News and articles
Increased invoice control at stores
Date: 2007-08-03 00:00:00
According to finance minister Janos Veres the black economy could be decreased form nowadays 20% to 8-10%. He gave an interview for economic daily Napi Gazdasag, where he said the...
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Green light for Nestle's Gerber acquisition
Date: 2007-08-02 00:00:00
The European Commission has cleared Nestle's proposed acquisition of Novartis's Gerber business, saying it would not lead to an uncompetitive concentration in baby foods and cereals. The activities of the...
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Australian wine in PET bottle at Sainsbury
Date: 2007-08-02 00:00:00
Sainsbury said if the trial suceeds, PET bottles would be rolled out across more wines. This could lead to a wider departure from traditional glass bottles by wine makers. The...
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(HU) Kiválasztották Henkel Awardon induló öt hazai formatervezőt
Date: 2007-08-01 00:00:00
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Tap water contra mineral water
Date: 2007-08-01 00:00:00
Pepsi's Aquafina and beverage industry leader Coca-Cola's Dasani are both made by purifying water that comes from public reservoirs. PepsiCo Incorporated has decided to be transparent about the fact that...
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(HU) Középtávon nőni fog az unió sertés- és baromfihús-termelése, illetve –fogyasztása
Date: 2007-08-01 00:00:00
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Profit growth and reorganisation at Danone
Date: 2007-08-01 00:00:00
Danone said net profit came to 656 million euros in the six months through June. First-half revenue rose 9.2 percent to 7.5 billion euros. Danone is selling its core biscuits...
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No timetable for selling Cadbury's american beverage unit
Date: 2007-07-31 00:00:00
Cadbury Schweppes has extended the timetable for taking bids for its U.S. beverage unit because of market volatility. The division includes 7-Up, Dr Pepper and Snapple soft drinks. Wall Street...
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Weather and climate effects influence the price of agricultural products
Date: 2007-07-31 00:00:00
Finance Ministry will raise its previous forecast in September. Finance Minister János Veres said market competition, trading channels and the impact of free trade in the EU (which helps even...
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(HU) Tavaly 61 magyar riasztás történt az uniós Gyors Veszélyjelző Rendszerben
Date: 2007-07-31 00:00:00
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(HU) Leginkább a tejtermékek áraiban várható emelkedés Németországban
Date: 2007-07-31 00:00:00
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(HU) Mérséklődő optimizmus jellemzik a hazai nagyvállalatokat
Date: 2007-07-31 00:00:00
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Coca-Cola is still the most valuable brand
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
On the second place is the Microsoft with 3% growth, IBM is the third, with 2% increase on the top Global Brands. The annual BusinessWeek-Interbrand brand survey 'The 100 Top...
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Bunge to bring some production to Hungary
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
Bunge Limited, a leading global agribusiness and food company, has decided to close its plant in Oradea, Romania due to high costs and move some of the plant's capacity's to...
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UK man charged with Tesco bomb threats
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
Europe's second biggest retail chain was several times blackmailed, but never payed. A 51-year-old man had been charged with making bomb threats against Tesco supermarkets which forced Britain's biggest retailer...
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Less food safety problems with hungarian products
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
After overall control in June the Hungarian Food Safety Office phased 125 products out of circulation. First of all the products bought in the summer (beer, eiscream, soft drinks) would...
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Marketplace control, the biggest problem is the date of expiry
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
The Consumer Protection Agency checked last Saturday 120 stores on hungarian market places. 89 were put in the wrong, the penalty sum is HUF 12 million. Products in value HUF...
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Politicians against unfair entrepreneurs
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
Karoly Herenyi, floor leader of MDF ask the leader of Consumer Protection Agency to publish the Agency's black list. A short time ago, MDF asks the Agency to make a...
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Plaza building fiber in Romania
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
With 2 million square metres of retail space available until 2010 – four times more than the current level, the domestic market is attracting more and more European clothing and...
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Samcap: Hungarian innovation at drinkpackaging
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
Samcamp is a special storage container, wich offers a solution: to storage separately certain components of an otherwise unstabile mixture. The innovation made by Janos Samu and Maria Palfi-Ledniczky opens...
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Calculable, composed growth at Zwack
Date: 2007-07-27 00:00:00
The nett income increased with 3.6% on yr/yr, operating surplus growth with 3.8%, after tax profit with 3%. The export income increased 10%, it was a big goal for managment....
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Less implugnable food products
Date: 2007-07-27 00:00:00
Thanks for aligned food safety controls day after day decreased the number of unhealty raw material and food industry products. So the penalty is decreasing. From 90 slaughter house in...
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No more frosen meat
Date: 2007-07-27 00:00:00
The EU rules are available in Hungary from 1 of August. According a new food safety decree: retailer can't frozen the meat and it's prohibited to make meatproducts from frozen...
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