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DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS Diamond Intelligence Briefs 2008 DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 537 30 December 2008 Inside this issue: New York Proposes 5% Sales Tax on Jewelry over US$20,000 ....Yakutia May Seek Tax Amnesty for Gem Industry ...Holiday Season Online Spending Down Only 1%; Jewelry Sp... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 536 22 December 2008 Inside this issue: Kimberley Process Urges Combating Smuggling...KP Guidance for Enhanced Vigilance Measures Targeting Marange Diamonds ....UN Envoy Who Played a Role in Establishment ... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 535 16 December 2008 Inside this issue: Zimbabwe KP Suspension will Exacerbate the Human Suffering …Zimbabwe: The Killing of a Nation; EU Politicians Focus on Diamonds …FICCI Gems and Jewellery Committee ‘W... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 534 09 December 2008 Inside this issue: Europe’s Proposed Diamond and Synthetics Marketing Standards Create Non-Tariff Trade Barrier with Rest-of-World ....Election Engineering at the DDC .... Small Decembe... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 533 01 December 2008 Inside this issue: A Disappointing Thanksgiving ....Bank Leumi Ceases to Finance Rough Purchases.... Mexico Joins KP ....Ohio Federal Court Jury Issues Verdict against Julius Klein Diam... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 532 25 November 2008 Inside this issue: A New Sound of Music: Indian Winter Blues … SA Diamond Council and UDASA Amalgamate … Alrosa to Increase Diamond Promotion Marketing Budget Dramatically … China Hosti... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 531 18 November 2008 Inside this issue: The Diamantaire’s Prisoner’s Dilemma …. D No Evidence of Rough Trading With Turkey Prior to KP Membership … Dubai Airport’s New Terminal 3 to Have Special Section for... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 530 11 November 2008 Inside this issue: Crisis Mitigation at De Beers ....Alrosa Pressures Antwerp into Holding Diamond Conference .... Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela Hold Meeting over Diamond Issues ...Aucti... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 529 04 November 2008 Inside this issue: Rough Prices Must Be Allowed to Reach True Market Levels … Russian Government Contemplates Increased Diamond Stockpiling; Lower Rough Prices Failed to Enhance Sales …... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 528 28 October 2008 Inside this issue: De Beers Leads in Funding CIBJO’s Synthetics and Grading Rules Lobbying in European Parliament....In Gloomy Days: A Silver Cloud in Dubai …. Belgian Police Confiscate... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 527 15 October 2008 Inside this issue: De Beers Crisis-Management: Reducing Mining Output and Rough Sales and Changing Consumer Marketing Message ….Alrosa’s Sergey Vybornov Fights Alrosa Down-Rating by Sta... DIAMOND INTELLIGENCE BRIEFS - ISSUE 526 28 September 2008 Inside this issue: Venezuela – Quo Vadis? .... Russian Diamond Exports in H1 Top US$950 Million …. Politically Incorrect …. 20th Largest Rough Diamond Ever Found Weighs in at 478 Carats... Page 1 of 3 (Total 32 articles) Go to page num 1 2 3