In Brief: Highway bill; fuel prices;WBK and Computerland; Zielona Gora

The Sejm has amended the bill on toll highways, making it possible to support private highway-operations consortia using public funds, which should speed up construction. (Puls Biznesu, page 5) ... Effective today, Polish Koncern Naftowy (PKN) Orlen and Rafineria Gdanska are lowering wholesale fuel prices, which should cause gas prices for consumers to drop by between zl. 0.33 and zl. 0.42 per liter. (Prawo i Gospodarka, page 3) ... Wielkopolski Bank Kredytowy (WBK) is to acquire a 28.6% stake in ComputerLand subsidiary eCard, which authorizes, processes and clears transactions conducted on the Internet. This means that ComputerLand will not be cooperating with ATM operator Euronet in this area. (Parkiet, page 3) ... The Treasury Ministry has invited potential investors to negotiations on the privatization of energy-and-heating plant Zielona Gora. The Treasury is considering selling-off between10% and 80% of the plant. (Puls Biznesu, page 4) T.J.