In this work we made an attempt to predict the upwards/downwards movement of the S&P 500 index from the news articles published by Bloomberg and Reuters. We employed the SVM classifier and conducted multiple experiments aiming at understanding the shape of the data and the specifics of the task better. As a result, we established the common evaluation settings for all our subsequent experiments. After that we tried incorporating various features into the model and also replicated several approaches previously suggested in the literature. We were able to identify some non-trivial dependencies in the data which helped us achieve a high accuracy on the development set. However, none of the models that we built showed comparable performance on the test set. We have come to the conclusion that whereas some trends or patterns can be identified in a particular dataset, such findings are usually barely transferable to other data. The experiments that we conducted support the idea that the stock market is changing at random and a high quality of prediction may only be achieved on particular sets of data and under very special settings, but not for the task of stock market prediction in general. 1

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The issues of discrimination at the labour market are discussed frequently and according to the available sources of information these issues are not overlooked. When you imagine all manners of discrimination at the labour market, the most frequent manner is gender discrimination. It means that women are the most discriminated group. In this thesis I had focused on: the issue of women discrimination on the labour market and the topic of women versus men in the workplace. The society tells us the way how men and women have to look like and how they should behave according to their gender. Every person can observe these patterns since their childhood. The gender is formed by the external influences. The topic of gender discrimination belongs to sociology, however, there is a management sector which deals with the influence of gender inside the company ? it is called the management of gender relations. This is the theme which comes close to the women discrimination and to equal opportunities for men and women in the organization of the company. If the company is interested in establishing equal opportunities at the labour market, it is necessary to see women and men as two different parts of the company. It is impossible to replace the two parts with each other, because both of them have their tasks and the first part cannot work without the second part. The two parts are complementing each other in the family life and in the career life as well. The European Union has one of the most advanced antidiscrimination law in the world. The principle of equal opportunities of men and women is a part of the entrance conditions that have to be fulfilled by all member states and the candidate countries which want to enter the European Union. In the Czech legislative we can find the provision of equal treatment in The Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. Another important document is the Labour Code and last but not least is the Antidiscrimination Act. For employers it is necessary to claim equal opportunities for women and men if they want to be popular in the society of the 21st century. The whole society has to take a part in solving this global problem and then the situation at the labour market might become better. Equal opportunities are an important value and it is the sign of a fair company which is based on democracy. That is why the equalization of the relationships between men and women should be the significant aim of companies.

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Thesis aims to identify opportunities on market goods and services. Based on the identified gaps in the market to propose the way of possible business, good for the area.

Analysis of the South Bohemian organic production and distribution of "bio potatoes, fruits and vegetables." Focus on farm production, distribution channels, manufacturing utilization and application of the regional market (retail, food services). Definition of options optimization of production distribution chain, the prerequisite for wider representation of selected bio commodities in the regional market.