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Amid all the attention in the past year to mega-corporations deemed "too big to fail," it has been easy to overlook the travails of small-business owners. Surveys typically show entrepreneurs to be a confident bunch, but are their spirits holding up as the recession drags on? 
The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) recently became aware of a stalemate between a jewelry manufacturer and a retailer involving the manufacturer's suggested retail prices, or MSRPs. The retailer, after finding it difficult to sell the manufacturer's high-end products because of the accompanying high prices, decided to no longer carry the line and to discount those pieces still in its inventory to attract buyers and make room for different styles.
While there are plenty of practical reasons people buy things, the emotional component is the every constant "x" factor. That's why your pricing strategy is critical to your success, as it sends subtle messages and psychology to reach potential
The United States isn't just the world's most powerful economy, it is also the world's largest consumer of diamonds: some 50% of the world's diamonds are traded in the United States. That's quite a lot for a nation with almost no viable diamond resources of its own.
Each day, millions of Americans turn on their computers for an instant update on everything that matters, from stock prices and business news to pictures of last night's party posted on social-networking site Facebook. 
Most historians now believe organized trade of diamonds dates back about 1,000 years, to India, which possessed the entire world's known supply until early in the eighteenth century. Traditionally, diamonds would be transported across Arabia and traded to Jewish merchants, who, in turn, resold the diamonds in major European cities of the time such as Frankfurt and Venice.
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International auctioneers Bonhams and Butterfields have got the cat's meow: an unusually large and sought-after cat's eye chrysoberyl ring that is the highlight of its winter "Natural History" auction.The Dec. 6 sale in Los Angeles will feature a diverse group of high-quality and distinctive mineral specimens, exceptional fossils, gold nuggets, lapidary works of art and jewelry, including a selection of "phenomenal" gems.
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