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Magazine: Optimistic mood at ECR Europe’s conference (part 1)
Date: 2013-08-02 12:08:44
ECR Europe’s 17th annual conference was organised in cooperation with EuroCommerce and took place on 14-15 May in Brusssels. The optimistic title ‘The Future is Bright’ was reflected in the...
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European tourism expanding in the first half year of 2013
Date: 2013-08-02 10:19:53
“As 2012 was a strong year for tourism, Europe’s modest upward trend confirms the health of its tourism sector against overall economic turmoil,” according to the European Travel Commission. The...
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Bizarr luxury services for pet favourites
Date: 2013-08-02 10:18:56
Vienna’s Sacher hotel, responsible for the world-famous “Sachertorte” is now targeting a new type of guest…dogs! The hotel, situated behind the state opera in the city's prestigious first district, is...
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Charity “ice-cream factory” for disadvantaged kids
Date: 2013-08-02 10:11:54
The charity “ice-cream factory” was opened on Thursday in Budapest, in Balatonlelle and in Sárvár; the organizers support the holidays of disadvantaged children from the accumulated income that comes from...
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Fake honey in Northeast China
Date: 2013-08-02 10:09:21
60-70 percent of the honey in Jinan, which is a north-eastern Chinese city with seven million inhabitants can be fake – according to a local newspaper, the phenomenon is specific...
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Retail sales keep rising in the US
Date: 2013-08-02 08:55:21
Retail sales probably rose at a faster pace in June and the U.S. housing market strengthened as the economy began to emerge from a slowdown tied to higher taxes and...
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Investment mood is increasing steadily
Date: 2013-08-01 13:15:00
According to the datas of the K&H SME confidence index conducted by interviewing SME managers, the investment intention of the companies passed the low point, and steadily increasing for a...
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GfK: growing wealth inequality
Date: 2013-08-01 13:12:20
The ratio of those who have savings still not growing among the domestic population. We measured the lowest ratio since 2004 in the first half of 2013 – GfK Hungária...
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Almost the quarter of the smokers changed their habits due to the tobacco law
Date: 2013-08-01 13:11:19
13 percent of the smokers think that the tobacco law will affect their smoking habits, while 11 percent of them stated that the tobacco law will have a significant impact...
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The number of accidents can be reduced
Date: 2013-08-01 12:10:38
90 percent of the traffic accidents happen because of the drivers' carelessness and irresponsibility – KSH’s annual accident statistics show, as well as the experiences of the LeasePlan Hungária Zrt....
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French cheese was recalled in Japan, due to metal fragments
Date: 2013-08-01 08:58:54
About 60,000 boxes of “Kiri” cheese have been recalled in Japan, after metal fragments were found in the popular brand, its importer said. The fragments, which were visible when customers...
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Ipsos: we are searching for informations on the Internet
Date: 2013-07-31 13:40:24
According to the international survey of Ipsos, conducted among netizens, we mainly get the requested informations on the Internet, if we want to know more about new brands and products....
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Bisnode: fewer new companies have founded, but less companies have became insolvent in the first half of the year
Date: 2013-07-31 13:10:21
The first half of 2013 brought an improvement in the Hungarian company world: although a the number of new companies was less, the number of insolvent companies also decreased –...
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Shopkeepers expect more trickery
Date: 2013-07-31 13:00:09
Tricks may continue after the introduction of the new online cash machines, or at least the shopkeepers interviewed by Index stated. The NAV believes that the number and the value...
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Good quality grape harvest is expected in Tokaj-Hegyalja
Date: 2013-07-31 12:50:47
Grape growers expect a good quality grape harvest in Tokaj-Hegyalja this year – the Észak-Magyarország wrote on Wednesday. Prácser Miklós, president of the Tokaj Wine Village Community told the newspaper...
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Magazine: Mom, please buy that one!
Date: 2013-07-31 12:41:04
According to Péter Hellner, regional director of the Walt Disney Company, who is responsible for 13 countries, growth can be achieved even when it is recession time. Licensed products stand...
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The referenda initiative aimed at restricting tobacco sales has been rejected
Date: 2013-07-31 12:35:59
The National Election Committee (OVB) at its Wednesday meeting in Budapest rejected a referenda initiative aimed at restricting tobacco sales. According to the majority of the board members, the questions...
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A weird disease healed by creamcheese
Date: 2013-07-31 10:07:46
or three-year-old Fields Taylor, cream cheese is a staple in her diet. Although this type of diet might sound disgusting to many people especially since it is for such a...
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Magazine: The most successful MagyarBrand-s of last year
Date: 2013-07-30 11:45:39
This is the 4th year that Hungarian brands can compete for the MagyarBrands award, the deadline for applications is 30 June 2013. As usual, a jury of independent experts will...
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The authority suspended the distribution rights of two tobacco shop
Date: 2013-07-30 11:40:45
Decision was born in two cases already, and nearly forty proceedings are under way, due to serving young people under age 18. In addition to the fines, the suspension of...
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The OKSZ urges the NAV registration
Date: 2013-07-30 11:40:31
According to the National Retail Federation (OKSZ), the replacement of the traditional cash registers can cost more than 40 billion HUF to the traders. The authorized dealers have started the...
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The Agricultural Széchenyi Card will ease the financing of agriculture
Date: 2013-07-30 11:10:35
The Agricultural Széchenyi Card makes the funding of the Hungarian agriculture more favorable and stable – Feldman Zsolt, Deputy Secretary of State of the Ministry of Rural Development (VM) responsible...
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VAT on bread to be reduced in Romania
Date: 2013-07-30 11:00:49
VAT will be reduced in Romania to 9 percent from the current 24 percent from September within the entire bread production chain. The deficit in the budget will be covered...
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The economic sentiment indicator of the euro zone rose in July
Date: 2013-07-30 11:00:40
The euro area’s and EU’s economic sentiment indicator increased in July and indicates less pessimistic expectations – the EU Commission announced on Tuesday. In the 17-member euro area, the Economic...
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The first laboratory bred meat stuffed burgers will be tasted this week
Date: 2013-07-30 10:55:12
The first laboratory produced stem cell cultured meat-filled burgers will be served in London this week. Production costs were about 250 thousand pounds, or more than 86 million forints. The...
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Wine Communities: A better than average grape harvest this year
Date: 2013-07-29 12:10:10
According to the current outlooks, the grape growers and wine makers can harvest more than average quantity and quality of grapes this year – Horváth Csaba, the General Secretary of...
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Six HUF loss occurs per egg
Date: 2013-07-29 12:05:23
Egg producers had to switch to EU-conform larger cages until the end of July2012, which was due to the animal protection regulations of the EU. The required substantial investments thoroughly...
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Magazine: New formats and initiatives from Chicago
Date: 2013-07-29 12:02:42
Between 16 and 18 April 2013 POPAI Global’s annual meeting for member countries’ representatives took place in Chicago’s legendary Sax Hotel. The first item on the agenda was a presentation...
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HGYSZ: pharmacies are in a competitive disadvantage, compared to the drugstores and the hypermarkets
Date: 2013-07-29 12:01:31
Pharmacies have several billion HUF losses, because the range of products that can be marketed in pharmacies is continuously narrowing – the Network Pharmacies Association (HGYSZ) told MTI on Monday....
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The NAV has carried out more than 12 thousand pálinka inspections
Date: 2013-07-29 12:00:36
The finance guards of the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) have carried out more than 12 thousand pálinka inspections since the beginning of the year. The staff of the...
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