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January Retail Sales Jump 0.4 Percent - JCK
www.jckonline.com | 6 hours 10 minutes ago
Retail trade sales in January increased by 0.4 percent from December, the Commerce Dept. announced.

Diamonds.net - Global Witness Tells Consumers: Don't Let Mugabe be Your Valentine!
www.diamonds.net | 9 hours 36 minutes ago
It is Valentine’s Day -- the day for lovers to exchange jewelry gifts -- and the day that Global Witness published a report showing how diamond purchases may ultimately be funding Zimbabwe’s military. The report, ’’Diamonds: A Good Deal for Zimbabwe?,’’ reveals names of high-level military...

KP Chair: Kimberley Process Mandate is for Rough Diamonds, not Polished Diamonds
www.israelidiamond.co.il | Feb 8, 2012
The Kimberley Process addresses questions of rough diamonds, not the polished diamond supply chain, newly-appointed KP chair Gillian Milovanovic said Friday on

Input on the Kimberley Process required | Fair Jewellery Action
www.fairjewelry.org | Jan 20, 2012
Hi Everyone, reflecting on the Kimberly Process. in the light of the below: I have been invited to attend a meeting at the Foreign Office (UK) on Monday to

Independent Diamond Grading For Natural Diamonds - Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia
www.dcla.com.au | Oct 27, 2011
The Diamond Certification Laboratory of Australia (DCLA) is one of the world’s foremost independent diamond grading and certification laboratories, providing independent and guaranteed diamond grading certificates, or diamond grading reports, for natural diamonds.

Luxury PR: Activist-Model Christy Turlington Burns is the Face for Italian Jewelry Designer,
www.piercemattiepublicrelations.com | Oct 18, 2011
« Lagy Gaga Sues Jewelry & Cosmetics Company | Main | Luxury PR: Pens; The Parker Sets a Revolution » Luxury PR: Activist-Model Christy Turlington Burns is the Face for Italian Jewelry Designer, Roberto Coin for 2011-2012 Advertising Campaign

Platinum today: Guide to FTC platinum rules published by JVC
www.platinum.matthey.com | Jul 1, 2011
Platinum metals prices, applications and sources, supply and demand analysis, review of scientific research, by Johnson Matthey, world's leading authority on platinum.

Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports
www.miningmx.com | Nov 1, 2010
Zimbabwe plans to resume selling diamonds from its controversial Marange fields within days, saying it fully meets the standards required by the body that regulates trade in conflict diamonds.

Sale of Two Diamonds Wholesale Lots from Zimbabwe Approved
www.abazias.com | Aug 4, 2010
The story of conflict diamonds or, as they are better known, blood diamonds has just received a brand new chapter. The Kimberley Process has approved the export of two diamonds wholesale lots from Zimbabwe as against the earlier prohibitions that the country was slapped with. The agreement was made

How to Avoid Buying Conflict Diamonds
ezinearticles.com | May 10, 2010
A Diamond is supposed to evoke a sense of purity, eternal beauty or love not injustice, unspeakable brutality and malignant human rights abuse. If you find yourself wondering how to avoid buying conflict diamonds, I have some bad news and some good...