These Jewels Look Smaller in France

New York Times-Jan. 28, 2009

THE timing was a bit inauspicious: Right as our rogue economy gravitationally collapsed into a swirling vacuum, Mauboussin, the 180-year-old French jewelry ...

Recession brings hagglers to Tiffany

Reuters-Jun. 10, 2009

Its jewelry is known for classic styles, one reason why it does not feel the pressure like apparel retailers to cut prices and clear out merchandise fearing a change ...

Cum Laude in Evading Bandits

New York Times-May 30, 2009

One of the great failures of American universities is that they are far too parochial, rarely exposing students to worlds beyond our borders. If colleges provide ...

Cheap Jewelry Imports Vex Artisans in Southwest

Wall Street Journal-Nov. 1, 2009

SANTA FE, N.M. -- A tsunami of cheap imported jewelry -- designed to look like ... Native American motifs, for example by manufacturing Navajo-style earrings in ...