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Banks finalize awaited merger
07.11.07 17:30 Filed in: The Prague Post HVB, Zivnostenská unite under UniCredit brand after two years It takes some couples a little longer to move in together. After a two-year honeymoon, Zivnostenská banka and HVB Bank finally merged their operations under the UniCredit brand Nov. 5, creating the fourth-largest bank in the Czech Republic. The [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Dollar millionaires swell in ranks
02.07.08 22:09 Filed in: The Prague Post Increase attributed to economic growth and the robust crown The number of dollar millionaires in the Czech Republic jumped 15 percent last year to 17,000, owing to economic growth, the strong crown and the falling dollar, according to the annual World Wealth Report published by the consulting firm [...]
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Ministry cuts water transport fees
13.02.08 12:15 Filed in: The Prague Post Reduced prices to boost vessels sailing under Czech flag Ahoj remains by far the most popular casual greeting in this landlocked country. Unknown to most, the greeting actually derives from the sailor’s interjection of “ahoy” and spread like wildfire through the population in the 1920s, holding strong ever [...]