How long you have to work for your Big Mac

I saw this interesting survey by Swiss banking giant UBS. It shows the disparity in the time you need to work in different cities around the world to buy a Big Mac. In Delhi and Mumbai the time is six times that of Tokyo and LA... Now I can see why is there rush towrds there...I remember the old detergent cake ad "Jab wahi cheez wahi quality 10 minute main mile to hum 70 minute main kyun lein, wo na lein"

On average: 35 minutes of work buys a Big Mac, the report said. But there are big disparities. A sampling:

1. Tokyo: 10 minutes
2. Los Angeles: 11
3. Chicago: 12
4. New York: 13
5. Sydney, Australia: 14
6. Toronto: 14
7. London: 16
8. Hong Kong: 17
9. Oslo, Norway: 18
10. Nicosia, Cyprus: 19
11. Paris: 21
12. Moscow: 25
13. Beijing: 44
14. Istanbul, Turkey: 48
15. Kiev, Ukraine: 55
16. Bangkok, Thailand: 67
17. Bombay, India: 70
18. Mexico City: 82
19. Nairobi, Kenya: 91
20. Bogota, Colombia: 97

Other findings: Oslo is the most expensive city based on the cost of a basket of 122 goods and services, excluding rent.

Workers in Seoul, South Korea, work the longest. Those in Paris have the shortest workweek.

The study said a dollar earned in Los Angeles, after deducting taxes and social security contributions, is worth more than in Chicago, New York, Miami, Toronto and Montreal.