News and articles
Decreaseing unemployment rate in the Czech Republic
Date: 2010-04-13 00:00:10
Unemployment decreased slightly in the Czech Republic in March: the rate declined by 0.2 percentage points to 9.7 percent. According to the datas of the Labour Ministry, 556 thousand people...
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Increasing costumer conscioussness in the purchasing decisions
Date: 2010-04-12 00:04:00
We are willing to visit more chains in a hope of a better offer. According to the analysis of GfK Hungária; a slow but clear change can be observed in...
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Budapest entered onto an another toplist in Sweden
Date: 2010-04-12 00:03:40
According to the first quarter datas of the largest “citybreak” tour organiser, the Airtours; Budapest – for the first time – has a podium in sales. Compared to the past...
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The competitiveness index in Hungary has improved
Date: 2010-04-12 00:03:00
GKI and Microsoft released its competitiveness and business environment index of March. The Competitiveness Index (Vex) stagnated in the Czech Republic, in the fourth quarter of 2009, increased in the...
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Increased traffic at the commercial accommodations
Date: 2010-04-12 00:01:50
According to the datas of the Central Statistical Office (KSH); in January and February, the number of guests and guest nights spent at commercial accommodation rose by 3 percent, compared...
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Deficit occured in China's foreign trade – for the first time in 6 years
Date: 2010-04-12 00:01:10
China's foreign trade balance showed a 7.24 billion dollar a deficit in March, for the first time since April 2004. In March, Chinese exports increased by 24.3, imports by 66.0...
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The STI Group acquired the Line Packaging & Display factory
Date: 2010-04-12 00:01:00
Europe's leading POS solutions, and high-quality packaging materials company the STI Group acquired UK retail display company, the Line Packaging & Display Limited, on the 31st of March 2010. The...
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The staff of Carlsberg strike for beer
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:40
The staff of the world's fourth largest brewery began to strike, because after the 1st of April, the management of Carlsberg limited lunchtime beer consumption. Hundreds of drivers and warehouse...
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Tax controls: 130 million fine for shopkeepers
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:30
To sum up the Tax and Financial Control Office’s investigations between 16th of March and the 5th of April; more than 6 thousand tests resulted in 130 million HUF fines...
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Pizza Hut to close two-thirds of its restaurants in Iceland
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:20
Except for one, the Pizza Hut closes its restaurants in Iceland, because due to the crisis the demand decreased towards its products – stated the company on Friday. In Iceland...
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Hundred million HUF investment in Oroszlány
Date: 2010-04-12 00:00:10
The Kolcsár bakery in Oroszlány doubles its holding area with a hundred million HUF investment. The Central-Transdanubian Regional Development Agency supports the investment, with a fifty million HUF non-refundable support....
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0.5 percent GDP growth forecasts for 2010
Date: 2010-04-09 00:43:50
According to the latest foorecast of the Pénzügykutató; 0.5 percent increase in gross domestic product (GDP) can be expected and a 4.2 percent inflation rate. The projection assumes with nearly...
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Political parties agree about most issues in agricultural policy
Date: 2010-04-09 00:40:00
Hungarian political parties may disagree in nearly all important matters, however, their agricultural policy views are rather similar. They all would like to limit the power of hipermarkets, integrate domestic...
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The crisis is not yet over according to Coface
Date: 2010-04-09 00:39:11
Bad news from the euro-zone: the crisis will take a while to end, according to the latest Coface report.One year after Coface's positioning as an international financial rating agency, specialised...
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Increasing interest in FLOW-VAC® packaging system
Date: 2010-04-09 00:38:10
The packaging system developed by ULMA and Cryovac, FLOW-VAC is getting more and more successful all over Europe. The system of FLOW-VAC provides tailor-made solutions for vacuum packaging industrial and...
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Pernod Ricard loses lawsuit on Bacardi's Havana Club Rum
Date: 2010-04-09 00:30:00
A lawsuit by Pernod Ricard SA had been rejected to stop rival Bacardi Ltd from selling “Havana Club” branded rum in the United States. Both companies sell rum under the...
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Mars, Incorporated committed to using sustainably sourced fish
Date: 2010-04-09 00:22:34
Mars, Incorporated’s Petcare business has announced its commitment to using only sustainably sourced fish by 2020. Set against a backdrop of dwindling global fish stocks, Mars, which operates one of...
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Unilever to buy palmoil from sustainable sources by 2015
Date: 2010-04-09 00:19:21
Unilever announced that it has secured enough GreenPalm certificates of sustainable palm oil to cover the requirements of its European, Australian and New Zealand-business. This announcment means that they will...
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1 million HUF to the most popular female handball team from Arany Ászok
Date: 2010-04-09 00:09:10
Popular beer brand Arany Ászok – in collaboration with the Hungarian Handball Association – is beginning a fan-game from 8th April, in which handball fans can vote for their favourite...
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The De Kuyper mixer competition has ended
Date: 2010-04-09 00:01:00
This year, the De Kuyper Best Bartender of the Year competition was held for the fifth time. Twenty-four young mixers, took part in the competition.The competition was won by Csatlós...
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(HU) Fellélegezhetünk, vége a kínai nyelvű közüzemi számláknak
Date: 2010-04-09 00:00:12
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(HU) Be lehet vonni fájdalommentesen a magántőkét az egészségügybe?
Date: 2010-04-09 00:00:00
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Szentkirályi remains the best-known Hungarian mineral water brand
Date: 2010-04-08 00:05:20
The company increased its market share both in volume and value last year. According to the research of Szonda Ipsos; Szentkirályi remains the best-known mineral water brand in Hungary, and...
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Hungarian Innovation Director, at Europe's leading fruit juice manufacturer
Date: 2010-04-08 00:05:00
Zarándy Katalin will be the Innovation Director of Eckes-Granini Group at the company’s headquarters in Nieder-Olm, from the 1st of May 2010. Zarándy Katalin graduated at the International Business School...
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Still waiting for the candidates of SME days
Date: 2010-04-08 00:04:25
Between the 15th of May and the 1st of June the European Commission will launch the second edition of the European SME Week. The international event aims to promote entrepreneurship...
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Industrial production increased by 8.4 percent
Date: 2010-04-08 00:04:20
In February, the volume of industrial production adjusted by both seasonally and working day-effect, decreased by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month, and was 8.4 percent higher than in...
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The crisis has not yet ended in Europe
Date: 2010-04-08 00:04:10
According to the World Bank; the ten recently acceded Members of the European Union, can expect a 1.6 percent GDP growth, but not in all of the countries. The EU10...
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Alimentaria brings together more than 140,000 agents from the sector
Date: 2010-04-08 00:02:55
Alimentaria 2010 closed its doors last 26th, leaving a good taste in the mouth of all involved. With final numbers still to come, the show succeeded in bringing in 140,542...
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Stores lost one-sixth of the turnover due to lack of shelves
Date: 2010-04-08 00:02:00
Laurel Group presented its self-developed shelf management support software, that helps to detect and prevent lack of stocks and other anomalies. The turnover issues of a food store is a...
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Eight million HUF fine for Tesco
Date: 2010-04-08 00:01:40
The Competition Authority fined Tesco, to 8 million HUF, because the company used unfair trade practices in certain actions between the 1st of September 2008 and the 16th of March...
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