Every time you flush the loo it costs 2p, while each time the dishwasher is used it costs 5p, according to data from water watchdog Ofwat.

While these figures may seem small, as the saying goes, the pennies do eventually start to add up.

The average cost per litre of water varies from company to company but it is just eye opening to think about how much everyday (and some essential!) activities cost in the home.

The figures were included in research by Scandinavian homeware store Ikea, which claims that households could be wasting over £43million a year on energy bills due to old appliances in the home.

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Bank of America is rated the number one bank in America. To uphold this great achievement, Bank of America is involved in helping the economy and creating healthy communities. Bank of America increases financial resources for small businesses and actively invests in education to help develop the nation’s workforce.

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Bank of America Corporation was founded in 1874 and was formally known as NationsBank Corporation until the official name change that took place on October, 1998. Since then,

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This is a seminal article and one that western companies and governments should study. The general assumption is that manufacturing work is outsourced overseas due to lower wages. Not so.

How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work | NY Times

Apple executives say that going overseas, at this point, is their only option. One former executive described how the company relied upon a Chinese factory to revamp iPhone manufacturing just weeks before the device was due on shelves. Apple had redesigned the iPhone’s screen at the last minute, forcing an assembly line overhaul. New screens began arriving at the plant near midnight.

A foreman immediately roused 8,000 workers inside the company’s dormitories, according to the executive. Each employee was given a biscuit and a cup of tea, guided to a workstation and within half an hour started a 12-hour shift fitting glass screens into beveled frames. Within 96 hours, the plant was producing over 10,000 iPhones a day.

“The speed and flexibility is breathtaking,” the executive said. “There’s no American plant that can match that.”

This story developed following a question last year from President Obama to Steve Jobs. The backstory

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More than half of people aged over 60 are finding it harder to manage their outgoings compared to a year ago, new research has found.

Age UK, the leading British charity, has found that 55% of over 60s are finding it harder than last year to keep on top of their finances.

Despite CPI inflation dropping slightly last month, it still remains way above the government’s target and is still making life tough for many people.

And it is the older generation who are often affected the most; with things like energy costs meaning that RPI inflation for the over 50s is still around 5.5%.

“Living costs have risen somewhat less fast in December but today’s inflation figures are nothing to celebrate,” said Dr Ros Altmann, Director General of Saga. 

“Inflation remains over double the Government’s 2% target and older people are suffering worse than anyone.”

Research by Age UK has revealed that nearly one in ten people over 60 are struggling to get by on their income.

As the economic downturn continues to take its toll on people’s bank accounts, the majority of over 60s surveyed said they were cutting back as much as possible.

Age UK estimates that as many as 4.5 million people over 60 can only afford to buy the basics they need to get by.

“Living on a low income is hard work. Currently ther

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“He cooks, cleans – and lets his wife climb the corporate ladder.” This perfect husband stars in a recent cover story in Bloomberg Businessweek, echoing one published in Fortune almost 10 years ago: Many women who are chief executives depend on a husband willing to take on a job that wives have traditionally performed: chief domestic officer. Unless someone else manages the home, it’s hard to compete successfully with other managers at the office.

Role reversal generally helps reveal the importance of other people’s roles. As both stories clearly document, gender norms are loosening up, though in 2010, husbands were the sole earner in about 20 percent of all marriages, wives in about 9 percent, according to a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Homemaker fathers seem to enjoy a little more cultural respect than they did 10 years ago, even if women remain the “default” parent. The Bloomberg Businessweek cover pictured a handsome, casually dressed young man (standing inside a giant pink baby bottle), while the Fortune cover pictured an older man dressed in a distinctly dowdy apron. Most homemake

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