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• Listed tax dodgers safe for now

  19.03.08 21:40 Filed in: The Prague Post Investigators worldwide are trawling through a list of more than 1,250 suspected tax evaders who stashed their money in the small European state of Liechtenstein, a notoriously opaque tax haven. But Czechs are not among those poring over the records, initially obtained by the German government through a [...]

• Utility defends hedging against crown's rise

  23.04.08 15:58 Filed in: The Prague Post ?EZ’s impact on currency exaggerated Earlier this month, reports surfaced that the state-controlled energy giant, ?EZ, had contributed significantly to the precipitous rise of the crown by converting billions of euros to crowns to hedge its currency risks. ?EZ is not looking to make money off the crown; [...]

• He's got that thang for blues twang

  17.10.07 15:27 Filed in: The Prague Post Javurek workshop produces 150 instruments yearly with authentic “Dobro” design This guitar is the sound of the Mississippi Delta blues. Its brash metallic tone conjures up the atmosphere of a juke joint in Memphis, where the foundations for American popular music were laid. In the heyday of the [...]

• Euro intro unlikely by 2012

  24.10.07 17:45 Filed in: The Prague Post PM Topolánek says earlier target dates would be ‘irresponsible’ In a televised debate with his Slovak counterpart, Robert Fico, Nov. 18, Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek (Civic Democrats) said it would be “irresponsible” for the Czech Republic to adopt the euro by 2012. The debate marked the first time [...]

• Milk prices rise on Chinese interest

  There’s no surer sign of the country’s increasing integration into the global economy than this: China’s newfound zest for milk and a drought in Australia have caused a recent uptick in dairy prices. “Production of milk has dropped not only in Australia, but also in Argentina and Brazil,” said Michal Němec, director of the Bohemian-Moravian [...]