Company and Personal News
Rising retail sales, consumer confidence reached its three-year peak in the United States
Date: 2011-02-22 12:25:01
The U.S. consumer confidence index in February jumped to heights have not seen for 3 years, increasing to 70.4 points, from the 64.8 points of January. This is the highest...
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New message and campaign by Heineken
Date: 2011-02-22 10:55:16
The Entrance’, the first installment of a new global brand campaign for Heineken® , is proving to be a major online success, with close to 4 million hits on You...
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Hungarian food-innovation among the best products of the world
Date: 2011-02-22 10:38:38
Biatorbágy-based Biogreen Ltd. and Unikornis GmbH in Germany worked hard in co-operation to introduce a Hungarian product of international quality at the Biofact 2011 tradeshow in Nürnberg. A Hungarian invention...
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FruitVeb and the Ministry of Agriculture against the greengrocer maffia
Date: 2011-02-21 13:01:49
The price increase of the vegetables was due to the poor harvests and in addition the trickery greengrocer maffia, but it seems that the gardeners and the government finally joined...
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GKI: business confidence is on top, consumer confidence decreases
Date: 2011-02-21 12:52:59
The business expectations were similarly favorable ten years ago, in early 2001 as in February 2011. Consumers remain relatively optimistic, but their expectations decline for the fourth month. In the...
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The supermarket chains seek to comply with the consumer protection rules more than the SMEs
Date: 2011-02-21 12:50:14
The National Consumer Protection Authority carried out its large-scale control between the 1st of March and the 15th of December 2010. The Regional Inspectorate of NFH also participated in the...
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Hungarian wines had great success at the gastronomic festival In Washington
Date: 2011-02-21 12:31:52
The prominent representatives of the Hungarian wineries had huge success with their excellent wines. The guests waited patiently in lines to taste the famous Hungarian wines. The main motivation of...
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Oversupply is expected from sugar
Date: 2011-02-21 12:30:27
The global sugar production next year may exceed the demand – for the first time in 4 years – if the “normal weather conditions” will return in the world's largest...
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Royalsekt Zrt. increased its champagne production to sixfold
Date: 2011-02-21 12:28:22
The Izsák-based Royalsekt Zrt. multipliered its champagne production. The Hungarian-owned company took part at an international tournament and returned home with a silver medal, and also set up a special...
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Red and dessert wines did well in the competition of MTA
Date: 2011-02-21 12:24:53
The experts of the MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) have chosen the best wines of 2010, from 140 samples – reports szabadfold.hu. The category winners are: High-category white wine: Mátraalja...
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Carlsberg’s after-tax profit dropped to its one-fifth
Date: 2011-02-21 12:20:59
The turnover and profit of the Danish brewery group declined in the fourth quarter, mainly due to stagnation of sales in Eastern Europe. In volume, sales fell by 5 percent,...
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Henkel is waiting for the packaging design applications
Date: 2011-02-21 12:20:36
Henkel is waiting the applications for its packaging design competition, that began in February and lasts until the 18th of March. Everyone can show their talent at the Adhesives for...
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No real problem with Hungarian honey
Date: 2011-02-21 11:42:22
Hungary's Ministry of Rural Development fined honey maker Pannon Honig HUF 1.05 million for conducting business without authorization and distributing honey of unspecified origin, the daily Nepszabadsag reported. Pannon Honig...
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AMC supports family farms, small- and medium-sized enterprises
Date: 2011-02-21 10:53:28
Agicultural Marketing Centre (AMC) published an announcment for small and medium sized enterprises and family farms, to appear in various trade shows, exhibitions and other events linked to the Hungarian...
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Mineral water by Auchan officially arsenic
Date: 2011-02-21 10:41:32
The Interpress Magazin (IPM) made a criminal denouncement at the Budapest Police Headquarters, due to the Auchan branded mineral waters exceeding the limit of arsenic-content – told the editorial of...
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International Paris Agricultural Show opened with Hungarian exhibitors
Date: 2011-02-21 10:04:56
The Paris Agriculture show has opened at the Porte de Versailles exhibition hall – but French President Nicolas Sarkozy has risked the wrath of France’s powerful farming lobby by failing...
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Financial lessons for primary school student
Date: 2011-02-21 07:17:57
The forst turn of K&H' latest competition titled Vigyázz, Kész, Pénz! is over now: more than 150 entries have arrived from all over the country, and over 600 students tested...
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The Meat Guild wants alliance
Date: 2011-02-18 17:44:13
The Meat Guild, that contains domestic small-and medium-sized businesses want to take advantage of their existing capacity surplus, and offered cooperation to the producers and traders, thus increasing the supply...
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The rise in producer prices did not solve the problems of agriculture
Date: 2011-02-18 12:48:07
Despite the increase of the agricultural producer price level by one-third, the companies of the sector do not appear optimistic, the number of newly established companies declined by 10 percent...
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Employment and real wages increased in 2010
Date: 2011-02-18 12:41:32
Last year, at businesses employing at least 5 people and at the budgetary institutions, an average of 2 million 702 thousand people was working, 1.5 percent higher than in 2009...
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The Hungarian wine prepares to conquer the U.S.A.
Date: 2011-02-18 12:40:10
The Hungarian wine can achieve success with excellent quality and well-organized marketing in the United States – states the participants of the “The Situation of Hungarian wine in the U.S....
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Pick bought the handball team of Szeged
Date: 2011-02-18 12:38:20
The Pick Kézilabda Kft. of Pick Szeged Zrt.will operate the Pick Szeged handball team in the future. The Municipality of Szeged and the Tisza Volán SC. both pleased to hear...
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Contaminated milk appeared again in China
Date: 2011-02-18 12:20:02
China warned the producers of the dairy products, that checks will begin again, because melamine and other contaminated materials have been found. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, indicated the government's...
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Improving consumer confidence in the euro area
Date: 2011-02-18 12:19:45
Consumer confidence improved in February in the euro area. This indicates that concerns over the debts of the region have declined. According to the preliminary estimate of the European Commission;...
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ProWein 2011: International Experts gear up for the Summit Meeting of the Industry
Date: 2011-02-18 11:02:44
All signs are pointing to success. The current state of registrations for ProWein, the trade fair that brings together the international wine and spirits sector from 27 to 29 March...
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More than 13 billion HUF spent on pills against cold
Date: 2011-02-18 10:03:14
Medicines available without perscriptions against cold have closed with a turnover over 13 billion HUF. Most of these sales took place between September and December, Nielsen market research company pointed...
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727 000 Huf collected to train guide dogs
Date: 2011-02-18 09:23:59
Currently, 12 guide dogs are being trained every year in Hungary by the Association of Hungarian Blinds and Guide Dog School – wheareas 77 people are in need of a...
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The seven main stress factors of commuting
Date: 2011-02-18 08:45:20
Commuters have identified the seven deadly sins of commuting that cause them the most stress on the way to work, and undermine their productivity and job satisfaction. In a new...
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Men have a better time at their workplace than women
Date: 2011-02-18 08:37:10
Two-thirds of Hungarian employees are not considering a change of workplace, however not all of them are satisfied with their job situation – a survey by KutatóCEntrum and MASMI Hungary...
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A 10-15 percent decrease of the environmental product fee around the corner
Date: 2011-02-17 15:40:45
The current environmental product fee might see as much as a 10-15 percent decrease, if the Parliament approves of the new regulations concerning the subject matter. The new text of...
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