Venezuela's bolívar is pegged to the dollar, which explains why Caracas is one of the ten priciest cities.
There might be calls for federal standards and a surtax on the priciest toys.
THERE were groans in big companies' legal departments in the mid-2000s, when the fees of America's priciest lawyers first hit $1,000 an hour.
According to Narcotic News, a pharmacological journal, a pound of good marijuana costs between $2,500 and $4,000 in Alaska, making it the priciest place to get high after Hawaii.
When the price of an artwork tops £5,000 $$8,000), "you want a relationship with a client," says Steve Lazarides, a specialist in "urban art" who runs both physical galleries and an online shop.The priciest bargains are struck between dealers and coteries of collectors they know well.
In inflation-adjusted terms the priciest work of art ever sold at auction is Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait du Docteur Gachet"—in 1990 it fetched the equivalent of $135.5m at today's prices.
Since unleashing his advertising blitz in two of America's priciest media markets, his name recognition is up to 75%.
Both are caught up in scandals involving the purchase of homes in two of Lima's priciest neighbourhoods.
London is the most expensive city in the European Union; Paris is the priciest within the euro area.
A study of prices in 14 countries early this year, by NUS Consulting, said South Africa was the priciest: calls were over 60% more expensive than in Finland, for example.
THE takeover of Mannesmann, a German conglomerate, by Vodafone, a British telecoms firm, in 2000 was both the priciest acquisition ever and the first hostile takeover of a German by a foreign firm.
