(525,1,'2010-05-18 12:30:29','2010-05-18 12:30:29','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-6','','','2010-05-18 12:30:29','2010-05-18 12:30:29','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(526,1,'2010-05-19 06:22:36','2010-05-19 06:22:36','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-7','','','2010-05-19 06:22:36','2010-05-19 06:22:36','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(531,1,'2010-05-18 12:11:06','2010-05-18 12:11:06','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-11','','','2010-05-18 12:11:06','2010-05-18 12:11:06','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(532,1,'2010-05-19 06:24:44','2010-05-19 06:24:44','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-12','','','2010-05-19 06:24:44','2010-05-19 06:24:44','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(533,1,'2010-05-19 06:24:45','2010-05-19 06:24:45','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-13','','','2010-05-19 06:24:45','2010-05-19 06:24:45','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-13',0,'revision','',0),(534,1,'2010-05-18 12:06:23','2010-05-18 12:06:23','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-20','','','2010-05-18 12:06:23','2010-05-18 12:06:23','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-20',0,'revision','',0),(535,1,'2010-05-19 06:25:18','2010-05-19 06:25:18','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-21','','','2010-05-19 06:25:18','2010-05-19 06:25:18','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-21',0,'revision','',0),(536,1,'2010-05-19 06:25:30','2010-05-19 06:25:30','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-22','','','2010-05-19 06:25:30','2010-05-19 06:25:30','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-22',0,'revision','',0),(537,1,'2010-05-19 06:25:31','2010-05-19 06:25:31','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>\r\n','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-23','','','2010-05-19 06:25:31','2010-05-19 06:25:31','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-23',0,'revision','',0),(541,1,'2010-05-12 05:26:56','2010-05-12 05:26:56','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216 \" title=\"Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\" target=\"”\">Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','publish','open','open','','reliance-jewel-to-open-soon','','','2010-05-25 05:28:31','2010-05-25 05:28:31','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=541',0,'post','',0),(542,1,'2010-05-19 06:38:50','2010-05-19 06:38:50','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\n\nREF: http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\nReliance Jewel to open soon\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision','','','2010-05-19 06:38:50','2010-05-19 06:38:50','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision',0,'revision','',0),(544,1,'2010-05-19 06:46:22','2010-05-19 06:46:22','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewelAccording to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nREF: http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\r\nReliance Jewel to open soon','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-3','','','2010-05-19 06:46:22','2010-05-19 06:46:22','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(543,1,'2010-05-19 06:45:30','2010-05-19 06:45:30','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\r\nReliance Jewel to open soon\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-2','','','2010-05-19 06:45:30','2010-05-19 06:45:30','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(545,1,'2010-05-19 06:47:19','2010-05-19 06:47:19','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\r\nAccording to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\nREF: http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\r\nReliance Jewel to open soon','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-4','','','2010-05-19 06:47:19','2010-05-19 06:47:19','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(546,1,'2010-05-19 06:52:02','2010-05-19 06:52:02','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href = http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-5','','','2010-05-19 06:52:02','2010-05-19 06:52:02','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(547,1,'2010-05-19 06:52:11','2010-05-19 06:52:11','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href = http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-6','','','2010-05-19 06:52:11','2010-05-19 06:52:11','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(548,1,'2010-05-19 06:52:13','2010-05-19 06:52:13','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href = http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-7','','','2010-05-19 06:52:13','2010-05-19 06:52:13','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(553,1,'2010-05-19 06:58:06','2010-05-19 06:58:06','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216 \" title=\"Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\" target=\"”\">Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-12','','','2010-05-19 06:58:06','2010-05-19 06:58:06','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(549,1,'2010-05-19 06:55:03','2010-05-19 06:55:03','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href =\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\"target=” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-8','','','2010-05-19 06:55:03','2010-05-19 06:55:03','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(550,1,'2010-05-19 06:55:04','2010-05-19 06:55:04','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href =\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\"target=” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-9','','','2010-05-19 06:55:04','2010-05-19 06:55:04','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(551,1,'2010-05-19 06:56:53','2010-05-19 06:56:53','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href =\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\"target=” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-10','','','2010-05-19 06:56:53','2010-05-19 06:56:53','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(552,1,'2010-05-19 06:56:56','2010-05-19 06:56:56','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216\" title=\"Reliance jewel to open soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href =\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\"target=” blank”>Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>\r\n\r\n','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-11','','','2010-05-19 06:56:56','2010-05-19 06:56:56','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(591,1,'2010-05-19 06:58:07','2010-05-19 06:58:07','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216 \" title=\"Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\" target=\"”\">Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-13','','','2010-05-19 06:58:07','2010-05-19 06:58:07','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-13',0,'revision','',0),(592,1,'2010-05-19 07:51:47','2010-05-19 07:51:47','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216 \" title=\"Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\" target=\"”\">Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-14','','','2010-05-19 07:51:47','2010-05-19 07:51:47','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-14',0,'revision','',0),(593,1,'2010-05-19 07:54:43','2010-05-19 07:54:43','<div>\n<div>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\n\n</div>\n</div>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-6','','','2010-05-19 07:54:43','2010-05-19 07:54:43','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(594,1,'2010-05-19 07:55:09','2010-05-19 07:55:09','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-7','','','2010-05-19 07:55:09','2010-05-19 07:55:09','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(595,1,'2010-05-19 07:56:14','2010-05-19 07:56:14','<div>\n<div>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\n\n</div>\n</div>\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-8','','','2010-05-19 07:56:14','2010-05-19 07:56:14','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(596,1,'2010-05-19 07:56:31','2010-05-19 07:56:31','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >Press release</a>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-9','','','2010-05-19 07:56:31','2010-05-19 07:56:31','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(597,1,'2010-05-19 08:02:02','2010-05-19 08:02:02','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >Press release</a>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-10','','','2010-05-19 08:02:02','2010-05-19 08:02:02','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(614,1,'2010-05-19 08:42:46','2010-05-19 08:42:46','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\n\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\n\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\n\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\n\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\n\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\n\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\n\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\n\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\n\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\n\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\n\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\n\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\n\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE NEWS','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-53','','','2010-05-19 08:42:46','2010-05-19 08:42:46','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-53',0,'revision','',0),(615,1,'2010-05-19 08:46:46','2010-05-19 08:46:46','<strong>It\'s all in your gems</strong>\r\n\r\nDo people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really powerful people at the top of their game - from Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamon\r\n\r\n<!-- 		@page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } 		P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } 		A:link { color: #0000ff } --><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gemfields launches website in sync with its repositioning strategy</strong></span>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”','GEMSTONE NEWS','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-54','','','2010-05-19 08:46:46','2010-05-19 08:46:46','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-54',0,'revision','',0),(616,1,'2010-05-09 05:14:05','2010-05-09 05:14:05','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','publish','open','open','','its-all-in-your-gems','','','2010-07-04 12:12:07','2010-07-04 12:12:07','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=616',0,'post','',0),(617,1,'2010-05-19 08:55:55','2010-05-19 08:55:55','','it\'s- all-about gems-stone_biggstock','','inherit','open','open','','its-all-about-gems-stone_biggstock','','','2010-05-19 08:55:55','2010-05-19 08:55:55','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/its-all-about-gems-stone_biggstock.htm',0,'attachment','text/html',0),(618,1,'2010-05-19 08:57:35','2010-05-19 08:57:35','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\n\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\n\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\n\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\n\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\n\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\n\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\n\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\n\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\n\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\n\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\n\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\n\n<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\n\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\n\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','inherit','open','open','','616-revision','','','2010-05-19 08:57:35','2010-05-19 08:57:35','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/616-revision',0,'revision','',0),(619,1,'2010-05-19 09:09:14','2010-05-19 09:09:14','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','inherit','open','open','','616-revision-2','','','2010-05-19 09:09:14','2010-05-19 09:09:14','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/616-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(620,1,'2010-05-19 09:10:19','2010-05-19 09:10:19','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','inherit','open','open','','616-revision-3','','','2010-05-19 09:10:19','2010-05-19 09:10:19','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/616-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(625,1,'2010-05-19 09:25:36','2010-05-19 09:25:36','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-59','','','2010-05-19 09:25:36','2010-05-19 09:25:36','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-59',0,'revision','',0),(626,1,'2010-05-19 09:27:44','2010-05-19 09:27:44','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-60','','','2010-05-19 09:27:44','2010-05-19 09:27:44','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-60',0,'revision','',0);
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (627,1,'2010-05-19 09:28:16','2010-05-19 09:28:16','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, oneof world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-61','','','2010-05-19 09:28:16','2010-05-19 09:28:16','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-61',0,'revision','',0),(628,1,'2010-05-15 09:40:24','2010-05-15 09:40:24','<strong>Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\r\n\r\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\r\n\r\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\r\n\r\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\r\n\r\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\r\n\r\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\r\n\r\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\r\n\r\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\r\n\r\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India','GJEPC','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-6','','','2010-05-15 09:40:24','2010-05-15 09:40:24','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(629,1,'2010-05-19 09:33:52','2010-05-19 09:33:52','<strong>Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\r\n\r\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\r\n\r\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\r\n\r\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\r\n\r\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\r\n\r\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\r\n\r\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\r\n\r\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\r\n\r\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India','GJEPC','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-7','','','2010-05-19 09:33:52','2010-05-19 09:33:52','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(630,1,'2010-05-19 09:39:53','2010-05-19 09:39:53','<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\r\n\r\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\r\n\r\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\r\n\r\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\r\n\r\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\r\n\r\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\r\n\r\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\r\n\r\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\r\n\r\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India\r\n\r\nREF: &lt;a href=\"http://www.gjepc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" &gt;Gem &amp; Jewelery Export Promotion Council&lt;/a&gt;','Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-8','','','2010-05-19 09:39:53','2010-05-19 09:39:53','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(631,1,'2010-05-19 09:41:01','2010-05-19 09:41:01','<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\n\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\n\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\n\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\n\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\n\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\n\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\n\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\n\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\n\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\n\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\n\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\n\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India\n\nREF: &lt;a href=\"http://www.gjepc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" &gt;Gem &amp; Jewelery Export Promotion Council&lt;/a&gt;','Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-9','','','2010-05-19 09:41:01','2010-05-19 09:41:01','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(632,1,'2010-05-19 09:41:41','2010-05-19 09:41:41','<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\r\n\r\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\r\n\r\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\r\n\r\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\r\n\r\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\r\n\r\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\r\n\r\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\r\n\r\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\r\n\r\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.gjepc.org\" target=\"_blank\" >Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council</a>','Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-10','','','2010-05-19 09:41:41','2010-05-19 09:41:41','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(633,1,'2010-05-15 09:00:31','2010-05-15 09:00:31','<strong>International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI)</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','I JSI ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-4','','','2010-05-15 09:00:31','2010-05-15 09:00:31','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(634,1,'2010-05-19 09:42:39','2010-05-19 09:42:39','<strong>International Journal of Software and Informatics (IJSI)</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','I JSI ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-5','','','2010-05-19 09:42:39','2010-05-19 09:42:39','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(635,1,'2010-05-19 09:52:25','2010-05-19 09:52:25','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\n\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\" target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\n\n\n<a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\n\n\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\n\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\n\nAREA AND TOPICS\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\nFormal model-based development and code generation\nAbstraction and refinement\nFormal specification and modelling\nSoftware verification\nFormal approaches to software testing\nSoftware model checking\nFormal methods for object and component systems\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\nFormal methods for cloud computing\nTool development and integration\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\nExperiments involving verified systems\nApplications of formal methods\n\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\n\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\n\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\n\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\n\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\n\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\n\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\n\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\n\nCommittees\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\nPublications Chair:\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\n\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\n• Grid computing\n• Peer-to-peer computing\n• Cloud computing\n• Service computing\n• Green computing\n• High performance computing\n• Parallel and distributed computing\n• Cyber physical systems\n• Smart planet\n• Network communication\n• Sensor Network\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\n• Grid and cloud middleware\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\n• Applications or industrial case\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\n\nSubmission of Papers\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\n\nWorkshops Proposal\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\n\nPublication\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-6','','','2010-05-19 09:52:25','2010-05-19 09:52:25','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(641,1,'2010-05-19 09:55:22','2010-05-19 09:55:22','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\n\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\"target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\n\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\n\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\n\nAREA AND TOPICS\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\nFormal model-based development and code generation\nAbstraction and refinement\nFormal specification and modelling\nSoftware verification\nFormal approaches to software testing\nSoftware model checking\nFormal methods for object and component systems\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\nFormal methods for cloud computing\nTool development and integration\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\nExperiments involving verified systems\nApplications of formal methods\n\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\n\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\n\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\n\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\n\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\n\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\n\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\n\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\n\nCommittees\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\nPublications Chair:\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\n\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\n• Grid computing\n• Peer-to-peer computing\n• Cloud computing\n• Service computing\n• Green computing\n• High performance computing\n• Parallel and distributed computing\n• Cyber physical systems\n• Smart planet\n• Network communication\n• Sensor Network\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\n• Grid and cloud middleware\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\n• Applications or industrial case\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\n\nSubmission of Papers\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\n\nWorkshops Proposal\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\n\nPublication\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-12','','','2010-05-19 09:55:22','2010-05-19 09:55:22','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(636,1,'2010-05-19 09:52:27','2010-05-19 09:52:27','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\" target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-7','','','2010-05-19 09:52:27','2010-05-19 09:52:27','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(637,1,'2010-05-19 09:52:30','2010-05-19 09:52:30','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\" target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-8','','','2010-05-19 09:52:30','2010-05-19 09:52:30','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(638,1,'2010-05-19 09:52:32','2010-05-19 09:52:32','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\" target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-9','','','2010-05-19 09:52:32','2010-05-19 09:52:32','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(639,1,'2010-05-19 09:53:03','2010-05-19 09:53:03','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\" target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-10','','','2010-05-19 09:53:03','2010-05-19 09:53:03','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(640,1,'2010-05-19 09:54:10','2010-05-19 09:54:10','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\"target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >tttttttt</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a><strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-11','','','2010-05-19 09:54:10','2010-05-19 09:54:10','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(642,1,'2010-05-19 09:55:33','2010-05-19 09:55:33','<strong>Call for Papers for ICFEM 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n12th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods\r\nNov 16-19, 2010, Shanghai, China\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010\"target=\"_blank\" >12th ICFEM</a>\r\n\r\nICFEM brings together those interested in the application of formal engineering methods to computer systems. Researchers and practitioners, from industry, academia, and government, are encouraged to attend, and to help advance the state of the art. We are interested in work that has been incorporated into real production systems, and in theoretical work that promises to bring practical, tangible benefit.\r\n\r\nICFEM 2010 will be organized by Software Engineering Institute, East China  Normal University. Any inquiries can be sent to <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\nAREA AND TOPICS\r\nSubmissions related to the following principal themes are encouraged, but any topics relevant to the field of formal methods and their support environments will also be considered:\r\nFormal model-based development and code generation\r\nAbstraction and refinement\r\nFormal specification and modelling\r\nSoftware verification\r\nFormal approaches to software testing\r\nSoftware model checking\r\nFormal methods for object and component systems\r\nAnalysis and models for concurrency\r\nFormal methods for cloud computing\r\nTool development and integration\r\nSoftware safety, security and reliability\r\nExperiments involving verified systems\r\nApplications of formal methods\r\n\r\nSUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION\r\nSubmissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\r\n\r\nPapers should be written in English and not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format (see <a href=\"http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html\">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for details). A website for uploading papers linked to the conference webpage (<a href=\"http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/\">http://www.sei.ecnu.edu.cn/icfem2010/</a> ) will be open at the appropriate time. All queries should be sent to the e-mail address <a href=\"mailto:icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn\">icfem2010@sei.ecnu.edu.cn</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers for ICEBE2010</strong>\r\n\r\nThe 7th IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) is a prestigious conference which is initiated from 2003 by the IEEE Technical Committee on E-Commerce.\r\n\r\nICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets.Please visit <a href=\"http://conferences.computer.org/icebe\">http://conferences.computer.org/icebe</a> to get more information.\r\n\r\n<strong>Call for Papers and Workshops</strong>\r\n\r\n<strong></strong>The 9th International Conference on Grid and Cloud Computing\r\nNovember 1-5, 2010, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China\r\n<a href=\"http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010\">http://jssec.seu.edu.cn/gcc2010</a>\r\n\r\nOrganized by Southeast University, P.R. China\r\n\r\nCommittees\r\nSteering Committee Chair: Zhiwei Xu (CAS, China)\r\nGeneral Co-Chairs:\r\nYaoxue Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)\r\nYi Pan (Georgia State University, USA)\r\nProgram Committee Co-Chairs:\r\nJunzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)\r\nJianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)\r\nLocal Organization Co-Chairs:\r\nYun Wang (Southeast University, China)\r\nWei Li (Southeast University, China)\r\nWorkshop Co-Chairs:\r\nZhili Sun (University of Surrey, UK)\r\nJianming Yong (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)\r\nPublications Chair:\r\nBo Liu (Southeast University, China)\r\nPublicity Co-Chairs:\r\nLaurence T. Yang (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)\r\nJun Shen (University of Wollongong, Australia)\r\n\r\nScope of Conference (but not limited to)\r\n• Grid computing\r\n• Peer-to-peer computing\r\n• Cloud computing\r\n• Service computing\r\n• Green computing\r\n• High performance computing\r\n• Parallel and distributed computing\r\n• Cyber physical systems\r\n• Smart planet\r\n• Network communication\r\n• Sensor Network\r\n• Techniques, methods and tools for cooperative design\r\n• Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses\r\n• Resource virtualization for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Data Management for grid and cloud Computing\r\n• Semantic basis for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Software engineering support for grid and cloud computing\r\n• Grid and cloud middleware\r\n• Performance measurement, evaluation and modeling\r\n• QOS, SLA negotiation and deployment issues\r\n• Security and trust issues in grid and cloud computing\r\n• Applications or industrial case\r\n• Other areas related to grid and cloud computing\r\n\r\nSubmission of Papers\r\nUnpublished papers reporting original research results and experience are solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF format are strongly recommended. Detailed electronic submission instructions will be posted on the conference web site. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will attend the conference to present the paper.\r\n\r\nWorkshops Proposal\r\nIn conjunction with the GCC2010 conference, several workshops with more than 8 papers will be held. Workshops are tentatively planned to be held prior to, or after the main conference. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including (1) call for papers, (2) organizing committee and PC members, (3) the name, contact and short bio of the key organizer(s), (4) important dates to the <a href=\"mailto:gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn\">gcc2010@pub.seu.edu.cn</a> before April 10, 2010. The GCC2010 organizing committee will decide on the acceptance of workshop proposals.\r\n\r\nPublication\r\nAll submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee members and selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, technical quality and clarity of presentation. The main conference and workshops proceedings will be all published by IEEE CS Press. Outstanding papers will be recommended to \"Journal of Computer Science and Technology\" and a special issue of \"Cluster Computing\" (all indexed by SCI and EI) for the publication after the revision and the extention.','International Journal of Software and Informatics ','','inherit','open','open','','174-revision-13','','','2010-05-19 09:55:33','2010-05-19 09:55:33','',174,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/174-revision-13',0,'revision','',0),(1086,1,'2010-06-19 06:54:07','2010-06-19 06:54:07','[caption id=\"attachment_1083\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"286\" caption=\"The Letseng Legacy, mined not far from where Lucara has just recovered the 53.5 carat white diamond\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/letseng-legacy_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-1083\" title=\"letseng-legacy_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/letseng-legacy_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"235\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nLucara Diamond recovered a 53.5 carat, white Type IIA diamond at the company’s Mothae mine in Lesotho. The find is a big surprise, as Lucara started initial production just a few days ago.\r\n\r\nThe Mothae mine goods were give a high valuation that was not based on the finding of large high value goods. The mine is located near the Letseng mine, which is known for its many large Type IIA diamonds. In recent years, Gem Diamonds mined several such diamonds weighing more than 100 carats.\r\n\r\nKimberlite processing, which totals just 2,000 tonnes, commenced at Mothae on Monday of this week. Production is currently in the ramp-up stage.\r\n\r\n“Results of initial sampling work at Mothae indicated that large diamonds are present but were being broken by the limited material size which the original bulk sample plant could process,” said President and CEO William Lamb.\r\n\r\n“As a single stone, this diamond is more than twice the size of any previous diamond recovered from Mothae. Management views this as early confirmation of our technical assessment of Mothae’s potential and the operational approach we have taken to advance this exciting project.”\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=34160\" target=\"_blank\" >Lucara Recovers 53.5 Carat Diamond During</a>\r\n','Lucara Recovers 53.5 Carat Diamond During','','inherit','open','open','','1082-revision-3','','','2010-06-19 06:54:07','2010-06-19 06:54:07','',1082,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1082-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(648,1,'2010-05-19 09:41:43','2010-05-19 09:41:43','<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\r\n\r\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\r\n\r\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\r\n\r\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\r\n\r\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\r\n\r\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\r\n\r\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\r\n\r\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\r\n\r\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.gjepc.org\" target=\"_blank\" >Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council</a>','Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-11','','','2010-05-19 09:41:43','2010-05-19 09:41:43','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(649,1,'2010-05-19 10:07:06','2010-05-19 10:07:06','<strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"logo\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"57\" /></a>Mumbai diamond trade tangles in the cobwebs of Octroi</strong>\r\n\r\nA battle between diamond traders and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over payment of octroi seems to have been going on relentlessly for quite some time now.While inept method of octroi collection is harassing diamond merchants, BMC prefers to stay inactive at the background. But unfortunately, it is only the diamond business which is facing the consequences making trade difficult in Mumbai.Octroi is essentially a local tax collected by the municipality on goods brought into a district for consumption. Presently, it is pegged at 2 percent but traders have been struggling to bring it down.\r\n\r\nBesides, out of the 4,000 diamond merchants, only 5 percent have been enlisted with the BMC which implies that octroi is not applicable on all transactions between traders and only a handful of them end up paying the tax generating as much as Rs40-50 million.According to experts the total value of diamond imports is roughly Rs40,000 million. Jewelers have opined that if one paisa was collected for every Rs0.001 million of this value, it could help the BMC recover the octroi revenues. However, the BMC did not accept this proposal. States like Gujarat and Rajasthan have completely got rid of this tax system on diamonds which makes Mumbai less attractive even domestically.\r\n\r\nMr Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) told <a href=\"http://www.fibre2fashion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Fibre2fashion</a>, “We do not object from paying octroi but it should be 0.10 percent as imposed on gold but even this is not being considered by the BMC.”It is quite obvious that if it continues this way, the octroi duty structure will prove to a major hurdle in the way of making Mumbai a diamond trading hub\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: JJA &amp; GJEPC members visit IIGJ Mumbai</strong>\r\n\r\nA delegation from Japan Jewellery Association (JJA) headed by Mr. Imanishi Chairman, JJA alongwith three members accompanied by Mr. Atul Parekh GJEPC Co-ordinator visited IIGJ Mumbai.They were briefed and taken around the Institute by Col. (Retd) S.K.Arora , Head of the Institute. They were highly impressed with the State of the art training facilities available at IIGJ.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of their visit was to understand various facilities available in India in the sector of Gem &amp; Jewellery and to create awareness in Japan and also explore the areas of mutual co-operation. They also took an oppurtunity to meet Ms.Yuko Ogawa of Japan who successfully completed Basic Jewellery Design course, CAD/CAM Rhino Course &amp; Casting Course. Ms. Yuko Ogawa is a daughter of one of the jewellery designer of Japan. Indian Institute of Gems &amp; Jewellery<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>India</strong><strong>: GJEPC concerned by DTC pruning key sight holders</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the Indian gem and jewellery trade in India expresses grave concern over De Beers Diamond Trading Company (DTC) announcement of pruning of Indian sight holders from DTC clientele for 2008-2011. The new list has eliminated 25 established sight holders – some of many years’ standing – including eight firms in India and three Indian-owned firms in Belgium and added six new ones, including three from India. This means that 75 firms will receive regular supplies of rough diamonds for a three-year period beginning next year, down from the current 94.\r\n\r\nWhile the inclusion of three new Indian firms in the sight holder list is welcomed, the pruning of eight Indian firms defies analysis in the GJEPC’s view. While the DTC has mentioned the cut down on the list of sight holders due to a global shortage of rough diamonds, it has confounded its own reasoning by adding six new clients and drastically increasing the allocations of rough diamonds to several existing firms.\r\n\r\nWhile a shortage of rough diamonds worldwide is, indeed a reality, the GJEPC estimates that the shortfall will be no more than 10% of current global demand. The cuts instituted by the DTC impact processing capacity far above this shortfall – almost 25% of current installed capacity in India.According to Chairman, Gem &amp; Jewellery Export Promotion Council, Sanjay A. Kothari, “The concern is on the impact of DTC’s business decision on the industry as a whole\r\n\r\n<strong>Pre-Budget Proposal from GJEPC</strong>\r\n\r\nThe Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has recently submitted a Pre-Budget Proposal for the year 2008-09 to the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister, Shri P Chidambaram. The council welcomes the Ministry’s efforts for the country’s economy.\r\n\r\nGJEPC has great expectations from the budget for the coming fiscal year. The letter also features elaborate views and suggestions, which are most likely to assist overall development of the industries in India\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.gjepc.org\" target=\"_blank\" >Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council</a>','Gem & Jewelery Export Promotion Council','','inherit','open','open','','178-revision-12','','','2010-05-19 10:07:06','2010-05-19 10:07:06','',178,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/178-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(652,1,'2010-05-21 05:47:04','2010-05-21 05:47:04','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-62','','','2010-05-21 05:47:04','2010-05-21 05:47:04','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-62',0,'revision','',0),(653,1,'2010-05-21 05:50:27','2010-05-21 05:50:27','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-63','','','2010-05-21 05:50:27','2010-05-21 05:50:27','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-63',0,'revision','',0),(654,1,'2010-05-21 06:51:39','2010-05-21 06:51:39','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\r\n\r\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\r\n\r\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\r\n\r\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\r\n\r\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-64','','','2010-05-21 06:51:39','2010-05-21 06:51:39','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-64',0,'revision','',0),(655,1,'2010-05-19 08:02:04','2010-05-19 08:02:04','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\" >Press release</a>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-11','','','2010-05-19 08:02:04','2010-05-19 08:02:04','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(656,1,'2010-05-25 05:00:20','2010-05-25 05:00:20','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong>3 PRODUCTS</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad at Tel: 022-28303621 Mob: 9833488539 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad.narvekar@gmail.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://biggstock.com\" target=\"_blank\">Press release</a>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-12','','','2010-05-25 05:00:20','2010-05-25 05:00:20','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(690,1,'2010-05-25 06:24:49','2010-05-25 06:24:49','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n27th May 2010, Mumbai\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621/28204444<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad/Vishal at Tel: 022-28303621/28204444 Mob: 9833488539/9819322550 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com/vishal@biggstock.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','Press Release - Internet stock management ERP solutions for Diamond, Jewelry Industry','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-16','','','2010-05-25 06:24:49','2010-05-25 06:24:49','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/118-revision-16',0,'revision','',0),(658,1,'2010-05-25 05:03:56','2010-05-25 05:03:56','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621/28204444<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad/Vishal at Tel: 022-28303621/28204444 Mob: 9833488539/9819322550 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com/vishal@biggstock.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-14','','','2010-05-25 05:03:56','2010-05-25 05:03:56','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/118-revision-14',0,'revision','',0),(659,1,'2010-05-25 05:05:42','2010-05-25 05:05:42','[caption id=\"attachment_284\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\" caption=\"Gemfields has launched a new website &amp; rebranded\"]<a href=\"www.gemfields.co.uk\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-284\" title=\"gemfields-launches-website_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gemfields-launches-website.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nGemfields has launched a new website and rebranded Its trade and consumer materials, in sync with its  repositioning strategy. The company has highlighted its new positioning as being ‘a focused Premium Coloured Gemstone company, one of world’s leading gemstone producers, and the leading supplier of ethically-produced Zambian emeralds that can be traced directly from mine to market.’\n\nThe new website is accessible on the link <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http://www.gemfields.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\">www.gemfields.co.uk</a></span></span>\n\n“Our vision is one of complete transparency to both the trade and the consumer,” explains Ian Harebottle, Gemfields CEO, “and that is why we chose to create a comprehensive website designed to meet the needs of both groups and one which clearly reflects our ethos.”\n\nThe new site is designed in black and white, featuring dramatic images of Zambian topography and Gemfields employees. Explaining the creative outlook, Harebottle added that “Our workers and the surrounding community are as important to our business as bottom line and the promotion of our product. That’s why we have chose to emphasis our people and the process and not just the beauty of our finished product.”The website informs the viewer about Zambian emeralds, news releases, financial updates and reports on global tenders, along with information on Gemfields’ unique environmental and social programmes, and certification processes.\n\nThe company has also redesigned trade and consumer brochures, corporate and consumer DVDs and a comprehensive emerald training programme available to its distribution partners and sales associates; an effort in the line of its repositioning strategy. Each piece will reflect Gemfields’focused, clean and modern personality and will pictorially blend with landscape and portrait photography elucidating the company’s people and environment. “Through this repositioning and rebranding exercise, we are confident that we will be able to re-introduce the world to Gemfields and the magnificence of its products –from mining through production and promotion,”Harebottle says. “From cutting-edge technologies to a renewed consideration for best practices and ecological concerns, our vision for the future of emeralds is inextricably linked and a to a savvy consumer more responsible industry.”\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4941\" target=\"_blank\">Gemfields launches website in sync</a>','Gemfields Launches Website','','inherit','open','open','','170-revision-65','','','2010-05-25 05:05:42','2010-05-25 05:05:42','',170,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/170-revision-65',0,'revision','',0),(660,1,'2010-05-24 05:54:12','2010-05-24 05:54:12','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\n\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\n\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\n\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-24','','','2010-05-24 05:54:12','2010-05-24 05:54:12','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/462-revision-24',0,'revision','',0),(662,1,'2010-05-19 09:10:27','2010-05-19 09:10:27','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','inherit','open','open','','616-revision-4','','','2010-05-19 09:10:27','2010-05-19 09:10:27','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/616-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(663,1,'2010-06-07 08:26:38','2010-06-07 08:26:38','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','inherit','open','open','','616-autosave','','','2010-06-07 08:26:38','2010-06-07 08:26:38','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/616-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(664,1,'2010-05-25 05:14:28','2010-05-25 05:14:28','Do people tell you that you are stupid because you are wearing a gemstone suggested by some astrologer?\r\n\r\nIf they do it again, then you can tell them that there is strong mathematical logic behind astrology that can help people enhance their prospects on the personal &amp; professional front &amp; other than you, there are some really<strong> powerful people</strong> at the top of their game - from <strong>Amitabh Bachchan to Vijay Mallya, who believe in this logic</strong> and wear gemstones that suit them as per their kundli (horoscope).\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"89\" caption=\" Ruby (Panna)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-243\" title=\"ruby-red-the-king_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ruby-red-the-king_biggstock-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n1. <strong>Ruby (Panna):</strong> Ruby is red in color. It is a powerful stone and it stands for the Sun, the star of the solar system. Ruby helps boost leadership qualities in a person. Though, it might also make you too bossy at times.\r\n\r\nActor Smriti Irani and businessman Anand Mahindra have been seen wearing it on their ring finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_246\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"90\" caption=\"Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-246\" title=\"sapphire-emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sapphire-emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n2. <strong>Yellow sapphire (Pukhraj):</strong> This is the stone for Jupiter. Jupiter is the planet of wealth and knowledge. Ekta Kapoor can be spotted wearing an extraordinarily large yellow sapphire on her index finger.\r\n\r\nThe stone is very good for business expansion and Ekta has benefited from it enormously.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_249\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-249\" title=\"blue_sapphire_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/blue_sapphire_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n3. <strong>Blue sapphire (Neelam):</strong> Blue Sapphire represents Saturn. Saturn is a very powerful planet and can cause you to rise or fall very rapidly. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan was facing an all-time low in his career when he was suggested to wear blue sapphire on his middle finger. Interestingly, this stone doesn\'t suit everybody.\r\n\r\nFor Amitabh Saturn is his lagna lord and the stone has proved very lucky for him. He wore the stone before signing up for Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and since then, he has not looked back.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_256\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Blue sapphire (Neelam)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"emerald_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/emerald_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n4. <strong>Emerald (Panna):</strong> Green in colour, the emerald is symbolic of Mercury and is worn on the little finger. Mercury is the lord of communication. If it suits you, then it can further your communications skills and memory power. The stone also avoids delays and brings speedy achievements.\r\n\r\nActor Shilpa Shetty wears this stone. She achieved instant fame and recognition at a global level after wearing it.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_257\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"150\" caption=\"Diamond (Heera)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"diamond_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/diamond_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n5. <strong>Diamond (Heera):</strong> Diamond is for Venus and can help better personal life and sex drive. It can be especially beneficial for people who do no have a relationship and are looking for one. Diamond usually helps improve the standard of life in terms of luxury and fame.\r\n\r\nIt\'s the favourite stone among women and many wear it even without being suggested by an astrologer.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_258\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"Coral (Moonga)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-258\" title=\"coral_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/coral-gemstone_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n6. <strong>Coral (Moonga):</strong> Coral is red in colour and is worn on the ring finger. It is the stone for Mars. It can really help people who are timid and have problem expressing themselves in public. Otherwise the stone can help develop a strong and assertive attitude with people.\r\n\r\nEkta Kapoor wears a coral other than the yellow sapphire.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_259\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"105\" caption=\"Pearl (Moti)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-259\" title=\"pearl_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/pearl_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n7. <strong>Pearl</strong><strong> (Moti):</strong> Pearl is symbolic of the Moon, representing the mind, imagination and creativity. It is suppose to have a calming effect on the wearer who may be very aggressive by nature.\r\n\r\nGujarat\'s CM Narendra Modi is most often seen wearing a pearl on his little finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_260\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"84\" caption=\"Hessonite (Gomedak)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-260\" title=\"hessonite_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hessonite_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n8. <strong>Hessonite (Gomedak):</strong> It is the stone of the shadow planet Rahu. People with a weak Rahu are very indecisive and lack focus and direction in life. The stone can help them overcome this state.\r\n\r\nActor Irfan Khan has been spotted wearing Hessonite on his middle finger.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_261\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"63\" caption=\"Cat&#39;s eye (Lahsuniya)\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-261\" title=\"catseye_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/catseye_biggstock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"63\" height=\"63\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n9. <strong>Cat\'s eye (Lahsuniya):</strong> The stone is for another shadow planet Ketu. It helps remove negativity and combat stiff rivals and competition.\r\n\r\nSinger Kumar Sanu has been seen wearing the same.\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_262\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"460\" caption=\"GEMSTONE: The best gift\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" title=\"celebrity &amp; gemstone_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/celebrity-gemstone_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"297\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Celebrities &amp; their gemstones: </strong>\r\n\r\nSalman Khan wears a turquoise bracelet to ward off evil and come out unscathed from danger. Abhishek Bachchan wears a blue sapphire on his middle finger and an emerald on his little finger. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wears an emerald on the middle finger and a large diamond\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\" http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-all-in-your-gems_1357480 \" target=\"_blank\"> It\'s all in your gems </a>','It\'s All In Your Gems','','inherit','open','open','','616-revision-5','','','2010-05-25 05:14:28','2010-05-25 05:14:28','',616,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/616-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(667,1,'2010-05-25 05:27:59','2010-05-25 05:27:59','[caption id=\"attachment_216\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"270\" caption=\"reliance in jewel\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-216 \" title=\"Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Reliance-jewel-to-open-soon-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"reliance is back\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>According to a recent report in the Mumbai Mirror, Reliance Retail is soon to launch its foray into jewellery with 20 ‘Reliance Jewel’ outlets in Mumbai. The outlets are scheduled to open by the end of next year, with three stores expected to be inaugurated in the first quarter of the next year. Reliance Retail is aiming at a total of 400 outlets by the end of the three year. Reliance Jewel would retail 8,000 – 10,000 jewellery designs, which would be created by in-house designers manufacturing although would be outsourced. The stores will cover a cumulative area of 6,000-10,000 sq ft.\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=1856\" target=\"”\">Reliance Jewel to open soon</a>','Reliance Jewel To Open Soon','','inherit','open','open','','541-revision-15','','','2010-05-25 05:27:59','2010-05-25 05:27:59','',541,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/541-revision-15',0,'revision','',0),(670,1,'2010-05-19 06:24:46','2010-05-19 06:24:46','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>\r\n','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-14','','','2010-05-19 06:24:46','2010-05-19 06:24:46','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/434-revision-14',0,'revision','',0),(673,1,'2010-05-19 06:22:38','2010-05-19 06:22:38','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-8','','','2010-05-19 06:22:38','2010-05-19 06:22:38','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/451-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(674,1,'2010-05-25 05:43:18','2010-05-25 05:43:18','<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_371\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"120\" caption=\"I G E\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-371\" title=\"ige_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/ige_biggstock1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"75\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>IGE Resources closed its first fiscal quarter with a loss of $2.85 million (SEK 21.7 million or SEK 0.03 per share), compared with the loss of $696,000 (SEK 5.3 million) it posted one year ago. The company doesn\'t report in dollars, but it spent $1.5 million to buy diamond operations from Pangea Diamond Fields and took a loss of $643,000 from the sale of exploration permits.\n\nIGE further reported that it had reached an agreement with <strong>ENDIAMA</strong> to move toward production at the Luxinge diamond project. IGE Resources\' portfolio includes exploration for diamonds, gold and nickel\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=30981\" target=\"_blank\">IGE</a>','IGE 1Q Loss Jumps to $3M','','inherit','open','open','','511-revision-6','','','2010-05-25 05:43:18','2010-05-25 05:43:18','',511,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/511-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(675,1,'2010-05-25 05:46:01','2010-05-25 05:46:01','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\n\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\n\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-10','','','2010-05-25 05:46:01','2010-05-25 05:46:01','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/457-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(676,1,'2010-05-25 05:53:32','2010-05-25 05:53:32','<strong> </strong>\n\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','Trans Hex Receives New License','','inherit','open','open','','517-revision-3','','','2010-05-25 05:53:32','2010-05-25 05:53:32','',517,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/517-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(677,1,'2010-05-25 05:53:51','2010-05-25 05:53:51','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\nTrans Hex received a mining license to operate its Luana concession in Angola. The junior explorer owns 33 percent stake in the project. Pilot production is underway. Its Luarica and Fucauma operations in Angola remain on care and maintenance\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.rapnet.com/News/NewsItem.aspx?Articleid=30976\" target=\"_blank\">Trans Hex to receive mining license</a>','Trans Hex Receives New License','','inherit','open','open','','517-revision-4','','','2010-05-25 05:53:51','2010-05-25 05:53:51','',517,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/517-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(680,1,'2010-05-25 05:55:53','2010-05-25 05:55:53','<strong></strong>\nAfri-Can Marine recovered 112 diamonds, average size 0.17 carats, from its Block J excavation program in Namibia. The two largest diamonds weighed 0.52 and 0.50 carats. The aim of sample program was to delineate diamond resources on Block J in compliance with National Instrument 43-101. Afri-Can holds a 70 percent interest in Block J through a joint venture agreement with the licensee Woduna Mining Holdings\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.afri-can.com/en/block-j.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Afri-can recovers samples from block J</a>','Afri-Can Recovers Samples from Block J ','','inherit','open','open','','515-revision-2','','','2010-05-25 05:55:53','2010-05-25 05:55:53','',515,'http://blog.biggstock.com/news-on/515-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(1104,1,'2010-06-25 06:04:59','2010-06-25 06:04:59','Harry Winston Diamond Corporation secured a $100 million revolving credit facility, the company said on Thursday. According to Chairman Robert Gannicott, there is \"no \'normal-course\' need\" for the debt facility.\r\n\r\nThe three year facility with Standard Chartered Bank bears a 3.5 percent interest rate and has two one-year extensions. The credit line is available to the company and to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. for general corporate purposes.\r\n\r\n \"With diamond markets recovering strongly, and capital expenditures for the Diavik Diamond Mine underground development essentially complete, the company\'s cash position is building and there is no \"normal-course\" need to draw on this debt facility,\" Gannicott said. \"It does, however, provide strengthened liquidity for the company going forward,\" he added.\r\n\r\nHarry Winston Diamond Company focuses on the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. Its Diavik mine in Canada required heavy financing recently as it was transformed from an open pit mine to an underground mine.\r\n\r\nIn March 2009, the company sold a 22.5 percent interest in the limited partnership which holds Harry Winston\'s 40 percent joint venture in Diavik to gold mining firm Kinross Gold for $150 million.\r\n','Harry Winston Diamond Secures $100 Million Mining Credit','','inherit','open','open','','1102-revision-2','','','2010-06-25 06:04:59','2010-06-25 06:04:59','',1102,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/1102-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(682,1,'2010-05-25 05:09:59','2010-05-25 05:09:59','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-25','','','2010-05-25 05:09:59','2010-05-25 05:09:59','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/462-revision-25',0,'revision','',0),(683,1,'2010-05-25 06:00:55','2010-05-25 06:00:55','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_196\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 203px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\"><img title=\"ARCTIC LOVE DIAMONDS FROM WDC_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"249\" /></a></dt> <dd>Artic love diamonds from WDC</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong>Waldman  Diamond Company</strong> (WDC) announced the upcoming launch of a new  Canadian diamond brand called “Arctic Love Diamonds” on March 7, 2006.  The company, headquartered in Israel, plans to unveil the new brand in Vancouver, British   Columbia, in April. WDC developed Arctic Love Diamonds to market the firm’s allocation from the Diavik Mine in the Northwest Territories.\r\n\r\n“We’re absolutely thrilled to contribute to enhancing Vancouver’s  status as a diamond trading center for the sale of Canadian-sourced  diamonds to the Canadian retail market,” said <strong>Alexander Waldman</strong>,  WDC founder and CEO. “As a core client of Rio Tinto and Aber—the two  companies that jointly own the Diavik Mine—we are committed to  preserving the Canadian origin of the stones we produce. This we will do  by marketing these gem-quality diamonds to the Canadian consumer.”All  Arctic Love Diamonds will be cut and polished at WDC’s state-of-the art  cutting facilities in Israel. “These beautiful, high-quality diamonds  will all be accompanied by a diamond grading report from either the Gem  Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (GTL-GIA) or  the American Gem Society Laboratory (AGSL), in addition to a unique  ‘Certificate of Origin,’” Waldman said. He added that opening of the Vancouver office is, in fact, a part of a larger effort the company is undertaking in the Canadian retail jewelry market.\r\n\r\n“Our group’s jewelry manufacturing and marketing arm, Waldman Diamonds Complete, will also begin operating from our new office in Vancouver. Waldman Diamonds Complete will market diamond jewelry set with both Canadian and non-Canadian stones throughout Canada,\" said Waldman. “These new initiatives are all in line with our endeavor to grow further as an integrated marketing body that accompanies the diamond product from mine to market, and become a preferred supplier of both loose diamonds and mounted diamond jewelry,” Waldman added.\r\n\r\nREF; <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=323\" target=\"_blank\">Antwerp Diamond Day held in Mumbai</a>','Arctic Love Diamonds from Waldman Diamond Company','','inherit','open','open','','462-revision-26','','','2010-05-25 06:00:55','2010-05-25 06:00:55','',462,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/462-revision-26',0,'revision','',0),(684,1,'2010-05-25 05:46:10','2010-05-25 05:46:10','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_189\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\"><img title=\"Surat-diamonds-the-smallest_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-BHAVANI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" /></a></dt> <dd>Word\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\n<strong> </strong>Foreign  institutes, offering courses in diamond industry, are making a beeline  for Surat, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing. The <strong>International  Gemological Institute (IGI) and the Gemological Institute of America  (GIA)</strong>, both leading institutes of their kind, have started  operations in Surat in the recent past. While GIA has started offering  courses in Surat, the IGI has gone one step ahead and launched a School   of Gemology. <strong>Rohit Mehta,</strong> president of Surat Diamond  Association, said the trend of foreign institutes starting or expanding  operations in Surat is a reflection of the city\'s growing importance in  diamond industry.\r\n\r\nIndustry experts said the institutes were missing out on a great  opportunity by having limited or no presence in the city. \"With Surat  being the hub of diamond cutting and polishing, it was imperative for us  to start offering courses here. We have started with only two courses  in Surat, but will offer more courses in due course,\" Nirupa Pandya  Bhatt, managing director, India and Middle East, GIA, said.\r\n\r\nThe IGI, which launched a school in Surat last week, will offer a  wide range of courses in diamond and jewellery industry. \"We have been  conducting courses and programmes in Surat for over nine years. We have  expanded our operations here with the launch of School of Gemology. We  plan to introduce a number of practical courses for the diamond  industry,\" Ramit Kapur, general manager, IGI, said. Rapaport group,  which offers trading, grading, certification and other services in  diamond industry, and whose pricelists of polished diamonds are  considered global benchmarks, also started its operations in Surat in  late 2008. Industry experts say that the large potential Surat offers  for diamond grading business, on account of the large number of diamond  cutting and polishing units, is another reason why leading institutes  are keen to cover the Diamond  City.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/dna-daily-news-analysis-mumbai/mi_8111/is_20100219/foreign-institutes-bedazzled-surats-diamond/ai_n50828395/\" target=\"_blank\">Foreign institutes bedazzled by Surat\'s diamond industry</a>','Foreign Institutes Bedazzled by Surat\'s Diamond Industry','','inherit','open','open','','457-revision-11','','','2010-05-25 05:46:10','2010-05-25 05:46:10','',457,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/457-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(685,1,'2010-05-25 05:38:07','2010-05-25 05:38:07','[caption id=\"attachment_186\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"160\" caption=\"Bhavani Mikro\"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-186\" title=\"Smallest-diamond-of-Bhavani_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/DIAMOND-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"158\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bhavani Gems</strong> recently created a record of manufacturing the <strong>world’s smallest certified cut and polished diamond </strong>with 57 facets weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 grams (3,333.33 per carat). The company has named the diamond as <strong>Bhavani Mikro</strong>.\r\n\r\nThe stone is the smallest diamond certified by IGI (International Gemological Institute.) Shri Manjibhai Dholakia, Founder and Chairman of Bhavani Gems adds, “Taking my ethos of innovation as the driving force, I gave my workers the challenge of creating the smallest certified hand cut and polished diamond. Being pioneers in bringing-in new technologies, we felt it was important to test ourselves. Considering our prowess in manufacturing and craftsmanship I am proud of my highly qualified and perfectionist team’s achievement.”\r\n\r\nThe company has earned a reputation of being innovators in the sphere of diamond processing. Its R&amp;D department is constantly pushing limits to add value to the rough through manufacturing expertise.\r\n\r\nShri Raj Dholakia, a partner in Bhavani Gems states, “Surat is the hub of diamond processing industry in the world and now we have added a star to the already star-studded image. This one-of-its-kind diamond, which actually looks like a grain of sand to the naked having 57 facets, this is a unique piece of art and all the industry experts have been appreciating this accomplishment. <strong>This record is also acknowledged by “Limca Book of Records”.</strong>\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4881\" target=\"_blank\">Bhavani Mikro worlds smallest diamond</a>','Bhavani Gems manufactures world’s smallest diamond','','inherit','open','open','','434-revision-15','','','2010-05-25 05:38:07','2010-05-25 05:38:07','',434,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/434-revision-15',0,'revision','',0),(686,1,'2010-05-25 05:41:29','2010-05-25 05:41:29','<div class=\"mceTemp\"><dl id=\"attachment_200\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 170px;\"> <dt><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\"><img title=\"WORLD\'S SMALLEST  DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/WORLDS-SMALLEST-DIAMOND_BIGGSTOCK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"145\" /></a></dt> <dd>world\'s smallest diamond</dd> </dl></div>\r\nIn what  could be described as an amazing achievement, a diamond manufacturing  company in Surat has cut and polished the <strong>world\'s smallest diamond,  weighing just 0.0003 carat or 0.00006 gram</strong>. The diamond has been cut  and polished by a sight-holder of Diamond Trading Company (DTC) based  in Surat, according to industry officials.\r\n\r\n\"Surat has always had the expertise to cut smaller stones, but it is a  wonder how the person managed to cut and polish such a small piece. It  is the smallest diamond polished in the world,\" Roland Lorie, CEO of  International Gemological Institute (IGI) said. <strong>The stone has been  cut by hand.</strong> It is hardly visible to naked eyes. It\'s an amazing  achievement, Lorie added.Lorie said the stone was cut and polished in  Surat. It was also graded and certified in IGI\'s certification  laboratory in the city. Lorie said the<strong> stone has 57 facets</strong>, but  refused to divulge name of the Surat company that has polished the  smallest diamond.\r\n\r\nHe, however, added that the company is planning to approach Guinness  Book of Records for official recognition of the amazing feat. \"Polishing  a stone of this size is an art. It would feel like a grain of sand in  one\'s hand,\" Tehmasp Printer, managing director of IGI India, said.  Industry experts said that cutting and polishing of diamonds of 0.002  carat, i.e. 500 stones per carat, is common in Surat.\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_at-00006-gm-surat-s-diamond-is-world-s-smallest_1371958\" target=\"_blank\">Surat\'s smallest diamond</a>','Surat Manufactured World\'s Smallest Diamond','','inherit','open','open','','451-revision-9','','','2010-05-25 05:41:29','2010-05-25 05:41:29','',451,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/451-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(687,1,'2010-05-19 05:54:26','2010-05-19 05:54:26','<strong> </strong>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\r\n\r\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\r\n\r\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>\r\n','Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices','','inherit','open','open','','348-revision-44','','','2010-05-19 05:54:26','2010-05-19 05:54:26','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/348-revision-44',0,'revision','',0),(688,1,'2010-05-27 16:27:26','2010-05-27 16:27:26','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n27th May 2010, Mumbai\r\n\r\n<strong><em>“If selling diamond is your business then helping you sell more is ours”</em></strong>\r\n<em>WITH THIS MOTO IN MIND BIGG STOCK HAS DEVELOPED ITSELF AS A SAAS BASED INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT ERP SOLUTION PROVIDER FOR ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS. BIGG STOCK MISSION IS TO PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO SMALL OR BIG DIAMOND &amp; JEWELRY INDSUTRY BUSINESSES STARTING FROM MANUFACTURES TO RETAILERS AND JEWELRY DESIGNERS. </em>\r\n\r\n<strong>Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong>\r\n\r\nBIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal &amp;</strong> <strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. Between them they share 12 years of vast IT experience. They run a software development and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.\r\n\r\nFor diamond and jewelry companies, having an internet presence is no longer a luxury; it is an absolute necessity. But it is not enough just to be visible. Customers today expect to see what merchandise you are offering, and then to be able to buy online.\r\n\r\nBiggStock is the latest generation popular Internet-based stock management program for all type of diamond and jewelry business. With its intelligent data reporting system and a host of features designed to enhance stock management(diamond and jewelry), including the automatic retrieval of current price information from Rapnet, enabling you to better track the performance of your merchandise.\r\n\r\nWhat makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.\r\n\r\n<strong>For increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong>\r\n\r\nBIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform, to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business benefits of our proven and flexible solution\r\n\r\nThe <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong>which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong>which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong>it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export &amp; import business\r\n\r\n<strong>### </strong>\r\n\r\nIf you’d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar Please call Harshad/Vishal at Tel: 022-28303621/28204444 Mob: 9833488539/9819322550 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com/vishal@biggstock.com</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR\r\n<strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621/28204444<strong>\r\nCell:</strong> 9833488539\r\n<strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com</a> </strong>\r\n<strong>Date: 04 / 05 / 2010</strong>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','Press Release – Launch of Internet stock management ERP solutions for Diamond, Jewelry Industry','','inherit','open','open','','118-autosave','','','2010-05-27 16:27:26','2010-05-27 16:27:26','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/118-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(721,1,'2010-05-25 06:25:02','2010-05-25 06:25:02','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n27th May 2010, Mumbai\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621/28204444<strong>\r\n</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad/Vishal at Tel: 022-28303621/28204444 Mob: 9833488539/9819322550 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com/vishal@biggstock.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','Press Release - Internet stock management ERP solutions for Diamond, Jewelry Industry','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-17','','','2010-05-25 06:25:02','2010-05-25 06:25:02','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/118-revision-17',0,'revision','',0),(689,1,'2010-05-25 05:04:16','2010-05-25 05:04:16','<div>\r\n<div>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>BIGGSTOCK</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-large;\"><strong> </strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-large;\"><strong>Press  Release</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Contact:</strong> HARSHAD NARVEKAR</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Tel:</strong> 022-28303621/28204444<strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Cell:</strong> 9833488539 </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com</a> </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><strong>Date: 04 / 05 /  2010</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>SAAS BASED  INTERNET STOCK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR  ALL TYPES OF DIAMOND INDUSTRY BUSINESS</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: large;\"><strong> Empowering Your Business &amp; Simplifying IT </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong> </strong> BIGGSTOCK, India, is a start up formed by 2 passionate people <strong>Vishal  &amp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>Harshad</strong> who strive to make the web a better place. They are a software development  and consulting corporation, which provides enterprise software applications  &amp; support to businesses of all sizes globally.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> What makes BIGGSTOCK solution the best is the <strong>Straight benefits</strong> like low cost investment, E-commerce store, 24 x 7 store, corporate  website, branding of your jewelry on global front &amp; other solution  like faster turnaround, cut back on inventory management efforts, increase  in efficiency, brand building &amp; corporate presence and many more.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>For  increasing profits</strong> in your business one needs to reduce efforts  and costs on stocktaking, transportation tracking, order fulfillment  and other logistic task – while improving customer service. BIGGSTOCK  provides total control on your inventory and therefore increases concentration  on sales and customer service. Straight benefits of BIGGSTOCK solution  includes <strong>improved cash flow, visibility, and decision making</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> The <strong>3 products </strong>i.e.<strong> TRADE PRO </strong> which is<strong> </strong>very user friendly software to use it allows selling  diamond on our own site leading to increased profits. It helps us save  cost on yearly subscription of other sites as well. <strong>JEWEL PRO </strong> which helps to do sale 24 x 7. The online store helps display our latest  designs on internet, for better choice &amp; provides an excellent viewing  experience. 3-D move of jewelry has helped to increase visibility to  the clients online. <strong>EXIM PRO </strong> it is a business solution to manage information regarding orders, sales  mgt, stock inventory &amp; a/c mgt of your customers, enabling you take  a better step for your sales. It has made us create an online presence  and also make our rough &amp; polished diamond stock available to our  customers online. More advance platform for manufactures to sell jewelry  &amp; rough or polished diamond to wholesalers for high volume export  &amp; import business</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"> BIGGSTOCK <strong>acknowledge that</strong> every business is a network of interconnected  people and processes. We deliver a comprehensive range of end-to-end  business solutions for diamond market, through an open source platform,  to transform your network into a competitive weapon Discover the business  benefits of our proven and flexible solution </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>“If selling  diamond is your business then selling more is ours”</strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><strong>### </strong></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\">If you’d like more information  about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Harshad Narvekar  Please call Harshad/Vishal at Tel: 022-28303621/28204444 Mob: 9833488539/9819322550 or <a href=\"mailto:Email%3Aharshad.narvekar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">Email:harshad@biggstock.com/vishal@biggstock.com</a> </span>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n</div>','Press Release','','inherit','open','open','','118-revision-15','','','2010-05-25 05:04:16','2010-05-25 05:04:16','',118,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/118-revision-15',0,'revision','',0),(692,1,'2010-05-25 08:07:55','2010-05-25 08:07:55','De Beers Canada has cancelled its four-week December production  shutdown at the Snap Lake Diamond mine.\n\nThe news comes two weeks after Rio Tinto, majority owner of the  Diavik diamond mine, cancelled its own winter shutdown.\n\n“We’ve met with all of our employees on site and in Yellowknife and  will continue to meet with employees coming back to site (on their  rotations),” said De Beers Canada spokesperson Cathie Bolstad. “We’re  working to accommodate any employees who had made plans to be off.”\n\nAfter visiting with workers at the mine, Bolstad said, “I think  there’s a sense of relief, a relief in terms of they’re seeing positive  signs in the industry.”\n\nResponding to a reduced demand for diamonds worldwide, De Beers shut  down Snap Lake from July 22 to August 26, with only 60 workers remaining  on site per rotation. The company also reduced its rate of production  to align with slumping demand.\n\nEven with December production back on the schedule, the mine’s rate  of production is “still a curtailed production rate and significantly  below the mine’s capability, which is 1.5 million carats per year,” said  Bolstad.\n\nIn 2008, the mine, which officially began commercial production  halfway through the year, produced 926,000 carats, accounting for 6.9  per cent of diamonds produced in the NWT that year.\n\nBolstad could not provide a production estimate for 2009 as of press  time.\n\nDe Beers Canada has cancelled its four-week December production  shutdown at the Snap Lake Diamond mine.\n\nThe news comes two weeks after Rio Tinto, majority owner of the  Diavik diamond mine, cancelled its own winter shutdown.\n\n“We’ve met with all of our employees on site and in Yellowknife and  will continue to meet with employees coming back to site (on their  rotations),” said De Beers Canada spokesperson Cathie Bolstad. “We’re  working to accommodate any employees who had made plans to be off.”\n\nAfter visiting with workers at the mine, Bolstad said, “I think  there’s a sense of relief, a relief in terms of they’re seeing positive  signs in the industry.”\n\nResponding to a reduced demand for diamonds worldwide, De Beers shut  down Snap Lake from July 22 to August 26, with only 60 workers remaining  on site per rotation. The company also reduced its rate of production  to align with slumping demand.\n\nEven with December production back on the schedule, the mine’s rate  of production is “still a curtailed production rate and significantly  below the mine’s capability, which is 1.5 million carats per year,” said  Bolstad.\n\nIn 2008, the mine, which officially began commercial production  halfway through the year, produced 926,000 carats, accounting for 6.9  per cent of diamonds produced in the NWT that year.\n\nBolstad could not provide a production estimate for 2009 as of press  time.\n\nRef: <a href=\"http://www.nnsl.com\">NNSL News site</a>','De Beers cancels December shutdown','','inherit','open','open','','691-revision','','','2010-05-25 08:07:55','2010-05-25 08:07:55','',691,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/691-revision',0,'revision','',0),(693,1,'2010-05-31 06:35:44','2010-05-31 06:35:44','The Israel Tax Authority and the country\'s diamond controller urged Israel\'s diamond traders to declare cash transfers made upon entering or exiting the country. This follows a number of recent cases of cash smuggling in the country.\r\n\r\n“We remind all diamantaires to strictly follow the instructions given to prevent punishment by law,” said diamond controller Shmuel Mordechai. He noted that Israel does not tax cash brought in and out of the country, rather that the declaration is required by international agreements to prevent money laundering.\r\n\r\nAvi Ardity, deputy director of investigations at the Tax Authority, explained these agreements enabled the international community to cut the funding of terror and crime organizations. \r\n\r\nRef: <a href=\"http://www.diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.aspx?ArticleID=31088\">Israeli Diamond Dealers Warned to Declare Cash Transfers</a>','Israeli Diamond Dealers Warned to Declare Cash Transfers','','publish','open','open','','israeli-diamond-dealers-warned-to-declare-cash-transfers','','','2010-05-31 06:35:44','2010-05-31 06:35:44','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=693',0,'post','',0),(694,1,'2010-05-25 19:32:05','2010-05-25 19:32:05','<strong> </strong>\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_370\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"210\" caption=\"Gems diamond rough\"]<strong><strong><a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-370\" title=\"gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/gem-diamonds-rough_biggstock2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"265\" /></a></strong></strong>[/caption]\n\n<strong> </strong>Gems Diamonds rough sales <strong>rose 11 percent to $42.9 million in the first quarter of 2010</strong> in part due to strong prices The mining company observed that consumer demand for goods had improved and positively impacted polished prices; however, price increases for finished goods have not risen as sharply as they have for rough diamonds.\n\nThe <strong>average price per carat from Letseng diamonds</strong> rose 72 percent to $1,753. Letseng’s April tender achieved an average price of $2,002 per carat. Production from the mine fell 6 percent to 20,507 carats. Gem Diamonds ended the quarter with $88.5 million in cash and no debt\n\nREF: <a href=\"http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?id=33995\" target=\"_blank\">Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices</a>','Gem 1Q Sales Rise on Strong Prices','','inherit','open','open','','348-autosave','','','2010-05-25 19:32:05','2010-05-25 19:32:05','',348,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/348-autosave',0,'revision','',0),(697,1,'2010-05-26 08:58:44','2010-05-26 08:58:44','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\n\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\n\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\n\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\n\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\n\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\n\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\n\nREF: &lt;a href = “http://your link” target=”_blank”&gt;Title&lt;/a&gt;','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision','','','2010-05-26 08:58:44','2010-05-26 08:58:44','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision',0,'revision','',0),(698,1,'2010-05-26 08:58:52','2010-05-26 08:58:52','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF: &lt;a href = “http://your link” target=”_blank”&gt;Title&lt;/a&gt;','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-2','','','2010-05-26 08:58:52','2010-05-26 08:58:52','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(699,1,'2010-05-26 08:58:58','2010-05-26 08:58:58','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF: &lt;a href = “http://your link” target=”_blank”&gt;Title&lt;/a&gt;','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-3','','','2010-05-26 08:58:58','2010-05-26 08:58:58','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-3',0,'revision','',0),(700,1,'2010-05-26 08:59:15','2010-05-26 08:59:15','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF: &lt;a href = “http://your link” target=”_blank”&gt;Title&lt;/a&gt;','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-4','','','2010-05-26 08:59:15','2010-05-26 08:59:15','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-4',0,'revision','',0),(701,1,'2010-05-26 09:01:47','2010-05-26 09:01:47','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href = “http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html” target=”_blank”>State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\r\n','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-5','','','2010-05-26 09:01:47','2010-05-26 09:01:47','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-5',0,'revision','',0),(702,1,'2010-05-26 09:01:49','2010-05-26 09:01:49','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href = “http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html” target=”_blank”>State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\r\n','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-6','','','2010-05-26 09:01:49','2010-05-26 09:01:49','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-6',0,'revision','',0),(703,1,'2010-05-26 09:03:03','2010-05-26 09:03:03','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"585\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696\" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"365\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href = “http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html” target=”_blank”>State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\r\n','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-7','','','2010-05-26 09:03:03','2010-05-26 09:03:03','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-7',0,'revision','',0),(704,1,'2010-05-26 09:03:55','2010-05-26 09:03:55','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"“http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html”\" target=\"”_blank”\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-8','','','2010-05-26 09:03:55','2010-05-26 09:03:55','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-8',0,'revision','',0),(705,1,'2010-05-26 09:06:03','2010-05-26 09:06:03','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\n\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\n\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\n\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\n\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\n\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\n\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\n\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\" >State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\n<a href=\"“http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html”\" target=\"”_blank”\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-9','','','2010-05-26 09:06:03','2010-05-26 09:06:03','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-9',0,'revision','',0),(708,1,'2010-05-26 09:06:52','2010-05-26 09:06:52','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\" >State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\r\n','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-12','','','2010-05-26 09:06:52','2010-05-26 09:06:52','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-12',0,'revision','',0),(706,1,'2010-05-26 09:06:06','2010-05-26 09:06:06','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\" >State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\r\n<a href=\"“http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html”\" target=\"”_blank”\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-10','','','2010-05-26 09:06:06','2010-05-26 09:06:06','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-10',0,'revision','',0),(707,1,'2010-05-26 09:06:11','2010-05-26 09:06:11','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\" >State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>\r\n<a href=\"“http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html”\" target=\"”_blank”\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-11','','','2010-05-26 09:06:11','2010-05-26 09:06:11','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-11',0,'revision','',0),(709,1,'2010-05-26 09:12:56','2010-05-26 09:12:56','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\n\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\n\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\n\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\n\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\n\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\n\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\n\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-13','','','2010-05-26 09:12:56','2010-05-26 09:12:56','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-13',0,'revision','',0),(710,1,'2010-05-26 09:17:37','2010-05-26 09:17:37','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-14','','','2010-05-26 09:17:37','2010-05-26 09:17:37','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-14',0,'revision','',0),(711,1,'2010-05-26 09:17:39','2010-05-26 09:17:39','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-15','','','2010-05-26 09:17:39','2010-05-26 09:17:39','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-15',0,'revision','',0),(712,1,'2010-05-26 09:17:43','2010-05-26 09:17:43','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-16','','','2010-05-26 09:17:43','2010-05-26 09:17:43','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-16',0,'revision','',0),(713,1,'2010-05-26 09:18:36','2010-05-26 09:18:36','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-17','','','2010-05-26 09:18:36','2010-05-26 09:18:36','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-17',0,'revision','',0),(714,1,'2010-05-26 09:19:57','2010-05-26 09:19:57','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a people\'s company','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-18','','','2010-05-26 09:19:57','2010-05-26 09:19:57','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-18',0,'revision','',0),(715,1,'2010-05-26 09:20:01','2010-05-26 09:20:01','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a people\'s company','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-19','','','2010-05-26 09:20:01','2010-05-26 09:20:01','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-19',0,'revision','',0),(717,1,'2010-05-26 09:22:06','2010-05-26 09:22:06','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\n\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\n\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\n\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\n\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\n\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\n\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\n\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\n\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a \"People\'s company\"','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-21','','','2010-05-26 09:22:06','2010-05-26 09:22:06','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-21',0,'revision','',0),(716,1,'2010-05-26 09:20:01','2010-05-26 09:20:01','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a people\'s company','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-20','','','2010-05-26 09:20:01','2010-05-26 09:20:01','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-20',0,'revision','',0),(718,1,'2010-05-26 09:22:31','2010-05-26 09:22:31','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a \"People\'s company\"','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-22','','','2010-05-26 09:22:31','2010-05-26 09:22:31','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-22',0,'revision','',0),(719,1,'2010-05-26 09:22:32','2010-05-26 09:22:32','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a \"People\'s company\"','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-23','','','2010-05-26 09:22:32','2010-05-26 09:22:32','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-23',0,'revision','',0),(720,1,'2010-05-26 09:23:09','2010-05-26 09:23:09','[caption id=\"attachment_696\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"410\" caption=\"State run diamond miner alrosa \"]<a href=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-696 \" title=\"State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock\" src=\"http://blog.biggstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/State-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue_biggstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"255\" /></a>[/caption]\r\n\r\nState-run diamond miner <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Alrosa/\">Alrosa</a> on 26 May 2010 said that it might become a \"people\'s company\" by raising funds through a share issue to the public, although analysts cautioned that previous state IPOs may have soured retail investors to the idea.Alrosa will change its legal status, becoming a joint-stock company, and may sell shares to individual investors in the Siberian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, where its mines are located, president Fyodor Andreyev said.\r\n\r\n\"The crisis is not over, a second wave is expected. In these conditions, the company needs to be able to raise capital, which is only possible after creating a joint-stock company,\" he told local lawmakers, according to a transcript on the parliament\'s web site.\"It\'s easier for a joint-stock company with a transparent management system to raise cheap loans,\" <a href=\"http://il-tumen.sakha.ru/?id=15214\" target=\"_blank\">Andreyev said</a>, adding that an initial public offering could also provide funds needed to develop a number of iron-ore fields in southern Sakha.\r\n\r\nThe company\'s outstanding debt of 106 billion rubles ($3.4 billion) currently costs an annual 15 billion rubles ($474 million) to service, Andreyev said. The company\'s debt grew during the crisis because Alrosa was focused on maintaining jobs and production, he said.The company, which has not yet announced 2009 results, posted a loss of 32.6 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2008, compared with a profit of 16 billion rubles ($515 million) the preceding year, Interfax reported last year. Alrosa said in December that it expected net income of 3.18 billion rubles.\r\n\r\nStill, opening the state diamond giant comes with risks and must be done gradually, Andreyev said.\"The first step is simply opening Alrosa without discussing the issue of a public offering. Attracting more shareholders and raising additional capital can become the second step,\" he said. No timeline has been set for Alrosa\'s IPO, but preparatory work has started, a spokeswoman told The Moscow Times. Changing Alrosa\'s legal status would benefit minority shareholders, who want to sell their shares but cannot do so at the moment, Andreyev said.The Federal Property Management Agency owns 50 percent plus one share. The Sakha regional government holds 32 percent, and diamond-mining regional districts own 8 percent. The remaining 10 percent belong to smaller investors.\"Ideally, we want to turn Alrosa into a people\'s company. A public offering will allow the company\'s staff and residents of the republic to acquire shares,\" Andreyev said.\r\n\r\nA wave of so-called people\'s IPOs began in Russia in 2006 after <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Rosneft/\">Rosneft</a>, the state-controlled oil company, raised $10.4 billion for 14.9 percent of its shares on Moscow and London exchanges.Prime Minister <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Vladimir_Putin/\">Vladimir Putin</a> said in 2006 that Rosneft had attracted 115,000 retail investors.In March 2007, <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/Sberbank/\">Sberbank</a> followed suit, raising $9 billion for 3.5 million of its shares in a secondary public offering targeting retail investors.But the <a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mt_profile/VTB/\">VTB</a> offering in May 2007, which attracted $8 billion, was called the worst people\'s IPO after the bank\'s stock underperformed the market, causing more than 130,000 retail investors to lose money.\r\n\r\nNegative results of such people\'s IPOs may make retail investors reluctant to buy Alrosa\'s stocks, said Vladimir Savov, an equities analyst with Otkritie. Investors may also be discouraged by the overall decline of the stock market during the crisis, he said, adding that the IPO\'s success would largely depend on the quality of its marketing campaign and the offering price.The first people\'s IPOs may be considered successful in terms of the funds they raised, but further relationships of the companies\' management with shareholders were “disappointing,\" said Alexei Navalny, a lawyer who campaigns for the rights of minority shareholders. Alrosa\'s IPO will be successful only if the company\'s management takes these mistakes into account and cooperates with shareholders, he said.\r\n\r\nBut Alrosa\'s shares are unlikely to be in high demand with retail investors, Navalny said.\"The diamond business is a very closed [industry] and does not match with the idea of a joint-stock company very well,\" he said.\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/state-run-diamond-miner-alrosa-considers-share-issue/406835.html\" target=\"_blank\">State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa Considers Share Issue</a>','State-Run Diamond Miner Alrosa might become a \"People\'s company\"','','inherit','open','open','','695-revision-24','','','2010-05-26 09:23:09','2010-05-26 09:23:09','',695,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/695-revision-24',0,'revision','',0),(724,1,'2010-05-28 10:26:20','2010-05-28 10:26:20',' First five months see 25% increase in diamond exports\r\n\r\nSierra Leone exported $35 million worth of diamonds in the first five months of 2010, indicating a 25 percent increase over the corresponding months in 2009, reports say. At the onset of 2010, the country’s government had increased tax on diamond exports worth over $500,000 from 6.5 percent to 15 percent, intending to raise more revenues.\r\n\r\nSierra Leone had exported $79 million worth of diamonds in 2009, showing a dip of 20 percent, while in 2008 it exported over $99 million worth of rough diamonds.\r\n\r\nSierra Leone is hopeful that exports will pick up by 2011, despite the current downturn effects of the economy in the diamond market\r\n\r\nREF:<a href=\"http://www.diamondworld.net/contentview.aspx?item=4979\" target=\"_blank\" >Diamond exports rise at Sierra Leone</a>','Diamond exports rise at Sierra Leone','','publish','open','open','','diamond-exports-rise-at-sierra-leone','','','2010-05-28 10:26:20','2010-05-28 10:26:20','',0,'http://blog.biggstock.com/?p=724',0,'post','',0),(725,1,'2010-05-27 16:54:39','2010-05-27 16:54:39',' First five months see 25% increase in diamond exports\n\nSierra Leone exported $35 million worth of diamonds in the first five months of 2010, indicating a 25 percent increase over the corresponding months in 2009, reports say. At the onset of 2010, the country’s government had increased tax on diamond exports worth over $500,000 from 6.5 percent to 15 percent, intending to raise more revenues.\n\nSierra Leone had exported $79 million worth of diamonds in 2009, showing a dip of 20 percent, while in 2008 it exported over $99 million worth of rough diamonds.\n\nSierra Leone is hopeful that exports will pick up by 2011, despite the current downturn effects of the economy in the diamond market','Diamond exports rise at Sierra Leone','','inherit','open','open','','724-revision','','','2010-05-27 16:54:39','2010-05-27 16:54:39','',724,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/724-revision',0,'revision','',0),(726,1,'2010-05-27 17:01:47','2010-05-27 17:01:47',' First five months see 25% increase in diamond exports\n\nSierra Leone exported $35 million worth of diamonds in the first five months of 2010, indicating a 25 percent increase over the corresponding months in 2009, reports say. At the onset of 2010, the country’s government had increased tax on diamond exports worth over $500,000 from 6.5 percent to 15 percent, intending to raise more revenues.\n\nSierra Leone had exported $79 million worth of diamonds in 2009, showing a dip of 20 percent, while in 2008 it exported over $99 million worth of rough diamonds.\n\nSierra Leone is hopeful that exports will pick up by 2011, despite the current downturn effects of the economy in the diamond market','Diamond exports rise at Sierra Leone','','inherit','open','open','','724-revision-2','','','2010-05-27 17:01:47','2010-05-27 17:01:47','',724,'http://blog.biggstock.com/uncategorized/724-revision-2',0,'revision','',0),(727,1,'2010-05-27 17:04:50','2010-05-27 17:04:50',' First five months see 25% increase in diamond exports\r\n\r\nSierra Leone exported $35 million worth of diamonds in the first five months of 2010, indicating a 25 percent increase over the corresponding months in 2009, reports say. 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