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Australia to be maintaining its position since 2008, and that "Melbourne and Sydney were 'relatively affordable', well ahead of the most expensive cities, Osaka and Tokyo, but way behind Monterrey and Mexico City." A CFO.com article cited that KPMG ranked 22 of the
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The 2004 edition compared costs of 17 business operations in 121 cities in 11 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxemburg, Netherlands, United
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The 2008 edition compared costs of 17 business operations in 136 cities in 10 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, United
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largest US cities on a variety of business operating costs and found "Tampa leads the pack as the most cost-competitive large city for business in the USA, followed by
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The 2002 edition compared costs of 12 business operations in 115 cities in 9 countries: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, United
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The 2006 edition compared costs of 17 business operations in 128 cities in 9 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, United
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centers, adding a number of major global cities to the study and referenced that the international results now reflect business costs in each country's major metropolitan regions.
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The 1999 edition compared costs of 7 seven business operations in 64 cities in 8 countries: Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United
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