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Japan confirmed that China is the world's second largest economy

The recently published datas of the Japan Prime Minister's Office shows that the Chinese economy is the world's second largest economy, surpassing Japan. In 2010, Japan's nominal GDP was 5.474...

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The quantity of the Czech beer brewing decreased to the levels of the late 80s

Last year, 17.1 million hectoliters of beer was brewed in the Czech Republic. This is the smallest quantity, since 1989. Compared to 2009, an eight percent decrease occurred. The result...

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The day of lovers and traders

Although the 14th of February belongs to the lovers, traders like Valentine's day as much as lovers do. An average inhabitant of Vienna spends 34 euros on Valentine's day, the...

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Best callcenters to be chosen in 2011

The Best Call Center of the Year Award reaches out to the best Hungarian phone-based helpers every year. The competition was founded 3 years ago, and the event is organized...

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Hamburger tax: “no unhealthy food, just unhealthy nutrition”

The hamburger tax was not firstly proposed by the government, but it was suspected that they like the idea – said Csontos Csaba, Corporate Relations Director of Nestlé Hungária Kft....

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The state and the multinationals are also responsible for the gridlocks

Everyone condemns, but substantive measures were not taken to eradicate – sums up Coface Hungary its opinion over gridlock. According to the company, dealing with credit rating and claims management;...

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MSSZ: The ministry lost the battle German pork-dumping to come

According to the Hungarian Pig Association (MSSZ); the withdrawal of the dioxin-regulation may result in further significant losses for the industry players, caused by German meat dumped prices. Many of...

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One and a half billion alliance of the poultry producers

With a nearly a half billion investment, poultry producers joined forces in order to build a poultry proccessor in Pacs, Zala county. Rural Development Minister, Fazekas Sándor also took part...

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Serious corn deficit in Hungary

There is a massive export of feed grains isn Hungary right now, therefore there is a strong and urgent need for state laws about the regulation of the amount of...

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Amalgam fillings will be changed for free

Thanks to the new program PreFog, amalgam fillings might be changed to composite ones for free all over Hungary. Nowadays entists and patients today have several choices when it comes...

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The national economy ministry considering the imposition of the hamburger tax

According to the informations of Index; the reform program of the Ministry of National Economy contains the following steps: medical review of the disability degree of the disabled, the free...

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The Chief Veterinary Officer withdrew the dioxin regulation

The Chief Veterinary Officer withdrew the dioxin regulation on the grounds, that the German authorities are able to eliminate and prevent the marketing of the contaminated products, because on the...

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Supermarket chains in the fuel market

The petrol stations with names of the supermarket chains are interesting participants of the European and Hungarian fuel market. Some believe that, it would be a solution against the ever...

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March will bring higher prices

The price of grain, flour, sugar, fuel andbread will become more expensive in the next weeks. Varga László, president of the Hungarian Baker’s Association did not say exact number for...

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The future belongs to the contactless cards

The bank card market is getting more lively: Visa and MasterCard both see the future in contactless cards. According to the annual report of Visa Europe; the volume of the...

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Coface: level of circular indebtedness seem to have increased

According to a new statement by Coface Hungary, the level of circular indebtedness seem to have increased last year although the financial crisis has made companies less daring. Payment deadlines...

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The organic meat is not free from environmental risks

Hungarian organic food distributors expected prestige and revenue growth, from the dioxin scandal of Germany, despite a large German company’s checks warned  the domestic players of the industry that it...

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Significant assets in the foreign trade balance

According to the the first estimate; in last December the value of exports was 1634 billion HUF (5,890 million euros), while the value of exports was 1,508 billion HUF  (5,434...

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Strike and riots threaten one of the world's most important trade route

6000 Suez Canal operator started to stike today, demanding higher wages. The channel management stresses that the ship traffic is smooth, while the price of Brent oil rose above  100...

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German export close to record

German exports rose by 18.5 percent last year, compared to the 2009 crisis year, the trade balance surplus exceeded 150 billion euros. According to the statistical datas released on Wednesday;...

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New EU rules ahead on plastic food packaging

New EU rules for food contact in plastic packaging are on the horizon. A proposed regulation known as the Plastic Implementation Measure (PIM) has been approved by the EU’s Council...

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Ahold and Tesco battle in Czech Republic

Two of Europe’s biggest retailers, Ahold and Tesco, are battling to be the market leader in the Czech Republic. Each retailer currently holds about 20% of the market, according to...

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POS-011

Last year we introduced three campaigns each month, from the food, non-food and drink categories. This year we are going to feature two campaigns each month, one of them will...

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Does holiday season spending generate profits?

After a 6-percent growth in November, in the US Wall Street analysts expect a 3.4-percent average growth from leading retail chains for December. What investors would like to know is...

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Hungary

POPAI Hungary Association held its first meeting on 20 January, where new members were introduced and the action plan for 2011 was finalised. Closer domestic and European relations and more...

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The bankruptcy wave is still here

In real economy the crisis is far from being over and a large number of companies are still expected to grow bankrupt. With 20,000-30,000 bankruptcies a year, Hungary is still...

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Fruit prices increased the most

Agricultural product prices significantly elevated in the past year. The production price level of agricultural products was 31 percent higher in November 2010 than a year earlier: vegetable product prices...

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obli/ance

The smart buyer’s main aim is to find the supply with the best price/value ratio. For the sake of the best offer the consumer is willing to collect information and...

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iconising

People’s attention span has become shorter in their stimulating environment. The sender of information only has a few seconds in which it must grab the consumers’ attention. Only those can...

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blind leading the blind

Consumers want to find new sources of information instead of those with expertise. Companies lose control over consumers and over the information flow. People turned their back on experts and...

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