In Brief: Banks; WSiP; Pekaes

Net profits grew much faster than revenues, which increased by an average of 3-4%. Profits of publicly listed banks after H1 were nearly 20% higher than at the end of June 2004 ... Wydawnictwa Szkolne i Pedagogiczne (WSiP) will not be able to fulfill its 2005 profit forecast of zł.19.7 million... Transport group Pekaes recorded Q2 revenues of zł.122.4 million, a result 13% lower than in 2004