Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – New records were set today by both the WIG20 and WIG indices. They were, however, not much higher than recently. WIG20 amounted to 2,144.09, or just 5 points more than on July 20th. WIG ended at 29,601.54, or only 0.28 percent above its record as of July 14th. In comparison to yesterday, the WIG20 rose 0.67 percent. Shares worth PLN 490m (EUR 119.

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – In four months, Elektrim should buy out its bonds for EUR 450m. The funds were to be raised from selling 48 percent in PTC, Poland’s mobile operator but Zygmunt Solorz, Elektrim’s main shareholder and chairman, has another idea. “I consider other ways to pay back creditors”, he said.

W ramach walki z piractwem, w USA ustanowiono urząd koordynatora ds. międzynarodowego egzekwowania własności intelektualnej. W Waszyngtonie poinformowano w piątek, że prezydent George W. Bush wybrał na to stanowisko Christiana Israela, pracującego obecnie w resorcie handlu.

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – The WIG20 index lost 0.75 percent today and ended at 2,111.05. Within the whole week it shed 0.62 percent. On Friday, shares of blue chips worth PLN 425m (EUR 103.3m) changed hands, a 10-percent decrease in comparison to Thursday.

SAP osiągnął w drugim kwartale o 16 proc. wyższy zysk niż przed rokiem. Lider rynku oprogramowania wspierającego zarządzanie podtrzymał prognozę wzrosty tegorocznych wyników.

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – In the morning WIG20 jumped to 2,253 points, exceeding its bulge reached on February 28th by 22 points. It rose to a level achieved last in 2000. Later in the day, however, the index fell and ended the day at 2,138.96 points, or 0.93 percent higher. Shares of blue chips worth PLN 590m (EUR 142.8m) changed hands.

Prokom Software podpisał z PZU umowę na wykonanie i wdrożenie systemu informatycznego "service desk" do zarządzania usługami IT. Wartość umowy wynosi 4 mln zł. Została ona zawarta w ramach umowy ramowej grupy PZU z konsorcjum Prokomu i CSC Polska - poinformował Prokom we wtorek komunikacie.

Polski rynek usług IT wzrósł w 2004 roku o 28,6 proc. do 1,1 mld EUR, poinformowała w najnowszym raporcie firma badawcza IDC. W 2005 roku prognozuje 14,6 proc. wzrost rynku. W 2006 roku wzrost ma sięgnąć 14,8 proc.

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – Despite problems with tenders to build border protections systems, Polish Border Guard (SG) keeps starting new IT projects. Since spring, over PLN 100m (EUR 24m) of tenders have been announced. SG signed agreement to develop telecommunication system. NextiraOne Polska will earn PLN 20m while Intertrading PLN 4m.

Warsw (Puls Biznesu) – GCF, Warsaw company owning drug-stores, is opening further outlets. The first store was launched in January. “Three other stores are to be opened soon. We would like to open three others this year. We do not have a detailed investment plan. We find a site, evaluate if it is effective and ask our investor to see the project.

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – On Friday, the WIG20 index lost 0.33 percent to 2,124.25 points. Nevertheless, the ending week has been quite good for stock investors. The main index rose 2.26 percent. Today, shares worth PLN 590m (EUR 141.6m) changed hands while yesterday it was PLN 557m.