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Round-up of recent business stories

by Philip Gowman on 10 July, 2007

in Business, In the news, Statistics and league tables

Some recent stories I don’t want to lose.

Mercer’s annual cost of living survey for expats has recently been published. Seoul, last year’s number 2, has been pushed to number 3 by London. Moscow stays top of the list. Tokyo is fourth.
Korea is also slipping in the GDP rankings. Bank of Korea data shows that in [...]

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Seoul the most expensive city after Moscow

4 August 2006 Business

A story from the Chosun from a few weeks ago. I know from experience (the paying end, rather than the receiving end, more’s the pity) that expat employees are a good deal more expensive than locals. It’s all the additional perks. Who knows, maybe some of the costs which make Moscow top of the list [...]

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