News and articles
Carlsberg triplered
Date: 2010-02-24 00:00:19
The fourth quarter profits of Carlsberg Brewery nearly tripled, increasing to 383 million Danish crowns from 111 million Danish crowns, while sales revenue decreased to 14.52 billion from 13.62 billion...
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Confidence improves since last May
Date: 2010-02-23 00:06:02
In February, the GKI Sentiment Index has improved, but still not reach the pre-crisis level – states the survey of the GKI Economic Research Co. (www.gki.hu), supported by the European...
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Hungarian grown vegetables and fruits decrease
Date: 2010-02-23 00:05:12
The Hungarian fruit and vegetables production decreased to its 18 years ago level, to 2,1-2,2 million tonnes last year. The sector is almost strangled by a lot of administrative burdens,...
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A one-tenth decline in agricultural production
Date: 2010-02-23 00:03:25
According to the preliminary datas; Hungarian agricultural production volume decreased by 10-11 percent last year – said Udovecz Gábor, the Director-General of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI), on Monday...
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Csányi Sándor’s food industrial company group breaks for decisive regional role
Date: 2010-02-23 00:02:18
Csányi Sándor’s Bonafarm Agri-Food group was officially introduced on Monday afternoon, at the Foodapest fair, in the scope of a press conference. Csányi Attila, the Chief Executive Officer of Bonafarm...
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The first Pepper Gourmet has opened
Date: 2010-02-23 00:01:39
A completely new business was launched in Barcelona, with the opening of the first store of the Paprika Gourmet Hungarian Delicatessen chain of stores. The chain of stores is committed...
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Money flows into China
Date: 2010-02-23 00:01:28
The foreign direct investments (FDI) to China increased for the sixth consecutive month in the January of 2010. On the basis of the most recent datas, 8.1 billion USD new...
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Slovakia: debut at Burger King, expanding at McDonald's
Date: 2010-02-23 00:01:10
Within a few weeks the first Burger King fast food restaurant will be opened in Slovakia. According to the plans of McDonald's five new restaurants will be opened, this year....
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Metro: one million euros donation to Haiti
Date: 2010-02-23 00:00:25
The members of the Metro Group were united to send the largest donation in the history of the group, to the earthquake victims of Haiti. In the package was launched...
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In 2009 the domestic average net earning was 124 thousand HUF
Date: 2010-02-22 00:06:54
According to the Central Statistical Office; The real income in January-December of 2009 beside the 4.2 percent increase of the consumer price index, decreased by 2.4 percent. The number of...
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Budapest is a podium investment location
Date: 2010-02-22 00:05:17
Budapest included into the best 25 cities in the “European Cities and Regions of the Future” survey of FDI Magazine of the Financial Times. In the survey, testing investment locations,...
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SuperShop points are over ten billion
Date: 2010-02-22 00:03:25
According to SuperShop’s press conference; The recent period brought SuperShop loyalty cards a particularly high success. The number of cardholders is 1.8 million, soon they reach 2 millions. Szabó Szergej,...
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Nestlé profits over 10 billion swiss francs
Date: 2010-02-22 00:03:02
Nestlé’s net profit in 2009 was 10.4 billion Swiss francs. The company expects stronger growth this year, than last year. Nestlé's sales volume increased by 4.1 percent, to 107.6 swiss...
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Austrian food retail growing in real terms
Date: 2010-02-22 00:02:58
The trend in Austrian food retailing turned to positive. Last year, turnover increased in real terms, compared to the previous year. While average prices increased by only 0.2 percent in...
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Consumer prices decreased after 27 years in the United States
Date: 2010-02-22 00:01:29
Since 1982 did not occur that the consumer prices – excluding the price of food and energy – decreased. The U.S. Labor Department's consumer price index, increased by 0.2 percent...
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Auchan, will not stir up the moor
Date: 2010-02-22 00:01:02
Whether Auchan’s investment in Dunakeszi, will be materialized or not, the company will let the moory areas intact – said Jean-Paul Filliat, CEO of the Auchan Hungary Ltd. In recent...
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Lidl bought the Romanian-Plus network
Date: 2010-02-22 00:00:39
The German Tengelmann group sold its Plus networks in Bulgaria and in Romania to Lidl. With this, a total of 119 Plus stores changes hands. The purchase price was not...
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Greenpeace protests against GMO dairy products
Date: 2010-02-22 00:00:05
On the weekend, Greenpeace activists in about 39 cities of Germany protested against the dairy products of Nestlé and Danone Group’s Milupa, that are containing GMO ingredients. According to the...
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The Hungarian agriculture does not expect any good
Date: 2010-02-19 00:08:25
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) communicates scary numbers of last year’s agricultural performance. The sector is in nadir, and according to predictions, this will not change too much this...
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The victory of Hungarian bakers
Date: 2010-02-19 00:06:28
The Sigep Bread Cup was organised for the fourth time in Rimini, by the Club Arti Meistieri. The Hungarian national team took part for the third time and last year...
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A tender for conscious and quality consumption
Date: 2010-02-19 00:02:18
Applicants can apply in 17 topics on the Hungarian Product Grand Prix of 2010. Applicants can registrate with competitive, high-quality, environmentally friendly engineered products and services until the 21st of...
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Wal-Mart: Impressive gains beside decreased revenues
Date: 2010-02-19 00:02:01
Wal-Mart reported larger-than-expected profits in the fourth quarter, besides its revenues were slightly under the expectations of the analysts. The company, in its Thursday report published 1.17 USD per share...
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Global warming in the global economy
Date: 2010-02-19 00:01:25
In the last quarter of 2009, a 0.8 percent GDP growth occured, compared with the preceding three months. The total performance in the thirty Member States improves steadily and rapidly...
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Online coupons becoming more and more popular
Date: 2010-02-19 00:00:35
A huge increase has been occured in coupon usage in the United States. While in 2008, 2.6 billion coupons were used, in 2009 this figure increased to 3.3 billion. This...
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International wine scandal: Millions of bottles false Pinot Noir was marketed
Date: 2010-02-19 00:00:21
More than 18 million bottles of fake, poor quality Pinot Noir wine was marketed in the U.S.A. This is the largest international wine scandal ever. On Wednesday, several French winemakers...
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Tchibo chosen PR agency
Date: 2010-02-19 00:00:02
Tchibo has chosen Morpho Communications as partner, to the support the company’s total PR activities. The agency will be in charge for Tchibo shops and the communication of Tchibo, Eduscho...
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Bocuse d'Or Selection Hungary: the winner represents Hungary in the European contest
Date: 2010-02-18 00:05:02
The Hungarian Bocuse d'Or of the Academy will hold the finals of the Bocuse d’Or Selection Hungary 2010, on the 21st and 22nd of February 2010. The competition begins at...
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