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Jewelry supplier Kassoy changes hands
National Jeweler

MAY 17, 2006 – Hicksville, N.Y.- — Kassoy, a supplier to jewelry manufacturers and retailers, has been acquired by a new corporation formed by Kenstan Lock Company. The new corporation will be called Kassoy LLC.
Hans E.R. Bosch, CEO of Kassoy LLC, is also the managing director of Kenstan, a distributor of high security locking systems for showcases and other fixtures for the jewelry trade for 40 years.

The acquisition will provide the Kassoy customer base and the industry with a single source for all gemological and bench tools, packaging, fixtures, displays and bar coding systems. Read more about Jewelry supplier Kassoy changes hands …

Tattooed Mummy With Jewelry Found in Peru
Female Mummy With Complex Tattoos Found in Peru Along With Jewelry and Weapons
ABC News

WASHINGTON May 16, 2006 (AP)— A female mummy with complex tattoos on her arms has been found in a ceremonial burial site in Peru, the National Geographic Society reported Tuesday.

The mummy was accompanied by ceremonial items including jewelry and weapons, and the remains of a teenage girl who had been sacrificed, archaeologists reported.

The burial was at a site called El Brujo on Peru’s north coast near Trujillo. Read more about Tattooed Mummy With Jewelry Found in Peru …

Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference at JCK Vegas Show
CSR Wire

(CSRwire) NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 15, 2006–The Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference will be held at the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show, Monday June 5th, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Delfino Ballroom, Venetian Hotel. The conference is free and open to all members of the jewelry industry.

The purpose of the conference is to promote greater industry awareness of fair trade jewelry. Leading stakeholders within the jewelry trade will discuss the potential for the development of fair trade jewelry products and the establishment of fair trade jewelry standards. The conference goal is to raise the issue of fair trade and encourage consensus building within the industry Read more about Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference at JCK Vegas Show …

Thousands Donate Cash, Jewelry for Hamas
From Times Wire Reports/Los Angeles Times
May 13, 2006

About 5,000 Hamas supporters gathered in the West Bank city of Nablus to donate money and jewelry to their cash-strapped Palestinian government.
Israel has halted tax transfers and the West has frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in aid since Hamas won elections.

Several women put jewelry in a collection plate. A group of gunmen from Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades donated $22. Read more about Thousands Donate Cash, Jewelry for Hamas …

China April Retail Sales Rise at Fastest Pace in Year (Update1)
Bloomberg.com

May 15 (Bloomberg) — China’s retail sales rose at the fastest pace in more than a year in April as rising incomes left consumers with more money to spend on electronics, jewelry and clothing.
Sales rose 13.6 percent last month from a year earlier to 578 billion yuan ($72 billion) after climbing 13.5 percent in March, the Beijing-based National Bureau of Statistics said today. That beat the 13.4 percent median forecast of 21 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Read more about China April Retail Sales Rise at Fastest Pace in Year (Update1) …

California Teacher Beaten by Student After Confiscating Pot Jewelry
Thursday, May 11, 2006/EUREKA, Calif

EUREKA, Calif. — A high school student who was ordered to conceal a marijuana leaf pendant was arrested for putting his teacher in a headlock and dislocating his shoulder after the teacher confiscated the chain, authorities said.

The Zoe Barnum High School student allegedly swept the teacher from his feet April 28 and beat him until another student broke it up Read more about California Teacher Beaten by Student After Confiscating Pot Jewelry …

Jewelry store gets new life
WOODBURY/Courier-Pos
The city’s only jewelry store won’t fade after all.

When the longtime owners of Saloff Jewelers on South Broad Street retired at the end of March, they feared their business would be no more.

“I was looking forward to retirement, but I wasn’t looking forward to a 115-year-old business just folding,” former owner John Beal said Tuesday.

With the city’s help, Beal last month found a buyer for the business, which dates to at least 1893, when it was known as H.H. Thomin Jewelers. (Beal and his wife, Paula, bought the shop in 1985.) Read more about Jewelry store gets new life …

House of Taylor secures loan after 2005 losses
National Jeweler, NY

MAY 09, 2006 – Los Angeles — House of Taylor Jewelry, which suffered losses for its fiscal year 2005, has secured $10 million in financing from investors to buy inventory and to use for marketing and working capital, the company announced Monday.

House of Taylor Jewelry saw sales of $5.61 million and a net loss of $3.5 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005.
It attributes the loss to numerous factors, including a restructuring, a focus on designing and sourcing new products; developing sales and marketing strategies; reducing inventory of discontinued product; and increased research, development and marketing, according to a May 1 press release from the company. Read more about House of Taylor secures loan after 2005 losses …

Jewelry store expands, thrives
Longtime business moving to bigger facility
The Desert Sun, CA

Nearly 60 years after it was established in Indio and relocated to Palm Springs and then Palm Desert, Leeds & Son Jewelers is preparing to move again into larger quarters on El Paseo in the fall.
It will be the final move and expansion for the family-owned business, said president and CEO Terry Weiner.

“It goes back to about three years ago when we realized we’d need much more space,” he said.
The current 4,000-square-foot space is no longer big enough for the store’s employees, including the three watchmakers, three jewelers, five-member accounting and advertising team, and the sales staff, he said. Read more about Jewelry store expands, thrives …

S150-M Marcos jewelry collections posibleng’di na isubasta ng PCGG
by : Ryan Ponce Pacpaco/Journal Online, Philippines

POSIBLENG hindi na isubasta ng Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) ang Marcos jewelry collections na tinatayang nagkakaha-laga ng $10 milyon hang-gang $150 milyon upang lalong makuha ang loob ni dating Unang Ginang Imelda Marcos na puma-sok sa ‘compromise agree-ment’ at tapusin ang halos dalawang dekadang li-tigasyon.
Sa kanyang pagtungo sa Sandiganbayan kamaka-ilan, sinabi ni PCGG Commissioner Ricardo Abcede na ginagawa nila ang lahat para tapusin na ang matagal na legal na bakbakan sa pamilya Marcos na ginastusan na rin ng malaking halaga ng salapi.

Sinimulan na noong na-karaang taon ng Sotheby’s and Christie’s ang “ap-praisal” sa “Marcos je-welry” sa kabila ng isinu-miteng petisyon ni Gng. Marcos sa Manila Regio-nal Trial Court para pigi-lan ang planong pagbe-benta ng mga alahas na nasa vaults ng Central Bank. Read more about S150-M Marcos jewelry collections posibleng’di na isubasta ng PCGG …