In Brief: BRE Bank; Era mistake; Police Chemical Plant; Eldorado

Rumors are circulating that the president of BRE Bank, Wojciech Kostrzewa, will be dismissed today. He could be replaced by the bank's deputy preside nt and head of retail banking Slawomir Lachowski. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... Custo mers of PTC, owner of Era GSM operator, who used its Tak Tak prepaid service could access the Internet free of charge if they managed to use a gap in the security system. Those who have mobile telephones with the GPRS system could surf the net from the access point for subscribers. According to Rzeczposp olita, information received from Era's press office, the operator was unawa re of the problem. "It has now been disabled," the office told journalists. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... The Police Chemical Plant is likely to post a 2 002 loss of around zl. 170 million, this is loss of over zl. 100 million wo rse than in 2001. (Puls Biznesu. p. 12) ... The Eldorado group posted reven ues of zl. 667 million for 2002, while it's net profit amounted to zl. 10.1 million. The group's profit for 2003 is forecast to increase by zl. 3 milli on over 2002. (Parkiet, p. 5) A.Z./M.M.