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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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Men accelerate the luxury market in China

Men are responsible for more than 50 percent of the Chinese luxury market – shows the new exploration of the CLSA brokerage and investment company. According to the company, the...

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Protection disappears without the factual use of trademark

It is well known fact that trade mark is an important competitive tool, during the competition between competitors, it can be determined with assets and has economic benefits. Trademarks allow...

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The Lidl Magyarország donated 40 million HUF to the Child Nutrition Foundation

Lidl Hungary, in the spirit of social responsibility, once again organized a fundraising campaign. Between 2 November and 24 December 2012 the costumers of Lidl collected 20 million HUF, of...

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Better-than-expected quarterly results at Johnson & Johnson

Johnson & Johnson published better-than-expected quarterly results last yesterday, thanks to its increased revenues derived from prescription drugs and medical devices. According to the flash report of the American health-cosmetic...

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Beer and Facebook?

No ordinary game has started on Gösser’s Facebook page. The Back to Nature application is waiting for the players with videos, shot directly for the application. The Back to the...

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Is milk still healthy?

One of the proteins in milk inhibit the growth and incidence of malignant colorectal cancer – a new study showed. During the research of the Swedish Lund University, the lactoferricin4-14...

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GfK: declining demand towards consumer durables

Decline occured in the demand towards durable goods in the first ten months of 2012 – the GfK Market Research Institute announced on Tuesday. According to the datas of GfK,...

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PayPal: The majority of Hungarians buy for only a maximum of 35 thousand forints from abroad

55 percent of Hungarian consumers who are purchasing online spend under 35 thousand HUF annually from abroad – shows the recent survey of the PayPal international payment provider. Beside Hungary,...

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Hungarian customers like new products by trustworthy brands

Nearly two-thirds of Hungarian consumers like to purchase new products if those are assigned to a well-known, trustworthy brand in a shop. Every second Hungarian customer likes the fact that...

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Cofidis Credit Monitor: Most Hungarians need credit

Four out of five Hungarians have taken up some credit, the majority still repay some kind of bank loans – shows the research of Cofidis Credit Monitor. According to the...

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The NAV imposed 90 million HUF worth fines at Christmas

In the scope of the Christmas control action, tax inspectors imposed almost 90 million HUF worth fines, 22 shops were closed for 12 days and one store can not accept...

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Opel Dakar Team supported by Henkel finished on the 24th place at this year’s Dakar Rally

The Dakar Rally, that moved to South-America is a great business for the organizing countries. Henkel is the main sponsor of the Szalay-Bunkóczi Opel Dakar Team. Fábián Ágnes CEO of...

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Another meat plant clsoed its gates

The Sátoraljaújhely-based plant of the Zemplén-Hús Kft. has finished its operation. The work has already been suspended for several weeks – vallalkozoinegyed.hu writes after Népszabadság. Szamosvölgyi Péter, the city's mayor...

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Economic sentiment in Germany is on a multi-year peak

Euro zone’s and Germany's economic sentiment indicator has improved more significantly than expected in January – the ZEW economic research institute announced on Tuesday. In January Euro zone’s economic sentiment...

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Rieslings of thirty wineries in Csopak

The Olaszrizling szerintünk (Riesling wines in our opinion) festival will be held for the third time on Friday and Saturday in Csopak. The wine festival will be open for the...

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Food donations from the Hungarian Red Cross and from the Hungarian Food Bank Association

About twenty-five thousand families in need will receive non-perishable food packages in 52 settlements of Heves county in January, thanks to the Hungarian Red Cross and the Hungarian Food Bank...

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Bocuse d'Or: Széll Tamás is ready for the competition

Széll Tamás assesses his skills with the teams of twenty-four nations at the prestigious Bocuse d'Or cooking competition, that will take place in Lyon on 30 January. Széll Tamás spoke...

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New Dosia Power Gelcaps

The new Dosia Power Gelcaps are three times more efficient than any other liqiud washing soap, thus happens to be the most efficient member of the entire product family....

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KSH: the yield of major crops decreased significantly in 2012

In 2012, yield of all the major autumn harvested crops decreased compared to the previous year – the Central Statistical Office announced on Monday. Only 4744 thousand tons of maize...

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