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The De Beers diamonds antitrust class action sought to end an alleged 60-year conspiracy to fix the price of rough diamonds in the U.S. by the De Beers group of companies. The litigation includes several cases including Hopkins v. De Beers Centenary A.G., et al., No. CGC-04-432954, which commenced on July 24, 2004, and Sullivan v.
[11] [12] [13] Tempelsman is one of fewer than 90 "sightholders" in the world, which means that 10 times a year he is permitted to buy diamonds directly from the powerful De Beers cartel in the City of London. Because DeBeers was a virtual monopoly, for many years it could not operate legally in the United States.
De Beers Ventures. De Beers Ventures was established by De Beers Group in June 2017 to consider minority stake investments in start-ups and growth companies that could be of benefit to De Beers Group or the broader diamond sector. [83] [84] The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research
Thanos is a fictional character portrayed primarily by Josh Brolin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics supervillain of the same name. He is depicted as an alien warlord from the doomed planet Titan with a universe-spanning agenda to wipe out half of all life to stabilize overpopulation and prevent ...
De Beers tried its hand at growing a lab-grown diamond jewelry business for six years before ditching it earlier this year. But a segment of that failed attempt has flourished—and it has nothing ...
De Beers (1 C, 22 P) S. Sierra Leone Civil War (4 C, 14 P) U. UNITA (2 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Blood diamonds" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of ...
Waning demand for natural diamonds has helped lift De Beers's inventory to $2 billion, the most since the 2008 financial crash, according to the Financial Times. In fact, the value of the diamond ...
Paula Weinstein was impressed by Leavitt's Blood Diamond draft, but hired writers Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz to rewrite the script again; by the time he had completed the script, Zwick had become so interested in the story that he agreed to direct the film as well. [7]