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jewelry stories: 44 news summaries

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First babes, now BAUBLES

 Brangelina's Next Role: 
 Jewelry Designer 

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie devise a snake-inspired line for Asprey

Nov 16, 09 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have joined the celebrity designer ranks with a new jewelry line for Asprey inspired by—somewhere, Jennifer Aniston is chuckling—the snake. Pieces include gold and diamond rings, bracelets, pendants, earrings, silver baby spoons, tooth boxes, and picture frames; all feature serpents, an animal Jolie... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • celebrity • jewelry • fashion designer • Jay-ZTV

Put a Ring On It

For Your Beau:
The Mangagement Ring 

Are diamond rings for dudes a sign of progress or a marketing ploy?

Nov 15, 09 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Times, they are a changin', and with change comes marketing opportunities. With more women proposing and an uptick in gay marriages, ''mangagement rings'' are being used more—and marketed harder—than ever, reports Details . British jeweler H. Samuel introduced the Tioro, a titanium ring with a subtle diamond, and a... More »

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engagement • engagement ring • jewelry • diamond ring

TREND ALERT

 Pile on the Bracelets, Ladies 

No matter if they're fancy or cheap—today's bracelets are meant to be stacked

Oct 12, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to bracelets, there's no such thing as too much this season. Take almost any sort of wristwear, mismatch it, and stack it up to your elbow, New York reports. Where to start? Though the most expensive bracelet on its list of recommended bangles, from CC Skye... More »

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fashion • jewelry • Jay-ZTV • trends

ANALYSIS

 Cash4Gold a Scam? 
 Watchdog Site Says So 

Consumerist named, along with ex-employees, in lawsuit

Sep 4, 09 9:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The consumer-watchdog blog Consumerist finds itself among the targets of legal action by Cash4Gold.com, an outfit that promises consumers a good return on unwanted jewelry. After following up on a whistle-blowing complaint posted by an ex-employee, Consumerist has been accused of “a false and defamatory posting” about Cash4Gold,... More »

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lawsuit • scam • jewelry • Consumerist.com • whistleblower • Cash4Gold • consumer watchdog

(Newser) - Renowned Scottish gem expert Campbell Bridges has been killed by a mob armed with spears and machetes in Kenya's Tsavo National Park, the Independent reports. The murder is believed to be linked to a feud with squatters stealing gems from a Bridges family mine in the park. The mob set... More »

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Kenya • murder • jewels • jewelry • gems

(Newser) - Two well-dressed men escaped from one of London's most expensive jewelers with $65 million worth of rings, necklaces, and watches last week, in what the Telegraph calls the biggest heist in British history. Yesterday authorities released surveillance footage of the robbers, who used three cars to make their getaway. Their... More »

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London • United Kingdom • robbery • getaway • armed robbery • jewelry • jewel heist

ANALYSIS

 Tiffany's Little Blue Box 
 Keeps Recession Out 

Although new cases tout "Items for under $750"

Jul 30, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amid the global economic downturn, one American institution stands strong: Tiffany & Co. “Tiffany is as American as guns,” writes Cintra Wilson for the New York Times. “Tiffany has always managed to navigate the dark spells of the economic cycle. It has survived the Civil War, two... More »

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recession • Tiffany • jewelry • Tiffany's • financial crisis • what recession? • Jay-ZTV • Tiffany & Co.

OPINION

 Court? Bah. 
 Rihanna's 
 Jewelry? 
 Very Important. 

'Shameless PR flacks' invoke Gawker blogger's ire

Jun 23, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, sure, Chris Brown copped a plea yesterday in his assault case. But more important, what was his victim wearing? Thanks to Michele Marie PR, you no longer have to wonder, the Cajun Boy blogs for Gawker. Who cares that Rihanna was in court “to testify against a man... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • celebrity • gossip • public relations • assault • Rihanna • jewelry • Chris Brown • Michele Marie PR

 Strapped Rappers 
 Don Bogus Bling 

They still talk the talk, but their stones are now cubic zirconia clones

May 26, 09 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tough times in the hip-hop industry have taken the ka-ching out of bling, the Wall Street Journal reports. Record sales and concert attendance are falling, and jewelers say that more and more of the flashy pendants and chains favored by rappers trying to keep up appearances now contain lower-quality stones,... More »

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50 Cent • hip-hop • rapper • jewelry • bling

(Newser) - A new wave of jewelry designers is ditching pretty gemstones for cutting-edge commentary, the Economist reports. Using mainly found objects, plastic, recycled junk—and some precious metals in unexpected forms—jewelers are rejecting social-status-bling for designs that tell stories or question values. Dutch designers lead the pack because they “... More »

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design • jewelry • necklace

Defense Lawyer Fights Back With Astor Jewels

Pal accepted gifts of bling from woman she says was senile

May 8, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to bling, “Brooke Astor makes Ludacris look like a rank amateur,” writes Joanna Molloy of the New York Daily News. Defense lawyer Ken Warner put those jewels center stage yesterday, questioning Annette de la Renta, a key prosecution witness, on why she accepted a... More »

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trial • Brooke Astor • Anthony Marshall • jewelry • estate • Annette de la Renta

(Newser) - Rihanna wants a Gucci gown and $1.4 million in jewelry back from the LAPD, E! Online reports. The singer filed a motion in Los Angeles this week for their return, so she can give them to companies that loaned them to her on Grammy night. The LAPD seized the... More »

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entertainment • LAPD • Rihanna • jewelry • Chris Brown

 Real Housewives' 
 Kelly Hit With 
 Bling Suit 

She stole jewelry design, claims former colleague

Apr 20, 09 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Headline-grabbing former model Kelly Bensimon has been slapped with a lawsuit claiming she stole a design for a jewelry line that she's been hawking on the hit show Real Housewives of New York City. A former colleague of Bensimon says she created the owl pendant that's the basis for the... More »

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television • celebrity • lawsuit • jewelry • bling • Real Housewives of New York City • Kelly Bensimon

 Downturn Dulls 
 Gem Trade's Gleam 

Effects felt worldwide as Americans stop buying bling

Mar 28, 09 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The worldwide slowdown in spending is making for rough times in all facets of the jewelry business, reports the Washington Post. More than a thousand jewelers in the US—which buys almost half the world's polished diamonds—have gone bust, and the effects are being felt from the mines of... More »

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recession • diamond • De Beers • jewels • jewelry • gems • Tiffany's

 Feds Go After Madoff's  
 Sons, Wife's Jewelry 

US seeks payback
of loans, along with gems, cufflinks

Mar 17, 09 8:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Madoff accounting continues. Authorities said today they intend to collect millions of dollars from Bernie's sons, about $2.6 million worth of his wife's jewelry, and 35 watches and cufflinks that belonged to the Ponzi schemer himself, the Daily News reports. Madoff lent son Mark $9.5 million, much... More »

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Ponzi scheme • jewelry • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff • Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities • Andrew Madoff • Mark Madoff

Jagger Sued Over Lost $250K Ring

Austrian who found it wants his reward; she says he dallied

Feb 23, 09 8:41 PM CST
(Newser) - An Austrian who found Bianca Jagger's lost $250,000 ring is suing her for his reward, AFP reports. Reinhard Ringler says he picked up the ring in Salzburg last month and gave it to police days later. But Mick Jagger's ex refused to give him a standard reward—5% of... More »

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Bianca Jagger • lawsuit • jewelry • civil trial

(Newser) - Prosecutors are fuming after Bernard Madoff mailed more than $1 million in jewelry to his sons on Christmas Eve, the New York Post reports. The Ponzi schemer was dragged into court today but left under house arrest pending written arguments. Madoff's bail agreement allows such a gift, but an... More »

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fraud • SEC • bail • probe • Ponzi scheme • jewelry • prosecutors • Bernard Madoff

GLOSSIES

 Madoff Victims Peddle 
 Jewels to Pay Bills 



Brokers report heavy traffic in heirlooms, other baubles, to recoup losses in investment scandal

Jan 5, 09 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Victims of investment scammer Bernard Madoff are selling off the family jewels—and sometimes their houses, too—to stay solvent. Jewelry buyers report steady traffic since the scandal, from a Beverly Hills woman sacrificing a 9-carat diamond to pay her bills to Palm Beach residents unloading more than $250,000... More »

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family jewels • investment • jewelry • losses • defrauding investors • Bernard Madoff

(Newser) - Pawn shops are turning from the shady realm of the lower class to a place for rich people to get loans, the Wall Street Journal reports. The typical household income of a pawn shop customer is $29,000, but new middle- and upper-class clients are surging. One such client pawned... More »

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loans • recession • credit crisis • jewelry • weakening economy • economy • financial crisis • pawn shop

(Newser) - Up and down the East coast, cash-strapped shoppers are trading in gold and silver, not at pawn shops, but at the mall, the Boston Globe reports. Merchants at kiosks buy the precious metals for less than half of market value, but customers are still pouring in. “It's certainly... More »

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recession • mall • gold • jewelry • gold prices • financial crisis • economic downturn

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