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• Terminal decay

  České dráhy receives little developer interest in program to revitalize dilapidated train stations While the modernization of Prague’s main train station is underway and on schedule, an ambitious program to renovate smaller stations throughout the country in cooperation with private business is faltering, according to the effort’s architect, the state-controlled railway company České dráhy (ČD). [...]

• Zetor tractors plowing into Poland

  As the Poles enlarge their farms, Moravian tractors follow For a long time, it seemed that tractor manufacturer Zetor had seen its best days under communism. In the 1990s, the company had to be bailed out by the state several times after posting operating losses in order to save jobs at its factory in Brno, [...]

• Russian plant a boon for Škoda, Volkswagen

  05.12.07 16:54 Filed in: The Prague Post Carmaker expects to save up to 10 percent off customs tariffs Czech automaker Škoda Auto expects to benefit from rapid growth on Russia’s car market and cut customs tariffs with its new plant near Moscow, built in conjunction with parent company Volkswagen. ?Škoda’s first Octavia, its hugely popular [...]

• Freeing up some space

  09.04.08 15:24 Filed in: The Prague Post Push to accelerate end of rent control could stabilize housing investments Bonus bucks for the affluent or social assistance to those in dire need? Few issues are as controversial as rent control. After sitting dormant for several years, the Civic Democrats (ODS) are stirring the rent-control pot again, [...]

• Bank customers drowning in a tide of fraudulent e-mails

  19.03.08 21:42 Filed in: The Prague Post Ceská sporitelna (CS) has a phishing problem. Since the beginning of the year, the bank has seen a rapid increase in the number of fraudulent e-mails and fake Web sites targeting its customers. The attacks use a scam method popularly known as “phishing” to persuade CS customers into [...]