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...deciding whether to switch from oil to gas, owners must place the potential saving against the cost of conversion, which can be substantial. The cheapest way to change over certain types of oil furnaces or boilers in good working condition is to pay $800 for the instal lation of a gas burner. But often conversion means spending $1,200 for a new gas furnace or $1,900 for a gas boiler. Moreover, customers whose houses are far from streetside mains have to pay to have a gas line installed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Heating War Erupts | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...long cost American companies a lot to station executives in the biggest European cities, like Paris, London and Rome. Now it appears that the living expenses that U.S. firms must foot are substantially higher than Yankee levels in all of the major business centers, including Lisbon, the cheapest European capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Price Parade | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

...airlines are now raising ticket prices as fast as possible. In the past year the average U.S. airfare has gone up 26%. Restrictions on the discounts that remain are being tightened. To take advantage next January of the cheapest Eastern round-trip ticket between New York and San Francisco at $475, travelers will have to book their flight 30 days in advance. The regular fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Fare Flight | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...union and I knew if I could get on The Gong Show I could earn the $250 fee they are required to pay. My inspiration was simply money and embarrassment. I needed the cash, but was too embarrassed to appear as a contestant, so I figured the simplest and cheapest disguise would be a paper...

Author: By Bill Braunstein, | Title: THE UNKNOWN COMIC | 9/18/1980 | See Source »

...individualists. Many were small farmers. They know this is the chance of a lifetime." On yet another level, official price controls wiped out the barracão, with the government trucking in 40 tons of food and other supplies a week. Says one garimpeiro, "This is the cheapest place in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: The Treasure of Serra Pelada | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

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