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High fashion strikes gold in the East - Evening Standard
ES Magazine’s spies at the couture shows in Paris report that the atmosphere is “febrile” and that new clients are jostling with each other for the best seats. This arcane world where a dress can cost upwards of 200,000 is flourishing amid global

Gold regains investors trust - Commodity Online
NEW DELHI: Luxury mobile phone brand Vertu is launching its new Signature collection of handsets this year to mark its tenth anniversary. The new range will feature hallmarked white gold and yellow gold and the company claims that it is the most

Introducing Lily Allen — For the Second Time - Wall Street Journal
LONDON — A paparazzi convoy six vehicles deep snakes through traffic in pursuit of a car carrying Lily Allen. In the passenger seat the pop singer reads Google headlines about herself on a BlackBerry. Some of the stories say that she’s feuding with

Superstitions: Jeff Reed, Pittsburgh Steelers kicker - Times Online
You can be, but the more you are, the more isolated you can become. Then, if you miss, no one has your back. I was appointed a team captain and I teared up because it’s unusual for a team to respect a kicker that much. The platinum hair certainly

A Medieval Castle in the Middle East - Wall Street Journal
Listen hard and you can hear a muezzin calling the Muslim faithful to prayers, an ironic reminder that the tensions between the West and the Middle East date back centuries. Al-Husn, Syria If Umberto Eco were given the chance to build his dream

GDP figures hit home for Georgia companies - Atlanta Journal Constitution
I am not surprised obviously the unemployment numbers are up, said Lewis, president of One Georgia Bank. My phone rings a lot more often when the economy is in a downward cycle with people looking for work. But the Midtown bank is still

UPDATE 2-Petra Diamonds says expects tough market conditions - FXStreet.com
CULLINAN MINE, South Africa, Jan 22 (Reuters) - London-listed Petra Diamonds said it expected a difficult operating environment going into 2009 and that it saw conditions improving by the end of 2010. “We are readying ourselves for extremely tough

Is the Arsenal boss in the comfort zone? - FansFC.com
Why would I or anyone stay in a job when I ve been told that there s no chance of me getting a better salary and I could easily leave, like some of my mates have, and get a better salary elsewhere. Why would I spend loads of money to see a sub

My Vintage Baby ties up with Cowgirl Couture - Fibre2Fashion
My Vintage Baby Inc, a public children’s apparel company, announced an alliance with Cowgirl Couture - to market, sell and support the company s products complementary to MVBY s own designs. According to CEO Jessica Wiswall, Cowgirl Couture

Mason students have fun on their feet - Lansing State Journal
MASON - Ten-year-old Garrett Maher and two of his fourth-grade classmates have each run nearly 40 miles this school year - all during their lunch periods. They hold North Aurelius Elementary School’s record so far for the Noon Walking Club - a

Miami high school student takes polio fight to India - Miami Herald
When Sophia Hameed first visited her birthplace of Nagpur, India, she was struck by the vast gap between haves and have-nots. ‘’You could be having dinner in a really expensive, luxurious restaurant, then go out to the street and see a little child

Gossip Girl Fashion Rundown: Never Been Marcused - femalefirst.co.uk
Following on from last week’s fashion extravaganza, we were treated to some more of the same in ‘Never Been Marcused’ as Blair desperately tried to become part of the Royal elite. We do love it when she goes back to her scheming best and was clearly

Parents gripe over flasks sold at Icing by Claire’s stores - South Coast Today
Local school closings Four arrested for assault at Tabor Academy Busload of NBHS students taken to hospital following minor accident Question of values Cape officer accused of urinating on man at Metallica concert Outrage as Department of Correction

Friends, Until I Delete You - Herald Tribune
A PERSON could go mad trying to pinpoint the moment he lost a friend. So seldom does that friend make his feelings clear by sending out an e-mail alert. It s not just a fact of life, but also a policy on Facebook. While many trivial actions do

Report: Super Bowl Rings Recovered - Post Chronicle
Police in Saugus, Mass., have recovered 27 stolen New York Giants bowl rings inside a bank safe deposit box, the Boston Herald reported. The report said the unfinished rings, designed by Attleboro, Mass. jeweler E.A. Dion, were intended for the

Tata Communications Rings Up Expansion in Fairfax County to Offer - TMCnet
Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group based in India, today announced the opening of a new center in Fairfax County that is equipped with a state-of-the-art Cisco-certified TelePresence room to host “virtual” meetings around

Police recover 27 stolen Super Bowl rings - Boston Globe
Police searching a safe deposit box yesterday at the Eastern Bank in Saugus found what they said was a glittering, ill-gotten treasure: 27 New York Giants Super Bowl rings, valued at more than $170,000, that had been stolen in June from an Attleboro

Mexivada receives new diamond and gold concessions in ROC Republic of - StreetInsider.com
VANCOUVER, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ROC CONGO PROJECTS: Mexivada is pleased to report that its Camp Socobois-Diamond, and Camp Socobois-Gold Permis des Recherches (”PRs”) were approved and signed in the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) (”ROC

Online Diamond Buying Perfected: WhiteFlash.com Grows Leaps and Bounds - Newsblaze.com
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Already known for carrying the largest in-stock inventory of the highest quality branded WhiteFlash ACA ideal and “superideal” Hearts and Arrows diamonds on the internet, WhiteFlash (www.WhiteFlash.com

Scrummy! New novels put the romance into rugby - Charleston Gazette
Publisher Mills & Boon is betting that nothing goes with champagne and diamonds like the bone-crunching, mud-churning wallop of a rugby match. The romance imprint has teamed up with rugby’s British governing body for a series of novels in which

HE MADOFF WITH $49 BILLION - New York Post
Man, what a terrible return on your investment. Of the $50 billion Bernard Madoff swindled, investigators have been able to uncover only about $1 billion in remaining assets. If the number holds, that means the recovery of money from his massive

A ring thing: Super Bowl jewelry doesn’t make it to fingers very often - Beaver County Times
Tampa, Fla. — Every NFL player wants a Super Bowl ring. But oddly enough, those who get one rarely wear it. It s not that the rings aren t dazzling. Certainly that glittering piece of jewelry that 150 or so members of the Pittsburgh Steelers

Bankruptcies surge among national chains - Boston Herald
S everal U.S. jewelry store chains have already succumbed to the economic downturn, and sales figures reported by the surviving publicly traded companies are pretty horrific, according to Andy Moser, founder and partner of Kairos Capital

Jewelry revival: Prized baubles find new life in hands of Germantown - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Gail Sampson of Memphis wanted to take just one piece of jewelry on a cruise last year. She had recently discovered her grandmother’s beautiful black cameo in a box of trinkets. She took it to jewelry designer Myrna Halpern, who created a pearl

Clearing a hurdle - Vicksburg Post
Raven McDonald, 5, right, talks with classmate Brady Green, also 5, during a celebration of the 100th day of school Friday at Bovina Elementary. Alisa Harvey and Tasha Younger s kindergarten classes made 100th-day glasses, hats, necklaces and