Market News
The EU about to export fruit more easily to Russia
Date: 2010-06-30 00:03:29
The European Union has made a revolutionary agreement with Russia – they have unified the regulations regarding the maximum allowed amount of pesticides in food. The agreement concerns fruits like...
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Destination centers instead of malls
Date: 2010-06-29 00:02:59
For retail real estate development it is no longer enough to have a clean concept. The developers need to examine the shopping habbits, the purchasing power and the location of...
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Cool weather is not favourable for beer consumption
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:40
After last year’s throw-back of 90%, the cool early summer further worsened the sales statistics. It can not be foreclosed the by the time of annual data comparison, there will...
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No more ’ten-eggs’ or ’four-apples’?
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:09
The latest proposal of the European Parliament would put an end to food distribution based on number of pieces. Instead, the volume of the product would be indicated on the...
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American consumers are optimistic
Date: 2010-06-29 00:01:05
Consumer sentiment in the US has reached an unexpected peak since January 2008. Besides, the number of layoffs has remarkably decreased since the same period last year. The Michigan consumer...
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VAT rise in Romania
Date: 2010-06-29 00:00:01
The amount of the value-added tax has been increased from 19 to 24 percent in Romania according to a governmental decision. The immediate tax increase was neccessary, because the Romanian...
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The majority, benefitted from globalization
Date: 2010-06-28 00:02:20
The survey of Ipsos, that was made for www.canada.com with the participation of 18,624 adult respondents, living in 24 countries, representing the 75 percent of the world's GDP. In context...
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U.S. growth datas were smaller than expected
Date: 2010-06-28 00:00:25
Compared to the first estimations; U.S. GDP grew by 2.7 percent annually in the the first quarter – reports the U.S. Ministry of Commerce. In late April, the ministry has...
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The shrinkage of retail continues
Date: 2010-06-25 00:01:38
The volume of retail sales – adjusted from calendary effect – decreased by 4.7, percent in the first four months of 2010 and by 5 percent in April, compared to...
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How we can distill pálinka
Date: 2010-06-25 00:01:02
Although many hoped that anyone can buy fruits on the market and distill pálinka on balconies or in garages – at least according to the national ministry’s proposals there will...
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Euro area is slowing down
Date: 2010-06-25 00:00:20
The preliminary estimates suggest that the growth in the euro area slowed in June, both in the the manufacturing and services sectors. The performance of the manufacturing index was 55.6...
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Slovakian customers rush still not coming
Date: 2010-06-25 00:00:02
The weakening of the forint not yet excited those euro-paying customers, who live near the Hungarian-Slovakian border on the Slovak side. In the recent weeks Hungarians had to get used...
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Product labeling: the producers are satisfied, the consumer protection is not
Date: 2010-06-24 00:06:21
The food industry lobby won – say the consumer protectionists, who sharply criticized the new rules of the European Union, over food products labeling. The scheme is that all countries...
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ÉFOSZ made a denouncement
Date: 2010-06-24 00:06:01
The food industral lobby organisation denunced three chain of stores, because they think they violated the law. Datas were collecting for weeks. According to the informations of the Népszabadság; ÉFOSZ...
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Brand building and community sites
Date: 2010-06-24 00:05:59
Consumers are more likely to visit the web site of a packed product, than became the followers of the brand on Twitter or on Facebook – shows the online survey...
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No reduction in renting fees in the shopping markets
Date: 2010-06-24 00:05:41
Jones Lang LaSalle presents the latest Shopping Market Rental Map, which illustrates the current market conditions in Europe, taking an insight into the rent levels of the major shopping centers...
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Wine lovers drink wine instead of beer during the word cup
Date: 2010-06-24 00:04:12
According to the survey of Varga Winery and Vinoport.hu; more than 70 percent of the wine lovers drinks wine or wine and soda, instead of beer, even during the football...
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Waste coordinating union was founded
Date: 2010-06-23 00:05:55
The RECOMPLEX founded by the eight leading domestic selective collection and recovery coordinating organisations, offering a complex service of selective collection and recovery. The RECOMPLEX Treatment Organizations Coordinating Association deals...
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New concept for the pálinka distilling
Date: 2010-06-23 00:05:02
The planned domestic legislation of pálinka distillation envisaged by the government, contradicts the EU law. According to the plans of the goverment the new regulation would treat pálinka as not...
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Hungarian company to build hotel complex at a Serbia Cave
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:10
Hungarian company is also interested in the hotel complex that will be built at the eastern Serbian Resavska cave – informed the competent office of Despotovac district. The Resavskai Cave...
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This year's cherry crop has poor quality
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:01
The harvested cherry is larger, but has a lower quality. The harvest in Nagykörű, which known as the cherry garden of the country is near completion. As far as sales...
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Business sentiment in Germany is on its two year peak
Date: 2010-06-23 00:00:01
In Germany, the index, indicating the business sentiment, increased to its two year peak in June. According to the communication of the Ifo Economic Research Institute, released on Tuesday in...
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We are still not closer to the EU average after seven years
Date: 2010-06-22 00:05:12
According to preliminary datas of the European Union's statistical office in Hungary last year, the per capita GDP was the 63 percentn of the EU average. his also means that...
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The qualification requirements were abolished in several commercial professions
Date: 2010-06-22 00:04:25
One of the last step of the Bajnai government was the abolition of qualification requirements, at a part of the commercial professions. According to the trade unions; these steps downgrade...
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The Agrobank and the Compensation Fund can help the flooded farmers
Date: 2010-06-22 00:04:11
The agriculture sector could be the biggest loser of this year’s flooding – said Font Sándor the chairman of the agriculture committee of the National Assembly in Duna TV’s morning...
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European origin protection for the Gyulai and Csabai sausages
Date: 2010-06-22 00:03:44
The European Commission declared Gyulai and Csabai sausages as protected products – announced on Monday in Brussels. Both products were listed under 2-2 names (Csabai sausage and Csabai thick sausage,...
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Széchenyi Card: the 50 million HUF ceiling to come
Date: 2010-06-22 00:03:01
The government, because of the success of the Széchenyi Card program would once again raise the ceiling of the available credit to 50 million HUF. In the last one and...
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Hungary’s petfood export is fourth in the EU
Date: 2010-06-22 00:01:25
Hungary’s petfood export is fourth in the EU Member States and the seventh larger in the world. According to the datas of the Hungarian Petfood Union; 75 billion HUF worth...
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Europe worries about unemployment
Date: 2010-06-22 00:00:21
The labor market situation is still the most pressing issue for the European nations. In the survey of GfK Association, the population of 8 out of the 11 countries, worry...
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China loses ten billions of USD on objectionable products
Date: 2010-06-22 00:00:05
The Chinese exporters because of “technical obstacles”, and complaints suffered a loss of a total 57 billion USD last year – states the survey of China's Quality Control High Authority....
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