Prague/Hradec Kralove, East Bohemia, April 8 (CTK) – International steel maker ArcelorMittal wants to sell its plant in Ostrava, northern Moravia, with representatives of the company discussing the sale with the Czech Industry and Trade Ministry on Friday, according to the Seznam Zpravy server. ArcelorMittal Ostrava (AMO) steelworks employs about 7,000 people. By ...
Prague, April 6 (CTK) – Czech retail sales, excluding motor vehicles, decelerated their annual growth to 6 percent in February, down from the revised 8.4 percent in January, and a rise in sales via mail order houses and via Internet had the biggest impact, the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) said today. The 6 percent ...
Prague, April 3 (CTK) – Hartenberg, a private equity fund that belongs to trustee funds of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, buys a 51 percent stake in Astratex, Central Europe’s largest online underwear retailer, Hartenberg told CTK in a press release. The price of the deal was not disclosed. Business daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) ...
Prague, April 3 (CTK) – The Czech economy expanded by 5.5 percent in Q4 yr/yr, against the previous estimate of 5.2 percent, and gross domestic product (GDP) for the entire year grew by 4.6 percent, while early in March statisticians estimated a 4.5 percent hike, they said today. Q4’s GDP growth was 0.8 percent ...
