Market News
Private pension fund real-returns are in banks
Date: 2011-08-22 13:30:44
A survey carried out on behalf of Budapest Bank and Budapest Alapkezelő found that Hungarian do spend their the real return of their private pension funds, but prefer to place...
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Compensation to Pécs-companies
Date: 2011-08-22 13:15:23
The municipiality of Pécs is willing to pay compensation fee of 45 million HUF to 38 Pécs-based companies which needed to be closed temporarily due to investments of European Capital...
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(HU) A német versenyképesség fenntartásához évi 400 ezer bevándorló szükséges
Date: 2011-08-22 12:35:09
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Magazine: Consumers spread less margarine on their slice of bread
Date: 2011-08-22 11:26:40
– Base material prices have grown like never before and as a result product prices augmented, so a difficult year awaits distributors – says Ágota Puskás, category operations assistant manager...
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HP cutting off PC department may affect upstream supply chain
Date: 2011-08-22 08:22:52
As Hewlett-Packard (HP) decided to perhaps spin off its PC business, which contributes revenues of about US$40 billion, it is becoming more obvious that HP intends to turn its focus...
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Bakers do not plan price increases until the end of September
Date: 2011-08-19 14:15:18
Bakers are waiting for the stabilizing of flour prices, but then the bread may become more expensive if production costs rise. Kurdi András, the President of the Hungarian Bakers' Associatuin...
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Domestic winemakers urging the strict quality control of imported wines
Date: 2011-08-19 13:55:02
Domestic winemakers and the association of farmers ask for the intervention of the Ministry of Agriculture to repel the dubious origin import wines in order to defend the domestic grape...
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Morgan Stanley: the momentum of the global economy decreasing, business and consumer confidence declining
Date: 2011-08-19 13:30:45
Morgan Stanley modified the expected global growth rate for this year from 4.2 percent to 3.9 percent. The correction was made with reference to the not appropriate policy reactions for...
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Without subsidies, the breeding of native species is impossible
Date: 2011-08-19 12:50:21
Despite the expansion of mangalica and gray cattle products in trade, only the support can help the breeders of the local native animals to escape even without losses. Without the...
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Magazine: An increase in prices and more promotions characterised the wet condiment market
Date: 2011-08-19 11:36:39
What is new on the wet condiment market? Well, premium brands managed to evade a significant decline in sales and private labels were getting stronger – only the medium category...
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National product basket for quality and award-winning products
Date: 2011-08-18 14:40:49
The National Consumer Protection Authority (NFH) is scheduled to start its National product basket initiative in October – said Pintér István, director of the organization, at a press conference in...
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Association of Hungarian Bakers: 73 kilograms of bread consumed each year
Date: 2011-08-18 14:10:53
Annually 73 kilograms of bread is consumed per capita – shows the datas of the Association of Hungarian Bakers. Two-thirds the sales volume is still white and half brown bread....
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Domestic beer industry declining since 2007
Date: 2011-08-18 13:10:53
The crisis continued in the beer industry in 2010 – shows the datas of the Hungarian Brewers Association. According to the document, the sales of the largest beer factories decreased...
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Worsening sentiment in the global economy
Date: 2011-08-18 13:09:43
According to the WES survey (World Economic Survey of the Munich-based ifo Economic Research and the Paris-based ICC International Chamber of Commerce; The global business climate index deteriorated in the...
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Green light for fattened goose and duck products at the Anuga in Cologne
Date: 2011-08-18 13:00:36
The event organizer, the Kölnmesse GmbH allows the presence of fattened goose and duck products at the Anuga exhibition in Cologne. The company previously – under pressure from extremist animal...
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Grape growers can get a good price
Date: 2011-08-18 12:50:58
It seems that this year's harvest start with good prices. At the small region of Kiskőrös, 120 forints are paid for fragrant grapes. “Earlier this week, the purchasers came out...
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Hungarian Agricultural Research: Special Edition Published
Date: 2011-08-18 12:20:15
The latest issue of Hungarian Agricultural Research introduces Hungarian research institutes concerned with agricultural research and environmental studies. The special edition of the English language professional journal founded by the...
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British retailers barely saw any increase regarding volume
Date: 2011-08-18 10:08:36
Britain's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased by 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2011, following an increase of 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011. There...
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EU wind power will triple by 2020
Date: 2011-08-18 08:24:26
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind power deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050, due to...
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More and more people get their shopping done in seperate stores
Date: 2011-08-17 13:52:37
Two out of five Hungarians – 42 percent of the population – get their shopping done in seperate grocery stores, although often it is not a choice but a must...
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The domestic pig stocks may decrease under 3 million soon
Date: 2011-08-17 13:40:13
In one year, the producer price of pigs increased by 1.1 percent – shows the datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH). After last year's depressed pork prices, many of...
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Bucharest is also ahead of Budapest in purchasing power
Date: 2011-08-17 13:30:46
According to the survey of the USB Swiss bank; Oslo is the world's most expensive city, followed by Zurich and Geneva. According to the survey; on the first three places...
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Declining consumer prices in the euro area
Date: 2011-08-17 13:00:42
The rate of inflation, reduced as expected in the euro zone in July in an annual and in monthly comparision as well – announced Eurostat, the European Union's statistical office,...
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Hungarians are not satisfied with the goverment
Date: 2011-08-17 12:48:22
Fidesz has shred some of its lead over the main rival Socialist party, and the radical nationalist Jobbik has increased its camp, the latest Ipsos poll published in Saturday’s Nepszabadsag...
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The summer end school supplies fair may bring a 20-30 billion HUF traffic
Date: 2011-08-17 12:48:17
In recent years, the price of school supplies increased the most this year. The school supplies fair means a stable 10 billion HUF business to the traders. While large retailers...
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Harvest time is over
Date: 2011-08-17 11:38:44
“The harvest is complete in the majority of the country. The quality of wheat is excellent, with average yields in excess of four tons per hectare” – announced State Secretary...
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METRO starts school with special offers
Date: 2011-08-17 09:53:06
METRO is helping to increase its partners competitiveness by offering special actions to customers: between 18th and 31st August, a 16 page-long cataloge is released by the company, in which...
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Hungary retail food sales see growth of 3%
Date: 2011-08-16 13:01:01
Retail food sales in Hungary rose 3% in value terms but fell 2% in volume terms in the second quarter from the same period a year earlier, market researcher Nielsen...
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Growth significantly slows in the German and in the Hungarian economy
Date: 2011-08-16 13:00:11
Compared to the first quarter, the Hungarian economy has stagnated. Even compared to last year's numbers a 1.5 percent growth can be seen in the second quarter datas – shows...
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We purchase price sensitively, not health-consciously
Date: 2011-08-16 12:41:09
Hungarians do not purchase health consciously, but due to their price sensitivity, the introduction of the so-called hamburger-tax may be succesful – shows the joint survey of KutatóCentrum and Marketing...
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