296 result(s) for savings
In Hungary Business Confidence Declines, Consumer Sentiment Improves
- 21 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- business
GKI-Erste’s combined gauge of consumer and business confidence fell in July because of worsening expectations among companies. The index slipped 1.0 point to -3.9, GKI said. While the consumer index rose to -18.9 in July from -19.3 a month earlier, the business index dropped to 1.4 from 5.4.
Lenders Contest NBH Fines For Raising Client Fees In Hungary
- 7 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Nine Hungarian lenders, among them Raiffeisen, Erste and FHB, are contesting fines by the National Bank of Hungary levied for illegally raising client fees, business daily Napi Gazdaság says.
The Budapest M4 Metro: A Study In Inefficiency And Waste
- 1 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Originally conceived in 1972 as a means for transporting commuters between Budafok (south-west Budapest) and downtown Pest, the decision to build the Budapest M4 metro was made in May 1991 during the first Demszky administration. Nol.hu writes that the project was started without permits, without the consent of owners, without the necessary management, and without moneymoney. With the exception ...
Hungarians Hoard Cash To Avoid Taxes
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungarians kept a record amount of cash at the end of last year, which analysts say is likely to be linked to the avoidance of the bank transaction fee and other types of tax, business daily Világgazdaság said. According to preliminary data from the central bank of Hungary, cash holdings came to 2.6 trillion forints (EUR 8.4bn) at the end of 2013, up 11% on 2012.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Leading Socialist MP’s Secret Bank Account Unearthed
- 7 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators call on the MSZP to disown its corrupt politicians, after a pro-government daily unveiled a secret bank account with hundreds of millions of undeclared funds possessed by Socialist Vice Chairman Gábor Simon. The leading left-wing daily adds that the scandal further diminishes the chances of the left at the election in April.
Hungarians Rainy-Day Savers
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Income replacement and pension supplements are high on the list of priorities for Hungarians who regularly make savings or investments, according to a survey by market research company Nielsen.
Now On: Erika Baglyas Exhibition, Park Gallery Budapest, Until 5 January 2014
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Today almost anywhere where we might take out our wallet – a shoe store, a pharmacy, a bank – we feel a compulsion to stop for a moment and take note of the collection boxes placed there by various charities. Paradoxically this is more frequent in societies where free-market capitalism has had time to take deeper root.
Hungary’s Socialists Call On Fidesz To Stop Offering Treats To Associates
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The opposition Socialists called on János Lázár, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, to stop treating Fidesz affiliated businesses preferentially in state tenders and to allow “respectable families to earn a living”.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
In Hungary Business Confidence Declines, Consumer Sentiment Improves
- 21 Jul 2014 5:00 AM
- business
GKI-Erste’s combined gauge of consumer and business confidence fell in July because of worsening expectations among companies. The index slipped 1.0 point to -3.9, GKI said. While the consumer index rose to -18.9 in July from -19.3 a month earlier, the business index dropped to 1.4 from 5.4.
Lenders Contest NBH Fines For Raising Client Fees In Hungary
- 7 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Nine Hungarian lenders, among them Raiffeisen, Erste and FHB, are contesting fines by the National Bank of Hungary levied for illegally raising client fees, business daily Napi Gazdaság says.
The Budapest M4 Metro: A Study In Inefficiency And Waste
- 1 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Originally conceived in 1972 as a means for transporting commuters between Budafok (south-west Budapest) and downtown Pest, the decision to build the Budapest M4 metro was made in May 1991 during the first Demszky administration. Nol.hu writes that the project was started without permits, without the consent of owners, without the necessary management, and without moneymoney. With the exception ...
Hungarians Hoard Cash To Avoid Taxes
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungarians kept a record amount of cash at the end of last year, which analysts say is likely to be linked to the avoidance of the bank transaction fee and other types of tax, business daily Világgazdaság said. According to preliminary data from the central bank of Hungary, cash holdings came to 2.6 trillion forints (EUR 8.4bn) at the end of 2013, up 11% on 2012.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Leading Socialist MP’s Secret Bank Account Unearthed
- 7 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators call on the MSZP to disown its corrupt politicians, after a pro-government daily unveiled a secret bank account with hundreds of millions of undeclared funds possessed by Socialist Vice Chairman Gábor Simon. The leading left-wing daily adds that the scandal further diminishes the chances of the left at the election in April.
Hungarians Rainy-Day Savers
- 22 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Income replacement and pension supplements are high on the list of priorities for Hungarians who regularly make savings or investments, according to a survey by market research company Nielsen.
Now On: Erika Baglyas Exhibition, Park Gallery Budapest, Until 5 January 2014
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Today almost anywhere where we might take out our wallet – a shoe store, a pharmacy, a bank – we feel a compulsion to stop for a moment and take note of the collection boxes placed there by various charities. Paradoxically this is more frequent in societies where free-market capitalism has had time to take deeper root.
Hungary’s Socialists Call On Fidesz To Stop Offering Treats To Associates
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The opposition Socialists called on János Lázár, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, to stop treating Fidesz affiliated businesses preferentially in state tenders and to allow “respectable families to earn a living”.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.