News and articles
Customers appreciate the support of social goals
Date: 2013-08-06 12:55:00
An increasing number of Hungarian consumers are willing to pay more for a product or service if they know that the companies in their program directly supports social goals. 43...
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The long winter caused a delay in the ice cream season
Date: 2013-08-06 12:35:32
The ice cream market is slowly accelerates as the long winter and the cold weather was not conducive for the turnover of the family boxed ice cream and therefore a...
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The opposition would give the online cash machines for free
Date: 2013-08-06 12:00:47
The small business should have given the online cash machines for free and even the telecommunications costs should be paid by the budget for a year, instead of the entrepreneurs...
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Every second Hungarian would move to abroad for a good job
Date: 2013-08-06 11:55:04
93 percent of Hungarians think that in the country there is no job security, which is worse than in Chile, India and Turkey – Randstad Workmonitor shows. Every second Hungarian...
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The OTP Bank intends to acquire 40 percent in agricultural financing
Date: 2013-08-06 11:50:46
The OTP Bank is willing to increase its market share to at least 40 percent in medium terms in the agricultural funding – Csányi Sándor, CEO announced in Budapest at...
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The first cash register netlog files were submitted to the NAV
Date: 2013-08-06 11:42:02
The traders sent the first cash register log files to the National Tax and Customs Authority (NAV). To replace the complicated process requiring a lot of attention and a lot...
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Zwack reported about declining revenues
Date: 2013-08-06 11:10:49
Zwack’s revenues and net profit decreased in the first quarter. The domestic net sales revenue decreased by 8.5 percent to 2 billion 426 million HUF, while the IFRS decreased by...
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Hungarikum Festival will be held in Szeged again
Date: 2013-08-06 11:00:45
Those who will visit the Hungarikum Festival can meet with quality Hungarian food products with traditional arts and crafts products. The festival starts on Thursday and takes place at the...
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The Fonterra dairy company apologized to the Chinese consumers
Date: 2013-08-06 10:55:25
The CEO of the New Zealand-based Fonterra dairy company apologized to the Chinese consumers, because the company shipped contaminated products to China – the Chinese local media reported on Monday....
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DHL moves to Budapest Airport Business Park
Date: 2013-08-06 10:16:45
DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL and one of the leading providers of road freight services in Europe, will move to the...
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METRO GROUP substantially strengthens its financial foundation despite tough trading conditions
Date: 2013-08-06 10:11:40
METRO GROUP succeeded in further strengthening its financial foundation in the first half of 2013 despite consumer sentiment remaining weak across Europe. The Düsseldorf-based retailer was able to again significantly...
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Downtown hotel is under construction in Szekszárd
Date: 2013-08-06 10:10:07
With the close to 700 million HUF investment a 44-seat downtown hotel is under construction in Szekszárd. The foundation stone of the facility was placed on Tuesday in the Tolna...
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Foodtruck in a new role
Date: 2013-08-06 09:56:01
Airport cellphone waiting areas are starting to look like fast-food drive-ins. A number of airports are allowing food trucks to set up shop in or near cellphone lots where people...
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Magazine: Sauces from behind the bars
Date: 2013-08-06 09:02:24
Every enterprise has to face difficulties sometimes – but the producer of JailHouseFire hot sauces is really special: their products are made in a Florida penitentiary, in 3 varieties. Distributors...
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KSH: the growth of retail sales stopped in June
Date: 2013-08-05 12:45:09
After the growth of the last two months, the volume of retail sales fell in June, compared to a year earlier. According to the calendar-adjusted datas, turnover was 0.4 percent...
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GKI: waiting for growth
Date: 2013-08-05 12:40:48
Following last year’s decline, stagnation or GDP growth up to 0.5 per cent can be expected in 2013. This is primarily due to the fact that this year the weather...
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Analysts: retail sales in June became weaker than expected
Date: 2013-08-05 12:35:22
According to analysts surveyed by MTI, contrary to the growth expectations, retail sales fell in June. According to the datas of the Central Statistics Office (KSH) released on Monday, after...
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Bread will not be cheaper
Date: 2013-08-05 12:30:33
In roughly two weeks it will turn out if the price of bread will change after the new wheat harvest – Septe József, the president of the Hungarian Baker’s Association...
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Decline in retail sales in the EU and in the euro zone
Date: 2013-08-05 12:20:49
Retail sales decreased by 0.5 percent in the euro zone and by 0.3 percent in the whole European Union in June, compared with the previous month – Eurostat announced on...
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More EU support to the beekeepers
Date: 2013-08-05 12:00:46
The second cycle of the Hungarian National Beekeeping Program began two years ago may end succesfully. The third phase – starts in September and lasts until 2016 – can be...
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The EU authorities seized 1 billion euros worth counterfeit goods last year
Date: 2013-08-05 12:00:26
The customs authorities of the EU member states seized 1 billion euros worth (300 billion HUF) counterfeit goods last year mostly from China. According to the annual report of the...
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Magazine: How many sips?
Date: 2013-08-05 12:00:00
We already know that the British are capable of taking extreme measures with health protection in mind, just think of the complete ban on smoking in bars and restaurants. Now...
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The scent of chocolate makes people want to buy romance novels
Date: 2013-08-05 11:25:58
The scent of chocolate in a bookshop makes people want to buy romance novels, it seems, but has much less of an effect on the sale of other book categories...
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A bakery in Shanghai cannot use drones to deliver its products to the customers
Date: 2013-08-05 11:20:56
Authorities have banned a Shanghai bakery from offering delivery services using remote-controlled aircraft due to public safety concerns, reports the website of the Hong Kong-based Ta Kung Pao. The bakery,...
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The Sziget Festival starts today
Date: 2013-08-05 10:10:32
The accomodiations in Budapest are filled with the guests of the Sziget Festival. The festival visitors are continuously arriving to the Hungarian capital.. Three separate trains arrived from the Netherlands...
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Loud beats endanger Swedish nightclub fish
Date: 2013-08-05 09:48:55
A Gothenburg nightclub has been told to turn down the music after authorities found the club's pet fish were suffering from the noise. When the County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen) checked...
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Flaming hell: Could you take on the world’s hottest sandwich?
Date: 2013-08-05 09:06:37
The ‘flaming hell’ sandwich measures 2.3million on the Scoville chilli heat scale – higher than pepper spray. It also comes slathered in a sauce made from two of the world’s...
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KSH: foreign trade surplus increased by 246 million euros in the first five months of the year
Date: 2013-08-02 13:00:17
The export, calculated in euros in January-May increased by 1.8 percent, while imports by 1.1 percent, compared to a year earlier. The first five monthly trade surplus was 3.098 billion...
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Harvest soon to be finished
Date: 2013-08-02 13:00:02
Most of the farmers have finished the harvest of barley and wheat. The exact datas for the national yields are not yet ready. According to the datas of the Market...
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