In Brief: Battle over Królewskie; FT and TP SA; ING Fund top of them all

The conflict between Grupa Żywiec and Browar Ciechanów (BC) brewers continues over the ownership rights to the Królewskie brand. Żywiec has made it quite public that it believes that Ciechanów has no rights to the brand name, while BC claims that it bought the rights to the brand from Austria's Brau Union when it brought a brewery from the latter. The matter will be resolved in court. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) ... The Treasury Ministry will return to talks with France Telecom over the sale of its remaining shares in telecom giant TP SA of 3.87%, informed Treasury Minister Jacek Socha. The stake is worth between zł.800-900 million, but according to analysts it is unlikely the French investor will agree to the deal. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... The assets managed by investment fund ING have increased in value over the past six months by 9% to reach zł.4.57 billion, while the whole sector recorded an average growth of only 5%. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.