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Trade ministry will seek support for export sectors that need it
Jan 24th
The commerce ministry has concluded its sectoral review of exports and will seek additional support for industries still under pressure, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said on Wednesday.
“We will see what we can do and seek continuation of support where it is absolutely necessary,” he said, adding that labour-intensive sectors such as handicraft, leather, and gems and jewellery continue to be in trouble.
“Sectoral reviews have been completed. I am soon going to work on the recommendations. They will also get tiffany jewelry on our budget proposals,” Sharma told reporters at the sidelines of a conference organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, or Ficci.
The Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the ministry carried out the performance review of key export sectors.
It also examined if any sector might need additional incentives due to the slump in external demand for Indian goods.
Asked if the finance ministry would withdraw some of the incentives provided to the exporters, Sharma said any such move will be a considered pull-back. “The finance minister will dispassionately examine the sectoral performance and do what is judicious,” he said.
Merchandise exports rose in November for the first time this fiscal to $13.2 billion (Rs61,512 crore) from $11.16 billion tiffany money clips, up 18.28%. However, exports in the April-November period were lower than in the year-ago period, having dropped 22.32% to $104.25 billion.
Sectors that saw significant growth are gems and jewellery (40.4%), petroleum products (83.6%), iron ore (47.2%), and plastic and linoleum (28%).
The sectors that lagged behind are textiles (6%), drugs and fine chemicals (8.7%), tobacco (5.6%), carpet (5.8%), and engineering goods (6.8%).
Earlier on Wednesday, commerce secretary Rahul Khullar said: “I am not in favour of providing incentives if it cannot be sustained.”
Khullar also called for “some degree of stability”, expressing apprehension that there could be a tendency to “tiffany pendants back some of the incentives” already provided to exporters.
Eastgate outlasts Demidov to capture his 1st bracelet
Dec 14th
Tournament director Jack Effel, who uses his mike to acknowledge celebrity tiffany jewelry players in the crowd at the World Series of Poker, gave a big shout out of another sort Monday.
“Let’s hear it for the money!” said Effel, drawing a roar from fans who had seen a mountain of cash piled high on a table.
Peter Eastgate, a 22-year-old from Denmark who became the youngest player to win the WSOP’s Texas Hold ‘Em Main Event early Tuesday, earned first-place money of $9.15million after beating Ivan Demidov in the longest final in WSOP history.
The two-day final table play took 274 hands and 15 hours, 28 minutes, surpassing the previous long of 14 hours, 10 minutes in 2005.
Despite the endurance, this was not a winner-take-all tournament. Of the 6,844 players who entered, 666 finished in the money. That ran from Eastgate down to finishers 617-666, who made $21,230 for the price of their $10,000 entry fees.
All nine finalists already had been paid $900,670 for at least ninth place. So Kelly Kim, 31, silver earrings of Whittier, Calif., who started the final table with the lowest chip count, was keenly aware what it meant when he finished eighth instead of ninth.
“About 380 (thousand dollars),” Kim said.
Make that an additional $387,547 that Kim got for winning eighth-place money of $1,288,217.
Not that the ninth-place money was chump change for Craig Marquis, 23, of Arlington, Texas, who dropped out of college to pursue professional poker.
“I’ll probably be playing poker for a few years. I have enough money now where I don’t have to sweat the small stuff,” he said.
For second, Demidov, 27, of Moscow, won $5.8million, which is a whole lot more than the $560,000 total that Doyle Brunson got for winning back-to-back Main Events in 1976-77.
Demidov acknowledged he will share most of his winnings with a Russian financial supporter who silver key rings helped him get here.
“I have a backer that pays for me, and, yeah, I’m going to share the monies with him, with him getting more than me,” Demidov said. “Without him, I wouldn’t be able to even come and play here.”
Such deals are not uncommon in poker. Last year, Englishman Jon Kalmar placed fifth and won about $1.26 million. He said he would share his winnings with British pros, who backed him financially.
Eastgate, who won his first WSOP bracelet, said he paid the $10,000 entry fee. Did he receive any backing that might entail sharing his $9.15million?
“That’s confidential,” Eastgate said.
There are other ways in which winnings are shared in poker. Away from high-profile tournaments, silver necklaces pros and amateurs play cash games among themselves.
When poker pro Erick Lindgren received his player of the year award for his overall performance in the 55-event World Series, he passed along a message to Eastgate and Demidov.
“Brunson told me to tell them that there is a cash game when they’re done tonight,” Lindgren said.
The World’s Biggest Movie Stars Sparkle in Platinum Jewelry at the 81st Academy Awards
Oct 27th
Platinum jewelry ruled the red carpet at the “81st Academy Awards” and after-parties around the city.tiffany jewelry and style expert Michael O’Connor – who helped celebrities find the perfect baubles for tonight’s festivities – notes that classic elegance is back. “Movie stars are foregoing over-the-top bling and instead selecting one or two statement pieces of classic Platinum jewelry that stand the test of time.” Drop and stud earrings, ornate cuff bracelets, hair brooches and statement necklaces set in Platinum were the most popular choices of the evening. Platinum is the most favored metal on the red carpet because it’s naturally white, so it maximizes the brilliance of gemstones.
Following is a list of Platinum baubles that celebrities wore on the red carpet and at parties (retail prices are provided when available):
– Penelope Cruz – Platinum necklace with 69 carats of diamonds by Chopard.
– Kate Winslet – Platinum cluster earrings with 28 carats of diamonds by
Chopard.
– Vanessa Hudgens – Platinum earrings with vintage coral and diamond drops
by Cathy Waterman tiffany money clips.
– Miley Cyrus – Platinum and diamond earrings and ring by Neil Lane
($500,000 total).
– Natalie Portman – Platinum and diamond hair combs, Platinum stud
earrings, Platinum cuff bracelet and stackable rings by Kwiat.
– Diane Lane – Darkened Platinum and diamond necklace, bracelet, earrings
and ring by Neil Lane ($250,000 total) tiffany pendants.
– Evan Rachel Wood – Darkened Platinum and diamond chandelier earrings,
bracelet and ring by Neil Lane ($275,000 total).
– Tina Fey – Platinum ring by Fred Leighton.
– Sharon Stone – Platinum bracelets, rings and earrings by Damiani
($400,000 total) tiffany earrings.
– Viola Davis – Platinum earrings, brooch, bracelets and ring by Fred
Leighton.
– Melissa Leo – Platinum earrings, bracelets and ring by Fred Leighton.
– Heidi Klum – Blackened Platinum earrings and bracelets by Lorraine
Schwartz ($900,000 total).
– Dustin Lance Black – Platinum cufflinks by Beaudry ($20,000).
– Chris Dickens (Winner for Achievement in Film Editing Slumdog
Millionaire) – Platinum tie accent by CliQ ($2,000) and cufflinks by
Neil Lane ($3,000).
– Chris Dicken’s wife – Platinum earrings by Gumuchian ($18,000).
– Leslie Mann – Platinum and diamond lariat, and earrings by Cathy
Waterman.
– Sophia Milos – Platinum earrings by Damiani ($265,000).
– Sally Bell – Platinum earrings, bracelet and rings by Fred Leighton.
– Ryoko Hirosue – Platinum necklace and earrings by Van Cleef &
Arpels.
– Victoria Beckham (Elton John Party) – Platinum and diamond brooches or
choker worn in her hair, Platinum and diamond stud earrings by Neil
Lane.
– Madonna and her date Jesus (Vanity Fair Party and her private party) -
Platinum and diamond look by Neil Lane (worth multi-millions of
dollars).
– Eva Longoria Parker (Elton John Party) – Platinum and diamond lapel
brooch, Platinum rings, and Platinum stud earrings by Neil Lane.
– Salma Hayek (Vanity Fair Party) – Darkened Platinum and diamond
chandelier earrings by Neil Lane tiffany key rings.
– Kate Walsh (Vanity Fair Party) – Platinum and black diamond earrings,
bracelet and ring by Neil Lane.
– Vinessa Shaw – Platinum earrings, ring and bracelet by Kwiat.
– Christine Taylor – Platinum bracelets and earrings by Neil Lane.
– Rachel Griffiths (Vanity Fair Party) – Platinum and diamond bangles and
earrings by Neil Lane.
– Tichina Arnold – Platinum bracelet, earrings, ring and necklace from the
Calderoni collection by Damiani ($120,000 total).
– Sasha Ponti – Platinum pendant, ring, necklace, bracelet and ring by
Damiani ($190,000 total).
– Kate Ledger – Platinum stud earrings, rings, and bracelets by Fred
Leighton. tiffany necklaces
– Danielle Panabaker – Platinum earrings, ring and bracelet by Kwiat.
– Debora Lee Furness – Platinum earrings and bracelet by Fred Leighton.
– Ellen Kuras – Platinum bracelets, earrings, chain and ring by Neil Lane.
– Josh Brolin – Platinum cufflinks and shirt studs by Kwiat.
– Tony Parker (Elton John Party) – Platinum cufflinks by Neil Lane.
– John Legend – Platinum cufflinks by Neil Lane.
– Chris Rock – Platinum stud earrings by Neil Lane.
– Chris Harrison – Platinum and diamond watch by Jacob & Co.
($250,000).
– Billy Bush – Platinum watch by Franck Muller ($200,000).
– Billy Bush’s wife – Platinum earrings by Erica Courtney ($24,000).
– John Shanley – Platinum watch by Franck Muller ($43,800), and Platinum
cufflinks by Beaudry ($16,000).
– Erin Ecklund (John Shanley’s date) – Platinum earrings and cuff
bracelet by Chad Allison ($34,000 total).
– Thom Floutz – Platinum cufflinks and ring by Jacob & Co. ($100,000
total).
– Jeanne Floutz (Thom Floutz’s wife) – Platinum necklace with
diamonds and pearls and a Platinum bracelet by Gumuchian ($100,000
total).
– John Nelson – Platinum cufflinks and lapel pin by Neil Lane ($12,000
total), and a Platinum watch by Franck Muller ($43,800).
– Mike Elizalde – Platinum cufflinks and tie accent by CliQ ($12,000
total).
– Mary Elizalde (Mike Elizalde’s wife) – Platinum earrings by Erica
Courtney ($30,000).
– Steve Gold – Platinum tie accent by CliQ ($2,000).
– Lara Spencer – Platinum bracelets and earrings by Jacob & Co. (over
$2 million total).
– Nancy O’Dell – Platinum and diamond earrings by Tom Rucker
($35,000).
– Nikki Boyer – Platinum earrings and ring with pink spinel and diamonds
by Peter Norman ($32,000 total).
– Adrianna Costa – Platinum earrings by Jacob & Co. ($420,000), and
Platinum ring by Michael M. ($40,000).
– Terri Seymour (Elton John Party) – Platinum and diamond look by Neil
Lane.
– Jill Simonian – Platinum cuffs and earrings by Chad Allison ($87,000
total).
– Michelle Tuzee – Platinum bracelets, ring and earrings by Neil Lane.
– Lauren Sanchez – Platinum earrings and rings by Neil Lane.
– Cat Sadler – Platinum earrings, rings and bangles by Neil Lane.
– Anya Sarre – Platinum chain and ring by Neil Lane.
– Yvonne Reyes – Platinum necklace by Damiani ($86,000).
– Anne Sweeney – Platinum bracelet by Alan Friedman ($100,000) and
earrings by Jacob & Co. ($200,000).
Platinum is prized for its Pure, Rare and Eternal qualities:
PURE: Platinum’s high level of purity (generally 90%-95% pure) endows it with both a natural white luster, allowing the true radiance of a diamond or gemstone to shine; and hypoallergenic qualities that prove ideal for sensitive skin.
Only the purest platinum jewelry will bear a stamp reading “PLATINUM”, “PLAT”, “Pt 950″, or “Pt 900″, signifying the jewelry is 90% to 95% pure platinum.
RARE: Platinum is 30 times more rare than gold.
ETERNAL: Platinum will hold a diamond or gemstone securely, now and for always.
About Platinum Guild International USA
Platinum Guild International, the marketing arm for the worldwide Platinum jewelry industry, is dedicated to promoting Platinum and its, pure, rare and eternal qualities to the consumer and the jewelry trade. PGI has offices in each of the world’s major jewelry markets, providing information, assistance and education on all aspects of Platinum jewelry.