Australian wholesaler and distributor of groceries and hardware products Metcash Limited (Metcash) has announced a drop in its Underlying Profit after Tax of 9 per cent, to $101.7 million, which it said was due to “ongoing operating ...
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Tacori's new “Legend” collection, pieces of which are pictured here, features men’s fashion rings with black onyx, tiger iron, diamonds and sky blue topaz over hematite set in silver or yellow gold. Tacori is making a ...
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Believe it or not, the fourth quarter is traditionally a slow period for the diamond trade. That may be a stark realization for some, especially on the eve of Thanksgiving weekend that signals the start of the Christmas shopping season. ...
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This 9.75-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, named the “Zoe Diamond” by the private buyer from Hong Kong who purchased it, set a record for any blue diamond at auction when it sold for $32.6 million at Sotheby’s last week. ...
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The Grib diamond mine in Russia, owned by the somewhat unlikely candidate of oil supplier Lukoil, is arguably the most prospective of the new generation of diamond mines. Therefore, its launch of commercial mining earlier this year and the ...
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Acrostic jewelry uses the first letter of each gemstone set in the jewelry to spell out certain messages or terms of endearment. Among the most popular was “regard”--ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby and diamond--spelled out ...
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Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits announced its second quarter results for the fiscal period ending 30 September 2014. The Company generated a profit in Q2 2015 of $116,320, a substantial improvement from the Q2 2014 loss of $2,431,770. ...
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AAA Travel reports nearly 46.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving weekend, the highest number for the holiday season since 2007. This is a 4.2% jump from last year. Almost 90 percent of ...
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Federal's senior management participated in a carnival that capped off a year of celebrations marking the company's 60th anniversary. Federal Corp. Chairman Jamie Ma cuts the cake at one of the family-themed event's activities. ...
The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 5 percent year on year to 171.35 points in October and the reading slipped about 4 points from September's index. The CPI for watches, meanwhile, rose 2.6 percent to 124.42 points, ...
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More than 30 pieces of jewelry from the estate of actress Lauren Bacall will be up for auction at Bonhams this spring, including many by renowned designer Jean Schlumberger, such as this enamel and 18-karat gold bangle. When Bonhams ...
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Darling Ingredients, a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, ...
The “Blue Belle of Asia,” weighing 392.52 carats, set a new world record price for a sapphire when it sold for $17.5 million, leading Christie’s to its highest jewelry auction total ever. Click through the gallery to ...
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Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits has completed the sale and leaseback of its De Sousa Estates Winery in Beamsville, Ontario to Oakwest Corporation, a corporation that owns approximately 31% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the ...
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Martin Rapaport, the chairman of the Rapaport Group, has released a comprehensive editorial titled “Honest Grading” that discloses the over-grading of over 100,000 diamonds, valued at more than a $1 billion. Rapaport calls upon ...