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Program for the revitalisation of the onion production in Makó
Date: 2012-03-21 12:30:32
The Ministry of Rural Development with the involvement of the producers develops a Makói Onion Program in order to revitalise the worldwide known and high value onion production in Makó....
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Deutsche Bank does not invest in food
Date: 2012-03-21 11:33:10
Deutsche Bank stops the issuing of investment products, backed by important agricultural or food products. The bank wrote in its report on responsible corporate behavior, that this year they will...
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Metro has increased the number of its stores
Date: 2012-03-21 11:31:07
Last year, the Düsseldorf based Metro Group’s sales decreased by 0.8 percent to 66.7 billion euros, its after-tax profit decreased by 2.1 percent to 741 million euros. To the results,...
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Card reader connected to Smart phones from PayPal
Date: 2012-03-21 11:30:10
PayPal’s new service, the PayPal Here application allows almost any kind of payment management services for small businesses. The smartphone can be the formed into a full-featured credit card terminal....
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Fruits and vegetables also beautifies you
Date: 2012-03-21 11:28:52
The vegetables and fruits are not only health guards, but also beautifies you – by using them “internally”, for example not as packing cucumber on your skin. British researchers at...
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Twenty-four thousand hectares of wheat is in critical condition in Békés county
Date: 2012-03-21 11:25:34
Winter wheat is in critical condition on about 24 thousand hectares in Békés county. This is 25 percent of the county’s sown area. The crop is poorly developed, and because...
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Impressive Presentation: BEAUTY INTERNATIONAL posts outstanding results
Date: 2012-03-21 10:56:24
Düsseldorf once again earned its name as the European capital for cosmetic professionals this weekend. The trade fair BEAUTY INTERNATIONAL DÜSSELDORF enthused both exhibitors and visitors alike, confirming the fairs'...
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Huge Hungarian success at the International Make-up Championship
Date: 2012-03-21 09:52:35
The International Make-up Championship, within the compass of BEAUTY INTERNATIONAL DÜSSELDORF saw make-up tributes of 15 countries competing with each other on 10th March 2012. The main topic of this...
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Gluttonous Thursday: about 160 thousand guests
Date: 2012-03-21 09:00:00
About 160 thousand guests took part on this year’s Gluttonous Thursday-action in more than a thousand domestic restaurants. The Hungarian National Tourist Office’s (Magyar Turizmus Zrt.) survey showed that 28.2...
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MGYOSZ: the environmental product fee does not point towards simplification
Date: 2012-03-21 08:50:41
The Federation of Employers and Industrialists (MGYOSZ) has recently received several indications that the environmental product fee – introduced in 2011- puts excessive administrative burden on domestic companies in its...
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Poultry meat prices is expected to increase in three steps
Date: 2012-03-20 15:00:07
Poultry production and processing costs have significantly increased since 2006, while consumer prices grew in a much lesser extent – shows the analysis of the Poultry Product Council. Therefore, due...
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The food chain surveillance fee can disadvantage the domestic products
Date: 2012-03-20 14:18:48
The regulation that controls the food chain surveillance fee is expected to enter into force from late March, early April – the experts of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Ltd. published at a...
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AmCham: innovation is a key determinant of a country's competitiveness
Date: 2012-03-20 12:50:12
Research&Development&Innovation (R&D&I) are the key factors that basically determinate a country's competitiveness – emphasized Havas István, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) operating in Hungary at Tuesday’s press...
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More money in circulation with less debit cards
Date: 2012-03-20 12:45:07
Hungarians are trying to use their debit cards more and more economically – shows the datas of the Hungarian National Bank. Less cards were used but more money was taken...
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At the beginning of the year gross average salary was 219 000HUF in Hungary
Date: 2012-03-20 12:37:21
In the first month of 2012 gross average salaries rose in the national economy by 4.3 percent, whereas net salaries excluding family tax benefits rose by 1.4 percent in comparison...
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KSH: average gross wage changed
Date: 2012-03-20 12:30:10
The average gross earnings of the full-time employees were 219,100 HUF in January. The wage of those who are working in enterprises was 225,000 HUF, while employees at the budgetary...
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Liquidation proceeding was launched against the Magyar Tejtermék Kft.
Date: 2012-03-20 12:15:33
Liquidation proceeding was initated against the Magyar Tejtermék Kft. (previous name: Tiszatej Kft., before 2011) The company which was profitable earlier, accumulated significant losses in 2010. The company had a...
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Two chefs and a hundred thousand guest a day
Date: 2012-03-20 12:14:52
Menus for British Airways customers during the Olympics and Paralympic Games – created by Simon Hulstone with support from Heston Blumenthal – have been unveiled. Hulstone's dishes have been inspired...
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Trigránit will not withdraw from Russia
Date: 2012-03-20 12:10:49
The Trigránit group is not withdrawing from Russia, but the planned investment in Moscow will not be accomplished – confirmed Lovas István, country director of the Trigránit group, chief executive...
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Starbucks establishes a juice bar-network
Date: 2012-03-20 12:06:47
Starbucks opened the first unit of its juice bar-network on Monday. The store, named Evolution Fresh, awaits its guest in Bellevue, WA, four months after Starbucks purchased the Evolution Fresh...
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Russia bans imports of live animals
Date: 2012-03-20 12:05:18
Cattle – sheep – goat and pork imports to Russia are prohibited from Tuesday – confirmed the Russian animal health authority on Monday. According to the communication, the action is...
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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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Advantages of the anti-tobacco law
Date: 2012-03-20 10:23:13
According to a new survey by PLoS Medicine, almost every province in Canada has introduced or passed legislation to recover health-care costs from tobacco companies. In the mid-1990s, similar lawsuits...
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Heroic fight by man and bear, for a box of salmon – Video of the day
Date: 2012-03-20 09:49:28
Adsweek has asked their readers to vote for the funniest advertisement movies of the industry, only to find that a half-minute long spot with a bear and a man fighting...
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A growth of Easter-candy sales to be seen again
Date: 2012-03-19 14:05:45
The retail sales of Easter candies and gift packages reached nearly an impressive 3 billion HUF last year. This is 11 percent more than it was in the previous year....
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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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