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Aether wants to shift you from blood diamonds to gems pulled from thin air

Diamonds: carbon, transparent, expensive, symbolic of love and commitment — and many of them come dripping with human rights abuses. They also come with a heavy environmental burden, even the lab-grown ones. So what if diamonds could be done differently, with proper traceability and sustainability? That’s exactly where Aether, a diamond-growing company based in New York, is trying to change the narrative around diamonds.

“The only thing transparent in this industry are the stones,” says Ryan Shearman, CEO of Aether Diamonds in an interview with TechCrunch. “There is no supply chain on planet Earth that’s fully traceable with respect to

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Black Diamond Financial LLC Sells 309 Shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Black Diamond Financial LLC cut its position in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT – Get Rating) by 8.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,335 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 309 shares during the quarter. Black Diamond Financial LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $777,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Riggs Asset Management Co. Inc. increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 64.0% during the 3rd quarter.

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Botswana mining growth seen flat amid dim diamond outlook

Debswana, a joint venture between Botswana’s government and Anglo American Plc’s De Beers, which produces almost all of Botswana’s diamonds, registered an 8% growth in output in 2022 to 24.1 million carats. Diamond trading grew 41% in the year as Botswana also benefitted from Western buyers shunning stones from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

In 2023, Botswana expects diamond output to decline by 1%, while diamond trading growth is seen slowing to 7% from 41% last year.

“We see the diamond sector having a bit of a tough year due to an expected slowdown in consumer demand particularly in

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One Lucapa Diamond Company Limited (ASX:LOM) insider upped their stake by 20% in the previous year

Looking at Lucapa Diamond Company Limited’s (ASX:LOM ) insider transactions over the last year, we can see that insiders were net buyers. That is, there were more number of shares purchased by insiders than there were sold.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, logic dictates you should pay some attention to whether insiders are buying or selling shares.

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Lucapa Diamond Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

The Non-Executive Director Ross Stanley made the biggest insider purchase in the last 12 months. That single transaction

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WATCH | Mouse caught on camera ‘stealing’ diamond necklace from jewelery shop

The popular imagery of a mouse being the Jerry of the town is harassed by the likes of Toms, are yet to go beyond their timeless avatars. But some real-life jerry have carved a new niche for themselves. Lately, a video is going viral on social media which shows a mouse supposedly ‘stealing’ a diamond necklace from a luxury jewelery shop. It is not yet clear where the CCTV footage is from.

However, shortly after the video went viral on social media, people were quipped if the mouse did it while preparing for Valentine’s Day. Or was it some ratty

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Neil Diamond celebrates 82nd birthday with ‘Beautiful Noise’ cast, audience on Broadway

So I finally had the chance to see “A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical” on Tuesday, Jan. 24. And sure, it was fun. Lots of great songs, cute costumes. You should see it.

But the best part was after the show. Will Swenson, who plays Diamond in his prime, announced that this was a very special night because it was the legendary singer-songwriter’s 82nd birthday. So Swenson took out this cell phone and FaceTimed Diamond.

The audience cheered when Diamond said hello, and then we all joined the cast and sang “Happy Birthday” to him. There were streamers falling

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Diamond’s Memorial Goes Off the Rails

Trumpworld figures converged at Lynnette “Diamond” Hardaway’s memory ceremony on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the life of the pro-Trump pundit who died suddenly at 51—but the memorial took a dark turn as her sister suggested a nefarious plot behind her death.

Diamond’s sister—half of the “Diamond and Silk” duo—Rochelle “Silk” Richardson addressed the crowd at the Crown Theater in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and appeared to fall back into her old anti-vaxxer ways.

“Instead of asking if Americans are vaxxed or unvaxxed, the real question to ask is: Are Americans being poisoned?” she asked the pro-Trump crowd filled with friends and

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