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The best of the web on money, markets and all things financial, as chosen daily by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick.
If I had a million dollars…would I be rich?
Remember the Barenaked Ladies's 1992 song, If I Had a Million Dollars? Here, a CBC blogger prices out the whimsical spending mentioned in the song and concludes a million doesn't make you rich any more.
Your restaurant server has an environmental policy degree
Unable to start a career in their area of study, many post-secondary grads in Toronto are working in the restaurant business.
Renting no refuge from high house prices
Tight rental markets are pushing costs out of reach for middle class families in some U.S. cities.
11 things you didn't know about weddings
Included here is a story of how diamonds came to be de rigeur for engagement rings.
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