Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 9

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 9 (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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 October inflation data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 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/]
                                
 
============================EVENTS==============================    PRAGUE - Power firm CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> nine-month results news
conference at 0900 GMT. The group is expected to post a 17
percent annual drop in third-quarter net profit, a Reuters poll
showed.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A410M] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE -The lower house of parliament to continue a session.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS==========================
                                
 CEZ RESULTS: Net attributable profit at Czech power group
CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> fell to 11.45 billion crowns in the third
quarter from last year's restated 11.94 billion crowns, CEZ said
on its website on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004486] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ENR]
                                
 
============================TOP NEWS==========================
                                
 STRIKE: The main Czech labour union on Monday called a
one-day strike of public sector workers for Dec. 8 to protest
against the government's planned wage cuts and layoffs.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A7118] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-JOB]
                                
 
                                
 BOGDANKA VS NWR: Poland's sole listed miner Bogdanka
<LWBP.WA> sees state-controlled Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa as a
potential white knight, saving it from a $1.2 billion hostile
bid from Dutch-based New World Resources <NWRSsp.PR>.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A702J] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MRG]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty and Hungary's forint eased on
Monday, as renewed worries over the euro zone periphery pushed
the euro down versus the dollar, while better-than-expected data
gave a slight boost to the Czech crown and Romania's leu.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A709Z] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Colder weather and outages helped support Czech
spot power on Monday while Cal '11 baseload hit a fresh 7-month
low, underlining bearish sentiment about the contract, traders
said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A71V1] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
                                
 DATA ROUNDUP: Czech industrial output rose above forecast in
September, driven by foreign orders, and retail sales also beat
expectations, giving positive signs for gross domestic output
data due out on Friday, data showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6A707N] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]

=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 SOLAR: The energy regulatory office has registered
applications to connect 1,700 MW of solar power plant capacity,
above an earlier estimate of 1,600 MW by the end of the year. So
far, plants with capacity 1,034 MW are working.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 AVG: Software firm AVG Technologies has not made a final
decision on listing shares in Warsaw despite media reports.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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