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In Business News this week: end of the road for many Czech truckers; Tatra
pins hopes on facelifts; Prague pushes for changes in EU deficit rules;
Finance Ministry retreats from tax perk attack; and a Czech cheese provokes
French farmers.
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In this week’s Business News: Czechs shun shops for non-essential buys;
lawmakers vote to curb solar power boom; Czech Railways pledges revamp of
passenger carriages; banks seek loans guarantee from Tatra; and ČSOB share
sale reportedly delayed.
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In this week’s Business News: Janota’s second package; the crusading
central banker; end of the road for Tatra workers; a brash US
restaurant concept comes to the Czech Republic; and the tale of the slow
burning merger. More
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In today's Business News: The Czech National Bank cut interest rates by
half a point to 2.25 percent this week; Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has
warned against excessive regulation and government intervention during the
current global economic crisis; car maker Škoda Auto will halt car
production on Friday evening for three weeks; the Tatra company, famous for
building trucks and other large vehicles is to begin a series of phased
layoffs totalling 1,400 people by the end of next year; the soft-drink
company Kofola, maker of a cola drink of the same name, has received a 12
million crown fine from the country’s anti-monopoly commission and the
Czech government has approved a programme which binds it to replacing
government cars with more eco-friendly models.
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Current AffairsCzech companies to cut thousands of jobs
The Czech Republic is now beginning to be more affected by the world
financial crisis. After a number of industrial companies announced cutting
thousands of jobs, the government has, for the first time, admitted taking
action to help the economy.
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In Mailbox today: The Czech national anthem; the size of the Czech
Republic’s population; transcripts of Radio Prague broadcasts; the Tatra
company’s plans to revive its T87 model; discussion forums on RP’s
website; the number of internet users in the Czech Republic. Listeners
quoted: Aloisie Krasny, Rassem Ben Brahim, Aaron Barnes, Bob Boundy, Walter
Knitl, Ashraful Islam.
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Current AffairsTatra truck maker to revive vintage T87 car after public poll
Today the Czech company Tatra is known for making trucks. But in the past
it made cars, including some of the all-time classic Czech automobiles. As
part of a plan to bring back some of its classic cars, Tatra had the novel
idea of allowing the public to vote on which should be revived. The outcome
of the poll has just been announced, and the winner is the aerodynamic
Tatra T87, as driven by the great Czech explorers Hanzelka and Zikmund.
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