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Jewelry Crime Up, Grab and Runs Blamed By Rob Bates - 05/01/2009
A huge increase in grab and run incidents—in which customers run off with jewelry shown to them—drove up jewelry crime 17 percent in 2008, reversing the recent downward trend, Jewelers' Security Alliance reported. “Crime was definitely up in 2008,” says JSA president John Kennedy. More
JVC, JBT to Hold 'Memo' Seminar at JANY 06/18/2009
The Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC) and the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) will team up to present the “Do’s and Don’ts of Trading on Memo.”
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JBT Honors JM; Matthies joins JBT Board 04/08/2009 Joel Matthies, chief information officer at Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., accepted an award at a lunch in Midtown Manhattan from the Jewelers Board of Trade on behalf of its long-standing commitment to JBT.
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JA Provides Guidance on Burma Gem Ban 03/30/2009 Jewelers of America sent its members updated guidance on the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008, which banned the import of Burmese rubies and jadeite, effective Sept. 27, 2008.
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Annual Rough Diamond Reports due April 1 03/26/2009 All importers and exporters of rough diamonds in 2008 are reminded that annual reports of rough diamond imports and exports must be filed by April 1, the Jewelers Vigilance Committee said. Anyone who exported or imported rough diamonds in 2008 must file a report.
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Life for Man in Mich. Jewelry Store Slayings 03/24/2009 One of two brothers convicted of killing two persons during the robbery of a Grand Haven, Mich., jewelry store has been given a mandatory life prison sentence, The Associated Press reports.
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JVC, JBT, Memo Seminar at Instore Show 03/18/2009 The Jewelers Vigilance Committee and The Jewelers Board of Trade will present “The Basics of Memo Transaction – The Dos and Don’t’s of Trading on Memo” at The Instore Show, Navy Piers, Chicago, April 20 at 8:30 a.m.
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JCK Las Vegas 2009 JCK Las Vegas - the premiere jewelry show in the industry. Check out our event pics!
BaselWorld 2009 Parties abounded during the BaselWorld
Watch & Jewellery Fair, and right in
the mix were JCK staffers.
24K Club of New York Dinner Some of the most influential players of the fine jewelry and watch industry were in attendance at The Twenty-Four Karat Club of the City of New York annual dinner on Jan. 10 at the Waldorf Astoria.
Joel Matthies, chief information officer at Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co., accepted an award at a lunch in Midtown Manhattan from the Jewelers Board of Trade on behalf of its long-standing commitment to JBT.
Jewelers of America sent its members updated guidance on the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008, which banned the import of Burmese rubies and jadeite, effective Sept. 27, 2008.
All importers and exporters of rough diamonds in 2008 are reminded that annual reports of rough diamond imports and exports must be filed by April 1, the Jewelers Vigilance Committee said. Anyone who exported or imported rough diamonds in 2008 must file a report.
One of two brothers convicted of killing two persons during the robbery of a Grand Haven, Mich., jewelry store has been given a mandatory life prison sentence, The Associated Press reports.
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