In Brief: Kaczmarek and social pacts; Nowy Styl; Hoga.pl's new strategy

Treasury Minister Wieslaw Kaczmarek has suggested that the Treasury Ministry negotiate social pacts for employees of companies which are undergoing privatization, claiming that the employees' demands are becoming unrea listically high. The move comes after trade unions failed to negotiate a social contract with Spanish energy concern Iberdrola, who wanted to p urchase the G-8 energy group. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 18) ... Nowy Styl, an office furniture producer from Krosno in southern Poland, has taken over 50% of shares in German office equipment producer Mobilpack. Interstuhl, one of Germany's largest office chair producers, owns the other 50%. Nowy Styl's exports to Germany could increase by up to euro 12.8 million. (Rzeczpo spolita, p. B1) ... The management of Internet portal Hoga.pl is planing to present a new two-year strategy to the company's supervisory board in February. Hoga has managed to cut down its quarterly losses to zl. 550,000. The company intends to focus on sales of Internet services as well as IT products. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 22) M.T.K.