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January 29, 2013 0

Hard Times: Dijon France Sells Half of Prized Wine Collection to Help Those Appealing for Social Aid

By News Desk

Please consider L’austérité à la française: city sells prized wines . The city of Dijon has just sold off half of its prized municipal wine cellar to help fund local social spending – including a bottle of 1999 Burgundy knocked down at auction for €4,800 to a Chinese buyer. In total, the capital of the Burgundy region raised €151,620 from the “historic sale†of 3,500 bottles that were part of a collection built up since the 1960s, it announced in a statement on Monday

January 21, 2013 0

Golf star Phil Mickelson may bolt California over taxes; Time to Send Taxifornia a Message

By News Desk

Fox News reports Teed off: Golf star Phil Mickelson may bolt California over taxes For golf legend Phil Mickelson, the low 60s makes for a great score on the links — and a lousy tax rate in his home state of California. Mickelson said “drastic changes†are ahead for him due to federal and California state tax increases that have pushed his tax rate to what he figures adds up to “62, 63 percent.†The left-hander will talk more about his plans — possibly moving out of California or even retiring altogether — before his hometown Farmers Insurance Open, the San Diego-area event that begins Thursday at Torrey Pines.