PRAGUE, Jan 14 (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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November industrial and construction data at 0800 GMT.
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PRAGUE - 52-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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ORCO DEAL: Orco Property Group <> said on Wednesday
its bondholders had rejected a restructuring plan aimed at
cutting the company's debts and raising capital.
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CEE MARKETS: The Romanian leu and the Hungarian forint hit
multi-month highs on Wednesday as cautious optimism resumed
after Tuesday's falls, but mixed results at debt tenders showed
the rally remained fragile.
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CEE BONDS: Poland and the Czech Republic, both facing record
borrowing needs, enjoyed varying fortunes that reflected
expectations for their respective currencies when they tapped
the market for fresh funds on Wednesday.
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BOND AUCTION: Demand for 10-year Czech state bonds in this
year's first auction on Wednesday was thin, sending a bad signal
to open a year when the Czechs face record high borrowing.
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CEZ IN POLAND: Czech utility CEZ <> plans to build
a gas-fired power block in its southern-Poland plant in Skawina
for 400 million euros ($582 million), a CEZ official responsible
for new installations in Poland said on Wednesday.
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RETAIL: Czech retail sales fell by 4.9 percent year-on-year
in November, a much bigger drop than analysts' forecast, data
showed on Wednesday.
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FLAT VAT: Civic Democrats (ODS) are looking at unifying the
two rates for value-added tax with a single rate.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
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