The UK remains the cheapest place to buy communication services, although the gap is narrowing.

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That price differential attracts big studios that are shopping around for the cheapest place to film.

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But before the financial crisis took world interest rates to record lows, Japan was the cheapest place to borrow money.

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Partly for that reason, Brazil is not the cheapest place in the world to grow soyabeans (Argentina is, followed by the American Midwest).

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And what if your car, which knows your commuting route to work, could tell you the cheapest place to get gas along that route?

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But it is the cheapest place to plant the next acre.

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Asia remains the cheapest place to enjoy a burger.

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Meanwhile, foreigners can find the best deals in Karachi, which at 141st place in the world is the cheapest city in Asia.

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Downing Street said options included making companies automatically place customers on the cheapest rates.

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Downing Street indicated the government was looking at a number of options, including forcing companies to write to customers once a year and place them on the cheapest tariff.

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The cheapest game in town seemed like a good place to reboot my search for 2013.

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Valcke added that four categories of ticket prices will be in place for the 64 games with the cheapest category only available to South Africans.

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