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In Business News this week: confidence creeps upwards; Ostrava steel battle escalates; massive server order for Czech plant; business press empire suffers downturn; and bank governor bares fundamentals at farewell address.

In this week’s Business News: ČEZ topples Škoda Auto as biggest Czech company; sales surge should help Škoda Auto regain top spot; Czech financial sector gets clean bill of health; end of track for rail cargo bosses; and mini-brewery provider gets global boost.

In Business News this week: low score on pumping EU funds; falling consumption hits brewer Plzeňský Prazdroj; Czechs seen plugging into video conferencing; ČEZ announces payback from foreign investments; and wage rises still under control.

In Business News this week: public debt sets gloomy record; mining limits look set to stay; inward investment plummets; big is not beautiful for Czech farms; and small coin losses make big profit for national bank.

In this week’s Business News: economic confidence continues to recover; regional rail services battle heads to Brussels; winner of first state PPP project selected; China fuels Škoda Auto sales surge; and crisis hits DIY giants.

In this week’s Business News: Orco restructuring programme cleared; real estate prices retreat to pre-peak levels; steel spat threatens hundreds of jobs; mining giant surprises with first quarter loss; and top banker hits out at market regulation.

In this week’s Business News: pace of price rises forecast to speed up; central bank fights independence slur; the Czech Republic climbs competitiveness ladder; phone giant sees earnings slump; and the surprise debt payment demand.

In this week’s Business News: national banks cuts interest rates and growth expectations; tv ad spending still depressed; Czech bank cleared to make debut on foreign-dominated market, state electricity grid operator seeks to buy up private firms; and solar power tests the water.

In Business News this week: the Finance Ministry revises its growth prediction for the Czech economy upwards; the government delays a sale of international bonds because of uncertainty in the wake of the Greek debt crisis; Škoda Auto sees its profits increase by over 500 percent in the first quarter; agribusiness tycoon Andrej Babiš says the EU is destroying the Czech food industry; and Czechs spend twice as much of their income on booze and tobacco products as the average EU citizen.

In this week’s Business News: US real estate giant eyes Czech expansion; surveys show slowdown in warehouse and shopping developments; bed maker Linet seeks to crack US market; Plzeňský Prazdroj drops clean beer campaign; and betting chains combat match fixing.