541 result(s) for dollar
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Forint Under Pressure
- 3 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business analyst says critics have been too hasty to condemn the National Bank for not resorting to swift “verbal intervention” in response to the heavy losses the Forint has suffered over the past week. A pro-government columnist urges decision makers to consider joining the Eurozone, in order to shield Hungary from currency fluctuations.
Xpat Opinion: Scandal Of The Year? Russian-Hungarian Nuclear Pact
- 30 Jan 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
The headlines in Hungarian weeklies illustrate a growing controversy over the planned addition of two Russian-made blocks to the existing Paks nuclear power station: “The scandal of the year” (168 óra); “Eastern Block” (Heti Világgazdaság); “The business of the year?” (Figyelő); “Hungary hooked by Putin” (Magyar Narancs); “Change of Roles in Kissidonia” (Demokrata); “Paks Vobiscum” (“Paks be with ...
Hungary’s Forint Down Again
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The forint was trading at 305.22 to the euro late Thursday, down from 302.55 late Wednesday. After a lull on Wednesday, the Hungarian currency led a decline in central European assets on Thursday as concern over weaker activity in China, a fall of Turkey’s lira to record lows against the dollar, and continuing upheaval in the Ukraine triggered some re-weighting to the detriment of emerging market ...
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
Hungarians Working Abroad Send Home Remittances Worth 1.8% Of GDP
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Up to October last year, 2,403 million US dollars arrived in Hungary from remittances sent by Hungarians working abroad, equal to 1.8% of economic output, according to World Bank data.
Martonyi Reopens Hungarian Embassy In Santiago De Chile
- 7 Jan 2014 4:04 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian embassy in Santiago de Chile. Martonyi also held talks with Chilean counterpart Alfredo Moreno Charme and expressed thanks for keeping the Chilean embassy in Budapest open despite the closing of the Hungarian one in Chile in 2009, a statement by the ministry said.
Fuel Prices In Hungary Drop
- 17 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
MOL will lower petrol prices by 7 HUF/litre and gasoline by 5 on Wednesday - Portfolio.hu reports. Following the cut, petrol will be sold at HUF 400-401/litre at filling stations, while diesel will cost 423-424 HUF a litre.
Hungary’s Forint Dips Further
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The forint weakened to above 303 to the euro for the first time since early January on Monday’s interbank market, trading at 303.51 to the single European currency at 4:15 p.m., compared to a rate of 300.94 at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Forint Under Pressure
- 3 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business analyst says critics have been too hasty to condemn the National Bank for not resorting to swift “verbal intervention” in response to the heavy losses the Forint has suffered over the past week. A pro-government columnist urges decision makers to consider joining the Eurozone, in order to shield Hungary from currency fluctuations.
Xpat Opinion: Scandal Of The Year? Russian-Hungarian Nuclear Pact
- 30 Jan 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
The headlines in Hungarian weeklies illustrate a growing controversy over the planned addition of two Russian-made blocks to the existing Paks nuclear power station: “The scandal of the year” (168 óra); “Eastern Block” (Heti Világgazdaság); “The business of the year?” (Figyelő); “Hungary hooked by Putin” (Magyar Narancs); “Change of Roles in Kissidonia” (Demokrata); “Paks Vobiscum” (“Paks be with ...
Hungary’s Forint Down Again
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
The forint was trading at 305.22 to the euro late Thursday, down from 302.55 late Wednesday. After a lull on Wednesday, the Hungarian currency led a decline in central European assets on Thursday as concern over weaker activity in China, a fall of Turkey’s lira to record lows against the dollar, and continuing upheaval in the Ukraine triggered some re-weighting to the detriment of emerging market ...
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Xpat Opinion: Banking Services In Hungary: Not A Bad Business Afterall?
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- business
In 2010, when the Government introduced crisis taxes on banks, the measures met with surprise and shock. Some predicted that the taxes would provoke banks to completely deleverage and leave Hungary. The reaction did not surprise Government officials, however, who responded that if the financial crisis were to deepen in Hungary it would not be due to banks leaving Hungary but because of the high ...
Hungarians Working Abroad Send Home Remittances Worth 1.8% Of GDP
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Up to October last year, 2,403 million US dollars arrived in Hungary from remittances sent by Hungarians working abroad, equal to 1.8% of economic output, according to World Bank data.
Martonyi Reopens Hungarian Embassy In Santiago De Chile
- 7 Jan 2014 4:04 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian embassy in Santiago de Chile. Martonyi also held talks with Chilean counterpart Alfredo Moreno Charme and expressed thanks for keeping the Chilean embassy in Budapest open despite the closing of the Hungarian one in Chile in 2009, a statement by the ministry said.
Fuel Prices In Hungary Drop
- 17 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
MOL will lower petrol prices by 7 HUF/litre and gasoline by 5 on Wednesday - Portfolio.hu reports. Following the cut, petrol will be sold at HUF 400-401/litre at filling stations, while diesel will cost 423-424 HUF a litre.
Hungary’s Forint Dips Further
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The forint weakened to above 303 to the euro for the first time since early January on Monday’s interbank market, trading at 303.51 to the single European currency at 4:15 p.m., compared to a rate of 300.94 at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.