In Brief: Fiat Auto Poland; Bauer; DB24; Netia

Production at Fiat Auto Poland's Tychy car plant is still suspended due to problems with engine deliveries from the company's Italian factory, which was recently flooded. The head of the plant's trade union, Wanda Struzyk, announced that production would not be restarted until the end of February and would also be partially halted in March. (PAP) ... President of publisher Bauer, Witold Wozniak, told a press conference that the company's consolidated turnover amounted to zl. 580 million in 2002, against zl. 440 million a year earlier. He added that the publisher plans to further increase its revenues in 2003, but would not reveal any details. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) ... The net profit of DB24 increased to zl. 4.07 million in the fourth quarter of last year from zl. 34,000 in the same period of 2001. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... More than 312.6 million shares of telecom operator Netia will be listed today on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. According to analysts, Netia is likely to generate a zl. 680 million profit this year. (Parkiet, p. 3) A.Z. M.M.