<![CDATA[Rapaport - News]]><![CDATA[Martin Rapaport Video: New Year Market Analysis]]><![CDATA[Movado's Gedalio Grinberg Passes Away at 77]]><![CDATA[Graff Remains Bullish on the Diamond Market for 2009]]><![CDATA[IGI Continues to Drive Consumer Awareness ]]><![CDATA[The Israeli Diamond Industry to Shine at Macau Jewelry and Watch Fair]]><![CDATA[Christian Bernard Files Bankruptcy ]]><![CDATA[Thai Gem Assoc. Offers Incentives to Buyers at Bankok Fair]]><![CDATA[Online Jewelry Sales End Holiday Season -24%]]><![CDATA[Israel’s Polished Exports -12% in 2008; Net Diamond Acct. -15% ]]><![CDATA[Shear Minerals Raises $400K in Private Placement ]]><![CDATA[Hong Kong Nov. Retail Sales +1%; Jewelry & Watch -4% by Volume ]]><![CDATA[Gujarat Chief Minister Fails to Revive Diamond Polishing Units]]><![CDATA[Birmingham Assay Office Broadens Range of Services ]]><![CDATA[Rapaport TradeWire - Friday, January 02, 2009]]><![CDATA[Market Comments 1/2/2009]]><![CDATA[Rio Tinto to Mine Diamonds in Madhya Pradesh]]><![CDATA[Israel Market Report: Taking Initiative ]]><![CDATA[Economic Bulletin ]]><![CDATA[News Briefs]]><![CDATA[China Market Report: Keeping Faith ]]><![CDATA[Japan’s Polished Diamond Imports -26% in Nov. ]]><![CDATA[Observations ]]><![CDATA[Mining News]]><![CDATA[Belgium Market Report: Lost Market or Opportunity? ]]><![CDATA[Japan market Report: Down, Down, Down]]><![CDATA[The Golconda Mystique]]><![CDATA[Global Diamond Demand]]><![CDATA[India Market Report: Anticipating a Positive 2009]]><![CDATA[2008 Diamond Pricing in Review]]><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]><![CDATA[WFDB President Convenes 2009 WFDB-Asia Summit Meeting ]]><![CDATA[Diamond News Broadcast]]>]]><![CDATA[73,000 Stores Could Close In First Half of 2009]]><![CDATA[Online Retail Underperforms in 2008 Holiday Season]]><![CDATA[Rosenberg Diamonds Responds to Rumors of Business Closure]]><![CDATA[ALROSA Rough Diamond Sales -1% in 2008]]><![CDATA[ICSC Says 2008 Holiday Shopping Was Weakest in 40 Years]]><![CDATA[Los Angeles Sheriff Holds $370M Emerald]]><![CDATA[Reeds Jewelers Closes Macarthur Location ]]><![CDATA[IDI Offers International Diamond Buyers Free Hotel Stay ]]><![CDATA[New Dates, Venue Chosen for South India Jewellery Show]]><![CDATA[ALROSA to Receive Gov't Aid]]><![CDATA[Indian Gov't Shuns Gem & Jewelry Bailout Request]]><![CDATA[Israeli Police Arrest Two Diamond Dealers in Bourse]]><![CDATA[Thailand Diamond Exports -3% in October]]><![CDATA[African Union Suspends Guinea ]]><![CDATA[Saad Investment Raises Stake in Petra Diamonds to 44%]]><![CDATA[Luxury Items Weigh Heavily on Retail Sales This Season]]><![CDATA[Amazon Claims Strongest Holiday Season to Date ]]><![CDATA[Guinea's Junta Blocks Mining Contracts in Anti-Corruption Drive ]]><![CDATA[India Resumes Rough Diamond Imports ]]><![CDATA[Rapaport TradeWire - Friday, December 26, 2008]]><![CDATA[Market Comments 12/26/2008]]><![CDATA[JJS 2008 Affected By Economic Slowdown]]><![CDATA[Israel Diamond Exchange Urges Full Disclosure of Debt Settlements ]]><![CDATA[Diamond News Broadcast]]><![CDATA[UN Investigates Sexual Misconduct of Peacekeepers in DRC]]><![CDATA[Active Buying Surprises Exhibitors at the Jaipur Jewellery Show ]]><![CDATA[Police Identify Man in $300K Diamond Ring Grab]]><![CDATA[Police Foil Plot to Rob, Kill Jeweler and his Family]]><![CDATA[U.S. Customs Seize More than $1M in Stones at JFK]]><![CDATA[Christmas is Another Day of Suffering in Zimbabwe]]><![CDATA[Arizona Jeweler Recovers at Home After Being Shot in the Face]]><![CDATA[Etruscan Completes $5M Debt Financing]]><![CDATA[Caldera Resources Completes First Tranche of Private Placement]]><![CDATA[Wealthy Tighten Their Belts, Look For Bargains]]><![CDATA[Responsible Jewellery Council Takes New Name, Launches New Logo ]]><![CDATA[Thai Gem Assoc. Increases Marketing of Online B2B Facilitator]]><![CDATA[Israel Diamond Exchange Acts to Help Members ]]><![CDATA[Coup Declared in Guinea After Dictator's Death ]]><![CDATA[Jewelers in Australia See Higher Sales for Christmas, Use SWIM to Stay Efficient]]><![CDATA[GIA's Holiday Charity Drive Helps 'Voices for Children']]><![CDATA[MONUC Warns of New Rebel Build-up in Northeastern DRC]]><![CDATA[Children Describe Life in Illegal Diamond Mines of Sierra Leone]]><![CDATA[70% of Surat's Polishing Firms Open After Extended Closures ]]><![CDATA[Consumer Confidence Remains Near Record Low]]><![CDATA[NRF Asks for National Tax Holidays in 2009 to Boost Retail Sales]]><![CDATA[IDL Opens in Italy]]><![CDATA[U.S. Weekly Chain Store Sales -1%]]><![CDATA[Africa Reels As Economic Crisis Hits Mines ]]><![CDATA[Rio Tinto Claims Record Price for Argyle Diamond ]]><![CDATA[ALROSA Strikes Diamond Ore at Mir Ahead of Schedule]]><![CDATA[JVC Launches Essential Guide to U.S. Trade in Color Diamonds]]><![CDATA[Diamcor Agrees to Buy De Beers Alluvial Diamond Project]]><![CDATA[Israeli Diamond Manufacturer Zvi Or Closes ]]><![CDATA[JCPenney to Reduce Prices 50% on Entire Stock of Diamond Jewelry]]><![CDATA[Gemfields' FY Loss Grows as Miner Concentrates on Kagem Emerald Mine]]><![CDATA[Botswana Diamond Hub Makes Great Progress in 2008]]><![CDATA[GIA Plans Alumni Auction, Dance Party on Feb. 6 in Tucson]]><![CDATA[De Beers Mining Operations to Extend Christmas Break ]]><![CDATA[IGI Sees Growth in Demand for 'Canadian Origin' Grading Reports]]><![CDATA[China's Nov. Retail Sales +21% ]]><![CDATA[Japan's Dept. Store Sales Fall in Nov. ]]><![CDATA[Moody's Upbeat on Botswana Despite End of Fast-Growth Era]]><![CDATA[Theo Fennell 1H Sales Slump 20%]]><![CDATA[India's Gem & Jewelry Christmas Orders Slump]]><![CDATA[Online Holiday Retail Sales -1%; Jewelry & Watches -17% in Dec.]]><![CDATA[UN Extends Mandate of Panel to Assess Liberia’s Kimberley Process Compliance ]]><![CDATA[Diamond Fields Suspends Namibia Marine Operations]]><![CDATA[Robbers Storm Salinas Jewelry Store]]>