Market News
Not recommended for dieters: a 140 thousand calorie hamburger
Date: 2011-02-07 12:00:04
An American team, whose aim is to create the most heroic dinner of the world prepared. the 140 thousand-calorie hamburger. Nearly 10 kilograms of bacon, 6 kilograms of beef and...
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GKI: Waiting for the package
Date: 2011-02-07 06:12:48
According to the forecast of GKI Economic Research Co., economic growth in Hungary will pick up in 2011. External demand will increase at a lower rate than last year but...
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The MOSZ would easen the feed shortage from the grain reserve
Date: 2011-02-04 13:11:57
The feed shortage should be easened from the grain reserve, specifically for livestock farmers – said Horváth Gábor, the Secretary-General of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperators and Producers (MOSZ)...
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To choose a partner is particularly important in the SME sector
Date: 2011-02-04 13:00:28
This year it is expected, that more than the 3 percent of the domestic firms will become insolvent. Because in the small business sector, customer relations affect mostly the economic...
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German consumption is expected to grow significantly
Date: 2011-02-04 11:59:32
In Germany, the growth of public spending is expected to be threefold this year, compared to last year – shows the forecast of the GfK German market researcher. According to...
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No increase in the number of bank-customers in 2010
Date: 2011-02-04 06:29:16
In the past 10 years, 2010 was the first year when banks have not gained a significant number of new customers. Still 82 percent of the adult population has a...
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A stabilized market of cosmetics and household chemicals
Date: 2011-02-03 14:01:55
The market for cosmetics and household chemical products stabilized. Retail trade turnover reached about 300 billion HUF last year, similarly to the results of the previous year. Plus 1 percent...
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Nearly one hundred businesses may be included on the positive consumer protection list
Date: 2011-02-03 13:19:06
On the basis of the tests carried out in the past three weeks, nearly one hundred sales and service companies have chance to be included to the positive list of...
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There is a lot to improve in terms of innovation
Date: 2011-02-03 13:13:43
The European Union could not catch up with its main international competitors and still below the performance of the United States and Japan – shows the so-called Innovation Scoreboard, issued...
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Hungarian-Slovak cooperation for the benefit of small farmers
Date: 2011-02-03 13:12:51
Pozsony and Budapest, would like to achieve that the farmers, who are producing in the Slovak-Hungarian region could market their products on both sides of the border. Among other things,...
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FAO: the price of milk accelerates
Date: 2011-02-03 13:11:43
The UN Food Organisation, the FAO states, that food prices have once again increased to record highs in January. The largest increase was measured in dairy products. The FAO food...
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Retail sales declined in the EU
Date: 2011-02-03 13:10:10
According to Eurostat figures published on Thursday; decrease in sales was 0.6 percent, compared to the previous month, and 0.9 percent, compared to the previous year. Analysts expected a monthly...
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Egypt is driving up the prices of foodstuffs
Date: 2011-02-03 13:02:03
The situation is not improving in Egypt: the clashes between the governmental and pro-government forces continued. The journalists are not safe to work in the vicinity of protests. Moreover, several...
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Power struggle increases the world price of cocoa
Date: 2011-02-03 13:00:44
After Jamaica, Ivory Coast may be the next country, which may bankrupt. The African country gives more than one-third of world's cocoa production. The problem is that, because of power...
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Alliance is the only way out of the crisis
Date: 2011-02-03 11:57:01
Alliance is the only way out when it comes to the current crisis – István Jakab, vice president of the National Assembly of Hungary pointed out on Thursday in Budapest,...
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A regulation will define what constitutes to be a Hungarian product
Date: 2011-02-02 15:56:39
The concept of the Hungarian products will be defined in the food industry – said Kardeván Endre, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Rural Development, responsible for food chain...
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This year export expands faster than import again
Date: 2011-02-02 12:41:16
Last year's record trade surplus was generated by the significantly increasing exports of the German economic recovery, and while analysts polled by MTI expect a decline in surplus this year,...
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World’s food production will collapse without bees
Date: 2011-02-02 12:15:11
Mysterious disease decimated the bees in western Europe. The professionals have not yet found an explanation for the mysterious depopulation of the bee families, but the process in long terms,...
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The agriculture and food industry can also win with the New Széchenyi Plan
Date: 2011-02-01 19:27:09
The New Széchenyi Plan offers alternative for the agriculture in the area of health industry of the green economy, development, enterprise development, employment programs and the development of transportation –...
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The draft of the bill hungaricum became vacated
Date: 2011-02-01 13:10:51
The ministry's proposal is not about the Hungarikum institution system or the special promotion of national values. Only a trademark meaning the obtained, statutory benefits – writes Népszabadság Online. According...
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Dioxin harshness to be easened
Date: 2011-02-01 12:24:09
According to the communication of the Ministry of Rural Drevelopment; the Chief Veterinarian reduced the domestic investigations of German pork products, because it was proved that the German authorities are...
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The Chinese are buying wineries near Bordeaux
Date: 2011-02-01 12:00:38
Chinese investors are buing wineries near Bordeaux one after another. The last time, the largest food company of the Asian country largest appeared at the famous wine region. The state-owned...
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The world's strongest economy marches out of the crisis
Date: 2011-02-01 12:00:02
The U.S. Chicago purchasing index in January jumped to 68.8 points instead of the expected 65 points, which is a high value have not seen since July 1988. The production...
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German retail to reach pre-crisis level this year
Date: 2011-02-01 11:45:55
In Germany, retail sales in 2010 increased by such an extent, have not seen in six years, but pre-crisis levels will be reached only in this year – shows the...
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No food crisis in Romania
Date: 2011-02-01 10:06:58
Romania's is about to import 400,000 to 500,000 tonnes of wheat this season – the Deputy Minister of Agriculture pointed out. According to Adrian Rădulescu, out of last year's harvest,...
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There is plenty of feed available in Hungary
Date: 2011-02-01 09:55:09
Sufficient amount of cereal feed is available in Hungary, in order to satisfy all feeding needs – says the Ministry of Rural Development. EU is not struggling with the lack...
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Rural development: a stricter administration system to be set up
Date: 2011-02-01 09:48:45
Hungarian National Rural Network faced a radical change in the past couple of months. According to chief secretary of the association, no money will be distributed from no on without...
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It's worth getting more information on EU-facilities
Date: 2011-02-01 09:12:09
A new workshop is about to be launched this year, on 7th February. The event will take place not only in Budapest, but also in Miskolc, Győr, Szeged, Székesfehérvár, Pécs,...
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In December industrial producer prices rose by 8.1 percent
Date: 2011-01-31 14:38:51
As a result of the domestic and export price changes, industrial producer prices, did not change in December 2010, compared to the previous month, but compared to a year earlier...
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The poultry prices may increase, the dioxin-scandal affected the pig industry badly
Date: 2011-01-31 11:58:51
According to experts; because of the high feed prices, the price of poultry may became more expensive. Due to the cheap pork imports from Germany, there will be no increases...
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