Andersen tight-lipped about talks with KPMG on takeover of Polish units

Spokesman for auditing giant Andersen, Bartlomiej Pawlak, has confirmed that talks are being held on the takeover of the company's branches in Poland and the Baltic States by rival KPMG. Pawlak said, "Negotiations with KPMG are currently being held. There's nothing else to say for the moment." KPMG has already announced that it will take over Andersen's branches in Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania and the Czech Republic, probably by October this year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1; Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 18) M.T.