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In Business News: the European Commission warns that the aging population
will have a considerable impact on Czech GDP growth; the anti-monopoly
office hands down the highest ever fine to a state body, after the Labour
Ministry awards a contract without a tender; Czech mortgage and
home-building savings loans increase ten times in seven years; sales of
second-hand cars rise by over 20 percent; and the diplomats may be at
loggerheads but trade between the Czech Republic and Cuba rises
considerably.
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Prague court dismisses CSOB's complaint against Japanese bank Nomura. Wireless internet in Prague awaits EU decision. Komercni banka's owner to expand into Slovakia. Czech market attracts more foreigners. Prague 13th most favorable European location for business.
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Skoda Joyster makes its first appearance. High-end hotel business booms in Czech Republic. Orco buys office block in Prague. Telefonica O2 complaint rejected by Brno court. 2007 state budget drafted.
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In business news this week: prime minister Mirek Topolanek rules out euro
adoption by 2010, plans to sell off Prague Airport, the interior ministry
says it wants a strategic partner for the Czech postal service, a
consultancy firm predicts a rise in Czech bankruptcies, Mittal Steel
Ostrava announces 3,500 reduncancies, Microsoft Czech Republic pledges to
double sales, and Lego opens a new distribution centre on the outskirts of
Prague.
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In this week's Business News: a senior CNB official says next year's budget
will be the worst and most dangerous in years; the Czech Republic faces a
huge payout to a Japanese bank after losing an arbitration appeal:
spending on employment policy in this country is among the lowest in the
EU; a power industry figure calls for a quick decision on the building of
a new nuclear power station; and the country's biggest lottery and betting
company is 50 on Friday.
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Can new Telecom owner halt decline in number of fixed line telephones?
Over the last half decade or so there has been a dramatic fall in the
number of old-fashioned, fixed line telephones here in the Czech Republic.
Telefonica O2 (formerly Cesky Telecom) says there are now 2.84 million
fixed line phones in this country - that's close to a million less than in
the year 2000. What has led to this sharp decline? And will services like
TV over the phone persuade Czechs to keep their fixed lines? I spoke to
Emir Halilovic, senior analyst at communications group IDC CEMA.
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Creator explains thinking behind controversial Lidice web "game"
A new internet "game" called Total Burn-out of Lidice has been
making a lot of headlines in recent days. The title refers to the 1942
razing of the Czech village of Lidice and the massacre of its inhabitants,
one of the worst single atrocities of World War II. Visitors to the site
are given the mission of burning the village down, with 10 points for
killing a Czech, or 50 if they are trying to escape. It seems to be in
shocking bad taste, but it actually has a serious purpose - attempt to
start and you are asked "What are you playing at?! This is not a game
but reality". This is followed by a link to the Lidice Memorial
website. Its creator is Jan Binar, the head of the Czech branch of
advertising agency McCann Erickson. I asked him what he was trying to
achieve.
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In Business News: average monthly wages grow by 6.9 percent - 3.9 percent
in real terms; the government approves a steep rise in excise duty on
tobacco products; tens of thousands of Ukrainian workers are taking the
opportunity to legalise their status and escape the influence of criminal
middlemen, says the country's ambassador; sales of downloads slow a
continuing fall in overall music sales; the BBC changes its licence and
gets to stay on the Czech airwaves; and Eurotel is now operating under the
name O2.
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Masaryk University lays trap for copycats
With the increasing availability of different texts in electronic form,
copyright violation has become easier - but also easier to track down.
Experts from Masaryk University in the city of Brno have now launched a
system that can find out within seconds whether a student has used a part
of someone else's dissertation or essay in their work, by comparing the
documents stored in the university's information system.
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First IBM PC launched on the world market 25 years ago
For many of us life without a personal computer would be unthinkable. Would
you believe that the first IBM PC was launched on the world market just 25
years ago this Saturday? In the Czech Republic, an estimated 2.5 million
of the country's 10 million inhabitants now own a PC - and some 400,000
personal computers are sold every year. But what was the situation like
here a quarter of a century ago, when the PC was a luxury and the
Communists were in power? Dita Asiedu spoke to Petr Koubsky of the IT
magazine Inside:
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