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Bill payers to stump up cost of £100m campaign urging public to use less water
A £100m campaign urging households and businesses to use less water will be funded from customers' bills, Ofwat has said.The regulator's chief executive David Black told MPs that if the measures worked it would be cheaper than…
Cost of a common cold: Study reveals how expensive it is to come down with seasonal bugs in 152…
If you thought you were getting ripped off for cold meds at CVS - try buying medications in Australia or Switzerland.The cost of common cold remedies widely varies across the globe, with some sufferers needing to shell out $30 to feel…
Canada’s inflation rate cools to 3.1% but the cost of living keeps going up | CBC News
Canada's consumer price index rose by 3.1 per cent in the year up to October, down from 3.8 per cent the previous month but in line with what economists were expecting.Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the biggest reason for the…
PANDEMIC FALLOUT: US mothers’ participation in workforce slumps amid high childcare cost
A US mother working from home with her toddler sitting on her lap. — X@filadendronIn the US, mothers of young children are finding it difficult to go out to work because daycare facilities have become hard to find and the ones…
Study rings alarm bells: UK’s cost of living crisis may lead to more early deaths
Study rings alarm bells that UK's cost of living crisis may lead to more early deaths. AFP/FileAre the soaring costs of living in the United Kingdom taking a toll on our health and well-being? A recent study published in BMJ Public…
Rs 6 lakh and counting: That’s how much these ‘special’ editions of Apple’s newest iPhone 15 Pro…
If the iPhone 15 Pros were not expensive enough for you, then Caviar has special editions of the iPhone 15 Proand iPhone 15 Pro Max to splurge your money on. Starting at $ 7,410 (around Rs 6,15,500), there are five “Rich Colour” special…
Data | Cost of preparing meals at home rose by 65% in five years, wages by just 28%-37%
The cost of a home-cooked vegetarian thali in Mumbai has increased by 65% in the last five years. At the same time, the average wage earned by a casual labourer working in urban Maharashtra has increased by only 37% and that of a salaried…
Edinburgh Fringe: Cost of living pinch hits festival – as performers say rising expenses are a…
It's the great comedy debate.With performers at Edinburgh's Fringe feeling the pinch from rising accommodation, food and fuel costs, has the festival become elitist?
"There's a definite economic barrier," comedian Paul…
Planning to Visit Barcelona or Dubrovnik? It’s Going to Cost You.
When Hester Van Buren, a deputy mayor of Amsterdam, recently proposed a 1 percentage point increase to the city’s tourist accommodation tax — which is already among the highest in Europe — her City Council colleagues responded with a single…