131 result(s) for plunge
Yves Giacometti, Former General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
- 20 Dec 2012 11:00 AM
Passions come and passions go, so the trick is to keep things percolating. For now, Yves Giacometti is into Budapest. “This is a city that needs to be discovered,” says the General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest, who arrived in “the Paris of Eastern Europe” in late 2010 and plunged into local culture with the aid of erudite guides, an all-Hungarian concierge staff and ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - IMF Agreement Delayed Again
- 22 Nov 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
A leading pro-government columnist says that while Hungary does not need an IMF loan, negotiations should continue next year.
New Fiscal Plans In Hungary Hit OTP Shares Hard
- 24 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- business
OTP shares plunged as much as 9% at one point yesterday after Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy announced that the bank tax would remain in full effect next year, and that the tax on financial transactions would be doubled to 0.2%.
Xpat Opinion: Slumping Money Supply (Not Austerity) Plunges Hungary Into Recession
- 22 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Posted by Steve H. Hanke: Hungary is in a recession, again. According to the chattering classes, as well as many analysts and financial reporters, fiscal austerity is the cause of Hungary’s slump.
Hungarian Anti-Virus Maker Winds Up Operations
- 10 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
The owner of VirusBuster, the maker of the anti-virus software of the same name, is removing its products from the market as of October and closing down. The company, founded in 1997, said substantial changes have occurred on the market and it is no longer able to maintain its operations economically.
Invitation: Cinetrip Water Circus, Szechenyi Bath Budapest, 4 August
- 2 Aug 2012 1:45 AM
- entertainment
With the summer on our back, and the starry night sky above, it's high time to return to space, to the night cooling thermal water, that is, to the parallel dimension of Cinetrip Water Circus sparties. Leaving a couple of months' empty space behind, the suddenly broken chain of Rudas Bath audio-visual sparties returns to rebuild its interstellar liquid empire for a night on 4th August in ...
Xpat Report: A Moment To Shine
- 20 Jul 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
A great football coach once put it this way: your finest hour is the moment when you’ve worked your heart out for a good cause and lie exhausted and victorious. Last week Seedling Trust’s Andrea Snow enjoyed her finest hour as an Olympic Torchbearer in Weymouth, England. It was her work establishing and building Seedling Trust that got Andrea the honour of bearing the torch – she was one of seven ...
Losses Mount For Home Improvement Market In Decline In Hungary
- 5 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
The five largest home improvement chains in Hungary have lost 20% of their revenue in the past five years, according to data compiled by Napi Gazdasag. The combined revenues of OBI, Praktiker, BauMax, BricoStore and Bauhaus reached Ft 141 billion in 2008, but that figure has since fallen to Ft 115 billion by 2011.
Hungarian Movies With English Subtitles, 27 June - 1 July
- 25 Jun 2012 9:06 AM
- entertainment
hungariAnt, a young community based film distribution squad, has put together 10 Hungarian classics for you as a sidebar program to the EuroChamps 2012. All features are rarely available anywhere these days, although they were hits in their own times. The selection sums up the past 40 something years and flags the best known directors from Hungary.
Yves Giacometti, Former General Manager, Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
- 20 Dec 2012 11:00 AM
Passions come and passions go, so the trick is to keep things percolating. For now, Yves Giacometti is into Budapest. “This is a city that needs to be discovered,” says the General Manager of Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest, who arrived in “the Paris of Eastern Europe” in late 2010 and plunged into local culture with the aid of erudite guides, an all-Hungarian concierge staff and ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - IMF Agreement Delayed Again
- 22 Nov 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
A leading pro-government columnist says that while Hungary does not need an IMF loan, negotiations should continue next year.
New Fiscal Plans In Hungary Hit OTP Shares Hard
- 24 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- business
OTP shares plunged as much as 9% at one point yesterday after Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy announced that the bank tax would remain in full effect next year, and that the tax on financial transactions would be doubled to 0.2%.
Xpat Opinion: Slumping Money Supply (Not Austerity) Plunges Hungary Into Recession
- 22 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Posted by Steve H. Hanke: Hungary is in a recession, again. According to the chattering classes, as well as many analysts and financial reporters, fiscal austerity is the cause of Hungary’s slump.
Hungarian Anti-Virus Maker Winds Up Operations
- 10 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
The owner of VirusBuster, the maker of the anti-virus software of the same name, is removing its products from the market as of October and closing down. The company, founded in 1997, said substantial changes have occurred on the market and it is no longer able to maintain its operations economically.
Invitation: Cinetrip Water Circus, Szechenyi Bath Budapest, 4 August
- 2 Aug 2012 1:45 AM
- entertainment
With the summer on our back, and the starry night sky above, it's high time to return to space, to the night cooling thermal water, that is, to the parallel dimension of Cinetrip Water Circus sparties. Leaving a couple of months' empty space behind, the suddenly broken chain of Rudas Bath audio-visual sparties returns to rebuild its interstellar liquid empire for a night on 4th August in ...
Xpat Report: A Moment To Shine
- 20 Jul 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
A great football coach once put it this way: your finest hour is the moment when you’ve worked your heart out for a good cause and lie exhausted and victorious. Last week Seedling Trust’s Andrea Snow enjoyed her finest hour as an Olympic Torchbearer in Weymouth, England. It was her work establishing and building Seedling Trust that got Andrea the honour of bearing the torch – she was one of seven ...
Losses Mount For Home Improvement Market In Decline In Hungary
- 5 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
The five largest home improvement chains in Hungary have lost 20% of their revenue in the past five years, according to data compiled by Napi Gazdasag. The combined revenues of OBI, Praktiker, BauMax, BricoStore and Bauhaus reached Ft 141 billion in 2008, but that figure has since fallen to Ft 115 billion by 2011.
Hungarian Movies With English Subtitles, 27 June - 1 July
- 25 Jun 2012 9:06 AM
- entertainment
hungariAnt, a young community based film distribution squad, has put together 10 Hungarian classics for you as a sidebar program to the EuroChamps 2012. All features are rarely available anywhere these days, although they were hits in their own times. The selection sums up the past 40 something years and flags the best known directors from Hungary.