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Costumes, candy, home decorations, it all adds up when you are budgeting for Halloween. And a new survey has found that Halloween is the third most important retail season of the year, after Christmas and back-to-school.
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The Government has set aside almost $100,000 in funds to purchase promotional materials to celebrate the diamond jubilee (sixth decade of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.)
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A report finds the cost of drug testing for welfare recipients in Florida was nearly $46,000. That's more than the U.S. state would have paid out to people who failed their drug tests. Proponents say the issue isn't just about money.
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More than 296,800 people died in 373 natural disasters in 2010. In addition, about 208 million people were affected by the disasters. The figures have just been released by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED).
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The cost of falling in love is two close friends, according to a study by researchers at Oxford University. It showed that one family member and one friend are usually distanced in order to accommodate the new lover.
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Every year new students race off to college for higher learning, late night cram sessions and keggers. Is the total dollar cost for post-secondary education worth it in the end?
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The recession that lowers prices in some areas is pushing them up on dinner tables. Canadians should brace for higher meat prices in the future.
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Throwing all those criminals in jail may seem like a good idea...but it turns out it's not. A new respected report finds that it's costing the United States an enormous amount of money that could be better spent on other things.
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The U.S. mail 'must go through, rain, sleet, ice or snow'. But it stops short when there's not enough money to keep it going. Postal Officials warn it could hurt the economy in several ways.
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It may be a touch too early to talk about Christmas, but the global credit crunch takes a hold in many countries, also spelling a seasonal disaster in others -- the PM in Croatia says Christmas must be banned this year in order for the country to cope.
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