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- Diamond Industry is Infused with Colorful European Key Players
Jan 22, 2009
In an attempt to escape religious persecution, refugees from the Netherlands and northern Europe helped to establish the burgeoning diamond...
Category: Jewelry
- Know What You're Buying: Understanding Your Diamond Grading Report
Jan 22, 2009
No two diamonds are alike, but to the untrained eye it can be nearly impossible to tell the difference between them. Even when two diamonds may...
Category: Jewelry
- Jewelry Represents Rich Stories of History Through the Ages
Jan 21, 2009
Since the dawn of civilization, jewelry has been a part of nearly every culture, even long before clothing was considered fashion. From its roots...
Category: Society and Culture
- 7 Spending Habits That May Lead to Debt
Jan 19, 2009
The soundness of your spending habits can only lead two ways - to a growing portfolio or to debt disaster. Avoiding the following bad habits...
Category: Personal Finance
- Birthstone Jewelry from Dazzling Garnet to Sky-Blue Topaz
Jan 18, 2009
The conception of birthstones can be traced back to the first century. It was believed that gemstones possessed virtues or cures. By assigning a...
Category: Humanities
- Alec Bradley: A Story of Cigar Achievements
Jan 17, 2009
What do you say about a cigar startup that picked 1997 as the year to start up? Alec Bradley, begun by successful entrepreneur and longtime cigar...
Category: Hobbies
- How To Find Other Cigar Fanatics
Jan 17, 2009
It's a tough time to be a cigar smoker. Restrictions on tobacco use are enacted in one community after another, recently penetrating even to the...
Category: Recreation and Sports
- How To Become a Jewelry Designer
Jan 17, 2009
Designing, creating, crafting, and fabricating functional art is a practice that has roots in the ancient goldsmith and metalwork arts. You may...
Category: Jewelry
- How To Make Those Cigars Last As Long As Possible - Without A Cigar Humidor
Jan 15, 2009
Thrift isn't always fashionable. For example, think of the period that ended almost a decade ago. During the 1990s, as the decade loped along and...
Category: Hobbies
- The Habits That Create Financial Wealth
Jan 15, 2009
There are plenty of help-self books on the shelves these days touting sure-fire methods for achieving great wealth. Books that assert a particular...
Category: Finance
- A Novel Approach To No-Smoking Signs: The Mobile Cigar Lounge
Jan 15, 2009
Smoking lounges: every passionate cigar fan knows all about them. The plush, comfortable chairs. The wood-carved furniture. The pleasure of...
Category: Society and Culture
- The 478-Carat "Light of Letseng" Sells for $18.4 Million
Jan 13, 2009
Discovered in the Letseng Diamond Mine in September 2008, the "Light of Letseng" recently sold for $18.4 million and is expected to render a...
Category: Jewelry
- 7 Tips for Stretching Your Income and Increasing the Savings Account
Jan 13, 2009
These days, many people are looking for practical, effective ways to not only get the most out of their dollar, but also increase savings for a...
Category: Finance
- Refi Readiness: How to Determine if Refinancing is a Viable Option
Jan 13, 2009
With the recent lowering of the federal funds rate, and the Fed's move to slash it yet again to a range of 0 to 0.25 percent, many homebuyers are...
Category: Mortgage
- How To Make a Smart Charitable Investment During the Holidays
Jan 11, 2009
Times are tight right now for many households. Even those families who may not be hard pressed are thinking about scaling back during the holidays....
Category: Finance
- Take Control of Your Credit Score in 2009
Jan 9, 2009
The 2008 upset in the economic marketplace will probably be an event for the history books. Tumbling credit scores and tightening reins on...
Category: Credit
- Some Of 2008's Top Cigars
Jan 9, 2009
One of the joys of the year's end is rankings and retrospectives. You know--The Best Movies, The Best Books. The Year's Most Heartrending Moments....
Category: Collecting
- Good For Your Humidor; And Your Pocketbook
Jan 9, 2009
With the economy in the shape it's in, even the wealthiest cigar smokers may begin to feel the pinch. Even dedicated cigar lovers may be...
Category: Hobbies
- Bank Merging Scam Seeks to Steal Identities
Jan 8, 2009
In the wake of recent financial mergers and closings, new scams are being devised to part individuals with their identities. According to the...
Category: Finance
- Moissanite: Imitation Diamonds from Space Feature Spectacular Fire
Jan 7, 2009
One of the hottest new trends in jewelry, moissanite was borne from the stars to earth by a meteorite. Contained in a meteor crater discovered in...
Category: Jewelry
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