In Brief: RG becomes Grupa Lotos; AmRest; PSE profit; Polish Postal market

The shareholders of Gdansk Refinery (RG) have decided to change the company name to Grupa Lotos. (Parkiet, p. 1) ... American Restaurant (AmRest) which manages Pizza Hut and KFC intends to debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2004, and not as hoped in 2003. The plans were postponed due to the poor state of the market. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 4) ... At the end of the third quarter of 2002, the Polish Power Grid (PSE) posted a net profit of zl. 30.4 million compared to a zl. 559 million loss in 2001. Its net revenues from sales were zl. 11.15 billion and operational costs were zl. 10.9 billion. (Prawo i Gospodarka, p. 5) ... The government wants the Polish postal market, and Poczta Polska in particular, to enjoy special protection until the end of 2006. A motion on the issue has already been sent to the European Union. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) A.Z.