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• Power shift for Skoda ownership

  31.10.07 17:21 Filed in: The Prague Post EU ruling gives Porsche green light to take over Volkswagen A recent ruling by the European Union’s highest court has cleared the way for the sports car manufacturer Porsche AG to take control of Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker. The ruling, issued by the European Court of Justice Oct. [...]

• Corporate tax fluctuations draw criticism

  23.01.08 17:18 Filed in: The Prague Post The complex and variable tax regime of the Czech Republic has become a black mark on the country in the eyes of corporate investors. That’s the conclusion of a recent Europe-wide survey that ranked the Czech Republic third to last in the overall attractiveness of its corporate tax [...]

• AmCham president audits success

  ČR’s top businesswoman looks to unite chambers Magdalena Souček is an avid golfer, but she hardly finds time to play a round these days. Golf courses aren’t the best place for discussing business anyway, she says. “Although women are supposed to be good at multitasking, when you’re really playing golf, you have to concentrate,” she [...]

• Jelinek targets U.S. kosher market

  27.02.08 15:40 Filed in: The Prague Post Chilean acquisition secures firm’s supply of pears, grapes The Rudolf Jelínek distillery is moving some of the production of its pear brandy a bit further west from its operations in south Moravia — to South America. The Czech distiller, which has recorded strong sales in the U.S. market, [...]

• 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 [...]