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Nutrition informations on the packaging of McDonald's

McDonald's introduces nutrition informations on its packaging all around the world. The consumers can read nutritional informations on the packagings. The fast food chain introduces this step, due to health...

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The books of the library of Nagykanizsa are available in the shopping center

The books of the Nagykanizsa library can be found at a local Shopping Center two days a week as a mobile library service. Since the end of last week on...

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Starbucks: Brand building in China

According to the U.S. coffee chain group, the brand is increasing in China, the company's direction is to continuously improve the customer experience in its stores. Starbucks’ sales in China...

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Valentine's Day candy – 3D-print your face in chocolate for a special Valentine's Day gift

Japanese 3D-printing company may well have the answer – providing the opportunity for you to print your own face in chocolate. Shibuya’s FabCafe is offering a two-day workshop for budding...

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Shanghai builds a unique free-trade zone

A Free Trade Zone is being built in Shanghai this year. This can help the metropolis to became a center of world trade – the city officials announced over the...

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Problems in the milk sector

Major milking developments would be needed in the cattle sector in Vas county, to provide high quality raw materials, but there is not enough money to invest – Lukács Zoltán,...

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GKI: Stagnation after recession

After a recession of about 1.5 per cent in 2012, no growth can be expected in Hungary in 2013 either. Inflation will slow down significantly. The main purpose of the...

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Experts expect decline in retail sales for this year

Experts do not expect a significant turnaround this year. According to their expectations, retail sales continue to decline though with a lesser extent. According to the Ministry of National Economy...

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The Grüne Woche ended with success in Berlin – Gastronomic tour around the world, with Hungarians

On-site report. The Green Week (Grüne Woche) trade fair in Berlin ended on Sunday with two records. A total of 1,630 exhibitors represented, sixty-seven countries – more than ever before....

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KSH: November retail sales decreased by 4.1 percent

In November 2012 a 4.1 percent decline occurred in retail sales volume. Decrease was determined by the sales decline of food retail, gas stations, furniture and electrical goods stores, as...

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The Coop won the National Franchise Network of the Year title

After 2007, Hungary's oldest supermarket chain, the Coop food chain has been elected as the National Franchise Network of the Year again. At the domestic franchise industry's most prestigious event...

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KPMG: VAT increases worldwide, while a reduction occurs in corporate tax

The governments in 2012 continued to increase the VAT rates to earn money, and reduced the corporate income tax to attract new investors to their country – shows the Corporate...

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Increased fruit and vegetables consumption has a beneficial effect on young people's wellbeing

A new study suggests food changes mood and that eating fruit and vegetables each day helps keep the blues away. Eating more fruit and vegetables may make young people calmer,...

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EU would introduce unified rules on the market of e-cigarettes

The union would lay down unified rules on the electronic cigarettes in the market. The committee proposed the strenghtening of EU regulations on tobacco products last December. This would establish...

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Procter & Gamble closed a good quarter

Procter & Gamble’s profits more than doubled in the the second quarter of its financial year, thanks to the reorganizations, the turnover and its market share growth. According to a...

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Butter consumption has become a privilege of the wealthy

According to GfK Hungária’s Household Panel survey, the butter, butter cream, cheese cream and plastic-cup margarine category is going through a restructuring process. In January-May 2012 volume sales of these...

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National Association of Tobacco Shops: successful application is not enough for a stable income

The Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its tobacco retail concession event on 21 Januray 2013. One of the key speaker of the event was the National Association of...

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The mall stop increased the demand towards used real estates

Cushman & Wakefield (C & W) real estate consulting firm signed contracts last year for buildings that were previously belonged to the portfolio of Interfruct. The portfolio consists of 23...

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NÉBIH expects the food chain supervision fee in January

The second part of the food chain supervision fee of 2012 should be paid until the end of January. The authorities carry out 350 thousand checks every year, and 1.5...

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Roughly 60 million liters of alcohol sold every year in Hungary

Approximately 58-60 million liters of alcohol is being sold in Hungary a year. Although this number may seem to be high, sales have been decreasing now for years, roughly by...

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Czerván György: good prospects for the agriculture this year

The Minister of State for the Ministry of Rural Development called this year's outlook good for the Hungarian agriculture on Thursday Harkány. Czerván György told the journalists after a meeting...

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Gyulahús: production can be restarted on 4 February

The Gyulahús Kft. has received 114 million HUF shareholder loan from the owner, which is the local government to restart the production of sausages. The representative body of the local...

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Tea-producing countries are contributing in order to increase prices

The tea-producing countries established a professional organization under the International Forum of Tea-Producers name to achieve an increase in prices. Sri Lanka, India, Kenya, Indonesia, Malawi and Rwanda are the...

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Unilever revenues in 2012 over fifty-one billion euros

The Anglo-Dutch Unilever group increased its sales in the last quarter mainly due to the sales growth in developing countries. The company on Wednesday reported that in the three-month closed...

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IKEA increased its turnover and profits last year

The Swedish home furnishings chain increased its sales and profits in the 2011/2012  fiscal year – the company told MTI. In the fiscal year ended on 31 August 2012, IKEA...

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MBSZ: costumers did not spend less on Christmas gifts

Costumers did not spend less on Christmas gifts in the shopping centers in December 2012 than in the same period of the previous year – the Hungarian Association of Shopping...

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Agriculture gave 3.1 percent of the Hungarian GDP last year

In 2011, the Hungarian agriculture has produced record revenues, which provided 4.6 percent of the Hungarian GDP, but in 2012 the figure declined to the previous rate to 3.1 percent...

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eNET – Telekom: Cloud Services in the SME sector

Only a small part of the Hungarian small and medium-sized businesses use cost-effective ubiquitous IT solutions the so-called cloud-based services – shows the latest survey of eNET-Telekom, carried out among...

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The safety risk is the main obstacle for the spread of mobile payments

The security risks associated with the smart phone platforms are the main obstacles to the widespread of mobile payments – shows the study of Boston Fed (central bank) – portfolio.hu...

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Coca-Cola- WWF alliance to rescue the polar bears

The WWF and Coca-Cola have joined forces to raise awareness of the threats endangering the habitat of polar bears. Therefore they have launched the Arctic Home campaign, in which Coca-Cola...

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