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Chinese tourists with bad behavior to be blacklisted
Shanghai, for one, plans to legislate punitive measures to curb “childish behaviors” by local tourists when they travel outside the country. Local government officials say the city will this year...
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Working from home, in a secure way
Zsolt Horváth, the head of IT management at the Bell group’s Hungarian affiliate reckons that IT’s task is to make the life and work of employees easier. The group, which...
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It costs more without ads
In the USA those subscribers have to pay USD 30 more for AT&T’s ultrafast internet service who don’t want to see personalised ads when they are online. The company told...
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Knowers of secrets
Mitch Barns, president-CEO of Nielsen told German daily Die Welt that in his view online retailers aren’t retailers any more but marketing and advertising platforms. Mr Barns spoke about how...
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Digital natives and power
In mid-September SAP organised a trade day where participants discussed the present and future of shopping. Pat Bakey, general manager of SAP’s retail division told that not only digital natives...
Read moreContactless payment
Apple Pay contactless payment was introduced at the right time. Last autumn Apple put its iPhone 6 and 6 plus models on the market. Together with them the company announced...
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Magazine: Do you want to play with me?
Creative London furniture maker Duffy sees great potential in swing tables and hanging chairs. They quote G.B. Shaw: ‘We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because...
Read moreKSH: household consumption increased after eight years for the first time last year
Last year, the per capita monthly consumption expenditure of the households increased by 2.7 percent to 68,609 HUF in real terms, in an annual comparison, after almost eight years of...
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Half of the Hungarian Mangalitsa products are sold in Spain
About 20 thousand of the Hungarian Mangalitsas are processed in Hungary, while the majority of the products are exported to premium markets. Half of all exports, about 500 tonnes are...
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The Tokaj Trading House is turning towards luxury goods
The Tokaj Trading House (Tokaj Kereskedőház Zrt.) is trying to find new markets by positioning its products into the luxury category – Tombor András, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of...
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E-money from cash
From now, we can change our cash to e-money at forty-terminals in Budapest. The e-money can be used immediately, you can park with it, it can be sent to someone...
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Raben helps the needy
The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta asked Raben in Hungary for assistance in the transportation of donated food supplies in March 2015. The Raben Trans European Hungary...
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The consumption of four eggs a week can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes
Egg consumption may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. The findings were published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition....
Read moreDomestic labor migration is the problem and the solution at the same time
It is an increasingly difficult task to maintain the skilled workforce at several points of the country, because of the offers from other more developed areas and from abroad. According...
Read moreRomanian retail started the year well
In the first two months, the volume of retail sales in Romania increased by almost 5 percent, compared to the same period of last year – the Romanian national statistical...
Read moreUntaxed Italian wines were found at a former air-raid shelter in Budapest
Several thousands bottles of Italian wines in a value of 22 million HUF were found at a former air-raid shelter in Budapest – the press Officer of the National Tax...
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Szallas.hu: Hungarians spent an average of 48 thousand HUF on accomodiation
In the first quarter of 2015, 10 percent more guests visited the domestic accommodation sites than a year before, while they spent an average of 48,204 HUF, 11 percent more,...
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A whiskey for April 1st – Video of the day
WhistlePig Rye Whiskey is releasing the Winston Class, an ultra-ultra-ultra-premium line that's so fancy that the barrel even gets its own masseuse....
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China's main export product will be its population
The exponential growth in the number of outbound Chinese tourists represents an investment theme for several decades. Over the past year, 110 million Chinese tourists travelled overseas, and this number...
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Water enhancers
Despite the rather cool summer weather Nielsen reported a few-percent improvement in mineral water sales. Still mineral waters continued their conquest and now almost every other water bottle sold is...
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Internet users often buy online
Those who regularly use the internet also like to buy things online: 81 percent purchased something online at least once last year. 90 percent of them bought some kind of...
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Used phones with old data
According to a representative survey by NRC, 37 percent of Hungarians get rid of their old mobiles when they buy a new one. 6 percent of them leave their old...
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Rapid mobile app development
Mobile app developer Oriana Kft. and Invitel signed a partnership agreement. László Marton, the head of ICT business development at Invitel told that the two companies would be able to...
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Bank card payment from your home
Allianz Hungária Zrt. equips insurance agents with mobile bank card readers, so that customers can pay the first instalment of the insurance fee using their bank cards from their homes....
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The VAT reduction on drinking milk could be an element of utilities reduction
The VAT reduction on drinking milk to 5 percent could be an element of utilities reduction – the president of the Milk Marketing Board Interprofessional Organization told in Budapest on...
Read moreAnother tobbacco shop application was announced
The sixth, tobbacco shop tender was published – the ND National Tobacco Trading Nonprofit Company told MTI on Thursday. According to the communication, the applications can be submitted to the...
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Coca-Cola: Greater transparency brings sustainable growth
Coca-Cola HBC AG issued an integrated report, this year for the first time that summarizes the Group's business and sustainability performance in a single document. In 2014, the company's sustainability...
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The Auchan Magyarország Kft. won the Disability-Friendly Workplace recognition for an additional two years
The Auchan Magyarország Kft. won the Disability-Friendly Workplace award of the Salva Vita Foundation for the first time in 2010, then in 2012, and this year for an additional two...
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Tutti: 15 percent of the annual amount of cocoa is sold during the Easter season
The Tutti Élelmiszeripari Kft. food industrial company usually sells 15 percent of its annual cocoa turnover before Easter. It is the second most intense period of the year, after the...
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Excellent Italian roasted coffee at the OMV filling stations
In addition to the perfect service, a new coffee experience is also waiting for the motorists in the VIVA cafes at the OMV filling stations: the new Italian roasted VIVA...
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