In brief: Totalizator Sportowy; Daewoo-FSO halts; KRKA Polska; Eureko
In"several weeks" Polish state lottery Totalizator Sportowy (TZ) will
announce the rules for the tender for its on-line system operator. The draft
of the tender will first be submitted to Treasury Minister Aldona
Kamela-Sowinska for approval. (Puls Biznesu, p. 5)...Yesterday Polish-Korean
car maker Daewoo-FSO began another production halt which will last until
April 17. As reported by the firm's spokeswoman Krystyna Danilczyk, this is
a pre-Easter break when many employees leave for a three-day holiday. (Puls
Biznesu, p. 4)...Pharmaceutical producer KRKA Polska is constructing a
factory in Warsaw which will start operation in October 2001. The $20
million investment was financed by the parent company in Slovenia. (Puls
Biznesu 9)...The net profit of insurance group Eureko, investor with a 30%
stake in PZU, reached euro 521 million in 2000, twice as high as the
previous year. (Rzeczpospolita, p. 6) AZ