Diva's diamonds raise a million
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The jewellery collection of opera singer Maria Callas has fetched over Â£1m at auction in Switzerland.
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Business & money: Bob Diamond receives payout despite Â£1.6bn sub-prime hit as bank beats forecasts
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Millionaire musical composer Andrew  Lloyd Webber may soon be singing all the way to the bank after  getting an offer for his Really Useful Group, worth up to  $934.2 million.
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The upscale jewelry retailer continues to shine.
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Jeff Koonsâs âBlue Diamond,â will be offered for sale on Nov. 13 at Christieâs auction of postwar and contemporary art, with an estimate of around $12 million.
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The Miss Universe pageant will hand a diamond- and pearl-studded crown to its 2007 beauty queen on Monday, choosing from 77 contestants including the competition's first Rastafarian.
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MAKYBE Diva joined racing&#39;s immortals with a commanding win in the $4.6 million Melbourne Cup today. Backed into 5-2 favouritism by a flood of money from around the country, she became the first mare to win
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Thieves have stolen two diamonds worth about $14.1 million from a trade fair at one of Paris&#39; top museums. The gems were taken from a display case at an antique and jewelry dealers show at the Louvre Museum complex.
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Diamonds are forever. And for restitution, too. Martin Frankel, the Greenwich, Conn., financier who swindled millions from insurance companies, converted his ill-gotten gains into diamonds before fleeing the country in 1999.
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De Beers, the world's largest diamond producer, said Thursday that net profits for 2004 had risen about 25 percent to &#36;498 million.
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Singer Madonna breaks the  record for being the highest paid female singer in the world.
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Platinum, used in jewellery and auto catalysts, jumped to another record high above $2,000 an ounce on Monday, on lingering power supply which disrupted mining in main producer South Africa.
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These celebrities banked the most millions in a single day.
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10 strands of hair become $1m charity gem A synthetic diamond company has transformed 10 strands of Beethoven's hair into a "Fancy Blue" 0.56 carat gem expected to sell for up to $1m on eBay.â¦
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Â· Clinton's rival raises record breaking $32m in a monthÂ· Schwarzenegger endorses Republican frontrunner
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Tâs womenâs fashion market directorâs $135 diamond earrings...
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Ten years after the death of Princess Diana, the coming milestone anniversary is bringing a reprise as dozens of companies seek to capitalize on a renewed interest her legacy.