Paying Up in Moscow: Moscow has overtaken...

Paying Up in Moscow: Moscow has overtaken the notoriously costly Zurich and Geneva in Switzerland to rank as the world’s most expensive city outside Japan, an authoritative international survey reported Wednesday. Beijing, another once-relatively cheap capital of the old communist world, also surged up the list to eighth place. Tokyo and Osaka, the long-standing leaders, are still far and away the most costly. The survey is compiled in spring and fall by the Corporate Resources Group in Switzerland. It is widely used by governments and international companies in assessing how to pay staff members they send abroad.

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Expensive Cities

Here are the five most expensive cities to live in, according to Geneva-based Corporate Resources Group (New York is the basis on 100 points):

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Rank City Points 1. Tokyo 202 2. Osaka 190 3. Moscow 142 4. Zurich 141 5. Geneva 140 56.(tie) New York 100 92.(tie) San Francisco 92 98.(tie) Los Angeles 91

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