News and articles
Disappointed investors, Groupon still making loss
Date: 2012-02-10 12:10:21
The world's most popular coupon site, the Groupon published disappointing figures. The company, which recently entered the stock market, published datas of loss-making operation. Groupon beside 506 million HUF turnover...
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German exports surpassing one thousand billions of euros
Date: 2012-02-10 10:45:25
German exporters were in a new dimension last year: exports exceeded one trillion euros for the first time, primarily due to increasing demand in the emerging Eastern European countries. The...
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The Facebook-game of Detki Keksz is over
Date: 2012-02-10 09:23:55
The prize game on the official site of Detki Keksz is over now: it was launched on 2nd November, and more than a hundred people have played with Detki Keksz...
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Farmers' Days in Szentlőrinc for a further ten years
Date: 2012-02-10 09:00:27
Hungary’s fourth largest agricultural and food fair the Farmers' Days in Szentlőrinc contracted for an additional ten years with the local municipality and the Baranya County Enterprise Centre. According to...
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A chocolate cake for breakfast can help to lose weight
Date: 2012-02-10 08:40:55
If we start the day with a chocolate cake as part of an entire breakfast, that can help to lose weight – the British Daily Telegraph newspaper's online edition quotes...
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Gift exchange rush after the Chinese New Year
Date: 2012-02-10 08:25:31
Gift exchange and resale industry flourishes in China after the Chinese New Year, that is traditionally the biggest gift giving period. Depending on the type of the products the “resellers”...
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The outlook for private consumption in 2012
Date: 2012-02-09 22:20:47
n line with the forecast from GfK, private consumption in Germany rose last year by 1.5% in real terms. And as GfK CEO Matthias Hartmann announced at today’s press conference...
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FAO: food prices will increase further in January
Date: 2012-02-09 14:00:28
Instead of the expected loss, global food prices increased by 2 percent in January, compared to the previous month – shows the datas of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...
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Hungaricums and waste management to be discussed
Date: 2012-02-09 13:39:36
Az Országgyűlés február 13-án kezdi tárgyalni a hulladékgazdálkodási törvénytervezetet, február 20-án elindul a hungarikumokról szóló jogszabály-tervezet megvitatása. A Parlament a jövő héten a cukorgyárak privatizációját vizsgáló bizottság jelentéséről is határozatot...
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The distinctive mark on organic wines will be introduced in the EU
Date: 2012-02-09 13:20:52
From this year's harvest the wine producers will indicate the “organic wine” phrase on their products in the European Union. The European Commission announced in Brussels on Wednesday that the...
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New leader at PwC Hungary
Date: 2012-02-09 12:54:19
From 1st July 2012, PwC Hungary has a new leader, Nick Kós. The 44 year-old Irish-Hungarian expert started his carreer at PwC in Ireland in 1990, then moved to Hungary...
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Allee shopping center: co-owners are wanted beside Allianz
Date: 2012-02-09 12:52:57
The the real estate developer ING Real Estate Development is selling the remaining 50 percent stake of South Buda's newest shopping center. ING RED spokesman informed that currently negotiations are...
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Diageo: profits decreased by one-fifth
Date: 2012-02-09 12:48:43
The world's largest bewerage manufacturer, the British Diageo Plc’s after tax profit was 953 million pounds in the first half its business year ended in December, 20 percent less than...
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Serbian authorities learn about Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed in Hungary
Date: 2012-02-09 12:40:30
The Ministry of Rural Development has held an international seminar for the experts of Serbian authorities on RASFF – Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed. The foreign ministers of...
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Randstad: Global employment trends in clients
Date: 2012-02-09 11:35:03
More needs to be done in order to ensure that the future of the jobs market is kept thriving, as countries across the globe continuously report that unemployment rates are...
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Scotland's most popular whiskey brand available in Hungary
Date: 2012-02-09 10:41:02
The most popular whiskey brand of Scotland, Famous Grouse has arrived to Hungary, the 115 year old “water of life” will undoubtly be very popular in Hungary, too. The Famous...
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Limited series of Makány Márta-shopping bags in Tesco
Date: 2012-02-09 08:36:11
10th February sees the release of the unique, Márta Makány design-bags in Tesco, which are available in limited series(50 thousand), in an environmentally friendly construction, in order to make shopping...
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KSH: foreign trade product sales increased by more than 10 percent last year
Date: 2012-02-08 13:26:53
According to preliminary datas, the Central Statistics Office (KSH), registered a double-digit growth of the forint and foreign currency value of the foreign trade product sales in 2011. In January-December...
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Foreign trade surplus will continue to grow this year
Date: 2012-02-08 13:10:29
Although the December trade surplus became lower than expected, analysts believe that surplus will continue to grow this year, partly due to the growth of export, partly and drop in...
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Several tonnes of dangerous food found in Europe
Date: 2012-02-08 13:00:49
Rancid olive oil, vinegar-smelling wine and inedible fish were also found throughout Europe, when authorities of ten countries struck on the distributors of false and dangerous foods, medical products and...
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Shoplifting costs billions, prevention pays off
Date: 2012-02-08 12:57:34
Shoplifting is not some force of nature, something can be done about it. Alert staff plus modern technology – only this combination reduces losses. Doing nothing is not an option,...
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Public scan at Auchan
Date: 2012-02-08 12:23:11
A public scan has been carried out at the Auchan store at Szentendrei út Budapest, by the Customer Protection Authority. The main goal of the scan was to illustrate how...
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Pike hatching begun in Rétimajor
Date: 2012-02-08 12:10:23
The artificial hatching of Pikes begun in Rétimajor at the Golden Carp Fishery Ltd. The company sells an annual 300 thousand units of pikes at both the foreign and domestic...
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Fruit Logistica is an important forum for Hungary
Date: 2012-02-08 12:03:53
Fruit Logistica is an important forum for Hungarian companies: 415.000 visitors attended from January 21st to 30th the “Grüne Woche” (Green Week) in Berlins Fair Center, and had the chance...
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McDonald's Hungary changes PR agency
Date: 2012-02-08 12:02:26
McDonald's Hungary works with a new public relations agency. The Noguchi Porter Novelli has won the commission on a multi-round tender – writes mmonline. The Noguchi will be responsible for...
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Magazine: Nine out of ten households buy mineral water
Date: 2012-02-08 11:53:57
According to GfK Hungária’s ConsumerScan survey, ninety percent of Hungarian households bought mineral water in 2010. Compared with 2009, the category’s reach expanded by 5 percentage points. Average volume purchased...
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The Tokaj wine region received historical landsape classification
Date: 2012-02-08 11:28:20
Réthelyi Miklós, National Resources Minister declared Tokaqj as a historical landscape. The Tokaj wine region appears on the World Heritage list of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...
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Nokia – Layoffs in Komárom
Date: 2012-02-08 10:34:16
Nokia is laying off 2,300 people at its base in Komarom in northwestern Hungary, the company announced on Wednesday. Nokia said assembly would be deployed to Asia from Komarom, which...
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Egis revenue going high
Date: 2012-02-08 08:29:41
Shareholders of Hungarian drug maker Egis, majority-owned by France’s Servier, approved payment of a HUF 120-per-share dividend on after-tax profit from the business year ended September 30 at an annual...
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Hungarian industry’s momentum halt in the end of the year
Date: 2012-02-07 13:30:47
Industrial production was below expectations last December, but according to analysts, it cannot be drawn further far reaching conclusions from this data, because they consider the data brings a large...
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