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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.

Expat guide to South Africa: schools

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Xpatulator

Schools offering a British educational experience in South Africa tend to be relatively new – and small – but the sector appears to be growing, driven in part by the popularity of GCSE and A-level qualifications offered by University of … Continue reading →

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Where to Find the World’s Best Quality of Life in 2011

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Xpatulator

Where will you find the world’s best quality of life? Going by numbers alone, the winner is clear: the United States. On a macro level, the numbers tell their story. The U.S. has more paved roads than anywhere else, more … Continue reading →

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Expatriate Tool- Google Translate

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Xpatulator

The search giant last night launched an application that allows a mobile phone to instantly translate a conversation. Users speaking into a device running Google’s own Android operating system will hear their words translated into another language, and their conversation … Continue reading →

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Expat Investment News: How to stop currency fluctuations damaging your savings

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Xpatulator

Dramatic currency fluctuations in the last week should remind expatriate savers they need to take account of currency risk on their savings, writes Charlotte Beugge. Last week, when the bad news about UK gross domestic product was announced, sterling fell … Continue reading →

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Expat Egypt News: One American woman’s diary under curfew

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Xpatulator

I am under curfew, banished from the streets after 4 pm. There’s still no Internet, which evokes mild withdrawal symptoms. Cellphone service is back after a day, when dusted-off landlines proved their worth. Mona, who lives in the apartment upstairs, … Continue reading →

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UK Expatriate News: Bank of England chief Mervyn King: standard of living to plunge at fastest rate since 1920s

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Xpatulator

Households face the most dramatic squeeze in living standards since the 1920s, the Governor of the Bank of England warned, as he reacted to the shock disclosure that the economy was shrinking again. Families will see their disposable income eaten … Continue reading →

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Expat guide to France: health care

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Xpatulator

No two health care systems in the Western world are the same. The French approach shows the usual Gallic individualism. It has worked well for its citizens, giving excellent all-round care and greater consumer choice than in Britain. Peter Pallot … Continue reading →

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International Cost of Living Rankings

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Xpatulator

Once again, Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world in which to live, out of 300 global locations. Asia-Pacific has 4 of the 10 most expensive cities in the world. Europe’s most expensive cities are mostly those that are not on the Euro. The Americas most expensive city is Caracas, which is the world’s second most expensive city to live in for expatriates. Continue reading →

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On Culture and Parenting

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Xpatulator

InCultureParent is an online magazine for parents raising little global citizens. Centered on global parent culture and traditions, we feature articles on parenting around the world and raising multicultural and multilingual (also bicultural and bilingual) children. We also spotlight two … Continue reading →

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Health insurers provide policies for cancer sufferers

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Xpatulator

Medical insurers are moving to fill a void in perhaps the most important, and frightening, area of cover – cancer. Market leader Bupa International has moved into an area which, until recently, has been seen by some insurers as unduly … Continue reading →

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