Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 16

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)

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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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 LUXEMBURG - ECM Real Estate Investments <ECMPsp.PR> to
release third quarter results after markets hours. Conference
call with investors due to at 1530 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RES]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS==========================
                                
 NWR EARNINGS POLL: Czech hard coal miner New World Resources
(NWR) <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> is expected to swing to a 68.7
million euro ($93.95 million) net profit in the third quarter,
thanks to rising coal prices, a Reuters poll showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AE1IU] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-RESF]
                                
 
                                
 RUSSIAN BANK DENIES BUYING PPF'S UNIT: Russian state bank
VTB <VTBR.MM> denied on Monday it was in talks with Czech group
Home Credit to buy its Russian unit Home Credit and Finance Bank
(HCF).
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AE0NN] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 PPI TOUCH BELOW FCAST: Czech industrial producer prices were
unchanged month-on-month in October and rose by 2.6 percent
year-on-year, a touch below market expectations, data showed on
Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AE06C] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 TYCHO BRAHE DEATH: All the suspects died some 400 years ago
but a hunt began on Monday to prove whether Danish astronomer
Tycho Brahe may have died of poisoning in 1601.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AE0VA] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-LIFE]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The zloty was little moved after Polish
inflation was below forecast on Monday, losing with most other
emerging European currencies as concerns over Ireland's debt
problems dented sentiment in the region.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AE06P] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Colder weather and less wind generation drove
Czech spot prices up 5.5 percent on Monday, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6AE1PO] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2010
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>   24,593   24,613        0,08      6,55
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>   18,096   18,777        3,63      1,53
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,147,1    1,147,1     -0,74      2,67
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,201,97  11,192,58     0,08      7,42
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
 
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 REAL ESTATE DEAL: Ceska Sporitelna <ERST.VI> real estate
fund REICO acquired the Melantrich building in the centre of
Prague, at Wenceslas square, for 40 million euros ($55.88
million) from La Salle in the third largest deal on the Czech
market so far this year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
 ECM CALLS BOND HOLDERS MEETING: Developer ECM <ECMPsp.PR>
called a meeting of bondholders for Dec 4 to approve its debt
restructuring plan.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 4
                                
  
                                
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