News and articles
Red Bull conquered the sports world
Date: 2011-01-06 04:02:43
If someone spends nearly a billion dollars annually financing sporting events, and for the sponsorship of teams and athletes to promote its products can gain tremendous influence in the sport...
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Ipsos: consumers are optimistic in 2011
Date: 2011-01-05 20:57:58
You can read the latest results of a recent Ipsos survey on the general mood of consumers here: New Years G@16[1]...
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Retail sales may accelerate this year
Date: 2011-01-05 15:24:13
The Christmas season has confirmed the optimistic expectations of the traders. There were several among the big supermarket chains that reached two-digit growth during the Christmas season, but the number...
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GKI-Microsoft: improved competitiveness in Hungary
Date: 2011-01-05 15:10:37
According to the joint survey of Microsoft and GKI Market Research Company; the Competitiveness Index (Vex) decreased in Romania in the third quarter of 2010 compared to the previous quarter....
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FAO: food prices breaking records
Date: 2011-01-05 14:56:09
According to the datas of the UN Food Organization (FAO); the global index indicating the prices of food, increased to record heights. The driving force behind the price increase, is...
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One thousand farms were closed because of dioxin-contaminated egg
Date: 2011-01-05 14:12:34
The European Union calls for Germany to provide detailed information in the case of the dioxin-contaminated eggs. The spokesman of John Dalli, who is EU Commissioner for Health and consumer...
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Tesco was fined for 7.6 million due to cheap import milk
Date: 2011-01-05 13:10:01
The Agricultural Office (MgSzH) imposed a total of 7,609,383 HUF fine on Tesco-Global Stores Ltd., because the company marketed imported Mlieko (Lapte) and Almliesl branded milks under the purchase price....
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Obesity is a very expensive endemic
Date: 2011-01-05 13:00:37
According to a December 2010 report; every second EU citizen is overweighted, 15 adult and 20 children out of hundred Hungarians are severely obese in Hungary, the obesity-related professional expenses...
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Investors do not trust in cheap fast food restaurants
Date: 2011-01-05 12:55:04
The cheap fast food restaurants have bad times in the stock markets. Investors believe that due to the improving economy, the turnover of the fast food restaurants will decrease, so...
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Swing mood in the wine salon
Date: 2011-01-05 12:40:29
The tenth – jubilee – wine salon was held in the main hall of the Hotel Eger-Park, in Eger, with the participation of many foreign and domestic tourists. The salon...
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Hungarian agency won Coca-Cola's regional tender
Date: 2011-01-05 12:12:18
Carnation, an internationally recognized online communication agency won the regional tender of Coca-Cola's Central- and Eastern European unit. 23 countries weere affected by the tender, and now Carnation gets to...
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Complete reorganization at the Gusta food chain
Date: 2011-01-05 12:11:20
The reorganization of the Gusta food chain affects eight stores and more than hundred employees. Zubor Sándor managing director of Csemege Plusz Kft. told that they had to decide in...
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New CEO at Praktiker
Date: 2011-01-05 11:01:53
Zoltán Schlemmer has been named to head the Hungarian unit of Praktiker, Praktiker Épitesi- es Barkácspiacok Magyarország informed MTI. The expert is known as the former sales director of the...
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New FMCG-related companies turned into top-taxpayers
Date: 2011-01-05 09:28:24
There are twenty top-taxpayers in Kaposvár who have paid 854 million HUF local tax to the town this year, which is 100 million HUF more than last year. There are...
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Tibi's gameshow is over
Date: 2011-01-05 09:17:44
The autumn-game of tibi chocolate is over now, the main prize is 3x wellness weekend for two persons, 3x Cascada luxury massage-armchair, and a journey to Brazil worth 1 million...
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Export can pull the Hungarian economy this year, domestic demand will also increase
Date: 2011-01-04 13:35:59
All analysts agree that the growth of the Hungarian economy will accelerate this year. The forecasts expext 2.3 to 3.1 percent expansion. The majority believes that export can pull the...
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In 2009 SMEs received 22 billion HUF fresh capital
Date: 2011-01-04 12:29:51
In 2009, 22 billion HUF flown into the SME sector. Only 1.6 billion HUF arrived from new investors, which is roughly the third of the ratio of the previous year....
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Minister Commissioner at the head of the Chamber of Agriculture
Date: 2011-01-04 12:27:01
Fazekas Sándor Rural Development Minister appointed Zöld Sándor engineer-economist as Commissioner of the Chamber of Agriculture. Zöld Sándor will be in charge for the preparation of the Chambers of Agriculture...
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The middle class pulled the luxury industry out of the crisis
Date: 2011-01-04 12:16:59
The luxury industry was able to recover faster than expected, and after the crisis-hit 2009, last year, the turnover increased by 15 percent ie. 1 billion euros, including the services...
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The districts of Budapest to increase tourism tax
Date: 2011-01-04 12:15:10
Several districts of Budapest announced to increase the tariffs of the tourism tax and will collect it by their own from the 1st of January – reports the Turizmus Panoráma...
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The ISM index expanded further, the world's largest economy is slowly recovering
Date: 2011-01-04 12:10:13
The U.S. manufacturing purchasing manager's index, that indicates the performance of the manufacturing industry increased to 57 points in December, in line with expectations, from the 56.6 points of November....
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The consumer price growth in the euro area broke a two-year record last December
Date: 2011-01-04 12:05:48
According to Tuesday's statement of Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office; consumer prices rose by 2.2 percent in December 2010, compared to a year earlier. Recently such a pace was recorded...
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Product placement will be allowed in the British media from February
Date: 2011-01-04 12:04:08
The Ofcom, which is the independent supervisory authority of the British media, allows the hints in the programs, that are paid by the producer of the product to the program's...
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Here are the funniest product-packages of 2010
Date: 2011-01-04 10:53:34
Most people tend to make their puchased by judging the external qualities of the product, therefore packing and the message it sends is extremely important. Here are the most exciting...
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Europe's strictest smoking ban introduced in Spain
Date: 2011-01-04 10:52:43
The smoking ban in Spain introduced this week is one of the strictest in Europe: it outlaws smoking in all bars and restaurants. Smokers will also be prohibited on television...
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Rauch will keep working with OMD Hungary
Date: 2011-01-04 10:37:13
OMD Hungary will continue being in charge of Rauch's media-planning and -puchasing tasks in 2011, just like the company did in the past 12 years. Rauch launched its online and...
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Saint John's Day wine-blessing is Esztergom
Date: 2011-01-04 06:29:16
János or Saint John's Day is one of the most important Church-related celebrations of Hungarian winegrowers. This time a special Saint John's Day wine-blessing took place in Esztergom, on 27th...
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OKSZ expect increase in consumption for 2011
Date: 2011-01-03 17:30:34
Overall, an increase in consumption is expected in trade in 2011 – told Vámos György, the Secretary-General of the National Trade Association (OKSZ) to MTI. According to him; several factors...
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Sió-Eckes targets 8-10% revenue rise in 2011
Date: 2011-01-03 14:32:27
Hungarian fruit juice company Sió-Eckes targets revenue of HUF 19.5 billion-20 billion in 2011, up 8-10% from 2010, managing director Endre Fazekas told MTI. In 2010, the company's revenue fell...
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Tesco continues expansion despite crisis tax
Date: 2011-01-03 13:32:51
Tesco considers the crisis tax unfair and deploys its foreign lobby power against it, but apart from this the company plans in long-terms and continues to expand in Hungary –...
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