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30-03-2007 15:41 | Coilin O'Connor

In Business News this week: Skoda is voted the best Czech company for the second year running; there has been a sharp rise in Czech property prices, and it looks like Starbucks will be coming to the Czech Republic:  More

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11-03-2007 | Pavla Horáková

Today: Reception in New Zealand, Prague taxi drivers, Czech TV drama about Czech paratroopers during WWII, Czech Republic's anti-smoking laws. Listeners quoted: Bob Boundy, Catherine Kraina, Don Schumann, Henry Loeser, Aloisie Krasny.  More

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09-03-2007 15:32 | Ian Willoughby

In Business News: new figures show GDP growth in 2006 was 6.1 percent, equalling the record set the previous year; the average monthly wage has passed the 20,000 crown mark; unemployment is at its lowest level in eight years; Czech Airlines makes a smaller loss than expected; Czech Railways sees a slight increase in passenger numbers; the road tolling system could be intensified considerably, says the transport minister: and Skoda reveal the newest version of their popular Fabia.  More

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23-02-2007 16:13 | Coilin O'Connor

In Business News this week: energy giant CEZ posts profits of more than a billion euro; Skoda Auto also enjoys record profits; the number of foreign tourists visiting the country has dropped in most areas, and Czech employees are wasting millions of work hours playing computer games.  More

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11-02-2007 | Pavla Horáková

This week in Mailbox: the origin of the name of Jan Zizka of Trocnov, Radio Prague jingles, North Korean workers in the Czech Republic, Skoda cars in winter. Listeners quoted: Timothy Merkel, Angela Golas, George Derringer, Jonathan Murphy, Don Schumann.  More

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12-01-2007 16:01 | Rob Cameron

Coming up in this week's business news, a fourth mobile operator for the Czech Republic? Czechs emerge unscathed from Russia's spat with Belarus over oil supplies. Anheuser Busch and Budejovicky Budvar sign a US distribution deal despite their ongoing "Budweiser" trademark war. All that and much more in this week's business news.  More

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24-11-2006 14:16 | Ian Willoughby

Photo: CTK In Business News: Radiokomunikace fetches the highest price ever recorded in the purchase of a private company in this country; the strategically important state company Skodaexport is to be put up for sale; Skoda Auto produces its 500,000th car this year; the transport minister casts doubt on the ability of Kapsch to launch on time an electronic toll system for trucks; environmentalists strike an "historic" deal with Hyundai; and how much do you think the average Czech is planning to spend this Christmas?  More

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03-11-2006 14:06 | Ian Willoughby

In Business News this week: the government prepares to intervene as the national air carrier CSA continues to lose money; the car maker Skoda announces a record jump in profits - and a healthy rise in sales; the financial police's biggest ever operation ends with 100 arrested for cigarette counterfeiting; CD and DVD prices are cut as manufacturers struggle to compete with home copying; and could a new road tolls system lead to inflation?  More

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