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How Diamond District Jewelers Are Modernizing With Social Media

Zev Weitman’s angular frame was hunched over his sooty workbench in a cramped diamond-cutting shop several floors above the buzz of Manhattan’s diamond district. But his mind was roaming a crystalline chamber, tweaking facets to coax a brilliant symphony of light from the diamond he was working against a cutting wheel.

“I’m always improvising, always searching for the perfect cut,” said Mr. Weitman, 68, who began cutting in the district four decades ago, when thousands of jewelry businesses studded a single block of 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Back then, there were also thousands of cutters like Mr.

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Diamond & Diamond Lawyers Launch $400 Million Lawsuit on Behalf of Human Trafficking Victims Against Magna International and others

TORONTO, March 31, 2023 /CNW/ – Diamond & Diamond Lawyers, a leading personal injury law firm, announced the launch of a groundbreaking $400 million lawsuit against four major corporations—Magna International, Inc., Gwillimdale Farms Ltd., Touchstone Resort, and Smith Gardens—for their alleged complications in human trafficking.

The lawsuit is an essential step in the fight against human trafficking and underscores Diamond & Diamond Lawyers’ unwavering commitment to securing justice for its clients. The firm aims to send a strong message to other corporations that will not tolerate human trafficking by turning a blind eye.

“Human trafficking is a reprehensible crime,

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Neil Diamond Breaks Down Discussing Heartbreaking Health Condition

The legendary musician is still coming to terms with the diagnosis.

Neil Diamond’s one’s health journey hasn’t been an easy one over the last few years, but it’s learning to find acceptance.

The 82-year-old music legend—who announced in 2018 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease—candidly opened up about the condition in an emotional new interview for CBS Sunday Mornings, which is set to broadcast over the upcoming weekend.

In a snippet from the forthcoming interview reported by CBS News, Diamond told correspondent Anthony Mason he was in denial for a long time after initially receiving the diagnosis.

“I’m

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See Lake Shasta and Diamond Valley Lake grow

Following an extraordinarily wet winter, the water is once again roaring into some of California’s largest reservoirs and lakes for the first time in nearly three years.

Southern California’s largest reservoir marked an incredible turnaround Monday when officials from the Metropolitan Water District turned on the taps once again — releasing water transported from Northern California that gushed from valves at 600 cubic feet per second into the 4.5-mile-long Diamond Valley Lake.

The reservoir near Hemet, about 40 miles west of Palm Springs, was built nearly three decades ago and holds twice as much water as all of the region’s

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Diamonds Were the 2023 Oscars’ Big Jewelry Winner

Fashion trends come and go, and the red carpet may have been nixed in favor of a champagne-colored one, but diamonds are an Oscars constant, as was seen on Sunday night.

Actors brought the bling at the 95th Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

Hardly one was without an impressive diamond necklace, bracelet, earrings or brooch.

From Michelle Yeoh’s diamond headband to Michael B. Jordan’s Schlumberger “Bird on a Rock” brooches, scroll for the most memorable diamond looks of the bunch.

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Florence Pugh gravitates toward the slightly daring and differently when it

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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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CA$0.04 loss per share (vs CA$0.085 profit in 3Q 2022)

Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits (CVE:DWS) Third Quarter 2023 Results

Key Financial Results

  • Revenue: CA$9.11m (up 8.5% from 3Q 2022).

  • Net loss: CA$1.18m (down by 158% from CA$2.02m profit in 3Q 2022).

  • CA$0.04 loss per share (down from CA$0.085 profit in 3Q 2022).

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All figures shown in the chart above are for the trailing 12 month (TTM) period

Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits’ share price is broadly unchanged from a week ago.

Risk Analysis

Before we wrap up, we’ve discovered 2 warning signs for Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits (1 is a bit unpleasant!) that you should be aware

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Camilla swaps the Kohinoor diamond for another controversial stone on her coronation crown

After much speculation, Camilla, the queen consort, won’t wear the controversial Kohinoor diamond that critics say was plundered under British rule — but some see the decision as an empty gesture.

The royal family announced this week that Queen Mary’s crown, which held a replica of the Kohinoor diamond, would be reset without the stone ahead of the coronation of King Charles III.

The crown will instead include the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds as a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. The stones, mined from South Africa, were part of her personal jewelry collection as brooches, but they are