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Electricity cut brings Warsaw to standstill
A lack of power in some areas of Warsaw Wednesday morning brought traffic chaos and many houses and business without power.

NYMEX-Crude ends up on geopolitics, gasoline draw
U.S. crude oil futures ended higher on Wednesday on geopolitical worries following news of Russia's potential response to a the U.S.-Poland missile shield deal and news of a big drawdown in gasoline stocks.

Polish PPI rises slower than expected in July
Poland's producer price index, or PPI, rose 2.3% year-on-year in July, slower than revised 2.6% rise in June, the Central Statistical Office reported Wednesday. Economists were looking for an increase of 2.6%.

IBM's $300 mln investment in disaster recovery centers includes Poland
IBM plans to spend $300 million this year to build 13 "cloud computing" data centers where businesses can store information for quick retrieval in case their computer systems are destroyed in a disaster.

Polish carrier LOT sees IPO in H2 2009 at earliest
The long delayed public offering of Poland's flag carrier PLL LOT will take place in late 2009 at the earliest as it restructures to return to profitability, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Poland seeks LNG port as fast as possible
Poland's government supported on Tuesday the construction of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) port on the Baltic coast as a strategic investment in the country's drive for energy supplies diversification.
Poland's rate dilemma
Over the past two years, Polish central bankers have been hauling up the base rate for borrowing in order to keep up with the rapid pace of their economy's expansion. But even as Poland scrapes through the economic downturn in Europe relatively unscathed, rising wages mean that inflation is becoming a serious problem.

Rice signs missile deal with Poland
Despite fierce opposition from Moscow, the United States and Poland signed a long-stalled agreement Wednesday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory.

Allianz will start Polish bank in October
Allianz SE, which has two million insurance clients in Poland, will start a Polish bank in October, Pawel Dangel, TU Allianz Polska's chief executive officer, told the newspaper Rzeczpospolita.

Czech Republic, Poland sign coal reserves deal
The Czech Republic and Poland signed a deal on Tuesday which will enable companies from both countries to explore cross-border deposits in the region, the Czech Industry and Trade Ministry said in a statement.

Polish wages up 11.6% in July, rate hikes seen
Polish corporate sector wages grew slightly faster than forecast in July, reinforcing some analysts' expectations that monetary tightening will not end soon as inflation pressures persist.

Polish support for missile defense pact soars
Support for a missile defense pact with the U.S. has soared in ex-communist Poland in the wake of Russia's military campaign in Georgia, a poll showed Monday.

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Warsaw's morning commuters faced traffic chaos on Wednesday as many areas of the capital sufferred power failure and the Siekierki power plant switched to emergency status. By noon, however, power was restored everywhere.

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The United States of America (the United States) and the Republic of Poland (Poland) share a history of close ties between our people and our values, a commitment to democracy, a close defense relationship, and a willingness to confront common dangers and threats.

Seized properties shame Poland
Since communism ended in Poland almost 20 years ago, the country has come a long way, embracing the future as a member of both the EU and Nato. But in the eyes of many Poles the historical legacy of property claims blights its onward march, the BBC's Michael Buchanan reports.

Time to calm down the rhetoric with Russia
Cyril Connolly recalled the summer of 1938 in Enemies Of Promise as "the time of year when wars break out, and a piece of glass betrays the woodland to the vindictive sun". The vindictive sun then was Hitler's Germany; the pieces of glass, respectively, the Rhineland, Czech, Danzig and Polish crises.

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