In Brief: Mostostal Zabrze has new president; Agora profits down; Ford sales up

Krzysztof Szamalek, who resigned as deputy environment minister due to conflicts in the ministry, has been appointed as the new president of the Mostostal Zabrze construction company. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) ... Reuters state that the consolidated net profit Agora, which publishes the Gazeta Wyborcza daily, slumped to zl. 18.8 million for the first quarter of 2002, down from zl. 35.9 million for the same period in 2001. The publisher is supposed to unveil its Polish Accounting Standards first-quarter results on Monday. (Reuters) ... Ford, which launched its restructuring program in Poland over a year ago, is now beginning to see positive results. So far this year the concern has recorded a 17% growth in sales and believes that they will still achieve better results. (Puls Biznesu, p. 4) A.Z.