Events
                    Food Nutrition Labels are Puzzle
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-04 00:00:00
												                    
				
                In a study of educated adults — 75 percent had at least a high school education — most had trouble understanding everyday food nutrition labels. Dietitians aren't surprised, since...
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                    Sale and lease back
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
												                    
				
                European commercial property sales and leasebacks are set to grow to about 30 billion euros a year as firms seek to unlock the value of real estate on their balance...
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                    Tesco moves into the buoyant UK property market
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Sellers will be able to list their homes on a Tesco website for a one-off fee of about £200.Last year, rival supermarket Asda provided touch-screen terminals with details of properties...
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                    One month – 1300 checks – HUF 91 million penalties
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
												                    
				
                For authorities controlled in June together, the Hungarian Tax and Financial Control Administration, the Consumer Protection Agency, the Hungarian Labor Inspectorate and the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard. Missing bills,...
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                    Credit from the Drugstore – German method set an example
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-03 00:00:00
												                    
				
                The personal bank services are important in Germany, but this time the place of the credit application is not a branch bank, but a coffee house or a drugstore. Most...
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                    Decrease in Budapest but increase in Szabolcs
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                The interim biennial purchasing power index compiled by GfK Hungária shows that well-performing counties are stagnating or dropped back slightly. Since 2000 there was a permanent growing in the capital,...
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                    Year of M&A
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                According to Reuters global M&A activity is on target for a record year after a first-half surge. An increase in cross-border corporate mergers helped Europe push past the United States...
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                    Gaining deeper customer insight is the key to gaining a competitive edge in the retail
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Loyalty cards give retailers a better guide to customer preferences study finds."Customer loyalty is based on the extent to which merchants connect with customers' interests, values and needs," said Nigel...
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                    Hungary's external and internal balances improved in the first four months
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Hungary's Central Statistics Office (KSH) has revised that the cumulated trade gap at the end of the first quarter was EUR 442.4 m, down from prelim EUR 463.9 m and...
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                    Price of household goods decreased, food prices increased
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Domestic sales prices rose by 0.4% in May 2007 compared to the previous month, and by 7.8%compared to May 2006. The export sales prices expressed in HUF were higher by...
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                    Italy wins in „cheese war”?
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                It sets up a thrilling finale when the full Court of Justice will rule later this year on whether “Parmesan” can be made only by northern Italians or by any...
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                    Own brand confectionery grows across European markets
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-07-02 00:00:00
												                    
				
                European confectionery private label market share is continuing to grow strongly, according the latest statistics by Neilsen for the Private Label Market Association. Results indicate that the retailer brand market...
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                    European Food Safety got well
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) which shows that notifications on risks to food safety fell by 5% in 2006 compared to 2005.This is the first time since the...
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                    Business confidence of big Hungarian companies improve in June
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
												                    
				
                The index gauging the confidence of Hungary's largest corporations stood at 58 points in June, up 4 points from May and at a six-year high, indicating outstanding optimism, Ecostat, the...
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                    M.E.G.A. group is played into the hands of Ukrainian
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-29 00:00:00
												                    
				
                The ownership change was made in Februar, after the re-labeling scandals, but the Registry Court has enroled now the two new owner from Ukraine. The M.E.G.A. Group, with five firme,...
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                    Hard competition on softdrinks market in Ukraine
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Orangina Group, the beverage producer has acquired Rosinka, a Ukrainian soft drinks manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum. Rosinka, which has a workforce of 600, saw its 2006 turnover reach 30...
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                    Toxic industry raw materials in chinese food
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Chinese media are reporting that authorities have shut down 180 food factories, after inspectors found industrial chemicals in products from candy to seafood. Authorities say formaldehyde, illegal dyes and industrial...
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                    Warehouses near to the downtown
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
												                    
				
                Construction work has begun for a 20,000-square-metre (4.94-acre) business park in Táblás street in Budapest's 9th district. InNove Business Park will comprise warehouses and office space. It is located at...
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                    Uninterrupted growth at LLP
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-28 00:00:00
												                    
				
                LLP Group, a leading provider of ERP and CRM solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, has reported 2006 total revenues of 7.7 million EUR, representing 12% growth over 2005. The...
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                    Unbroken trust
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                Reader’s Digest magazine has again prepared a survey about the brands regarded as most reliable by consumers. The survey covered 15 European countries and 24,000 interviews. Quality, price, image and...
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                    Meetings and conferences
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                When a not very exciting conference is held next door and another similar one is held in the other end of the country, the choice is quite obvious. However, if...
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                    „We had been very successful for the first 20 years”
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                We are in a small family store in the medieval city centre of Spoleto. This is a typical example of the traditional retail businesses which still hold a 30 per...
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                    Fruits and vegetables in the focus
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                Regarding development, the production of fruits and vegetables will be treated as one of the priorities in agriculture during the next seven years. EU funding will be available for modernising...
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                    Hungary in a world of conferences
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                According to data from the Hungarian Conference Bureau, Hungary ranks 23rd among locations for conferences organised by international organisations, with 117 events. This translates into a market share of 1,31...
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                    Purchasing partnerships control 95 per cent of the Italian market
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                According to Paul Griffin from the London-based market researchers IGD, the Italian food retail market was worth EUR 149,5 in 2005. The five biggest chains hold a combined market share...
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                    Success in Luxembourg
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                The meeting for Ministers of Agriculture, held in Luxembourg in the beginning of June ended with positive decisions for Hungarian producers. As Ádám Ficsor Ádám, under secretary of the Ministry...
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                    Selling no longer the priority at fairs
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                Today, there is practically no difference between the meaning of the words “trade exhibition” and “trade fair. Though deals are rarely signed, these events have become very important marketing tools....
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                    Hyper new from Prague
                    
                        
																								Date: 2007-06-27 08:00:00
												                    
				
                I am prejudiced towards Prague. It is not the price of beer, the beauty of the old city or their national food which makes me envy the people, who are...
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