Michel Patrick DeSalles was sentenced after pleading guilty to the 2017 murder of Omid Gholian, who owned a jewelry store in Manhattan.
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Finsch has been in business rescue since May, and owner Petra Diamonds said it sees no viable path forward for the mine.

Ostbye took home top vendor honors at the Independent Jewelers Organization’s show, held last month in Kentucky.

Cloud, who will officially join Blue Nile on Monday, spent 26 years at Tiffany & Co. and founded jewelry brand Roseate.

Museum officials are looking to the public to help cover the “exceptional” costs involved in recovering from the July 5 smash-and-grab.

Benjamin Siegel, son of President and CEO Hank Siegel, started working for the family business this week.

André Branch has more than 25 years of experience with various brands, most recently serving as CEO of Ariana Grande’s cosmetics company.

The 50-year-old man pleaded guilty earlier this year to robbing two jewelry stores and a pawn shop of more than $700,000 in merchandise.

The goal is for the De Beers sale to be finished by the second half of 2026, with the subsequent approvals process expected to take a year.

David Bonaparte, along with Tim Haake and Ronnie VanderLinden, continue to lobby for tariff exemptions for diamonds, gemstones, and pearls.

Endiama Commercial Director Elton Escrivão knows people have a lot of misperceptions about Angola. He wants to change that.
The scholarships will go to early-career professionals looking to study gemology, bench work and jewelry design, or store operations.

The new sweeping slate of tariffs impacts 60 countries, including India, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates.

Production also was up in the first half of 2026 but is expected to “substantially” decrease in H2 as two key mines undergo maintenance.

The higher tax is set to go into effect in August and will apply to loose polished diamonds as well as precious and base metals jewelry.

The new tariff, imposed after a Trump administration study, is 25 percent and will stack on top of existing tariffs.

The diamond mine, which opened nearly 30 years ago in Canada’s Northwest Territories, is expected to shut down by mid-August.

Jewelry sales for the company, which owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Vhernier, and Buccellati, rose 21 percent in the first quarter.

The watch and jewelry retailer had a strong fiscal year despite what its CEO described as a “complex operating backdrop.”

Alberto Perez-Elias is one of four men charged with robbing a Cape Coral, Florida, jewelry store and is the only one still at large.

The diamond miner and marketer is undergoing another round of cost-cutting measures ahead of its sale by Anglo American.

Shaun Wills joined the company in 2024 and was chief financial officer of the De Beers Brands and Consumer Markets division.

René Lalique’s “Woman Dragonfly With Open Wings” pendant, the first piece the museum acquired, was one of the jewels taken.

The three industry leaders bring financial, communications, and legal expertise to the nonprofit’s board of directors.

SSEF issued a notice about the potential new source of the sought-after gemstone, citing “credible reports” from trade sources.














