In Brief: Budimex to consolidate; Communication Partners; Presspublika

Budimex reacted to the growing slump in the building sector by announcing a merger of its five companies. By the end of the first quarter of 2003 they will become a single entity, Budimex Dromex. Budimex plans to save up to zl 30 million from this move. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 28) ... Communication Partners, owner of job recruitment portal pracuj.pl, has announced that they are taking over another internet service, jobaid.pl. This merger will create the leading Polish recruitment portal. The integration of both services will take place progesssively over the next 12 months. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 23) ... On Wednesday the court upheld the decision of the prosecutor to detain the passports of the members of the board of Presspublika. The prosecutor is investigating if the president of the publisher of Rzeczpospolita and two members of the board have made unfavorable agreements with a printing house belonging to Orkla, the Norwegian shareholder of the company. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 23) P.W.