In Brief: Bank Austria Cretidanstalt; Gdańsk Refinery; NBP; Emax

Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA CA) will not be listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. HypoVereinsbank has finally decided to float BA CA shares on the Vienna bourse. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) ... The Gdańsk Refinery (RG) closed the first quarter of 2003 with net profit of zł. 60 million against a zł. 17.8 million loss in Q1 2002. According to the company, the recent figure represents 80% of RG's total net result planned for this year. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) ... The National Bank of Poland has appreciated the advantages of e-learning and is about to launch its own economics portal. The service will offer concise information, a browser, library and practical tips for entrepreneurs. The cost of the investment will be zł. 7.1 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. IX) ... Shareholders of IT firm Emax have decided to increase the company's capital by zł. 20 million to zł. 25 million through a share issue. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) J.K.