In Brief: Softbank earnings; Krak brokers enters IT; Zl. 45m pension-fund ads

Computer-systems-integrator company Softbank has announced it is planning to increase its consolidated earnings this year by 15%, which should yield it zl. 59 million this year. (Reuters) ... Krak-Brokers is to use funds raised from a share issue to invest in internet services, particularly e-commerce. It is to issue one million shares at zl. 8.10 per share. (Puls Biznesu, page 28) ... In the first half of this year, pension funds and insurance companies spent zl. 45.2 million on TV-advertising. Most funds say that since then they have drastically reduced their advertising budgets. (Puls Biznesu, page 28) A.Z.