 Anglo American buys Oppenheimer family stake in De Beers for $5.1bn
Mining giant Anglo American is taking control of De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, through a deal to buy the Oppenheimer family’s stake for $5.1bn (£3.2bn). The announcement of the sale, which was long-rumoured but caught markets by surprise, marks an end to the family’s decades of involvement with the diamond firm.
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 Building a Basic Jewelry Wardrobe
Whether you're accessorizing for work or play, having the right jewellery can go a long way in helping you project an image of confidence and individual style. But how do you develop that style when you're building your jewellery wardrobe from scratch?
According to the experts, developing your own style means, "knowing yourself": what you like and dislike. To determine this, ask yourself "What is my ideal?" and "What turns my head?" Decide if that means contemporary or classic jewellery styles; streamlined or detailed; coloured stones or white diamonds.
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 Gold Jewellery is women’s first choice. It is seen that while purchasing Gold Jewellery, women ignore very important things due to which they have to face incur in future.
Therefore, we should keep in mind some imprtant things while purchasing Gold Jewellery:
- Do not buy Gold Jewellery in a hurry.
- Do not forget to take your eye to its durability, fashion, trend and purity. If you are going to buy a small piece of gold, do not forget to take Cash Memeo or Guarantee card.
- Do not buy Double Carat Gold like 22/18, 20/18 because it leads to double loss of the customers themselves. While selling these, customers take price of 22 or 20 carat but while purchasing from the customers, they repay money according to 20 or 18 carat.
- If you purchasing the gold for daily wear, it should be light and not full of stones.
- If you are purchasing the gold for somebody else, take that person with you so that he/she will himself/herself select the design of his/her choice.
While purchasing the gold with enough stones, ask the jeweller to tell you the weight of the gold and cost of the stones separately because most of the jewellers weigh stones with gold but while taking it from the customers they sepearate stones from it and take money only according to the weight of the gold.
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 As estimated, jeweler sales have gone up in America by 6% and will reach a total of 4,39 billion dollars based on the studies of IBIS World Inc., in comparison with last years 10% drop of the market’s income.
More specific, Tiffany’s is expecting a 10% growth of profit during this Year and jeweler company Blue Nile Inc.
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 According to estimations of market specialists, one of the most suffering sectors of the Greek market will be the department of . The public interest about jewellery has decreased a lot and the phenomenon of closing jewellery businesses has gone up.
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 A visit to one website and one website only, is now enough to comprehend the huge pictorial value and artistic dynamics of artistic jewelry. This website, proving to be a work of art on its own, is none other but www.artjewelryforum.org.
The team of Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is a non profitable organization which aims at promoting artistic jewelry. The team is composed of members with a profound knowledge on the subject, a passion for artistic jewelry and great influence in the arts and culture departments, such as museum managers, jewelry gallery owners, university teachers, and, last but not least, people who love artistic jewelry and admire craftsmen and artists.
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 In ancient times, as much in the western as in the eastern world, precious and semi-precious stones were used not only in jewelry, but also as good luck charms and magic talismans. Some stones, such as turquoise, coral or eye of the tiger were famous for their protective action against bad luck and negative energy.
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 Mistakes a man must not make
With holidays comes that difficult and awkward moment when fear nests into the hearts of each and every man: the time for choosing and buying a gift.
• What does she like?
• What suits her?
• How can I surprise her?
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 Vasilopita is the Greek New Year's Bread, associated with Saint Basil's day on the first of January. Usually made with flour, eggs, sugar and milk, it can be found in different sizes and shapes, and is almost always sweet and brioche-like. The “politiki” (from Constantinoupolis) vasilopita is one of the most known,
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 There is no doubt that the world of jewelry is closely connected to Fashion, although it hasn’t always been the case.
In her new book, “Fashion for Jewels: 100 Years of Styles and Icons”, Vogue magazine jewelry editor Carol Woolton has selected lively photographs which offer stunning examples of the connection and bond between these two universes, which merged only during the past century.
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 In a meeting among several members of the world jewelry industry which took place during the JCK expo in Las Vegas, the ex president of the GIA (Gemological Institute of America) and respected counselor of companies Bill Boyajian declared that the economic crisis has influenced the jewelry business and will surely scar the market, which is the reason why the jewelry and precious stone industry needs to change its course and move forward.
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 Gold jewelry does not need any special care. It is nevertheless best to follow these very simple rules:
1. Store your gold jewelry in the specific pouch or box which came with it when bought. If there is no such packaging, use a soft woolen cloth and keep each piece separated from the others, in order to avoid any scratches.
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 According to the law, each and every piece of jewelry should have a visible stamp with the quantity of pure gold included in it. It should also have a distinct cachet that allows us to know the manufacturers identity and details. The quantity of gold should be indicated in mm.
When a piece of jewelry is labeled of 18 carats, it should have the mark 750 on it, meaning that the percentage of pure gold in its alloy is of 750 to 1000. In Greece, the law allows qualities lower than 750.
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 Dr. Kunz and M. Berthelot were scientists in a sense that is on the verge of extinction today. They approached human nature as a whole, and tried to comprehend the cohesive nature of things in the same way ancient Greek philosophers approached things. Today’s scientists, in an effort for effectiveness, overspecialize in a very narrow scientific field. They tend to ignore the forest and concentrate on the tree, and sometimes not even the tree, but one of its very small branches. They become overspecialized yet ignorant, experts on every single detail about a subject approaching nothingness.
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 The quantity of gold that has been extracted from goldmines since the beginning of history is evaluated to about 121 tons, to which about 3000 tons of new production is added every year. The gold mines are located in South Africa, the US, Australia, Russia, Canada, China, Brazil, and the Philippines.
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 A research concerning the presence of cadmium in jewelry for children coming from China has been initiated by the US authorities on product security, since laboratory controls revealed that some of the jewelry is composed almost entirely from the highly toxic metal.
Cadmium is a soft, pale metal which is found naturally in the ground. It is used mostly in rechargeable batteries of nickel and cadmium, as well as in paint, electronics and plastics.
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 U.S. – Brides unaffected by recession
The American company the Knot (www.theknot.com) has announced the results or a questionnaire answered by 9000 newlyweds in the United States.
The questionnaire included questions on jewelry bought for engagements and weddings. The evaluation of the answers produced some interesting results.
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In these hard economical times, many consumers have set some priorities on their buys and the amount of money concerning these buys, since their money keeps thinning out. Nevertheless, consumers will keep celebrating important moments of their lives by offering jewelry and diamonds even during grievous times. Consumers are attracted mostly by quality and will buy less, while searching for better quality, for themselves and their loved ones. These are truly valuable presents that are not to use once, but that will last thorough their whole life.
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 On the article “An extremely difficult year for Greek jewelry”
Kathimerini, September 6th 2009
On the matter of the deplorable state of the Greek jewelry market, I would like to add that ignorance, as much from the state as from the retail dealers/ exhibition organizers, concerning what is jewelry and more precisely Greek jewelry, is one of the main causes. I will explain myself summarily.
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