Poland

Shares in Kingfisher were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the retailer reported a rise in pre-tax profit of over twenty per cent in the half year ended 31 July.

Shares in Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after the company said it was cautious about the near future, after delivering a statement for the second quarter ended 10 July.

The twin brother of Lech Kaczynski, the Polish President killed in the Smolensk air disaster in April, has unexpectedly secured enough votes in the nation's presidential election to force a run-off vote between himself and front runner and Acting President Bronislaw Komoroski.

Russian officials have said that four of the nation's servicemen have been charged for stealing bank cards from a Polish historian killed in the Smolensk air crash which also killed Poland's president, Lech Kaczynski.

New Look, the privately owned clothing retailer, has said that it is confident but cautious on the year ahead after posting a rise in profit of nearly 18 per cent for the full year ended 27 March 2010.

Netto MD, Claus Juel-Jensen today announced his disappointment at failing to make Netto a success in UK.