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In Business News this week: Skoda is voted the best Czech company for the second year running; there has been a sharp rise in Czech property prices, and it looks like Starbucks will be coming to the Czech Republic:

In Business News this week: Prague is the most popular location for house buyers, an independent audit declares the new road-toll system a success, the government is to sell a significant stake in the CEZ energy giant, and Czechs will buy more laptop than desktop computers for the first time ever this year.

In Business News this week: the Czech government is thinking about selling off a substantial part of its stake in energy giant CEZ; Czech imports to Iraq have increased fourfold since 2003; Pilsner Urquell is to begin selling beer in vending machines, and the Finance Ministry wants to raise one of the country's VAT rates.

In Business News: new figures show GDP growth in 2006 was 6.1 percent, equalling the record set the previous year; the average monthly wage has passed the 20,000 crown mark; unemployment is at its lowest level in eight years; Czech Airlines makes a smaller loss than expected; Czech Railways sees a slight increase in passenger numbers; the road tolling system could be intensified considerably, says the transport minister: and Skoda reveal the newest version of their popular Fabia.

In Business News this week: the number of Czechs with a private pension plan rises by almost ten percent to 3.6 million; the second phase of the Czech Republic's truck tolling system will mostly use satellite technology; Industry and Trade Minister Martin Riman wants to extend the mining limits for brown coal in two mines in north Bohemia; the Czech food production industry sees record sales last year, but is nevertheless in difficulties; and the number of Czechs buying a second home for recreational purposes is on the rise.

In Business News this week: energy giant CEZ posts profits of more than a billion euro; Skoda Auto also enjoys record profits; the number of foreign tourists visiting the country has dropped in most areas, and Czech employees are wasting millions of work hours playing computer games.

In Business News this week: the Constitutional Court rules against an amendment to a law giving compensation to clients of three bankrupt banks; The Czech Consolidation Agency makes a large loss though by its standards the results are good; the Czech Republic and Ukraine may sign an agreement dealing with the issue of Ukrainians working illegally in this country; environmentalists protest a possible raise in brown coal mining limits; and Czech hotels record almost 13 million guests.

In Business News this week: Hyundai says the construction of its car-making plant in Moravia will go ahead despite the conviction of its chief executive on fraud charges; the privatisation of Prague airport should attract up to three billion US dollars in investment; and the Czech Republic recorded a record trade surplus in 2006.

Among the stories in this week's business news, T-Mobile apologises to 800,000 customers after a database glitch leaves them incommunicado, CEZ says the recent hurricane caused 100 million crowns' worth of damage, Unipetrol sells Kaucuk to Poland's Dwory, and CzechInvest and CzechTrade are to merge.

In today's Business News: Czech living standards are improving, but many households are also struggling with debt; Czech uranium mines are looking to attract new investment; over one hundred thousand vehicles have already been registered in the new road-toll system, and this week's snowfall costs CSA millions of Czech crowns in lost sales.