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GDP decreased by one and a half percent in the third quarter
Date: 2012-11-15 13:07:30
Hungary's gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 1.5 percent in the third quarter of 2012, while with seasonally and calendary effects adjusted a 1.6 percent decrease occurred, compared to the...
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Consumer climate remains constant
Date: 2012-11-15 12:59:27
The variable development of the consumer mood once again continued in July. On the whole, income expectations and willingness to buy remained at very good levels. The latter improved slightly...
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National tobacco shop applications have been published
Date: 2012-11-15 12:37:45
The National Development Minister published the details of the tender on Thursday. According to the tender, published on the government’s website, the concession fee in settlements, with less than two...
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Coop acquired over 60 Match and Profi stores
Date: 2012-11-15 12:18:45
One of Hungary's greatest retailer Coop Group has finally sucessfully closed the acquisition process of Match and Profi stores. As a result, 62 Match and Profi stores will be owned...
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The Christmas fair opens on Friday at the Vörösmarty square
Date: 2012-11-15 11:59:47
The 14th Budapest Christmas Fair at the Vörösmarty Square waits its guests from Friday, with juried craft products, culinary specialties, performances. A total of 122 stalls and vision workshops are...
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CBA acquired 48 Profi and Match stores
Date: 2012-11-15 11:56:04
CBA took over 48 Match and Profi stores in Budapest and Pest county, and Coop will take the rest of the units, with possible overlap in some regions depending on...
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Kapuvári Meat Factory: no chance of restarting
Date: 2012-11-15 11:45:55
The liquidator of the Kapuvári Meat Factory does not see any chance to restart the plant. He believes that the seek for investors for the company will begin in January....
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The VM conducts a survey on local farmers markets
Date: 2012-11-15 11:44:27
The Ministry of Rural Development (VM) conducts a survey on the local farmers markets. The goal of the ministry is to create a national market system, and to provide legal...
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The proportion of Christmas gift trade decreased in Austrian trade
Date: 2012-11-15 11:41:13
The significance of giving Christmas gifts has been reduced in the past few decades in the Austrian retail market – Austrian economy newspaper, the Wirtschaftsblatt wrote in its Thursday issue,...
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Gastronomic tour and winter fest in the organization of Hungexpo
Date: 2012-11-15 10:59:57
One can participate at Hungexpo’s culinary festival for the second time this year between 23 and 25 November at the Tastes and Wines exhibition. At the Tastes and Wines exhibition...
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200 domestic businesses at the first Tesco Suppliers' Conference
Date: 2012-11-15 10:13:23
Tesco has launched its series of programs called Tesco Suppliers' Academy with the support of the Ministry of Rural DEvelopment. The main purpose of the even is to strenghten the...
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KSH: agricultural producer prices rose by 20.7 percent in September
Date: 2012-11-14 12:41:32
In September, the producer prices of agricultural products rose by 20.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Increase from January to September was 10.9 percent, while...
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One percent of the domestic gross added value is linked to Tesco
Date: 2012-11-14 12:22:21
According to 2010 data, about one percent of the domestic gross added value, 101 billion HUF is directly related to the Hungarian activities of Tesco – shows the study of...
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BDO: more and more companies are in debt spiral
Date: 2012-11-14 12:20:08
In Hungary, more and more companies are falling into fatal debt spiral – the BDO consulting firm draws attention. Referring to the datas of the Financial Supervisory Authority, the BDO...
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Hundred thousand people have applyed to the new chamber of agriculture
Date: 2012-11-14 12:15:39
Győrffy Balázs the acting president of the Chamber of Agriculture, announced that who have registered with e-mail address until 15 November will receive the Chamber of Agriculture’s recently launched electronic...
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Agricultural trading house was established in Szabolcs county
Date: 2012-11-14 11:14:31
In order to promote the sales of agricultural products in Hungary and beyond our borders a trading house was built in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county – announced the leaders of the organizations,...
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Euro zone’s industrial production has not fall so huge since January 2009
Date: 2012-11-14 11:11:27
According to the datas of the EU's statistical office published on Wednesday, industrial output in September decreased by 2.5 percent compared to August. Such a significant reduction in production has...
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The STI Petőfi Nyomda Kft. became the green printing house of the year again
Date: 2012-11-14 11:11:21
The palette of the STI Petőfi Nyomda Kft. has become richer with a newer prize. The printing house has won the GPwA Zöld Nyomdavilág Díj (Gpwa Green World Printing Award)...
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Ukrainians consume more and more foreign meat and milk
Date: 2012-11-14 11:05:28
In Ukraine, the consumption of foreign meat and dairy products has greatly increased. In the first nine months of the year, the country imported three times as much meat than...
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The security of the holiday season
Date: 2012-11-14 10:02:15
The busiest season often calls our attention to a lack in the storage of our store. Since most smaller businesses cannot afford long-term services to protect money, Justice Security has...
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Food price shock is easing say London analysts
Date: 2012-11-13 12:50:45
The rise in food prices does not seem to be filtered through to the consumer prices in Hungary in a level that was expected. This may be one reason of...
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KSH measured a six percent inflation rate in October
Date: 2012-11-13 12:47:46
The food price inflation may be a long-term risk. Inflation may moderate in the next half-year, next year it may remain relatively high – analysts believe. According to the datas...
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Lower-than-expected revenue may flow into the budget from the public health product fee
Date: 2012-11-13 12:21:08
Probably one–two billion HUF less revenue will flow into the budget from the public health product fee –Világgazdaság wrote on Monday. According to the newspaper the companies would need to...
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The National Assembly adopted the report of GVH
Date: 2012-11-13 12:10:18
The National Assembly adopted the Competition Authority’s (GVH) report on its last year's operation on 12 November. Last year a number of complaints and notifications were sent to the agency...
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Young farmers are indispensable to agriculture
Date: 2012-11-13 12:10:10
elping young people is an important area of rural development policy, since running Hungarian agriculture would be inconceivable without young farmers”, said Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas on Monday...
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HITA has established the Exporter Award
Date: 2012-11-13 12:00:33
The National Foreign Trade Office (HITA) has launched an application for those domestic micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, that have their own manufactured products and their export activities greatly contribute...
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60 year-old Tetra Pak has been present in Hungary for 20 years
Date: 2012-11-13 11:15:04
Tetra Pak is a multinational food packaging and processing company of Swedish origin with head offices in Lund, Sweden and Lausanne, Switzerland. The company offers packaging solutions, filling machines and...
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The profession calls for the renegotiation of the Waste Act
Date: 2012-11-13 11:02:59
The new Waste Act eliminates the interest of the producer in proper waste management – was said at the professional seminar, dealing with the producers’ responsibility and waste management. At...
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Calorie calculator by Coca-Cola
Date: 2012-11-13 11:00:26
The company launched the calculator after it commissioned a survey that revealed over a third of Britons admit they don't have the time to be as active as they like,...
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McDonald's: gift books with Happy Meal menu
Date: 2012-11-13 10:59:37
The McDonald's fast food chain gives tens of thousands of books with its Happy Meal for a month. The initiative originally derive from Northern Europe. This year the McDonald's in...
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