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Economia a.s. is a Czech media company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1990 and it is the publisher of ''Hospodářské noviny'', '' Respekt'', news server '' Aktuálně.cz'' and several other news websites. From 1999, majority shareholder of Economia was the German Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt until it was acquired by Zdeněk Bakala in 2008. See also *Czech News Center *Mafra (company) Mafra is a Czech media group that publishes printed and internet media, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Repu ... References Companies based in Prague Publishing companies established in 1990 Mass media companies of the Czech Republic Mass media in Prague 1990 establishments in Czechoslovakia {{CzechRepublic-media-stub ...
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Institute Of Chartered Accountants In England And Wales
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is a professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports chartered accountants and students around the world. As of July 2022, it has over 198,000 members and students in 147 countries. ICAEW was established by royal charter in 1880. Overview The institute is a member of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB), formed in 1974 by the major accountancy professional bodies in the UK and Ireland. The fragmented nature of the accountancy profession in the UK is in part due to the absence of any legal requirement for an accountant to be a member of one of the many Institutes, as the term ''accountant'' does not have legal protection. However, a person must belong to ICAEW, ICAS or CAI to hold themselves out as a '' chartered accountant'' in the UK (although there are other chartered bodies of British qualified accountants whose members are likewise authorised to conduct restric ...
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Joint-stock Company
A joint-stock company is a business entity in which shares of the company's capital stock, stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their share (finance), shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the continued existence of the company. In modern-day corporate law, the existence of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation (business), incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's debts only to the value of the money they have invested in the company). Therefore, joint-stock companies are commonly known as corporations or limited company, limited companies. Some jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions still provide the possibility of registering joint-stock companies without limited liability. In the United Kingdom and in other count ...
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Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ...
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Cro ...
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Zdeněk Bakala
Zdeněk Bakala (born 7 February 1961) is a Czech entrepreneur and investor. He is a stakeholder in mining, energy, financial businesses and owns the media company Economia, the publisher of ''Hospodářské noviny'' and ''Respekt'' magazine among others. As of 2017, Bakala is the tenth wealthiest person in the Czech Republic according to ''Forbes''. His philanthropic activities are directed via the Bakala Foundation. In September 2018, Bakala found a lawsuit in federal court in Beaufort, South Carolina in which he claims that a controversional Slovak businessman Pavol Krúpa has initiated frivolous lawsuits, promoted death threats on Facebook and instigated criminal investigations targeting him. The lawsuit also says that Krupa threatened to send soccer hooligans to protest in front of Bakala's home in Switzerland and ultimately demanded a payment of 500 million Czech koruna (US$23 million) in 2017, as a compensation for losses suffered by buying Bakala's New World Resources stoc ...
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Hospodářské Noviny
''Hospodářské noviny'' (English: "Economic Newspaper") is a daily newspaper published nationally in the Czech Republic. History and profile ''Hospodářské noviny'' was first published on 21 May 1990. The paper is headquartered in Prague and has a specific focus on economics. The founder and publisher is a joint company, Economia which is owned by Czech oligarch Zdeněk Bakala since 2008. It is published in broadsheet format. Circulation The circulation of ''Hospodářské noviny'' was 75,000 copies in 2002. In October 2003 the paper had a circulation of 74,195 copies. The circulation of the paper was 66,024 copies in December 2004. It was 67,000 copies for 2004 as a whole. The 2007 circulation of the paper was 58,783 copies. The circulation of ''Hospodářské noviny'' was 57,390 copies in 2008 and 54,285 copies in 2009. It was 44,225 copies in 2010 and 41,933 copies in 2011. As of September 2013 it was the 9th most widely circulated newspaper in the country with the circu ...
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Respekt
''Respekt'' is a Czech weekly newsmagazine published in Prague, the Czech Republic, reporting on domestic and foreign political and economic issues, as well as on science and culture. History and profile ''Respekt'' was founded very soon after the fall of Communist party from power in 1989 by a group of samizdat journalists as one of the first independent magazines. It is the successor of ''Informační servis'' (''Information service''), an opposition samizdat paper. ''Respekt'' is published weekly and has its headquarters in Prague. The ''New York Times'' describes ''Respekt'' as "influential." Several people involved with ''Respekt'' became influential in top level politics of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic; among them the first editor-in-chief Jan Ruml who served as the Minister of Interior between 1992 and 1997, Martin Fendrych (official at the Ministry of Interior) and (several ministerial position). Editors describe ''Respekt'' as "a liberal magazine which ...
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Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt
The ''Handelsblatt'' (literally "commerce paper" in English) is a German-language business newspaper published in Düsseldorf by Handelsblatt Media Group, formerly known as Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt. History and profile ''Handelsblatt'' was established in 1946 by journalist Herbert Gross, but after some months Friedrich Vogel (1902–1976) became publisher. In 1969, Georg von Holtzbrinck became partner of Friedrich Vogel. Since 2021, its editor-in-chief is Sebastian Matthes. Its publisher, Handelsblatt Media Group, also publishes the weekly business magazine ''Wirtschaftswoche'' of which the editor-in-chief is Beat Balzli. ''Handelsblatts headquarters are in Düsseldorf. Since September 2005 ''Handelsblatt'' has been offering an online lexicon called ''WirtschaftsWiki'' which features definitions of terms used in economics and politics. The database can be modified by any registered user. In September 2006 ''Handelsblatt'' ranked all economists working in Germany, Austria and ...
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Czech News Center
Czech News Center a.s. (previously known as Ringier Axel Springer CZ a.s.) is one of the largest media houses in the Czech Republic. Overview The company publishes several daily newspapers (Blesk, Aha! and Sport), many printed magazines, online magazines, web projects, applications and run the services of a virtual operator and printing works. The sole owner of the company is Czech Media Invest a.s., which is indirectly owned by Daniel Křetínský and Patrik Tkáč. The subsidiary is the Czech Print Center a. s., with operations in Prague and Ostrava. CNC also has a 27% share in the largest Czech company for print distribution PNS, a. s. Company management As of 1 February, 2020, the management of the company consists of: * CEO — Libuše Šmuclerová * Director of Central Production and Distribution — Libor Berka * Director of marketing and other commercial activities — Jaroslav Sodomka *Director of digital media — Petr Fryš *CFO — Tomáš Stránský *Advertisi ...
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Mafra (company)
Mafra is a Czech media group that publishes printed and internet media, headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. It is a subsidiary of Agrofert holding conglomerate owned by trust of Andrej Babiš, the former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Mafra owns some of the most popular media in the Czech Republic, including ''MF DNES'' and ''Lidové noviny'' newspapers, and the most visited Czech news server iDnes. History Mafra was founded in 1992 in Prague. It was acquired in 1994 by the German group Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei- und Verlagsgesellschaft GmbH (RBDV) (the publisher of the ''Rheinische Post''), which bought Mafra from French press group Socpresse. In 2013, Mafra was acquired by Czech holding group Agrofert, which is owned by Andrej Babiš. MAFRA publishes the daily newspaper ''Mladá fronta DNES'' (MF Dnes), which, with 224,000 circulation as of March 2011 is the second largest newspaper in the Czech Republic, after tabloid ''Blesk''. Fully owned subsidiary Lidov ...
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Companies Based In Prague
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals. Companies take various forms, such as: * voluntary associations, which may include nonprofit organizations * business entities, whose aim is generating profit * financial entities and banks * programs or educational institutions A company can be created as a legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or fail to discharge their duty according to the publicly declared incorporation, or published policy. When a company closes, it may need to be liquidated to avoid further legal obligations. Companies may associate and collectively register themselves as new companies; the resulting entities are often known as corporate groups. Meanings and definitions A company can be defined as an "artificial per ...
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