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GfK: we spend more on coffee, but consume less
Date: 2013-01-17 12:45:52
Because of the significant price increases consumers' buying habits slightly changed in the coffee category. Coffee is a popular drink: nine out of ten households in Hungary bought coffee in...
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The equipments in domestic retail stores are obsolete
Date: 2013-01-17 12:25:33
According to the latest studies, about half of the IT equipments should be changed soon at the Hungarian commercial enterprises. The experts experience that the companies use their devices for...
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Fazekas: the EU agricultural policy’s reform is expected to be delayed
Date: 2013-01-17 12:08:22
The Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) reform is expected to be delayed, so 2014 can be a transitional year in the EU agricultural funding – Rural Development Minister Fazekas Sándor said...
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Mazars: intergovernmental tax treaties will change
Date: 2013-01-17 11:00:41
Many domestic businesses will be affected by the fact that the Hungarian government modified intergovernmental tax treaties with several countries such as the USA and Germany, and a number of...
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New export opportunities for Hungarian products
Date: 2013-01-17 10:09:49
“Food exports have fallen over the past decades, but pork, poultry and fish have the required animal health certificates and we have now succeeded in regaining our market positions”, said...
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K&H: domestic enterprises are uncertain
Date: 2013-01-16 12:39:42
There is a considerable uncertainty among the businesses, because in the last year’s K&H SME confidence index is characterized by a continuous fluctuation. After the improvement of the previous quarter,...
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NGM: 60 thousand people checked in to the new taxes
Date: 2013-01-16 12:29:00
According to the processed datas, the itemized tax (kata) of the small business was chosen by about 51 thousand people, the small-business tax (kiva) was chosen by almost 10 thousand...
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The range of the national tobacco shops can be expanded with new products
Date: 2013-01-16 12:00:09
The Nemzeti Dohánykereskedelmi Nonprofit Zrt. (National Tobacco Trade Non-profit Ltd.) suggests that tobacco shops to be able to sell newspapers, mineral water, coffee, energy drinks and soft drinks. The Nemzeti...
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New monthly peak with 10.7 million bankcard transactions in December
Date: 2013-01-16 11:43:57
SIA Central Europe achieved a new record in transactions in Hungary over the last year. In 2012, the hub of the SIA Group in Central Europe also focusing on card...
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Reward to the revealers of the false food and medicine products in China
Date: 2013-01-16 11:25:54
Reward will be given to those who provide information on substandard quality food and pharmaceuticals in China. If the case is important the revealers can get up to 300 thousand...
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Chinese rich prefer French luxury brands
Date: 2013-01-16 11:15:40
The wealthy Chinese people favors the French luxury brand – shows the research of the Hurun Research Institute. The organization in its regular annual report studied 551 millionaires with more...
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All premises were rented at the Budapest Airport
Date: 2013-01-16 11:02:23
Budapest Airport’s (BA) all premises found tenants at the terminals – the Budapest Airport’s operating company told MTI on Wednesday. According to the communication, the last two tenants have brought...
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E-receipt in one third of US stores
Date: 2013-01-16 09:06:14
Apple has been offering this option since 2005 and now one third of US stores do the same, including Gap or Macy’s where 12 percent of customers use this opportunity....
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KSH measured 5.7 percent inflation in 2012
Date: 2013-01-15 12:25:35
In 2012, consumer prices rose by an average of 5.7 percent, compared to the previous year, and in December were 5.0 percent higher than a year earlier. Consumer prices remained...
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Onlinekassza.hu: The news portal helps in the connecting of cashiers to NAV
Date: 2013-01-15 11:43:57
The businesses will be informed from a new source about the connecting of cashiers to NAV. The recently launched Onlinekassza.hu news portal provides practical help to the businesses, beside the...
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HITA: SMEs can apply for 400 million HUF
Date: 2013-01-15 11:40:58
The National Foreign Trade Office (HITA) extended the deadline of the trade development tender with one month. New deadline is 15 February 2013. The tender aims to increase the export...
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Hungarian beet producers will buy the former sugar factory
Date: 2013-01-15 11:32:27
According to the informations of the Hajdú-bihari Napló, the former sugar factory in Kaba will be owned by Hungarians again. The owner the Eastern Sugár Zrt. has been trying to...
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U.S. retail sales expanded
Date: 2013-01-15 11:00:21
Retail sales in the U.S increased by 0.5 percent last December instead of the expected 0.2 percent – the Ministry of Commerce announced. The bad news is that the atmosphere...
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A record surplus in the external trade of the Eurozone
Date: 2013-01-15 11:00:01
íThe aggregate external trade surplus of the Eurozone countries reached a record surplus – shows Eurostat’s data published on Tuesday. According to the first estimate of Eurostat, Eurozone’s external trade...
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The strawberry and blueberry may reduce the risk of heart attacks in case of women
Date: 2013-01-15 10:54:59
The consumption of strawberry and blueberry three times a week may reduce the risk of heart attacks in case of women by one-third – American and British researchers state in...
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Ipsos: we look around many places, but do not really want to choose
Date: 2013-01-14 12:50:59
It is one thing to look around, but real commitment means something different. On average, 44 percent of the respondents followed the various brands in social media – shows the...
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About 2.6 billion HUF support to increase the number of pigs
Date: 2013-01-14 12:46:19
The government favors commodity production and food processing in the agricultural strategy; in order to increase the number of pigs a 2.6 billion HUF supportis available – Kardeván Endre, Minister...
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KSH: decrease in the growth of agri producer prices
Date: 2013-01-14 12:20:00
Agricultural producer prices rose by 18.5 percent in November, compared to the level of a year earlier, after the 24.5 percent price increase of the previous month. The price of...
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The world produces four billion tons of food – half of this amount ends as garbage
Date: 2013-01-14 12:10:41
Nowadays we produce roughly four billion tons of food each year. It is estimated that about 30 to 50 percent (from 1.2 to 2 billion tons) never make it to...
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The change of cash-registers may last until the end of the year
Date: 2013-01-14 11:26:24
The requirements in connection with the cash-registers are still not fixed yet. The development, licensing, or testing of the right tool may last until the end of the year –...
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The expansion of biofuels is pushing up food prices
Date: 2013-01-14 11:25:51
Europe and United States are encouraging the expansion of alternative fuels with laws in order to reduce dependence on oil. However, the plant-based fuel production can cause a drastic rise...
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Industrial production declined in the euro zone in November
Date: 2013-01-14 11:00:53
In November, instead of a modest increase, industrial production declined in the euro zone and in the EU in November – the European Union's statistical office, Eurostat announced on Monday....
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New market research database
Date: 2013-01-14 10:20:23
Global market research company Euromonitor International announced today the launch of Passport: Cities, a database providing fully comparable data and in-depth analysis on 850 cities worldwide.Passport: Cities provides localized city...
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New EU-policy on additives
Date: 2013-01-14 10:18:29
Food additives are substances added intentionally to foodstuffs to perform certain technological functions, for example to colour, to sweeten or to preserve. Food additives are defined in Community legislation as...
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Food retail turnover increased by 5 percent in value
Date: 2013-01-11 13:00:11
Retail revenues increased by 5 percent, to about 1,370 billion HUF in the 90 food categories measured by Nielsen between December 2011 and November 2012, compared to the previous year's...
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