Company and Personal News
China: three billion debit cards
Date: 2012-03-20 12:00:56
Late last year, the Chinese people owned a total of 2 billion 950 million debit cards, an average of two cards per one Chinese resident – the Chinese central bank...
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Magazine: Mouth care: consumers look twice at every penny
Date: 2012-03-19 13:58:20
According to Dr Mária Magdolna Dima, a Teva (Elmex) consultation partner and head of the preventive dentistry department at the Heim Pál Children’s Hospital, only less than 1 percent of...
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Retail giant plans to close stores
Date: 2012-03-19 13:08:39
The U.S. retail giant Sears plans significant cost reductions. In the first half of this year, the company intends to implement the closure of 62 stores out of its 4010...
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The world's leading brands are keeping off Hungary
Date: 2012-03-19 12:50:21
London, Paris and Moscow attract most of the top brands, these brands are only appearing at outstanding locations, which cannot be found in Hungary currently – told Jones Lang LaSalle...
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Egg prices are increasing throughout Europe
Date: 2012-03-19 12:40:44
Czechs are buying large quantities of eggs from German stores near the border, because eggs are much more cheaper there than in the Czech Republic. Therefore, German stores strict the...
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Henkel published its 2011 sustainability report
Date: 2012-03-19 12:30:31
The contents of the Report reflect the Henkel relevant and material challenges of sustainable development. The selected topics include the results of our continuous dialogue with a large circle of...
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Additional restrictions to preserve the GMO-free status of the Hungarian agriculture
Date: 2012-03-19 12:26:18
In order to preserve the GMO-free (genetically modified organisms-free) status of the Hungarian agriculture, the rural development minister introduces additional restrictive measures. The regulation was published on Monday in the...
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Plastic shopping bags may be banned
Date: 2012-03-19 12:16:08
According to a study, the European Commission is considering to regulate the use of plastic shopping bags similar to the carbon dioxide emissions, to protect the environment, but does not...
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Nestlé’s Diósgyőr-based plant manufactures Easter chocolate figurines for twenty countries
Date: 2012-03-19 12:15:29
About 1,300 tons of Easter chocolate figurines were produced for this year's Easter season at Nestlé’s Diósgyőr-based plant. 80 percent of this quantity – more than two billion HUF worth...
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Wages increased the most in Fejér, decreased the most in Nógrád county
Date: 2012-03-19 10:48:12
According to the salary survey of Fizetesek.hu, operated by the Workania job portal, the national average gross salary in 2011 was 212,600 HUF. The average wage was the highest in...
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Magazine: Good housewives keep their home clean
Date: 2012-03-16 12:06:30
– Although most housewives are not particularly keen on cleaning, a clean home is important for the majority of them because a clean or dirty home reveals a lot about...
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More resistant grape varieties are under experimentation in Szekszárd
Date: 2012-03-16 11:33:33
In the scope of a three-year long EU program, grape varieties are under experimentation in the plantation of the Mészáros Borház Borászati Kft. in Szekszárd, that are more resistant against...
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Eurozone retail sales rose in month of January 2012
Date: 2012-03-16 11:21:28
In the month of January 2012, the volume of retail trade grew by 0.3% in the Eurozone (EA17) and by 0.4% in the EU27. In December retail trade decreased by...
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Sunday opening is free during the Olympics
Date: 2012-03-16 11:10:12
The British government suspends the law banning Sunday opening hours in London during the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. According to the plans of the British Conservative-Liberal government coalition, from...
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List of products banned by the Agricultural Office
Date: 2012-03-16 11:09:56
The following herbal products, care products and auxiliary materials have been removed off the list of tradable goods by the Agricultural Office: Name of the product Applicant Date od deletion...
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Two weeks to announce agricultural danages
Date: 2012-03-16 09:39:47
The Ministry of Rural Development has prepared a three-tier package of measures to aid farmers who have suffered frost damage, the second tier of which is comprised of an interest...
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Coffee drinking is not linked to chronic diseases
Date: 2012-03-16 09:27:39
Numerous studies of coffee's links to myriad diseases have provided head-spinning results, but a new paper finds java drinkers have no more risk of illnesses such as heart disease or...
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Jean Reno plays a chefs! – Video of the Day
Date: 2012-03-16 09:15:22
Recently culinary-inspired film were rare, but nowadays, the fans of these films can not complain. It would be too long to list the films that were dealing with the “adventures”...
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Ipsos: half of the employees are satisfied with their working conditions
Date: 2012-03-16 09:10:28
Worldwide, 47 percent of the workers consider their work environment as safe and healthy, 27 percent of them have opposite view, while 26 percent’s position is located between the two...
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Ham purchase saw a growth both in terms of value and volume
Date: 2012-03-14 14:34:58
More and more ham is being purchased in the stores during Easter-time. Last year, customers spent nearly 5 billion HUF on ham, which is 4 percent higher than in the...
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The Central and Eastern European economies will have a weak year
Date: 2012-03-14 13:02:11
The Central and Eastern European economies will have a much weaker, “challenging” year than last year. Many of them – including Hungary – is expected to spend year 2012 in...
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KDNP: marketing conditions of foodstuffs may be tightened
Date: 2012-03-14 13:00:03
According to the Christian Democratic Party (KDNP), the National Assembly can acept the bill on the rules of food marketing with consensus. Tarnai Richárd, Member of Parliament highlighted at a...
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Euro area’s industrial production increased in January
Date: 2012-03-14 12:25:24
Industrial production of the Euro area and the EU increased in January on a monthly comparision – announced the European Union's statistical office, Eurostat, on Wednesday. In January, the industrial...
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The new rules of the agri damage mitigation
Date: 2012-03-14 12:22:55
The first pillar of new agricultural risk management system was published in the Magyar Közlöny. Those producers who were hit by agricultural damages between the 1st November 2011 and 10th...
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An annual 11 million tons of food is thrown out by the Germans
Date: 2012-03-14 12:20:50
According to new study presented on Tuesday, in Germany, an annual 11 million tons of food is thrown away, 81 kilograms per person. Most of the food that ends in...
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Innovation at PayPal
Date: 2012-03-14 12:08:56
PayPal’s management has unveiled the plans for the transformation of the portal. The popular site becomes a device and platform free electronic payment site. PayPal’s management plans that the fully...
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Szenna-Pack would continue production after bankruptcy arrangement
Date: 2012-03-14 12:08:20
Szenna-Pack’s new owner, the Irish Ardagh Group is already preparing for the production and in addition to the previous 120 workers, they are calculating with the recruitment of 180 new...
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Wizz Air has a new destinatin from Budapest
Date: 2012-03-14 11:52:34
Wizz Air announced it would add direct flights between Budapest and Varna (Bulgaria), Palma de Mallorca and Milan to its summer timetable. Wizz Air will fly to the destinations from...
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Fresh and easy to work with – the advantages of vegetable boxes
Date: 2012-03-14 09:00:07
The vegetables are seriously checked at all stages of the production process. Between harvesting and processing only a few hours tahe place, so the finished product retains the flavor and...
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GfK: Costumers spend the most on food in hyper-and supermarkets
Date: 2012-03-13 13:50:28
The GfK Market Research Institute conducted its GfK Shopping Monitor Research 2011-2012 in December 2011. The goal of the annually prepared study is the mapping of the motivations and purchasing...
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