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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.

In Business News this week: troubled developer Orco raises cash and hackles; Czech coke producer rides high on soaring prices; betting lobby loses battle with opponents; Hyundai workers promised hefty pay rise; and main political parties eye windfall from sale of ČEZ shares.

In Business News this week: unemployment retreats from the feared 10 percent mark; Czech state debt hits a record level; power giant ČEZ says it will shift its investment strategy; a controversial power plant is poised for approval; and financial advisors face a hard sell.

In Business News this week: Unemployment has stopped rising, says the Czech labour minister; the combined sales of the 10 biggest retail chains in the Czech Republic fall for the first time; Tax Freedom Day will fall relatively late for Czechs this year; successful job applicants ask for salaries nearly 20 percent lower than they later receive from employers; and food and drinks producers are enjoying healthy sales as Easter approaches.

In this week’s Business News: business confidence slips in March; Prague airport advances hub ambitions; eBay seeks to sell in Czech; car makers on same results track; and exchange plans represent gain for Czech capital.

In this week’s Business News: Czechs shun shops for non-essential buys; lawmakers vote to curb solar power boom; Czech Railways pledges revamp of passenger carriages; banks seek loans guarantee from Tatra; and ČSOB share sale reportedly delayed.