Company and Personal News
Tesco's cucumber comes from reliable Hungarian producers
Date: 2011-05-27 12:29:53
In recent days, a major international attention has been paid in relation to the assumptions under which the Spanish and North African imports of cucumber spread serious illness in several...
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Henkel supports disadvantaged children
Date: 2011-05-27 12:27:06
Henkel gave 800 thousand HUF support to the AMI and EPSZ institutions of the Körösladány-based Tüköry Lajos elementary school for the 2010-11 school year. The support will go on children...
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The Erste mutual fund bought a trading center
Date: 2011-05-26 12:20:45
The Napfény Park trade center in Szeged changed hands. It was sold by Móraváros Ltd. below 8 percent yield to Erste open-ended fund. The Napfény Park (Sunshine Park) opened its...
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Matusz-Vad Zrt.: frozen food sold well
Date: 2011-05-25 12:08:01
According to the results of the Győr-based Matusz-Vad Zrt.; the company has successfully surpassed the results of the same period of last year. Matusz-Vad Zrt. is one of the leading...
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Zwack is making loss, but the Easter revenue comes handy for the second quarter
Date: 2011-05-25 12:00:25
On operating level the first quarter brought 120 million HUF loss to Zwack Plc. The negative market trends, and the late April Easter period also contributed in this. The company's...
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Biggest hypermarket paid 10.7 billion HUF as crisis tax
Date: 2011-05-25 08:50:06
Tesco's new CEO complains that the strict government action was not preceded by consultation. “We are not only the biggest sellers, but we are the largest buyers in Hungary, and...
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Unilever walks against famine
Date: 2011-05-25 07:34:48
Unilever’s partnership with WFP entered a new phase in 2011, under the flag Project Laser Beam (PLB). It is a unique 5-year public-private partnership that aims to eradicate child malnutrition,...
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Tesco to keep its leading position, Gerry Gray says
Date: 2011-05-24 22:58:33
Tesco wishes to be the best partner of customers, local communities, workmates and deliverers. The company is planning to expand its services and analyze situations in detail in order to...
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Mastercard: 10 percent of cardholders regularly buy on the Web
Date: 2011-05-24 13:00:30
The Internet usage of MasterCard debit cards grew in a threefold rate over the past year, than the the traditional business card purchases, although the latter is 15 percent higher...
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TriGánit plans to restart the preparations of Westend II
Date: 2011-05-24 12:42:59
One of Europe's largest, real estate investment, the majority Hungarian-owned TriGránit plans to restart the preparations of the development of WestEnd II in June 2011 – reports Ingatlan és Befektetés....
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Tesco enters to the community media market
Date: 2011-05-24 12:39:52
Tesco buys the BzzAgent U.S. community media marketing agency for sixty million dollars – reports AdAge, citing sources familiar with the deal. The BzzAgent is a Boston-based startup that specializes...
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Foreign investor can save Cerbona
Date: 2011-05-24 12:30:45
The court ordered the liquidation of Cerbona Inc., last week. Despite this, the company is negotiating with a serious-looking foreign investor. If they manage to conclude an agreement with banks...
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News from Fressnapf
Date: 2011-05-24 08:47:01
Fressnapf and RTL TV series “Gute Zeiten schlechte Zeiten” (GZSZ) have won a bronze “Co-Brands Award” for their last year’s joint campaign “Mach dein Tier zum TV-Star” (make your pet...
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SGS entered the market of public storage
Date: 2011-05-23 11:36:12
SGS, following Hungarian market trends entered the market of public storage. This activity is only a new part of the company's portfolio as on an international level, they have been...
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The Starbucks conquers China
Date: 2011-05-20 13:18:16
Starbucks will have fifteen hundred coffee shops in China until 2015 – was announced at the handing over ceremony of a local café in Kunming, Yunnan province, southwestern China on...
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New investment at Rondo Ltd.
Date: 2011-05-20 11:09:13
Papermaker giant Rondo Ltd. has completed the greatest investment of its 18 year-old history, without state support. The investment is over 2 billion HUF. With this investment, the byro of...
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Awards for chocoMe for its innovations
Date: 2011-05-20 10:35:12
The Hungarian Innovational Foundation has awarded chocoMe Ltd with an award within the compass of the 14th Hungarian Innovational Awards. The innovation is called “individualized handmade chocolate”, meaning that the...
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Synergon: Reformed Operation for the Reforming Market
Date: 2011-05-20 10:11:48
The Synergon Group reached a sales revenue of 4,152 million HUF in the first three months of 2011, which is an 8% sales revenue growth. The growth is related to...
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SABMiller's result increased by one-fourth
Date: 2011-05-19 12:10:30
The South-African-American SABMiller beer and beverage group reported a pre-tax profit 3.626 billion USD over its business year, ended with March. This result is 24 percent more than the 2.929...
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Liszt Ferenc airport passenger volume rises 8%
Date: 2011-05-19 10:43:38
Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport's passenger volume has risen 8% yr/yr to 734,461 in April including the effect of the eruption of the Icelandic volcano in the same month of...
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Törley winning several awards
Date: 2011-05-19 10:40:59
Products of Törley Groups have won three rather exclusive prizes at three serious wine-competitions. On 18th May, the results of Decanter World Wine Awards, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and International...
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WWF and Tetra Pak opened their environment-friendly Green Art-exhibition
Date: 2011-05-19 08:45:18
he competition centered around environment conscious lifestyle, launched by WWF and Tera Pak closed now, and an exhibition has opened its gates on 18th May at Millenáris in Budapest. This...
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What can we do?
Date: 2011-05-18 23:27:02
What shall we do if every fourth person compile their shopping list from promotional leaflets? What shall we do if a promotion requires at least 20-25 percent discount? What shall...
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World-class mill in Tiszapalkonya
Date: 2011-05-18 13:04:05
17th May saw the opening of the mill in Tiszapalkonya, built within the compass of a greenfield investment by Pannonmill Malomipari Ltd. Pannonmill's president-CEO Zoltán Poór and Dr Endre Kardeván...
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The second largest shopping mall of Budapest opens in the Autumn
Date: 2011-05-18 12:36:42
The developer, the R-CO Zrt. plans to hand over the second largest shopping mall of Budapest at the Kőbánya-Kispest end terminal of the M3 metro for the Autumn. The project...
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Award to SPAR for environmentally conscious innovation
Date: 2011-05-17 12:38:08
SPAR Hungary Commercial Ltd. has received a special award by XIX. Hungarian Innovation Prize for its innovation called “Using and recycling trash for energetic purposes”. Being environmentally conscious and delivering...
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Wal-Mart reported 103 billion USDin revenue for the first quarter
Date: 2011-05-17 12:08:08
Wal-Mart reported about per share results a bit higher than the expectations, in its First Quarter Interim Report. The company's shares reached a profit of 0.98 USD per share by...
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Fornetti catches momentum
Date: 2011-05-16 12:56:39
Fornetti is expanding in Asia: the Group recently opened its first store in in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan and in Istanbul in Turkey – confirmed Palásti József, the founder...
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Users put together the new design of Auchan
Date: 2011-05-16 10:55:37
Neo Interactive has completed the total of six design-plans, and customers got the chance to vote for the three best ones. Auchan has a new online portal, created by Neo...
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Superbrands awards for Mars
Date: 2011-05-16 10:36:41
This was the seventh time that a group of experts awarded Superbrands awards to the best products. Four leading products of Mars Hungary have won a prize: az Uncle Ben’s®,...
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