In brief: Elektrim rush; PKO BP eService; US Pharmacia; Bakoma delists

Trade in shares of telecom and energy conglomerate Elektrim reached zl.90 million in the first few minutes of Friday's session, as large investors were gearing up for the April 20 shareholders meeting. Traders said the biggest buyer was most likely allied with France's Vivendi Universal, which is wrestling for control over Elektrim with Deutsche Telekom (Reuters)...PKO BP has acquired a 50% stake in debit-card transaction clearing company eService from Bank Slaski for zl.7.5 million, the nominal value of the shares. PKO BP now owns 100% of eService. (Puls Biznesu, p.9)...US Pharmacia, which sells such popular pain relief medicines as Apap or and Ibuprom, will launch production in Wroclaw at the cost of zl.10 million. (Puls Biznesu, p.8)...If the public bid for 0.37% of shares in yogurt maker Bakoma is successful, the company's majority shareholders, the Komorowski family and Danone of France, will delist the stock from the Warsaw Stock Exchange. (Puls Biznesu,p.22) T.J.