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SCORE Helps Jewelry Designer Craft A Gem Of A Small Business

Working with beads and jewelry has been a lifelong passion for Mary O'Hare. For years, she sold beading supplies as well as her own creations at craft shows and on consignment at local boutiques. Other jewelry hobbyists sought out Mary for her quality products and expert assistance. Mary was really...

Tags: jewelry, commercial real estate, small business

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Jeweler's Business Sparkles With Help From SCORE

After years of experience making hand-crafted jewelry and working as the chief buyer for a small jewelry store, gemologist Pam Abramson decided she was finally ready to go into business for herself. Her dream was to make money by writing appraisals of fine jewelry. She contacted SCORE to learn more...

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Charlie Russell and the Mysterious Photographs

Have you ever picked up an old photograph and wished you knew the story behind it? Well, I did recendy when I received a phone call from historian Joe Crosby of Oklahoma City. Joe had come across two real photo postcards, both marked "Photo by Dean-Forsyth, Mont." and "At Fort...

Articles 2008-06-30

World's High Net Worth Individuals Continue to Seek Luxury Items, Despite Rising Costs and Financial Market Turmoil

Annual World Wealth Report Finds Jets, Yachts and Luxury Cars Continue To Be First Choices Among HNWIs NEW YORK -- Despite rising costs and financial market turmoil, high net worth individuals HNWIs and ultra-high net worth individuals (Ultra-HNWIs) last year spent considerable amounts of their wealth on investments...

Articles 2008-06-25

227 fugitives netted in annual sweep

On June 3, Daniel Rasheed Johnson and Darnell Lee approached a parked car on West Pike Street near North Sydenham. The pair demanded money and jewelry from Kareem McCoy, who was sitting in the car, authorities said. As McCoy began emptying his pockets, both Johnson and Lee fired shots into...

Articles 2008-06-25

Vegas police make arrest in Walker case

LAS VEGAS AP -- Las Vegas police have made an arrest in the robbery and beating case involving NFL player Javon Walker. Lt. Clinton Nichols said Tuesday that 30-year-old Arfat Fadel is suspected of multiple felonies including kidnapping and robbery. Police said Fadel was arrested Friday and...

Articles 2008-06-25

Bidz.com, Inc. to Present at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference

CULVER CITY, Calif. -- Bidz.com (NASDAQ: BIDZ), a leading online auctioneer of jewelry, announced that Chief Technology Officer and Vice-President of Business Development, Leon Kuperman, and Chief Financial Officer, Lawrence Kong, will be presenting at the Oppenheimer 8th Annual Consumer Growth Conference to be held on July 8-9, 2008, at...

Articles 2008-06-24

Novori Inc. (NOVO) Average Ticket Price Increases by 45%

Novori Inc. (OTCBB: NOVO) -- a leadingonline interactive retailer of fine diamond engagement rings and jewelry --is pleased to announce that the average ticket price for the quarter March1st through May 31st, 2008 increased by 45% per customer sold over the sameperiod in 2007. "I believe the increase in the...

Articles 2008-06-24

GSol Jewelry Takes Customers to the Carribean With Pirates Gold

Inspired by her world travels and flare foradventure, Los Angeles native Natalia Ramirez willlaunch the signature product line of her company, GSol Jewelry , just in time for thesummer holiday. The Pirates Gold Collection features 11 pieces that are each enhanced by a combination of...

Articles 2008-06-24

Zales.com Introduces 'Z Trends' - New Website Feature to Highlight Latest Jewelry Trends

IRVING, Texas, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- America's diamond store, Zales Jewelers, introduced a new fashion-forward feature on its expansive website, http://www.zales.com/. The new "Z Trends" column will focus on the season's hottest looks from the runway to the red carpet each month, and give site visitors up-to-the-minute news and...

Articles 2008-06-24

L Capital Partners Invests $4 Million in Simparel

A new generation ERP solution and Software as a Service SaaS offering NEW YORK -- L Capital Partners, L.P. has invested $4 million in the Series A round of financing of Simparel, a N.Y. technology company that has developed a new generation of ERP solutions with numerous advantages...

Articles 2008-06-23

New Charms Feature Exact Likenesses of Pets in 3D

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A specialty jewelry company here, has introduced a new line of charms featuring pets called "Putting On the Dog." (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080623/NYMFNS1 ) According to Richard Coburn, president of A Charming Life, "We are making one-of-a-kind three-dimensional charms created...

Articles 2008-06-23

Novori Inc. (NOVO) Average Sales Price Increase

Novori Inc. (OTCBB: NOVO) -- a leadingonline interactive retailer of fine diamond engagement rings and jewelry --is pleased to announce that average sale price for the quarter March 1stthru May 31st, 2008 increased by 45% per customer sold over the same periodin 2007. "I believe the increase in the average...

Articles 2008-06-23

Zale Names Yuval Braverman to Its Board of Directors

DALLAS -- Zale Corporation (NYSE: ZLC), a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in North America, announced effective June 19, 2008, that Yuval Braverman has been elected to its Board of Directors. Mr. Braverman, 52, is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J. & J. Zaidman, Inc. a...

Articles 2008-06-23

New Orleans-based online enterprise turns ex'es gifts into gold

It is often said two things in life are inevitable, but one new business is banking on a third: breakups. Allison Wasserman and Elizabeth Rothbeind, former classmates at the business school at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., are turning the gold- and diamond-laced remnants of...

Articles 2008-06-23

Perry Olsen Commits to Wedding Bands

A recently constituted e-commerce site,branded Perry Olsen , has enteredthe market of high-end wedding band rings. The available jewelry ranges inmaterial from 14K gold, 18K gold to tungsten, titanium, platinum anddiamonds. Emphasis on variety has lead to the establishment of a uniquelydiverse line of wedding band ring designs. This...

Articles 2008-06-23

Modernity and Tradition in a Global World: Fashion in Africa

Modernity and Tradition in a Global World: Fashion in Africa Zuercher Stalder AG, LyssachSchachen, Switzerland June 30-September 1, 2007 Clad in extravagant hand-tailored clothes of boldly patterned and brilliantly colored fabrics, adorned with dramatic jewelry and topped with impressively braided hairdos or voluminous head...

Articles 2008-06-22

2008 Ad

World Renowned Vietnamese Brand PNJ to Unveil Unique Crown for the 2008 Miss Universe Competition NEW YORK, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Miss Universe Organization announced today that CAO Fine Jewelry (a line of the renowned Phu Nhuan Jewelry PNJ company in Vietnam) has created the coveted...

Articles 2008-06-20

Damiani, Italy's Luxury Jewelry House Announces New Advertising Campaign With Actress Sharon Stone

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Damiani, recipient of an unprecedented eighteen Diamond International Awards -- the "Oscars of the Jewelry World" -- proved that Damiani is truly a girl's best friend at tonight's press event revealing Sharon Stone, an iconic figure of Hollywood glamour as the new...

Articles 2008-06-20

Hearts On Fire®, The World's Most Perfectly Cut Diamond®, to Open First U.S. Retail Store

Owned by Bernie Robbins, Hearts On Fire Store Located at Borgata's New Water Club Hotel in Atlantic City BOSTON, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hearts On Fire Company HOF, the pre-eminent consumer brand in the fine diamond jewelry business, today announced the opening of the first Hearts...

Articles 2008-06-19