In Brief: SSN; PwC revenues; QXL Poland pl; Polmos; PKO BP; Swiss Hub
The NEW SZCZECIN SHIPYARD (SSN) will buy six ship engines worth zł. 120 million from the H.Cegielski engineering works. The contract is due to be signed today. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) ... PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (PwC) division in Poland had revenues for the fiscal year which ended in June 2002 of zł. 279.5 million against zł. 311.3 million in 2001. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) ... QXL POLAND, operator of the nation's biggest internet auction, Allegro.pl, claims the company's former owner, British QXL Ricardo, was fully aware of the Allegro.pl takeover by Poznań based NIAA. (Rzeczpospolita, B2) ... Bielsko-Biała POLMOS spirits producer will recommence its search for a new investor, as its previous privatization program was seen as being out of touch with reality. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) ... Tomasz Bogutyn, the head of corporate banking at PKO BP is pointed to as a new possible chairman of PLL LOT (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) ... The SWISS BUSINESS HUB has opened its office in Warsaw marking Poland as an important economic partner. The institution promotes cooperation between Swiss and foreign companies (Parkiet, p. 7) J.K.