Monthly Archive for May, 2010

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• KB rides out SG investing scandal

  06.02.08 16:32 Filed in: The Prague Post French bank unlikely to press for increased dividend payments Komercní banka (KB) is shrugging off speculation that the financial turmoil and takeover talk surrounding its parent bank, the French giant Société Générale (SG), will have any impact on KB’s operations. “The investment banking businesses of Komercní banka and [...]

• Levaruka catering to southpaws

  21.05.08 22:07 Filed in: The Prague Post Store is the country’s first dedicated solely to left-handers Pens smear and make writing unreadable. Potato peelers don’t peel. Computer mice cause hand-cramps. These are the minor obstacles left-handed children and adults face every day. And that’s where a store in Prague 8 selling exclusively left-handed items comes [...]

• Palladium tenants deal with losses

  It’s been such a tough month for the Palladium that its owners may wish the mall, opened with fanfare late last year, were still serving in its previous capacity as military barracks. Fire swept through the mall’s electrical systems in late February, leaving stores and offices without power and closing the building for a month. [...]

• Hatching innovation

  16.01.08 17:01 Filed in: The Prague Post CKD’s business incubator looks to foster start-ups The myth goes that start-ups begin inside a garage. But a new business incubator in Prague–Vysocany is putting the lie to the notion that all small businesses start in such humble circumstances. Right across the street from the incubator, a 19th-century [...]

• Bread winner

  09.01.08 16:07 Filed in: The Prague Post Penam breaks into Bohemian market with automated bakery HERINK, CENTRAL BOHEMIA In the purified atmosphere of a clean room, staff members check the fully automated production process on a touch screen, sorting out irregularities. The final product is treated with UV radiation, and its delivery is tracked using [...]