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Workania: 19 percent of the Slovaks and 34 percent of the Czechs earn more than the Hungarians
Date: 2012-10-31 11:11:09
The Hungarian workers' gross monthly average wage is 221400 thousand HUF, while the Slovaks earned 19 more and the Czechs 34 percent more the last year – shows the Fizetesek.hu...
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There are not enough boxes and bags in the Santa Claus Factory
Date: 2012-10-31 10:59:50
There are not enough boxes and bags in Santa's factory, in which the volunteers of the charity action could pack the gifts in – the organization told MTI on Saturday....
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Nielsen: Consumer Confidence in Hungary is in depths
Date: 2012-10-30 13:00:22
Hungary has the lowest consumer confidence index for five consecutive quarters, among the worldwide tested fifty-eight countries. Although a slight improvement occurred, tthird-quarter index is 37 points, which is 7...
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Fazekas Sándor: the pig sector has future
Date: 2012-10-30 12:55:21
The Hungarian pig sector can be reneved with the involvement of market participants, and can reach the production level of ten years ago in terms of employment and production –...
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Pork industry: big changes on an international level
Date: 2012-10-30 12:38:58
A striking feature of thehog industry has been the rapid shift to fewer and larger operations, associated with technological change and evolving industry structure. The United States is the world's...
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More and more international companies expect Chinese consumers
Date: 2012-10-30 11:23:25
If we want the global business to flourish, we should win in China first – WARC writes after consulting several international companies. More and more brand owners consider China in...
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Economic confidence in the euro zone has slipped back to its three-year low
Date: 2012-10-30 11:00:15
In October, the consumer and business sentiment index has slipped back to its three-year low, after in Germany and in France economic expectations became bad. According to the Tuesday communication...
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The SME sector may be the key to the economic growth in Hungary
Date: 2012-10-29 11:40:08
According to the recently published a report of the European Commission, the stuation of the Hungarian enterprises in most of the 10 indicators of the Small Business Act (SBA) are...
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The school apple program was expanded
Date: 2012-10-29 11:28:01
The Agricultural and Rural Development Agency published the list of products and product quantities that can be transported into the public educational institutions in the 2012/2013 school year. In the...
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K&H: stagnant labor market
Date: 2012-10-29 11:10:44
The vast majority of domestic SMEs believe that over the next one year, the number of employees will stagnate. The majority of workplaces that are planning recruitments are only planning...
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Employees are responsible for a significant portion of shopliftings
Date: 2012-10-26 10:58:15
Among the European Union (EU) member countries, Slovakian store employees steal the most – Slovak Hospodárské Noviny newspaper wrote on Wednesday referring to the datas of a survey. According to...
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The world's strongest beer was brewed in Scotland
Date: 2012-10-26 10:57:40
A Scottish brewery claims to have created the world's strongest beer – a 65 percent super strength alcoholic drink called Armageddon. The appropriately named beer is likely to leave consumers...
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Hungarian-Romanian business center opens in Békéscsaba
Date: 2012-10-26 10:42:52
The cross-border project amis to stimulate cooperation Nagyvárad and Békés county. At the project opening conference Hódsági Tamás, president of the Békés county Chamber of Commerce and Industry told that...
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KSH: August retail sales volume fell by 2.4 percent
Date: 2012-10-25 13:00:15
In August, retail sales volumes was 2.4 percent below, while in the first eight months of the year it was 1.4 percent below the same period of the last year...
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The entrepreneurs consider the narrowing of financing as the biggest problem
Date: 2012-10-25 12:40:12
The most significant problem for the Hungarian companies is the the narrowing of financing opportunities – the Roland Berger Strategy Consultant announced the results of its survey carried out with...
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This year’s maize crop fulfills the domestic demand
Date: 2012-10-25 12:35:03
The Minister of State at the conference of the Livestock and Meat Interprofessional Organization and Marketing Board (VHT) told on Thursday that according to the latest figures, 95 percent of...
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Shopping center operators are confident
Date: 2012-10-25 12:10:55
According to analysts, domestic consumption boost is not expected. The National Trade Association (OKSZ) expects a decline of about 1-2 percent on the consumer market in 2012. The Ministry of...
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The consumption of apple has increased
Date: 2012-10-24 12:10:07
According to Budai Gyula, domestic consumption of apple has increased, thanks to the sales campaign launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (VM), the Agricultural Marketing Center, the FruitVeB and...
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A five percent decline in the packaging industry
Date: 2012-10-24 11:59:49
An about 5 percent drop was measured in the first half of this year in the Hungarian packaging industry. The main problem beside the general economic problems is the unfavorable...
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S&P: recession is expected in the Euro zone
Date: 2012-10-24 11:55:32
This year, recession is expected in the Euro zone and it is not granted that economic growth will occur the next year – Standard & Poor's announced on Wednesday in...
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The Bolgheri Sassicaia 2009 of Tuscany became Italy's best red wine
Date: 2012-10-24 10:59:25
According to the recently published edition of Gambero Rosso wine guide, this year’s best Italian red wine is from Tuscany, while the best white wine is bottled in Friuli. Three...
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Hungarian origin colored pork found in Slovakia
Date: 2012-10-24 10:34:02
The inspectors of the Slovak Food and Veterinary Authority (SVaPS) found Hungarian origin, colored frozen pork in Slovakia at a reseller’s warehouse premises in Bratislava – confirmed Paulína Komárová, the...
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GfK Purchasing Power: Hungary backlogs the region
Date: 2012-10-19 13:10:44
According to the Purchasing Power Study of GfK study in Hungary the per capita annual disposable annual income is 4,884 euros, the quarter of the Austrian value. The wealthiest country...
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Food prices may increase by ten percent
Date: 2012-10-19 13:00:03
The Agricultural Economics Research Institute (AKI) expect a smaller, about 10 percent food price increase in the next six months – MTI writes. This announcement may easen the already tense...
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Nielsen: dairy products’ retail sales increased both in value and volume in the first eight months
Date: 2012-10-19 12:50:23
There is an expanding demand for dairy products. In terms of value, retail sales of the fourteen different categories increased by 5 percent during January-August this year, compared to the...
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Success of Hungarian wines in Stockholm
Date: 2012-10-19 12:10:29
Hungarian wines were introduced in Sweden in the scope of a large-scale demonstration. The event organized by the National Foreign Trade Office (HITA) was accompanied by high attention both from...
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GKI: Domestic economic expectations remained pessimistic
Date: 2012-10-19 12:04:16
GKI-Erste economic confidence index adjusted for seasonal effects has been essentially unchanged since May. A modest increase at the beginning of the year was followed by a fall in May,...
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Magazine: Trends, whys and answers – part 5
Date: 2012-10-19 10:22:07
The market share of a carbonated soft drink brand, let us call it ‘A’, started to fall in one of the country’s in our region. At the same time competitors’...
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Pricing troubles by merchants
Date: 2012-10-19 10:00:05
At RetailCustomerExperience.com Dale Furtwenger, the author of the book ‘Pricing for Profit’ analyses the pricing strategies of retailers. He underlines the importance of being consistent and value-centred but writes negatively...
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Hungaricum Committee opening discussion at the Ministry of Rural Development
Date: 2012-10-18 12:49:51
The so-called Hungaricum Commitee has opened its founding conference on Thursday, at the Ministry of Rural Development (VM). The board consists of 15 members, and the main purpose of these...
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