De Beers Group Marketing Diamond Jewellery Design Competition 2007 Grande Finale

Tonight marked the Grande Finale of the first pan-GCC De Beers Group Marketing Diamond Jewellery Design Competition, following in the wake of the international ‘Diamonds: Nature’s Miracle’ competition. GCC designers set their creativity free to produce some of the most awe-inspiring diamond valentine’s day jewelry gifts pieces and sets ever seen in the region, valued [...]

Fashion jewellery accounted for 26% ($56.98 billion) of UAE’s non-oil foreign trade in 2008

The business of jewellery, including fashion jewellery, valentines gifts pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals and imitation jewellery accounted for 26.5 per cent (or $56.98 billion) of the UAE non-oil foreign trade in 2008. India topped the list of countries contributing to this booming business, followed by China, Japan, Germany, Italy, USA, France, UK, [...]

How statement fashion jewellery is filling a hole in a difficult jewellery market

As the fine jewellery market continues to stumble through the recession, a lucrative hole in the sector has been discovered. Bold statement pieces from the likes of high fashion houses Marni and Lanvin, made with little more than a few pieces of coloured resin and a grosgrain ribbon, are growing in popularity with consumers. Many [...]

A Valentine’s Day for love & marriage

After Tanai and Steve Burke exchanged vows yesterday in the historic courtroom of Town Hall in Hempstead, the newlyweds walked down the aisle through an arch of balloons. Someone found a folding chair, and the groom slipped the garter from under his bride’s knee-length white dress. They sliced a buttercream cake with strawberry filling and [...]

MISSION CITY PRESS RECALLS GIRL’S BRACELET SETS DUE TO VIOLATION OF LEAD PAINT STANDARD

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm tiffany jewellery named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. NAME OF PRODUCT: A Life of Faith Charm Bracelet Sets UNITS: About 11,000 MANUFACTURER: Mission City Press, of Franklin, Tenn. [...]

Irish Christmas show to raise money for Knights of Columbus

When Irish-American singer Andy Cooney brings “A Classic Irish Christmas” buy tiffany to Pottsville next month, members of the Schuylkill Council 431 of the Knights of Columbus, Pottsville, hope it will keep tradition alive. “When he starts singing this stuff, like the old Christmas waltz, the older people are going to remember,” show chairman Joseph [...]

Six Charged in Vast Insider-Trading Ring

In a case echoing the scandals of the 1980s, federal authorities exposed what they claim is the biggest insider-trading ring in a generation — a conspiracy in which a hedge-fund kingpin and executives at blue-chip firms including IBM and Intel allegedly connived to profit on Google and other big-name stocks. At the center was Raj [...]