The Software Development Company referring to the research firm Superbrands published the list of the UK’s strongest consumer brands. Superbrands ranking is based on the views of 2100 consumers. Microsoft is unsurprisingly hitting the list surpassing its longtime rival Google. It looks like the competition between these two IT giants is becoming fiercer as time marches on. With Google’s intentions to create an ideal operating system and Microsoft’s striving to outrun Google search engine with Bing, these IT world rulers are struggling aggressively for consumers’ sympathy.

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That’s a good question: if I had to move to live and work in another city in another country, which of them would I consider: most expensive or least expensive ones? Well, regarding my current income and the current economy state I would probably opt for the city where I could save more of my budget. That is where Mercer’s Survey of Worldwide Cost of Living 2009 is brought into play and may help to decide. Even though some of these places are not my dream destinations because of high crime rates and other problems, they are very economical to live in.

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Each year a few research agencies compile the lists of the most expensive and cheapest cities to live in. To my mind, this list would not change significantly but the global crisis, downturn in the world’s economy and corresponding shifts in currency rates contributed to considerable swapping in the list of the most expensive cities. Here in my blog I would like to walk you through the most expensive and the cheapest cities in the world.

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