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The Motley Fool
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All That Sparkles ... If you're considering buying diamond jewelry and want to make sure you're not inadvertently supporting the conflict diamond trade, there are several steps that consumers can take.   |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007
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Hope Diamonds In Sierra Leone, a plan for fair-trade gems. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2000
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Not forever The death of South African diamond magnate Harry Oppenheimer last month might mark the end of global domination for one of the world's most infamous cartels. |
Smithsonian
January 2007
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In the final installment of this three-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses the fascinating stories behind the Smithsonian's diamond collection. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Joshua Hammer |
Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery Zimbabwe's new found diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse. |
Smithsonian
January 2007
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In part two of this series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, discusses conflict diamonds, colored diamonds and synthetic gems grown in the lab |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Jack Uldrich |
Nanotech Is a Girl's Best Friend The look, quality and price of "cultured" diamonds will eventually win over consumers. When it does, that will be bad news for DeBeers and other diamond companies and good news for Apollo and Gemesis. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Megan Sever |
Next Best Friend: Cultured Diamonds Conventional thinking about diamonds may soon be changing. Diamonds -- long prized for their beauty, rarity and long generation times -- are now being created in a matter of hours in laboratories. |
The Motley Fool
November 22, 2004
Lawrence Meyers |
The Myth of Socially Responsible Investing Do investors delude themselves when they invest based on morally relative criteria? |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
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Diamond Smuggling Thrives in Zimbabwe Human Rights Watch and others say Zimbabwe's military is illegally selling diamonds to enrich Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party ahead of next year's election. |
Smithsonian
December 2006
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In the first installment of a multi-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, explains how the rare crystals form. |
AskMen.com
Susan Johnston |
The New Rules Of The Engagement Ring Planning to pop the question this holiday season? Whether you're planning a surprise for your bride-to-be or you're going engagement ring shopping together, chances are this is going to be one of the biggest purchases you'll make this year -- if not ever. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Dueling Fools: Blue Nile Bull Rebuttal The only potential problem with the online diamond seller is that it's at the top end of its justifiable valuation range. However, the company has great potential. |
AskMen.com
James Matheson |
Q&A On Diamonds To make the dreaded task of buying diamonds easier on men, I've compiled a list of common questions and concerns men have about buying diamonds for their special ladies. |
Wired
September 2003
Joshua Davis |
The New Diamond Age Armed with new processes to manufacture inexpensive, mass-produced gems, two startups are launching an assault on the De Beers cartel. Next up: the computing industry. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Diamonds' Lost Luster? A scandal involving the biggest gem-certifying lab, the Gemological Institute of America, has the diamond industry fretting over the potential impact. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Sara Wilson |
Cutting Edge A diamond manufacturer is crafting new uses for an age-old treasure. |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Counting Diamond's Facets This stock wasn't worth buying a year ago at its IPO price, and it still isn't worth buying today. The company's trailing P/E has turned negative, and even with $5.9 million in trailing free cash flow, the company's resulting valuation at 51.5 times FCF. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Gene G. Marcial |
Diamond Foods: It Ain't Just Peanuts As one of the few nontech companies to go public last year, Diamond Foods is off to a strong start. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Carol Matlack |
Are Diamonds Forever? A crackdown in Antwerp threatens the city's historic gem trade. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Steve Cooper |
Hard to Beat With so many commercial uses, could diamonds be the new plastic? |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Can Diamonds Be a Fool's Best Friend? Aber mines and retails diamonds, and that combination is working so far. This is a stock with above-average risk, but the growth opportunity seems legitimate. |
CRM
October 2012
Judith Aquino |
Diamond in the Rough Gets Tech Savvy A jeweler tracks and streamlines email responses with ToutApp. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2004
Bob Bobala |
The Cost of Love Valentine's day is a Hallmark holiday made to cause you financial strain while bringing profit to retailers. |
High on Adventure
December 2009
Tommy Trenchard |
Sierra Leone, a Diamond in the Rough A land of coups and diamond smugglers, Sierra Leone had always caught the author's imagination. Now, peace and stability have rendered it once again accessible to visitors. |
Geotimes
November 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Canada's Diamonds Face Old Age Geologists are uncovering the unique origins of Canadian diamonds, and finding not only that they are surprisingly old, but also that they have implications for the timing of Earth's early tectonic processes. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2014
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Toughest ever diamond made from carbon onions A synthetic diamond that is even harder than its natural counterpart and able to withstand even hotter temperatures has been made by researchers in China. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
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"I Like Innovative, Disruptive Businesses" Can an online jeweler survive the massive pullback in consumer spending? An interview with Marc Stolzman, CFO, Blue Nile Inc. |
Geotimes
October 2006 |
Geomedia Inspecting the Diamond Industry: Q&A with The Heartless Stone Author Tom Zoellner... Book Review: Weighing the World by Edwin Danson... etc. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2004
Bill Mann |
De Beers in De Champagne De Beers, the125-year-old South African diamond company, settles a decade-old criminal case for $10 million. S'pose they'll try to pay it in diamonds? |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2013
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Diamonds' redox reaction origins revealed Subduction zones -- boundaries between tectonic plates where the Earth's crust sinks into the hot mantle -- could be breeding grounds for diamond formation, according to Russian researchers. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Sara Pratt |
Sourcing Ultradeep Diamonds Mineral impurities in a diamond may decrease the gem's value for jewelers, but for geologists they can prove to be priceless: South African diamonds containing garnet have recently provided evidence that very deep diamonds can form from surface materials. |
Food Engineering
November 1, 2008 |
Engineering R&D: Diamonds are a seal's best friend Mechanical seals coated with nanodiamonds is the first commercial application for a technology transitioning from basic research to established science. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2005
Rich Smith |
Diamond Tired of Cooperating Nut grower Diamond Foods files to go public. |
Registered Rep.
May 13, 2011
Lauren Barack |
Advent Acquires Rival Black Diamond in $73M Deal Wealth management software firm Advent Software announced plans to acquire rival Black Diamond Performance Reporting for $73 million -- a move that will cement Advent's hold in the portfolio management software playing field. |
AskMen.com
Nick Kennedy |
Valentine's Day Investments There are some unique opportunities to invest in the "romance" industries. Let's break them down, going in order from the least risky to the most risky. |
