In Brief: France Telecom and TPSA; Farmacol purchase; Bankier.pl deal

According to the head of the Treasury Ministry's Strategic Companies Department (DSS), Karol Milkowski, the Ministry is still negotiating with France Telecom over the sale of a 10% stake in telecom giant Telekomunikacja Polska (TPSA). However, he denied rumors that the Ministry agreed on zl. 20 per share. (Puls Biznesu, p.5)...Pharmaceutical distributor Farmacol has purchased private warehousing company Eskulap for zl. 2.3 million. The purchase will help the firm increase its share on the domestic pharmaceuticals distribution market to 14%. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 21)...Financial portal Bankier.pl has purchased the assets and the rights to business service Euromoney.pl. from the Polish branch of US-based Internet Securities. The value of the deal was not revealed. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.21;Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 5) A.Z.