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The Motley Fool
July 14, 2004
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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?   |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2006
Sarah Erdreich |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Outside
January 2007
Anthony Cerretani |
All That Glitters Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, and Djimon Hounsou brings the controversial diamond industry to light. Hounsou further details the problems of the diamond industry in this interview. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
How a Rogue Geologist Discovered a Diamond Trove in the Canadian Arctic Chuck Fipke sifts through 20-pound bags of dirt in search of Canadian diamonds. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Latham & Katerere |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blue Overcomes Gray High-end jewelry retailer Blue Nile bucks the trend, despite competitive threats. Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
February 1, 2007
Ian Wylie |
Hope Diamonds In Sierra Leone, a plan for fair-trade gems. |
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. |
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. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Black Diamonds Have E.T. Origins Carbonado, or black, diamonds look more like basalt than their traditional colorless counterparts. New research indicates that carbonado diamonds might have formed in space. |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
Carol Matlack |
Are Diamonds Forever? A crackdown in Antwerp threatens the city's historic gem trade. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Carl Hoffman |
Digging for Diamonds 24/7 Under Frozen Snap Lake Running a diamond mine in the Arctic. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2007
Jim Gillies |
The Best E-Commerce Stock for 2007: Blue Nile Investors, there's a lot to like about Blue Nile. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Sara Wilson |
Cutting Edge A diamond manufacturer is crafting new uses for an age-old treasure. |
BusinessWeek
June 17, 2010
Amity Shlaes |
How Afghanistan Can Manage Its Mineral Riches The nation is sitting atop $1 trillion in natural resources. Unless it handles them wisely, as Botswana has, it may merely lower growth and foster corruption. |
Outside
September 2002
Stephen Jermanok |
This is the situation. This is the confusion. This is Angola. It was once a crown jewel of African beauty -- a place blessed with so many rivers, so much pristine coastline, and such teeming, verdant savannas that it made God jealous. But after 27 years of brutal civil war, Angola is slowly rising out of the graveyard of its sad history. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Kate Plourd |
"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. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2011
Sean Williams |
Blue Nile's Not-So-Brilliant Quarter Blue Nile loses its luster following a CEO resignation and lackluster guidance. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2007
Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Blue Nile Bear The bearish view of Blue Nile is that the online jeweler has problems with its valuation, competition, and the economy. |
CRM
October 2012
Judith Aquino |
Diamond in the Rough Gets Tech Savvy A jeweler tracks and streamlines email responses with ToutApp. |
Wired
Joshua Davis |
The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist After 6 years in prison, Leonardo Notarbartolo finally reveals how he managed to break in and steel $100 million worth of gems from the most secure vault in the world. |
Chemistry World
March 13, 2014
Emma Stoye |
Piece of Earth's interior 'ocean' found in diamond A tiny crystal found in a diamond has confirmed predictions about a giant store of water deep in the Earth's mantle. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Steve Cooper |
Hard to Beat With so many commercial uses, could diamonds be the new plastic? |
