURITE IN TENDER FOR ROMANIAN WIND PARK: Power group
CEZ <> is the favourite to win a tender to build a 345
megawatt wind park in Romania worth more than 60 million euros
($94.21 million).
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
OPPOSITION PUSHES FOR QUICK EURO ADOPTION: The opposition
Social Democrats pushed the government to set a euro adoption
date as a defence against the firming crown.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 8
SLOWDOWN, FALLING COMPTETIVENESS UNFAVOURABLE: A slowdown in
western Europe and falling competitiveness of Czech
manufacturers is unfavourable for the economy, central bank
Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl said.
Slovakia's SME, page 7
HOUSEHOLD POWER PRICE RISE UNDER 10 PCT NEXT YEAR: The rise
in household electricity prices next year will be less than 10
percent, CEZ chief executive Martin Roman said in an interview.
Blesk, page 3
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