February 9, 2006

In our entry of January 25th we talked about moving all the books to relieve areas that have become crammed and to make room for new books. Well phase one of that project was completed today. We still will have a lot of books to move when the eleven sections of new shelving arrive and are installed. So a...  

When the Czech Republic's crown-jewel film studios, Barrandov, changed management last year, industry insiders didn't really expect much to happen.  

For about a year Petr Chrudimsky, a 22-year-old student, has been considering buying an apartment in a new building in Prague. He doesn't really need to have his own place right now, and could use more time to save money, so he planned to wait a few years before making the investment.  

It might not be true that an opportunity missed is one lost forever, but CEZ, the country\'s largest power company, is not taking any chances. The electricity giant is using its massive cash stores to pursue acquisitions in nearly every country in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in a push to solidify its...  

When LG Philips Displays announced at the end of January it was stopping production at its Czech television-screen plant because the company ran out of money, Michal Mika, the general director of rival screen maker Tesla Ecimex, wasn't very surprised.  

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has appointed two new partners in its assurance services department: Marek Richter and Alexander Srank. Richter will oversee the activities of the consulting firm\'s Moravian offices in Brno and Ostrava.