Company and Personal News
Three quarters of the British purchase groceries online
Date: 2013-06-25 11:09:51
A report by The Retail Bulletin revealed that three quarters of UK consumers use the internet to buy groceries, saying this type of purchasing is more convenient and cheaper as...
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Erzsébet Holiday Camps relaunched in June 2013
Date: 2013-06-25 09:11:37
The Erzsébet Programme is Hungary’s most prominent social programme of the past two decades. The initiative launched last year aims to give the opportunity for socially disadvantaged children, pensioners, large...
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GKI-Erste economic sentiment index is almost at its two-year peak
Date: 2013-06-24 13:07:44
After a significant decline in April, GKI-Erste economic confidence index adjusted for seasonal effects jumped to a two-year peak, thus continuing its increase started in the autumn of 2012. According...
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Why is GMO dangerous?
Date: 2013-06-24 12:05:18
In a study in the early 1990's rats were fed genetically modified (GM) tomatoes. Well actually, the rats refused to eat them. They were force-fed. Several of the rats developed...
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Succesful Pick and Herz promotion at the Budapest Airport
Date: 2013-06-24 11:48:54
The slightly odd metaphor in the title is entirely appropriate: the triple (Airport – duty free – producer) hungaricum-promotion ran in full throttle in the transit of the Budapest Airport...
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The first national tobacco shops have opened their gates
Date: 2013-06-24 11:45:58
The first national tobacco shops have been already opened – Index wrote. Those stores, which had obtained all necessary licenses, can start to operate even before the deadline of July....
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The heat wave doubles as a Tesco’s mineral water and ice cream sales
Date: 2013-06-24 11:44:40
The amount of mineral water and ice creams sales are doubling during the heat wave, and 90 percent or more is consumed from beer. The demand for mineral waters, dramatically...
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Unilever bought the SZAVO brand
Date: 2013-06-24 11:41:28
With the purchase of the SZAVO brand, the Unilever further enhances its position in the detergents market and by broadening its product portfolio it contributes to the more complex serving...
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Polish Malls are popular
Date: 2013-06-24 11:15:41
Another huge portfolio investment transactions were closed on the Polish real estate market. The mutual fund of the Tristan Capital Partners Episo 3 purchased a portfolio, consist of five shopping...
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One-fifth of the vegetable harvest of a southern Chinese province may be contaminated with heavy metals
Date: 2013-06-24 11:00:02
Because of soil contamination, fifth of the vegetables from southern China's Guangdong province can contain harmful heavy metals – the Chinese press reports on the recent food scandal. According to...
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Pleasant summer cocktail recommendation: ginger grouse cocktail
Date: 2013-06-24 10:58:47
The summer has arrived, so it is time to relax. If you are far from your vacation, but you need to relax, take charge, and mix yourself a nice cocktail!...
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The European Commission has launched further infringement proceedings against Hungary
Date: 2013-06-21 13:00:13
Brussels is launching infringement proceedings against Hungary, due to the cafeteria, the Széchenyi Rest Cards, the Erzsébet-vouchers, the retail crisis tax and the telekom tax – European Comission’s spokesman announced...
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More terminated companies than established ones
Date: 2013-06-21 12:22:07
According to the forecast of the Opten company information provider, there can be a trend change in the Hungarian company world. The number of eliminated companies may exceed the number...
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KISOSZ: the micro- and family entrepreneurs request the full price of the cash register replacement
Date: 2013-06-21 12:12:56
The Somogy county member organization of KISOSZ (sales and catering business advocacy) started a signature collection action on Wednesday at its forum in Balatonszárszó in order to reach at the...
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Hungary became a member of the FAO Council
Date: 2013-06-21 12:12:05
Hungary became a member of the highest decision-making body of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – Hamar Balázs, Hungary's Permanent Representative in the the Rome-based UN organization...
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The Hungarian-Romanian trade turnover is over seven billion euros
Date: 2013-06-21 12:10:51
Last year, the Hungarian-Romanian trade turnover exceeded seven billion euros. The Hungarian-Romanian trade exceeded 7 billion euros in 2012 – the Agerpres news agency published on Friday. According to the...
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The main task of NAK is giving advices
Date: 2013-06-21 12:10:34
According to the president of the National Agricultural Economics Chamber (NAK), the new strategic agreement concluded with the Prime Minister on Monday fixes that the most important and most visible...
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Farmers' market opened near the West End City Center
Date: 2013-06-21 11:45:00
Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister opened the first farmers' market near a shopping mall by the West End City Center. In his opening speech the Minister stressed that from now, ...
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A Farmer School was founded in Küngös
Date: 2013-06-21 11:00:05
A Farmer School was founded in Küngös, Veszprém county with the support of the European Union. The project aims to help disadvantaged people to become self-employed persons – the local...
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Dog meat festival in China kicks off as planned to celebrate Midummer Night
Date: 2013-06-21 10:40:23
Despite widespread outrage, a dog meat festival in China will be going ahead as planned this week. The festival, which kicks off on Friday, is an annual celebration that takes...
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Vatera is facing a relaunch
Date: 2013-06-21 10:14:54
Vatera has been serving the HUgarian audience for 13 years, ans now it has become obvious that a new generation of internet-users have grown-up, so it is essential to give...
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Here is the thinnest smartphone ever by Huawei
Date: 2013-06-21 09:51:54
Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei has unveiled its latest mobile handset, the Ascend P6. It is the thinnest on the market and has the most powerful front-facing camera on the market,...
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Collect lights!
Date: 2013-06-20 14:24:27
Wonderduck’s Christmas-related campaign for Kraft gave away half a million presents. The mechanism was simple: in the promotional period those shoppers who spent at least HUF 1,200 on Kraft products...
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Refuel with discounts!
Date: 2013-06-20 14:22:10
With the help of Rewart MOL organised a Guaranteed Discount Coupon activity between 28 April and 15 July 2012. Consumers were given a coupon for each HUF 5,000 spent, which...
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TescoBaba.hu has been refurbished
Date: 2013-06-20 14:03:33
Tesco Hungary’s special website www.tescobaba.hu was renewed in April 2013 and since than the number of visitors and registrations doubled. As the name suggests, www.tescobaba.hu would like to help those...
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Is Showrooming the nightmare of retailers?
Date: 2013-06-20 13:57:12
The problem of Showrooming is estimated to value around USD 217 billion: trying and looking at products in a store and buying them somewhere else online at the best price...
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NFM: toll will not have significant impact on consumer prices
Date: 2013-06-20 12:10:59
The impact of toll on the consumer price index can not be accurately predicted, but on the basis of the available datas from abroad – Slovakia and Poland – it...
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Tobacconist cash registers: Laurel involved foreign manufacturing facilities
Date: 2013-06-20 12:08:07
Tobacconist indicated that despite they were trying to gain informations at companies several times, but those companies have not undertaken to deliver the new cash registers by 1 July. One...
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Budai Gyula: equal conditions should be ensured for the domestic and foreign goods
Date: 2013-06-20 12:06:19
The Hungarian authorities should establish the administrative and legal conditions that allow the domestic farmers and competitors to presnt their goods on the Hungarian market with equal conditions with the...
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BTT: electronic toll will make the poultry products more expensive
Date: 2013-06-20 12:04:46
The price of poultry products may increased by an average of 5 percent after 1 July, because the additional costs cause by the e-toll – the Poultry Product Council (BTT)...
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