Jewelry merchant on eBay fined $400,000 October 11, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – A jewelry company on eBay Inc. that allegedly bid on its own auctions to illegally drive up prices by as much as 20 percent agreed to pay $400,000 in restitution and penalties, the New York state attorney general’s office said on Saturday.
The Heist of the Century – 2 Teens Steal 1 Video Game With Sledgehammer October 11, 2007
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In what might be one of the strangest robberies in history, 2 Milwaukee teenagers broke into a Target with a sledgehammer. Did they steal jewelry? Nope, their target was a single video game. That
’s right. They risked countless years in prison for $60.
Poisonous Lead Still Found In Children’s Jewelry Despite Government Efforts October 11, 2007
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Despite a two-year effort to eliminate the threat of poisonous lead in inexpensive children
’s jewelry, hundreds of thousands of tainted items are still being sold across the United States, the federal government has found.
Swallowing The Evidence (NOT a Lewinsky joke!!) October 11, 2007
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Did you know that Jewelry store thieves sometimes swallow their stash at the scene in order to make a clean getaway? I was in the jewelry trade and I didn
’t know that one! Since this form of hiding the stash is more common than I ever knew it was, police have now started to routinely wait out those suspected of stealing jewels.
[PHOTO] Brilliant Sand-Glass for $25 000 October 11, 2007
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Glass capsule of this sand-glass is set up in the gold body and instead of sand to determine the time here 2000 of brilliants are used. This sand-glass would be properly to name brilliant-glass.
As you guess this is work of the famous jewelry house – De Beers.
Cutting CO2 or a Sneak Attack on Porsche, Ferrari? October 11, 2007
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Fast, powerful cars within a few years may be outlawed in Europe, an idea that has been raised ostensibly because Ferraris and Porsches produce too much carbon dioxide. For those who abhor sports cars as vulgar symbols of affluence (along with vacation homes, furs and fancy jewelry), such a ban could be a two-fer: Saving the planet while cutting
Jewelry Store Owner Using Scorpions For Security October 11, 2007
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“We are adventurous. I wouldn’t say we are crazy,” he says. “You always want to hang onto the stinger part because that’s the part that’s dangerous.”
Jewelers Offer Chance to Swim in Gold October 11, 2007
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A Tokyo jewelry store in Tokyo, Japan, unveiled a few gold items you would not normally find among rings and necklaces.
The family that thugs together, hugs together October 11, 2007
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On Sept. 11, Juan Carlos Torres, Jr., 16, and his mother, Obdulia Santivanez Torres, 40, were arrested following the sale of two ounces of cocaine for $1,600. Seized in a later search were approximately 17 grams of cocaine valued at $25,000, three handguns, one rifle, ammunition, assorted gold jewelry and $8,829 in cash.
old computer parts given new life! October 11, 2007
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Wondering what to do with all those old floppy disks, scratched CDs and random computer parts you can
’t get yourself to throw away? Check out the clocks, notebooks and jewelry the clever folks at Acorn Studios have fashioned from old keyboard keys, circuit boards and floppy disks for a little inspiration.
