Hints and tips:
...I also have The Diamond Cutter – a book that fuses Tibetan Buddhism with practical business strategy. I love self-help books and acquiring knowledge....
...Although there had been dips in this trade after India chose to import French Rafale aircrafts and American Apache helicopters over Russian offerings, India remains the world’s largest importer of arms....
...Closer to land, meanwhile, some alluvial sands yield sufficient mineral deposits – as is the case with Namibian diamonds....
...But in countries that are net importers the price plunge has worked as a tax cut for consuming nations....
...The world’s largest diamond exchange opened in Mumbai on Sunday, as India, the largest global cutter and polisher of roughs looks to establish itself as a trading hub, challenging the traditional dominance...
...The laboratory’s fittings and microscopes glisten almost as brilliantly as the diamonds themselves. Under the watchful instruction of expert foreign cutters, locals perfect stone after precious stone....
...Many small merchants, such as India’s diamond cutters, rely on debt to fund purchases of rough stones....
...“I spend my day running around with an item to 20 experts; wholesalers, retailers and diamond cutters and I’ll see who will give the highest price....
...The agricultural investment drive faces controversy, after a warning from the United Nations of the risk of “neo-colonialism” as food importers scramble to secure farmland overseas....
...De Beers said the slowdown resulted from cutters and polishers of the stones having built up stockpiles, and that the public’s desire to buy diamond jewellery was undimmed....
...” # Helena Morrissey, chief executive of Newton Investment Management, says she is not a reader of conventional investment books but The Diamond Cutter: The Buddha on Managing Your Business and Your Life...
...The draft proposes establishing a state diamond trader and require De Beers and other producers to offer local cutters and polishers a percentage of all diamonds produced....
International Edition