Biggest diamond in 13 years goes to market
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A 603-carat diamond, the biggest found in 13 years and the 15th largest in the world, went on sale in Antwerp on Wednesday after being uncovered in Lesotho in southern Africa, the owners said.
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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers held its largest sale to date in company history last week in Moerdijk, (Rotterdam), the Netherlands, earning over 51million (approx. US$68 million) in gross auction sales.
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Blackstone Group LP  priced its initial public offering at the top end of the range on Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13 billion in the largest U.S. IPO since 2002.
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Tâs womenâs fashion market directorâs $135 diamond earrings...
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Knight Vinke Asset Management, which has a track record of initiating change at large companies, has found its latest target in Europeâs biggest bank.
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The price of platinum reached a record high point of 1,503.50 dollars an ounce on the Platinum and Palladium market on Tuesday, having breached 1,500 dollars for the first time late on Monday
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Â· South African find is twice as big as the Cullinan Â· Expert predicts feverish bidding on huge stone
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Platinum hit a record high for the 13th successive day on Monday on lingering power supply shortages which have disrupted mining in main producer South Africa.
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Many closed-end funds trade at the biggest discount to net asset value in years. And yields are sky-high.
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Barry Bonds's 700th home run ball brought a top bid of $804,129 Wednesday after a 10-day online auction.
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The unquestioned leader of one of the market's hottest sectors is set to report.
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Diamonds are a girl's best friends, and Nicole Kidman only seems to reinforcing the idea in her new 12 million dollar ad campaign for Chanel No.5, which features herwearing custom-designed outfits by Karl Lagerfeld, and jewellery worth 42 million dollars including a special piece studded with 687 diamonds.
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One new stock has left quite a footprint.
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New records were set on Thursday for  works by Gauguin, Modigliani and Mondrian at Sotheby's auction  of Impressionist and modern art which achieved the biggest  total since 1990.
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The record-breaking European high-yield bond market will come close to raising EU40bn in 2006 after price guidance was set yesterday for the last major dealof the year.
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InterContinental Hotels Group passed another milestone in its wide-ranging asset disposal programme yesterday when it sold 13 of its North American properties for $425m (Â£220m).
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MURFREESBORO, Ark. - Walking along a path taken by thousands of others at the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Nicole Ruhter noticed something everyone else had missed - a tea-colored, 2.93-carat diamond.