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BHP Billiton Wins U.S. Approval for Rio Offer
BHP Billiton said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have granted early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for BHP Billiton’s proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto. The mining giant also said that the Antitrust Division of the DoJ has concluded its review without further action. » » »

Wal-Mart Tops STORES Top 100 Retailers
Jewelry retailers failed to get a spot on the STORES magazine Top 100 Retailers list for the second consecutive year. » » »


Blancpain Acquires Vincent Calabrese
Blancpain SA, a company of The Swatch Group Ltd., has acquired the company Vica Sàrl and, with it, the Vincent Calabrese Swiss luxury watch brand, facilities, developments and patents. The announcement was made by both companies on June 23. Details of the transaction weren’t released. » » »

GIA Scholarship Opportunities for 2009
The Gemological Institute of America is offering more than 65 scholarships valued at over $372,308. This includes $227,778 allotted to the scholarship fund by the GIA’s Board of Governors from interest earned through GIA’s permanently invested endowment fund. » » »

San Diego Jeweler Participates in Fundraiser
Harold Steven's Jewelers of downtown San Diego recently participated in a fundraiser for the Palomar Pomerado Health Foundation. » » »

From Our Blogs


Cutting Remarks by Rob Bates
Remembering Sylvain Ringer
I want to say a few words about Sylvain Ringer, the secretary of the Diamond Dealers Club who died recently...
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Style 360 by Jennifer Heebner
Live from Israel, the Jovella Jewelry Show, Day Three (Israeli Retail)
On Tuesday morning, our Israeli hosts took the journalists to two local shopping districts—Sheinken Street and the Nachlat Binyamin Market. Our guide for this morning was Sigal Admony, deputy director, North American Department, Foreign Trade Administration, in the State of Israel Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor...
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Cutting Remarks by Rob Bates
LVMH Deals Serious Blow To Ebay
I've long been fascinated by ebay, but the recent French court judgment against it for hosting fake LVMH products -- at the same time it's dealing with a similar legal challenge from Tiffany -- gives it one of the biggest challenges in its history...
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Jewels on Jewels by Cynthia Sliwa
Customer Watch: Face Shapes Part 2 – Curved versus Angular
Last week, I wrote about the difficulty of evaluating face shapes and how there is a lack of consensus even among image consultants as to how many different face shapes exist. Today I’ll discuss one consideration that is useful in assessing what may look best on your customers – the dichotomy between curved and angular faces...
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MORE INDUSTRY NEWS

Paula Leed Receives Business Award
Paula Leed, co-president of Royal Jewelers in Andover, was awarded the “Women in Business Award” by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce this past June. » » »

Charles & Colvard Launches New Web Site
Charles & Colvard created Moissanite unveiled a new interactive Web site Tuesday, WhatisMoissanite.com, aimed to help consumers understand the unique jewel known as moissanite. » » »

Barkley Named Luxury Business VP for Timex
Timex Group B.V. named Larry Barkley vice president of Luxury Business. He will report directly into Vertime Business Unit President, Paolo Marai. » » »

MJSA’s ‘At the Bench Live’ at JCK Toronto
The Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America will present several of its popular ‘At the Bench Live’ seminars at the 2008 JCK Toronto show, Aug. 11-12 in the North Building at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. » » »

GIA New York Career Fair Agenda
The Gemological Institute of America has announced the agenda for the 18th GIA Jewelry Career Fair being held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City on July 25. » » »

Dalumi Develops Online Inventory
The Dalumi Group has developed an online inventory, allowing its customers to access the company’s latest stock anywhere and at anytime. » » »

WGI Survey: Consumers and Grading Reports
Consumers are willing to accept grading reports from unfamiliar labs, according to a World Gemological Institute study. » » »

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