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Original Technorati articles tagged “cost of living”

• in Lifestyle
  Everyone can benefit from a week in Slab City
  Can slab city help us over come the economic crisis ?
  by azraiel / on Feb 4, 2012
• in Family
  Gas: Six Bucks a Gallon
  Many answers to the economic questions of 2011 can be found in the 1930s.
  by marjoriehaun / on Apr 21, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “cost of living”

 

• Now you can’t even save money by dying

  
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  don’t end up turning in yours… With the rising cost of living today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that when you were no longer living, you could save yourself money. According to Sun Life, funeral costs have risen 70% since 2004, which means that index-linked funeral plans- even where they use the higher RPI ...
  22 hours ago

• New Caledonia’s most expensive lunch

  
  New Caledonia Today — Authority: 88
  During the month of May, people took to the streets over the high cost of living in New Caledonia . Food is 65% more expensive here than in Europe and on the whole, we pay prices 34% higher than in France . This is a statistic I quote often, because it says a lot. Just to give you a sense, you can expect to pay 8 ...
  3 days ago

• The Cost of Living in France - Normandy Edition

  
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  Since moving to Normandy in December 2011, Ive had a dozen or so readers ask if weve found the cost of living in the north of France to be more or less expensive than in the south of France . Heres what Ive learned over the last eighteen months. Everyone already knows that moving is expensive. In France, rental ...
  4 days ago

• The Affordable Care Act: What Small Businesses Need to Know

  
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  PRESS RELEASE - Hawaii District Small Business Administration (SBA) Free Workshop to Cover Key Provisions and Resources The Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted comprehensive health insurance reforms designed to ensure Americans have access to quality affordable health care. The new law includes a ...
  6 days ago

• House Will Not Consider Senate Pension Plan

  
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  News links:  State Journal-Register During the upcoming special session, the Illinois House will not consider the Senates pension reform bill. Instead, the chamber will consider an amendment to SB 2404 introduced by House Speaker Michael Madigan ...
  6 days ago

• Retirees Have More Fun in Panama

  
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  href="https://www.facebook.com/International.Living">Facebook, and Google+! Panama is well known for its friendly people...and that includes both expats and locals. It’s easier than ever to find... International Living Postcards. Learn to live better for less by expanding your world beyond U.S. shores.
  6 days ago

• Cost of Subdivision Housing In Davao

  
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  I get inundated with flyers for the latest subdivision houses every time I visit the malls. I’m sure everyone does, but they seem particularly interested in me because being white, that obviously makes me an American, and that of course means I’m rich. The logic (OK that’s not fair, logic doesn’t really exist ...
  1 week ago

• “Age-In-Place” Villages Springing Up

  
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  U.S. News magazine published an article in March about the rise in “Age-In-Place” retirement villages. These pop-up ‘villages’ incorporate community support networks to help senior citizens remain independent in their own homes. Author Phillip Moeller explains how the concept started in a Beacon Hill, Boston ...
  1 week ago

• The Pricing Factor – The Even Cheaper Parts of Mexico

  
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  The colonial town of Valladolid – not far from Cancun, Playa or Merida Here’s something that may or may not surprise you; regardless of which retirement location you choose in Mexico, regardless how low the cost of living, there are probably many parts of the country that are even cheaper!   So, why don’t you ...
  1 week ago

• Rise in cost of living in Dubai driven by silent inflation

  
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  Do you find yourself out of cash a week ahead of the end of the month? It happens more often at our end this year. The figures of the food prices in the supermarkets have handsomely rounded in recent years. Candy that used to cost 1 dirham, now proudly shows a price tag 2.50 Dhs. Luxurious [...] Follow us on Twitter ...
  1 week ago

• Unilag Students protest High cost of Living

  
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  The students of unilag today came out en mass to protest the high standard of living in the school It was gathered that the peaceful protest started yesterday, as the students bemoaned the high cost of food and other basic items on campus, saying it is disheartening that students are paying higher for food and ...
  1 week ago

• Moving from Austin to Champaign, please help !

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 573
  Cost of living and apartment hunt advice! I am making an internal transfer within my company from Austin, TX to Champaign, IL and am now looking for some help with the following questions (and yes, I have been warned enough about the change in weather!) First, cost of living. How different is Champaign from Austin? ...
  1 week ago

• Half Of America’s Seniors Have Dangerously Low Incomes, New Report Shows

  
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  Nearly half of the country’s senior citizens are economically vulnerable, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute finds. About 19.9 million, or 48 percent, of America’s seniors have incomes that are less than two times the supplemental poverty line, according to the report. Jo Reed, director of the ...
  1 week ago

• How Much Does It Cost to Live in China?

  
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  Thailand, yep we know that’s cheap, The Philippines…yep pretty sure they’re cheap too. Japan…good salaries but also quite expensive…but what about China?! When it comes to Asia’s second largest country (if you count Russia that is), there’s a bit of a gap in most people’s knowledge. Well, here come the ...
  1 week ago

• Costa Rica: A Permanent Vacation Lifestyle

  
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  href="https://www.facebook.com/International.Living">Facebook, and Google+ ! I’m sitting in a few inches of water, eagerly anticipating the next big wave. When it comes, it’s far stronger than I expected it to be. I’m slapped in the face, knocked off my rear and whipped around by its power. As the wave ...
  1 week ago

• How to Learn All About a New City Without Leaving Your House

  
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  If youre thinking about picking up and moving to a new city, you have a lot of research to do before you even begin looking for jobs there. The average salary, rental or real estate prices, crime statistics, best and worst neighborhoods, transit situation—theyre all things youll have to dig into before you decide if ...
  1 week ago

• Special pleading from the Electricity Authority

  
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  Special pleading from the Electricity Authority by Mike Smith Dr Brent Layton of the Electricity Authority has produced a 28-page paper to refute the claims of Molly Melhuish, Dr Geoff Bertram and Geoff Leyland that “the Authority’s approach is a light-touch approach to regulating the electricity markets.” ...
  1 week ago

• Rules For Work

  
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  1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00 and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing. 2. If it’s really a rush job, run in and interrupt me every 10... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• In Pictures: Costa Rica’s Caribbean Coast

  
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  href="https://www.facebook.com/International.Living">Facebook, and Google+ !   Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast is a world apart from the rest of the country. The region is populated by Afro Costa Ricans, descendants of Jamaican immigrants who came to the area starting about 100 years ago. They brought ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bill Daley Criticizes Quinn Over Delay In Pension Reform

  
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  News links:  Chicago Tribune Potential candidate in the 2014 race for governor, Democrat Bill Daley,  criticized the states leadership for failing to pass pension reform legislation before Friday’s adjournment of the Illinois General Assemblys spring ...
  2 weeks ago

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