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Xpatulator.com is a website that provides international cost of living information and calculators that can help you determine cost of living indexes, cost of living allowances, salary purchasing power and international assignment packages to compensate for cost of living, hardship, and exchange rate differences.

Grocery International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Grocery cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). Our calculators make use of the cost of living indexes, based on your input and Xpatulator’s data, to create reports online which you can save, e-mail or convert to a pdf file. Continue reading →

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Healthcare International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Healthcare cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups). Our calculators make use of the cost of living indexes, based on your input and Xpatulator’s data, to create reports online which you can save, e-mail or convert to a pdf file. Continue reading →

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Transport International Cost of Living Ranking – April 2011

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Transport cost of living indexes as at April 2011 for each of our 300 global locations. Continue reading →

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Generation What? Generation Z and The Alpha Generation

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Xpatulator

Generation Z / Net Generation / Dreamer Generation / Generation I / Generation @ / Generation 9/11 / 21st century generation Relatively little has been established about this generation Born: Roughly between the years of 1995-2010 Age: Between 1 and … Continue reading →

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Generation What? The first Generation babies …. Gen X

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Xpatulator

Generation X is probably the generation with the biggest turning point, brought up by Baby Boomers, technological advancements, changes in politics and the economy, democracy, black and women’s rights, space exploration and all this happening at a rapid rate, this … Continue reading →

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Generation What? The Baby Boomers …..

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Xpatulator

Having spoken about the Traditionalist Generation, we now move on to the Baby boomers and how they left and are leaving their mark in our lives. Continue reading →

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Generations What? Lets begin with the Traditionalist…..

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Xpatulator

Have you considered how the period you were born into determines how you will be as a person? How you and your school mates reacted towards circumstances?  How to cope with the generation gap that we all feel between ourselves, … Continue reading →

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Expatriate Spotlight on Andorra la Vella in Andorra

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Xpatulator

Andorra is famous for great skiing and shopping and some of the most dramatic scenery in the Pyrenees with over 300 days of sunshine a year. In the last five years, over €50 million has been invested in mountain cafés … Continue reading →

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Expatriate Spotlight on Algiers in Algeria

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Xpatulator

Algiers is a large, busy, Mediterranean city that, thanks mainly to oil and gas, is growing and prospering. The number of new cars on the roads is a sign of growing personal prosperity. The population has doubled in the last … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean Tsunami – More Likely than you think

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Xpatulator

Expatriates living in retirement in the sunny climate of the Mediterranean region may be wondering if the devastation in Japan could happen to them. Not only have tsunamis hit the Mediterranean in the past, there may be more to come. … Continue reading →

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