| Time keeps ticking away | | Posted Monday, March 12, 2007 3:15:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jeff Kohl is a baseball fanatic. And a stickler for time. So the owner of the diamond gallery on North Seminary Street that bears his name said he was excited by the prospect of daylight-saving time. "It doesn't get dark so early," Kohl said Thursday afternoon. "That means the sun stays up longer and we get more daylight in the evenings. That means more baseball." But Kohl forgot one small detail. "Wait, when do we move the clocks up this year?" Kohl asked. When he learned daylight-saving time has been moved up three weeks and starts at 2 a.m. Sunday morning, he groaned. Then he laughed. "I forgot they moved it up," Kohl said. "That means I'll be setting watches and clocks first thing Monday morning. That'll take forever." Kohl's Diamond Gallery offers a selection of close to 200 watches and a couple dozen clocks.... | |
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| | | Bollywood star to launch jewellery collection | | Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:21:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | POPULAR Indian actress Karisma Kapoor who has starred in many successful Bollywood movies will launch the Eros collection of jewellery at the Al-Sulaiman Jewellery & Watches (ASJW) main showroom at the Gold Souq tomorrow at 4.30pm. ASJW managing director Azim Abbas said that after inaugurating the Eros collection at the main showroom, Karisma will proceed to Hyatt Plaza to take part in a fashion show scheduled at the mall. Local models will exhibit the latest collection of Eros diamond jewellery at the Al-Sulaiman Jewellery & Watches outlet at the Hyatt Plaza, Abbas said in a release. Karisma, who is the brand ambassador of Eros Jewellery India, will address the gathering at the Hyatt Plaza. The event is open to all, Abbas said. Al-Sulaiman Jewellery & Watches is introducing the new range of branded diamond jewellery in the 15th year of its successful operations in Qatar, he added.... | |
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| | | The Businessman | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 7:34:58 PM by Blog57 Team | | SAN BERNARDINO - Bud Ammon is hard-bitten and unflappable. He has to be, otherwise he'd never survive selling gold, jewelry and trinkets amid liquor stores, homeless shelters and cheap motels. Ammon plies his trade in tough territory. Fifth and G streets, where Ammon has survived for about a quarter century, is the heart of the city's struggle against blight, poverty and crime. The name Ammons Diamond & Coin Gallery is inadequate to describe the buying, selling, collecting, trading and prattling that goes on there. It has been one of his store's best years in a decade, but it may also be one of its last. The City Council in March approved financing for up to $36 million in bonds for Mayor Pat Morris' plan to buy and clear 22 properties in the Fifth and G streets area. Ammons Diamond is one.... | |
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| | | Empty Completed Roadway Sits Idle, Empty | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:29:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | HOUSTON -- Note: The following story is a verbatim transcript of a Troubleshooters story that aired on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006, on KPRC Local 2 at 10 p.m. One hundred hours a year -- more time than most of us get for vacation. But that's how much time the average person spends waiting in traffic. You could get to work faster if the state would just open up two lanes of freeway they've already constructed. .... | |
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| | | Charriol Opens Third Boutique, Vegas on Tap | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 1:54:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Placing its first U.S. store in a laid-back California locale worked out so well for Charriol that the Swiss fine jewelry and watch brand decided to do it again. Charriol last month opened a 1,000-square-foot boutique, the company's third in the U.S., at Fashion Island, an open-air shopping center in Newport Beach. The store marks a return to Charriol's retail roots in California, where it opened a La Jolla store in 1994. "Newport Beach and La Jolla embody who we are," said Ori Zemer, vice president of Charriol USA. "The reason why we picked Fashion Island is really because it is a lifestyle center and Charriol is a lifestyle." With help from Robinson Hill Architecture, based in Costa Mesa, Calif., the Fashion Island location's look was tweaked slightly from Charriol's La Jolla and Atlanta stores.... | |
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| | | Clothier Al Wissam grows with hip-hop | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 12:02:35 PM by Blog57 Team | | LIVONIA -- By mid-November, Al Wissam Inc. expects to open its first freestanding store in east Dearborn, carrying its signature leather jackets and embroidered jeans worn by such celebrities as rappers Ludacris and Fabolous and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. "The jackets are taking off all over the world. People try to make knockoffs but we're ahead of them," says Matrice "Wood" Dudley, 39, executive vice president. The Livonia-based firm spent $700,000 to purchase and build out a 5,000-square-foot retail site, a block from its existing store. The old 4,500-square-foot store will become a source for a new line of hip-hop children's wear. Business is surging forward while the principals, Dudley and Bassem Souwaidan, also 39, travel to supervise a factory in China and sourcing shops around the world with names such as Dr.... | |
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| | | Hip-hop moguls teach finance | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 11:44:54 AM by Blog57 Team | | In an odd pairing of music and message, the world of hip-hop music -- known for urging the kind of conspicuous consumption characterized by platinum chains, oversized watches and diamond-encrusted gold teeth -- is entering the unlikely realm of financial advising. Marquee names in hip-hop, such as Toronto-born Lil' X, will be delivering lessons in personal banking, vehicle financing, repairing bad credit and understanding credit scores as part of a program that targets at-risk urban youth by using the people to whom they are most likely to listen. Back to Entertainment Listen to the FP Investing rap Full Business & Finance coverage "Hip-hop itself doesn't promote the best financial awareness," concedes Lil' X, a rap video director and panelist at Canada's first-ever Get Your Money Right Hip-Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment, which is being held at Toronto's Ryerson University.... | |
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| | | Diamonds are a cure's best friend | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:16:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | SCHERERVILLE | "Going once, going twice, sold!" will be the magic phrase during a live auction that takes place 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at a local jewelry store. The event, which is open to the public, is designed to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Indiana State Chapter.Auction items may be previewed from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at Albert's Diamond Jewelers, 711 Main St.Rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and watches will be auctioned off, as well as dinners, fine wine, golf packages, luggage, photo packages and tickets for sporting events.A variety of vendors and friends of the store donated items for the auction. Last year's auction raised more than $24,000 for the fight against the disease.For more information, call Helen Garrison at (219) 322-2700.Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, unpredictable disease of the central nervous system.... | |
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| | | Charity keeps local jeweler running | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 11:16:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | SCHERERVILLE | He'll finish. It might take longer than the 6 1/2 hours it took last year, but Fred Halpern is determined to finish the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon on Sunday.The 67-year-old owner of Albert's Diamond Jewelers is running to raise money to benefit Multiple Sclerosis research. MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system. There is treatment for patients, but there is no cure.Halpern got involved with the cause after his wife, Donna, was diagnosed with MS. His previous charity work centered around AIDS research because Halpern's brother had AIDS.So far, Halpern has raised $500,000 for the two charities, he said.Halpern stays in the middle of the pack when biking or swimming. But he's not a fast runner, he said.Although running isn't his strength, a slow pace doesn't stop him from competing.This year alone, Halpern has completed two triathlons, two half-marathons and a 90-mile bike ride.... | |
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| | | Online sweepstakes fans smile as goods are delivered | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 3:14:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Jenny Goedker's mailbox is a 300-foot walk from her front door, but each step of the way is filled with anticipation. That's not because she's excited about a handful of bills and junk mail, but because every day brings the possibility of a prize stuffed inside the square lockbox outside her New Smyrna Beach apartment. Goedker, a 27-year-old single mom, is an avid sweeper who spends at least two hours each day at online-sweepstakes.com, an information and message board Web site featuring a categorized, searchable directory of current sweepstakes and contests. "When I open my mailbox and see it stuffed with things, I get this rush. There are prize wins in there all the time," Goedker said. A sweepstakes site member since October 2005, she pays $30 for a one-year subscription -- a cost she easily recoups in prizes, she said.... | |
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