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Dominator fails to dominate
It isn’t an unusual practice: a well-known sports celebrity sets up a
line of sports clothing. From a marketing perspective, the idea seems
perfect: capitalize on the name-recognition of said sportsperson and either
open a bar, sports-shop or even set up a line of clothing. Dominik Hašek,
former ice-hockey legendary goalkeeper did the latter. But now it seems
that his business venture has hit some bumps in the road. DJ reports:
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In Business News this week: the Czech National Bank lowers the key interest
rate by one-quarter percentage point to 3.5%; some large exporters are
considering pegging employees’ bonuses to the euro; the Prague Stock
Exchange goes on sale; prices of consumer electronics in the Czech Republic
were second lowest in the EU in 2007; and with the Czech market becoming
saturated, shopping centre developers are looking east.
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Government calm over record-breaking Czech crown
In the course of the last 12 months the Czech crown has strengthened by a
staggering 22 percent, becoming the fastest appreciating currency in the
world. While exporters warn that the super-strong crown will inevitably
slow down economic growth, the government sees no threat in the current
exchange rate.
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In this week’s Business News, the planned US radar base in the Czech
Republic will apparently use Czech power and be built with the help of
Czech companies; new statistics from the Czech Labour Ministry reveal that
a record number of foreigners came to work in the Czech Republic;
Koh-i-Noor Hardmuth, a pencil and stationary company in the Czech Republic
has announced plans to close down its České Budějovice production plant
after 160 years; a leading Czech consumer advocacy group called SOS has
warned shoppers to be wary of a misleading practice increasingly used by
many Czech retailers and the Czech energy giant ČEZ has caused controversy
by promoting nuclear power in a children’s magazine published by the
company.
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Strong crown sees Czech companies adopt Euro instead.
The Czech Republic’s official road to adopting the Euro is a long and
winding one. While politicians argue over the pros and cons of embracing
the pan-European currency, it seems that Czech businesses, motivated by an
increasingly strong crown have already made up their minds. Battling
against an increasingly strong crown, many companies that export beyond the
country’s borders are instead choosing to do their business in Euros. The
reasoning is simple – countries importing Czech goods, are assured a
better deal with a weaker currency like the Euro. Dominik Jun spoke to
economist Tomáš Sedláček about this issue and began by asking him why
the switch made sense to Czech businesses:
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Ice cream making in the suburbs of Brno
What should you do when the heat, the dust, and the stuffiness of the
capital all gets too much? Well, for this week’s Panorama, I left Prague
in a bid to make my own ice cream. But before you start thinking that I
swapped Prague for Pisa, or Palermo or Perugia, well, stop. My journey took
me much less far afield. To the outskirts of Brno, to be precise.
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Czech shopping mall boom looks set to continue
The Czech Republic has seen a massive increase in the number of shopping
malls in recent years, with around 60 of them dotted around the country.
Rare a decade ago, large shopping centres are now part of the everyday
lives of millions of Czechs. And while the number of malls keeps on
growing, some major retailers are also making inroads into the corner shop
market.
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This week in Business News: The government is to support Škoda producing
regions, Czech Airlines struggles with high fuel costs, Czechs are starting
to shop for cheaper groceries in Germany, household debt growing faster
than savings and gas prices are set to skyrocket next year.
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In Business News this week: March’s trade surplus is half that of the
same month a year previously; Google ups the ante in the battle for search
supremacy with the launch of a map system for Czech users; Czech coal
magnate Zdeněk Bakala celebrates an extremely successful IPO; after a
sharp increase in property values, the price of old flats in Prague begins
to fall; Czech households pay the lowest prices for electricity in the
central Europe region, says a new study: and sales of high definition
televisions are set to pass out sales of classic sets this year. More
Iconic red and cream Prague trams get new lease of life in Pyongyang
The Prague Transport Authority announced on Tuesday that the first of
twenty reconditioned trams would be shipped to North Korea this week. The
North Korean government are paying about 13 million crowns – that’s
just over 800,000 U.S. dollars - for the second-hand trams, one of
Prague’s most instantly recognisable symbols. But as Rob Cameron reports,
they’re not the first Czech trams to be sent abroad, and not even the
first to be sent to North Korea.
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