In Brief: Home.pl; Portugues bank adopts Polish name; Export credits

Leading domestic hosting service provider, Home.pl announced it had revenues of zł. 4.8 million during the three quarters of the year, which is 27% up as compared to the same period in 2002. Home.pl has been put in second place by Deloitte&Touche among the Fast 50 - a ranking of the most rapidly developing technology companies in Central Europe. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... The biggest private bank in Portugal, Banco Comercial Portugues, has decided to changes its name to Millennium BCP, the brand it took over from its Polish subsidiary. This is the first case of the expansion of a Polish banking brand abroad. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 25) ... The Export Insurance Credit Corporation (KUKE) signed an agreement with its Austrian counterpart, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB), under which it will be able to insure both the loans financing the export of domestic goods and services, as well as loans financing exports of goods from Austria. From now on, an exporter or bank, will not have to reach a separate agreement with OeKB. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) M.K.