21.11.11



Consumer prices in the Czech Republic in October increased compared to the same period last year by 2.3 percent from 1.8 percent in September. In comparison with the ninth month of the year, was an increase of 0.3 percent. The growth was influenced mainly by higher prices for food and soft drinks, clothing and footwear. He said the Czech Statistical Office.

As for individual foods such as bread and more expensive by almost 26 percent, ordinary bread by almost 35 percent, sugar by almost 28 percent, coffee by more than 26 percent, cacao by more than 18 percen

But also increased housing prices, the price of natural gas increased by 12.5 percent and electricity by 4.6 percent. Prices of goods rose by 2.9 percent and prices of services by 1.2 percent.

But things not only became more expensive some things became cheaper prices stay spas and domestic recreational stays. Cheaper prices are still audio-visual and photographic equipment and appliances and household appliances.

Samsung vs Apple 2

Patent disputes both companies stretch from September, a court in Germany forbade selling Samsung Galaxy Tab because of his looks strikingly similar to the iPad. Apple'saction and served successively in other markets.


Apple filed a new action for the appearance of the new Galaxy Tab in America. And During the court hearing in California, where representatives of Apple trying to prove that the new Galaxy Tab copies look the iPad. Judge Lucy Koh started very unconventionally. She took the two competing computer tablet over his head and asked lawyers Samsung, if you can determine which tablets produced their client. The application server according to Apple Insider, a South Korean defender off guard and after a moment of silence answered very evasively. "Not from this distance, your Honor," said the lawyer. The situation was trying to save the second Samsung lawyer, who then answered correctly.

Samsung's reaction on these things was, that they changed the designe Galagy Tab 10.1 and they gave new name to this Tab: Galaxy Tab 10.1N 

Galaxy Tab 10.1
Galaxy Tab 10.1N

New law in Australia

One of the strictest anti-smoking legislation approved on Monday the world's lower house of the Australian Parliament. His part is that the box must have a uniform brown-green packaging and must bear the manufacturer's logo. Tobacco group Philip Morris because of the herds before the court the Australian government. Punitive damages could amount to several billion dollars.

After being approved by law to take effect from mid 2012, the government said that it is "one of the most important measures of health in Australian history".



Thanks the new law will Australian retailers need to cigarettes, tobacco and cigars sold in a single brown-green packaging. Three quarters of the package will cover a significant warning of health effects of smoking, including pictures cancer oral cavity. So far, only warnings occupy 30 percent of the size of the box.

Australia wants to reduce by 2018 the number of smokers from 15 percent to ten percent of the population. Medical authorities say that die every year from diseases associated with smoking at 15 000 Australians.

15.10.11

Nobel Prize in Economics



This year's Nobel Prize in Economics American economists won by Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims for empirical research on the causes and consequences in macroeconomics. In Stockholm, the committee announced the Nobel Prize in Swedish Academy of Sciences.



Sargent and Sims have developed methods to determine how the gross domestic product and inflation affected by the temporary rise in interest rates or vice versa tax cuts. Also investigated what happens when the central bank permanently changes the inflation target, or when the government modifies its plans for a balanced budget .

Laureates of the price of a diploma, medal and a check for ten million Swedish crowns to take over the official ceremony of the 10th December, the anniversary of the death of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel.Based on his legacy are valued individuals who contributed to peace, scientists and writers.

Nobel Prize in economics

Nobel Prize in economics is not one of the original price for Nobel in his testament of 1895. Folded it up in 1968 to commemorate the Nobel Swedish central bank Sveriges Riksbank.

Erste group



Austrian Erste Group, which controls the Česká spořitelna, recognizes after three quarter loss of 920 to 970 million euros. This is due to the revaluation of debt securities affected countries European debt crisis and the revaluation of subsidiaries in Hungary and Romania. Without these measures should profit 700 million euros. Shares of banks on the Prague Stock Exchange in response to this report, fell 17.51 ​​percent. For the whole of this year expects the bank as a result of these steps a net loss of approximately 700 to 800 million euros. Without these measures should gain 850 to 950 million euros.

Erste reduced its exposure to Greece , Portugal, Spain ,Ireland and Italy, from 1.9 billion euros at year-end 2010 to 0.6 billion euros at 30 September 2011. It also revalued to market value sales of credit insurance, the securities of CDS.

Erste also completely write off the company's value (goodwill), the Hungarian subsidiary of € 312 million before tax and create additional reserves and provisions for losses on loans and advances totaling 450 million euros.