Archive for May, 2008



These days, it’s fashionable to judge a gadget by its cover – Daily News & Analysis

Sunday 4 May 2008 @ 1:05 am
These days, it’s fashionable to judge a gadget by its cover
Daily News & Analysis, India -5 hours ago
Perhaps to make up for it, the company followed it up with the launch of the Signature Cobra collection — a cobra sporting a pair of diamonds, two emeralds

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Namibia: The Art of Stealing by Set Amathila – AllAfrica.com

Sunday 4 May 2008 @ 1:05 am
Namibia: The Art of Stealing by Set Amathila
AllAfrica.com, Washington -May 2, 2008
In Angola, Neo set up a company to buy and sell diamonds. He buys them from the Liberian Government and sells them to Israel. None of them knew that he was

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Black Tie 05.04.08 – Charlotte Observer

Sunday 4 May 2008 @ 1:05 am
Black Tie 05.04.08
Charlotte Observer, NC -6 hours ago
It featured models showcasing the latest designer jewelry from Donald Haack Diamonds& Fine Gems, clothes from Fresh, and hors d'oeuvres from Earth Fare

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Make mom's day with these fab finds – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Sunday 4 May 2008 @ 12:05 am
Make mom's day with these fab finds
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA -May 2, 2008
It also features mother-of-pearl inlays as well as a dark blue sapphire and six brilliant-cut diamonds. This gorgeous limited-edition writing instrument

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Shine on you CRAZY diamond – Sify

Sunday 4 May 2008 @ 12:05 am

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Shine on you CRAZY diamond
Sify, India -Apr 30, 2008
While talking about diamonds the 4Cs or the 5Cs is a clichéd format to tell you what to look for. We will take that forward into 7Cs that cover everything

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De Beers Reduces Client Numbers on Lower Gem Supplies (Update2) – Bloomberg

Saturday 3 May 2008 @ 11:05 pm
De Beers Reduces Client Numbers on Lower Gem Supplies (Update2)
Bloomberg -Apr 29, 2008
It includes customers who will buy diamonds from joint ventures that De Beers has with the governments of Botswana and Namibia.

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Will diamonds lose their sparkle? – International Herald Tribune

Saturday 3 May 2008 @ 11:05 pm
Will diamonds lose their sparkle?
International Herald Tribune, France -May 2, 2008
where commodity prices have been going through the roof, diamonds are the most portable form of wealth, Kadakia said. "Everybody wants to buy the best,

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Shopping a Game – Wall Street Journal

Friday 2 May 2008 @ 1:05 am
Shopping a Game
Wall Street Journal -Apr 30, 2008
The sales pitches sound very everything-must-go: Kwiat diamonds! Available for 36 hours only, while supplies last! And yet the sites are pitched as

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Gem of an Idea. – TIME

Friday 2 May 2008 @ 12:05 am
Gem of an Idea.
TIME -9 hours ago
one of the richest men in Africa and the third generation of Oppenheimers to run De Beers, notes, "Ultimately, people do not need to buy diamonds.

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Warren Buffett–In 1974 – Forbes

Thursday 1 May 2008 @ 11:05 pm
Warren Buffett–In 1974
Forbes, NY -Apr 30, 2008
"What the DeBeers did with diamonds, the Arabs are doing with oil; the trouble is we need oil more than diamonds." And there is the population explosion,

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