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Valentine's Day candy – 3D-print your face in chocolate for a special Valentine's Day gift
Date: 2013-01-28 10:59:10
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
Date: 2013-01-28 10:56:16
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
Date: 2013-01-28 10:00:47
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
Date: 2013-01-28 09:35:50
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
Date: 2013-01-25 12:50:54
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
Date: 2013-01-25 12:40:50
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
Date: 2013-01-25 12:38:21
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
Date: 2013-01-25 11:45:53
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
Date: 2013-01-25 11:30:47
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
Date: 2013-01-25 11:26:44
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
Date: 2013-01-25 11:15:05
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
Date: 2013-01-25 11:11:04
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
Date: 2013-01-25 10:18:34
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
Date: 2013-01-24 12:14:42
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:59:05
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:55:36
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:43:03
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:40:58
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:35:50
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:01:01
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
Date: 2013-01-24 11:00:40
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
Date: 2013-01-24 10:58:44
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
Date: 2013-01-23 13:10:18
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
Date: 2013-01-23 13:00:26
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
Date: 2013-01-23 12:12:07
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
Date: 2013-01-23 12:10:35
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
Date: 2013-01-23 11:57:08
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
Date: 2013-01-23 11:55:34
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
Date: 2013-01-23 11:12:41
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
Date: 2013-01-23 11:11:42
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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