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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.

Owning a home can wreck your career
Home ownership makes you less mobile, and that affects your job prospects. So says new research based on U.S. data going back to 1950.

All about bitcoins
An accountant blogger offers an update on bitcoins, which are a digital currency alternative to conventional dollars and cents. Read down to the bottom for some thoughts on the tax considerations of owning bitcoins.

Here, a Wired.com writer says bitcoin "may just be the most ingenious system ever created for settling online transactions."

CBC reports here on the world's first bitcoin ATM, which opened in Vancouver recently.

The risk ahead for energy stocks
It says here that the share price of global energy companies could be at risk if governments get tough on climate change by limiting emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.

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