In Brief: LNM Holdings; I&B System; New Gov't Post; Polish Oil & Gas

On Tuesday, LNM Holdings, a candidate in the takeover of Polish Steel Mills (PHS), issued a communiqué expressing its anger about the slow process of ap pointing an investor for PHS. LNM managers also claim that they had received a recommendation from the government, although the decision has not yet been officially announced. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3)... I&B System has filed a cla im against Bank Przemysłowy. The company states that the bank failed to pay for shares it recently acquired, and has demanded zł. 3 million plus interes t. (Parkiet, p. 4)... Prime Minister Leszek Miller appointed Dariusz Skowroń ski to the post of Plenipotentiary for the construction of state roads and m otorways. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4)... Polish Oil and Gas company PGNiG announced that 6,000 employees would be laid off between 2003 and 2006. (Puls Biznesu, p. 3) K.Z