In Brief: Commerzbank & Handlowy; Toll highway; Compensa; Polar unrest

The Highway Construction and Development Agency (ABiEA) announced that the Katowice-Krakow highway stretch will be changed to a toll highway by the end of November. The toll rate was not disclosed. (Rzeczpospolita, page B2) ... Insurance firm Compensa S.A. plans a capitalization through an issue of 1.2 million-1.6 million shares. The share issue must be approved by the firm's shareholders. (Reuters) ... Wroclaw-based appliance manufacturer Polar’s trade union members are protesting the firm's lack of a severance policy. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 16)