News tagged "hungary"

Wiesel to Hungary: Make Shoah denial illegal (JTA)

on Dec 10, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST (JTA) -- Elie Wiesel urged Hungary's leaders to do more to combat racism and anti-Semitism and also to consider banning Holocaust denial.

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Hungary Fidesz Party To Seek New IMF Deal If Elected - Agency (Nasdaq)

on Dec 10, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST -(Dow Jones)- Hungary's new government after next year's general election should sign a new standby loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund, opposition party Fidesz economic policy maker Gyorgy Matolcsy told state news agency MTI Thursday.

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Lenovo market share in Hungary rises to 5.2% (Budapest Business Journal)

on Dec 10, 2009 via YahooNews

Chinese computer maker Lenovo's share of the Hungarian market rose 0.2 percentage points to 5.2% in Q3 from the same period a year earlier as the popularity of Lenovo's products grew among consumers, Lenovo Hungary managing director Istv

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Hungarian Government Banks on Open Source (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

on Dec 09, 2009 via YahooNews

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & FRANKFURT----Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, and FreeSoft PLC, Hungary?s leading service provider in the software development sector, have won the Hungarian government?s open source software tender that has a four-year, $22.3 million budget.

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DATA SNAP: Hungary Oct Trade Surplus Bigger Than Forecast (The Forex Market)

on Dec 09, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary posted a trade surplus in October that was bigger than expected as exports, the single potential driver of economic growth, fell less than imports, figures released Wednesday show.

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Hungary?s Economic Decline Eased in Third Quarter on Exports (Bloomberg)

on Dec 09, 2009 via YahooNews

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary?s economic decline, the worst in 18 years, eased in the third quarter as western partners exited from recession, reviving demand for the country?s exports.

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Hungary?s GDP Decline Eased Last Quarter on Exports (Update1) (Bloomberg)

on Dec 09, 2009 via YahooNews

Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary?s economic decline, the worst in 18 years, eased in the third quarter as western partners exited from recessions, reviving demand for the country?s exports.

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Hungarian Trade Surplus Declines In October (INO News)

on Dec 09, 2009 via YahooNews

(RTTNews) - Hungary's trade balance showed a surplus of EUR 464.1 million in October, down from EUR 477.1 million in September, a report from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office showed Wednesday. However, the surplus stood above the expected EUR 309 million.

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Hungarian Forint, Stocks Fall Most in Region on German Report (Bloomberg)

on Dec 08, 2009 via YahooNews

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary fell the most among central European currencies after a government report showed German industrial output unexpectedly fell in October, raising concern that recovery in Europe?s largest economy is fragile.

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Hungarian Industrial Production Slump Eases on Export Revival (Bloomberg)

on Dec 08, 2009 via YahooNews

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hungary?s industrial-output slump eased more than economists forecast in October as key export markets emerged from recession, boosting demand for the country?s products.

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DATA SNAP: Hungary Industrial Output Shows Signs Of Hope (The Forex Market)

on Dec 08, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary's industrial output showed feeble signs of a recovery in October, rising in monthly terms for the second month in a row, data released Tuesday by the Central Statistics Office, or KSH, showed.

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DJ UPDATE: Hungary's Budget Swings Into Deficit In November (INO News)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

(Adds details, comments from analyst, Fitch.) BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary's budget deficit swung into deficit in November, feeding doubts that the government will meet its 2009 budget deficit target.

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DATA SNAP: Hungary's Budget Swings Into Deficit In November (The Forex Market)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary's budget deficit swung into deficit in November, feeding doubts that the government will meet its 2009 budget deficit target.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-07 16:09 Fitch affirms Hungary ratings, warns on deficit (Interactive Investor)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings on Monday affirmed Hungary's sovereign rating at BBB with a negative outlook, saying the country remained vulnerable ahead of next year's elections despite tight fiscal policy and a global recovery. "(Hungary's) high levels of public and external debt and heavy foreign-currency exposure of domestic balance sheets continue to leave creditworthiness ...

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UPDATE: Hungary's Natural Gas Prices To Rise Jan 1 By 5.6% (Nasdaq)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST -(Dow Jones)- Natural gas prices in Hungary are to rise Jan. 1 by an average of 5.6% for consumers--which are mostly residential--that use less than 20 cubic meters of gas an hour, the Hungarian Energy Office, or MEH, said Monday.

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Hungary Natural Gas Prices To Rise Jan 1 By 5.6% - Agency (Nasdaq)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

BUDAPEST -(Dow Jones)- Natural gas prices in Hungary are to rise Jan. 1 by an average of 5.6% for those consuming less than 20 cubic meters of gas an hour, which are mostly residential users, state news agency MTI quoted Zoltan Matos, president of the Hungarian Energy Office, as saying Monday.

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Ken Follett novel shot in Hungary (Pioneer Press)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

FOT, Hungary ? Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like "Eye of the Needle." But the book that has won him the most critical, and eventually popular, acclaim is a nearly 1,000-page novel about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century.

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Ken Follett's "Pillars of the Earth" being shot in Hungary, Austria starring Donald Sutherland (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

FOT, Hungary - Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like "Eye of the Needle." But the book that has won him the most critical, and eventually popular, acclaim is a nearly 1,000-page novel about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century.

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Hungary: center for Zeiss lens production (Budapest Business Journal)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

As a result of recently completed investments worth ?1.7 million, Carl Zeiss Vision Hungary's M

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Hungary guest nights drop 8.2% in October (Budapest Business Journal)

on Dec 07, 2009 via YahooNews

Guest nights spent at commercial accommodations by Hungarian and foreign tourists fell 8.2 % to 1.442 million in October from a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said on Monday. The fall widened from 6.2% year-on-year to 1.639 million in September and minus 4.5% in August, but was still less than the double-digit drops experienced in the spring. Hungary guest nights has been down ...

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