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Retail prices for prescription drugs have soared over the rate of inflation, pushing prices higher for American consumers already faced with the highest cost of prescription medication in the world. CanadaDrugs.com, the largest online Canadian pharmacy, is combating inflationary prices by offering lower cost international medication to its patients. Winnipeg, Manitoba (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 Two recent studies on inflationary budget pressures in the United States reveal that the cost of...

Serbia's retail prices rose 0.9 percent in April, an annual increase of 8.8 percent, the Statistics Bureau said. When compared with prices in March, medicines and public healthcare services led the list of April increases at 6.1 percent, followed by 2.2 percent for entertainment and cultural events, 1.3 percent for transport, 1.1 percent for furniture, and 0.7 percent for food, soft drinks, hotels and restaurants. In working out inflation figures, the Serbian statistics office is using...

Serbia's retail prices rose 0.9 percent in April, an annual increase of 8.8 percent, the Statistics Bureau said. When compared with prices in March, medicines and public healthcare services led the list of April price rises at 6.1 percent, followed by rises in prices of entertainment and cultural events of 2.2 percent, transport of 1.3 percent, furniture with 1.1 percent, and food, soft drinks, hotels and restaurants prices up 0.7 percent. In working out inflation figures, the Serbian...

British retail prices sank in March for the first time since 1960, indicating a period of deflation had set in, the National Statistics Office said. The monthly retail price index registered minus 0.4 percent in the month compared to a break-even zero percent in February. The consumer price index also dropped in the month from 3.2 percent in February to 2.9 percent. Similar factors pressured prices for consumers and retailers, the NSO said. Additionally, depreciation of homes and mortgage...

By Hamidah Atan; Farrah Naz Karim PUTRAJAYA: Pump prices for petrol and diesel have been reduced by 10 sen. Effective today, premium unleaded petrol (RON97) is priced at RM2.45 per litre while regular unleaded petrol (RON92) is RM2.30 per litre. This is the second time the government has reduced the retail prices of fuel since it cut subsidies in June, resulting in a petrol price increase from RM1.92 to RM2.70 per litre. The last review was on Aug 23, when the retail price of RON97 was...

By DON BEHM Gas prices at many southeastern Wisconsin stations surged above $4 a gallon Friday as Hurricane Ike hit Texas with 105 mph winds, threatening to flood Galveston today and damage the cluster of large oil refineries near Houston. Retail prices are responding to tightening gasoline supplies caused by the closing of Gulf Coast refineries both this week in advance of Ike's arrival and two weeks ago as Hurricane Gustav slammed Louisiana, said Pam Moen, speaking for AAA Wisconsin. "How...

By Chris Baltimore WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail gasoline prices hit a record nationwide average of $2.61 a gallon last week as the effects of high crude oil prices trickled down to the pump, the U.S. government said on Monday. The national average pump price for regular unleaded gasoline rose 6.2 cents, according to a weekly survey of more than 800 service stations by the Energy Information Administration. That's on top of an 18.2-cent increase the previous week, which was the biggest...