Market News
The Food Bank has received a honorary degree
Date: 2012-05-24 12:02:06
The Food Bank (Élelmiszerbank) was received a honorary degree signed by György Habsburg, president of the Hungarian Red Cross. In the letter, György Habsburg expresses the recognition and appreciation on...
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Czechs boycott Polish food
Date: 2012-05-24 11:54:30
The Czechs significantly limited the purchase of Polish food products, because they are frightened by the news that Polish manufacturers preserved several food products with industrial salt. According to the...
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Hungarians Pushing More Online Shopping Carts
Date: 2012-05-23 14:57:22
Few areas of the economy show growth to the extent produced by internet commerce in 2011, says GKIeNET – T-Mobile’s research survey titled “Report on the Internet Economy” and published...
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NÉBIH: brochure on the marking of eggs
Date: 2012-05-23 12:40:07
The National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) has published a brochure on the key informations on the marking of eggs – told NÉBIH on Wednesday to MTI. At the newest...
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The middle class of the emerging markets represents a huge buying power
Date: 2012-05-23 12:38:37
According to the Retail Market View study of Cushman & Wakefield, the retail world is a boundary-free global market. The developed retail markets are the base of this market, while...
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A good yield is expected in case of autumn sown crops
Date: 2012-05-23 11:55:09
According to Czerván György, State Secretary of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM), responsible for agri-management in case of sunflower and corn a good yield is expected. In case of...
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VAT increase in the Czech Republic
Date: 2012-05-23 11:40:24
The two keys of VAT will be increased by one-one percentage points to 15 and 21 percent – from January in the Czech Republic. The Czech government accepted the Finance...
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Grana Padano: blood pressure lowering Italian cheese
Date: 2012-05-23 11:35:33
According to an Italian study, the Italian Grana Padano Parmesan cheese, has reduced blood pressure at people do not taking ACE inhibitors. Among the inhabitants of the European Union every...
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Retail food prices in the first quarter increased by five percent in Europe, six percent in Hungary
Date: 2012-05-22 13:40:50
The average Hungarian food retail prices have risen by 6 percent in the first quarter of this year, compared to last year's comparable period. This is the second highest inflation...
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Oversupply reduces milk prices
Date: 2012-05-22 13:10:17
In Hungary, the average producers price of raw milk was 87.57 HUF per kilo in April 2012, which is a 4 percent decrease compared to March – announced the Agricultural...
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The turnover of webstores increases from year to year
Date: 2012-05-22 13:05:34
Last year, the retail sales of web stores increased to 155 -160 billion HUF, from the 133 billion HUF of 2010. 50 percent of the growth was achieved by new...
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End to upward trend of consumer climate
Date: 2012-05-22 12:13:34
The largely stable development of the mood among German consumers continued in spring this year. Economic expectations improved slightly once again and willingness to buy almost remained at the same...
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100 million bags of instant noodles are sold in China each day
Date: 2012-05-22 11:45:31
China is the world's largest instant noodles consumer, the Chinese are buying more than 100 million bags a day – said industry's experts at their international conference, held during the...
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Invitel: six percent growth is expected on the IT market
Date: 2012-05-21 12:50:56
It is projected that the value of the IT services will increase by about 6 percent annually in the next 6-7 years on the Hungarian market, while the system integration...
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Exploding consumer confidence in China
Date: 2012-05-21 11:42:14
Consumer confidence in the first quarter in China rose to heights, has not seen since seven years – shows the survey of Nielsen international market research firm. The consumer confidence...
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Red wine, fruit compound could help block fat cell formation
Date: 2012-05-21 11:40:08
The newly discovered component of grape juice inhibits the development of fat cells, thereby preventing obesity – U.S. researchers found. Fat subsides mostly on the hips and is primarily on...
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Work-Life balance improves
Date: 2012-05-21 10:07:02
Workers across the UK declare that the balance between their work and personal life has improved since 2010, according to a new Work-Life Balance Index based on the views of...
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OKSZ: it would be a mistake to close recidivist multinationals
Date: 2012-05-18 13:15:21
In recent days, a statement was said that the consumer protection authority is ready to close the recidivist multinationals. The intention is understandably, but it is questionable that, does the...
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The decline of real wages may further tighten the internal demand
Date: 2012-05-18 13:10:12
According to the communication of the Central Statistical Office, the average gross earnings exceeded the level of last year by 4.4 percent, at businesses with at least five employees, at...
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In Hungary, 59 percent of the companies does not pay on time
Date: 2012-05-18 12:58:42
In Europe the smallest proportion of Portugese companies pay their bills on time, while the best performance of the payment deadline can be found in Germany- shows th analysis of...
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FruitVeB: frost damages are smaller than initially seemed
Date: 2012-05-18 12:55:00
The damage caused by the frost is smaller, than it was expected, however, the Hungarian fruit growers can expect worse year than last year in terms of the value of...
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K & H: the employment intention of SMEs did not improved dramatically
Date: 2012-05-17 13:00:13
“On the basis of our survey among SMEs, significant staff increase is not expected in the forthcoming years, nor reduction. Medium-sized enterprises are more promising, of which nearly one in...
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Increasing medicine spendings
Date: 2012-05-17 12:20:08
This year’s government tightening on voluntary health insurance has taken the effect. The members of the independent Pharmacy Fund spent on drugs a never seen extent of 70 percentage in...
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The new generation of natural sweeteners: stevia, agave syrup, xylitol and others
Date: 2012-05-17 11:20:51
Sweet taste always played a major role in the diet. Originally sweeteners were extracted from plants, later honey was used for sweetening, then the 6th and 7th century, the sugar...
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KSH: agricultural producer prices moderated in March
Date: 2012-05-16 13:15:37
In March, the producer price level of agricultural products declined by 4.1 percent, compared to the previous year, including the price of crop products fell by 11.7 percent, while the...
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Coface forcasts more problems
Date: 2012-05-16 12:57:39
The global construction sector is a kaleidoscope of diversity with substantial differences between countries and even between the regions of a given country.The sensitivity to changes in economic conditions also...
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The Direct Marketing Association will change its name
Date: 2012-05-16 11:50:29
The Direct Marketing Association (Direkt Marketing Szövetség) has chosen a new name. The association successfully working for 17 years, in the future will operates under the Direct and Interactive Marketing...
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Investigation in China, because of fake pig ears
Date: 2012-05-16 11:00:15
Another food falsification scandal semms to be broken out in China, after it turned out, that the popular pig ears are falsified in eastern China – the China Daily newspaper...
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GKI: Slight improvement
Date: 2012-05-15 14:08:27
In April of 2012 the GKI Budapest Real Estate Market Index (92.8) shows insignificant decrease compared to the previous quarter (-0.8 points). Expectations on residential and warehouse market improved slightly,...
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