I'm suprised and honored to be included in Rapaport's Movers and Shakers of the diamond industry list. Well, let's shake the diamond...

It’s about time we face reality as it is. Not as it was or as we wish it to be. If we want to make our dreams come true, the first thing...

Another glass ceiling was broken. I was chosen to be the first woman ever to serve on the Executive Committee of the Israel Diamond...

TWO COUNTRIES, TWO TAX SYSTEMS In December, the boards of directors of the Israel Diamond Exchange and Israel Diamond Manufacturers...

What nobody told you about the great Indian banknote Shake-up Since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unexpected announcement on...

Two investment bubbles, 340 years apart, provide living proof of Edmund Burke’s famous observation that those who do not know history are...

The slogan for a long-waited generic diamond marketing campaign appears to elevate the concept of scarcity above that of love. Could we...

Nurit Rothmann: Gradually Breaking Down Industry Barriers 23 may 2016 Exclusive for www.rough-polished.com Diamantaire Nurit Rothmann...

My most recent blog, entitled “Playing the High Stakes Game with a Marked Deck of Cards,” which considers the lack of transparency in the...

More than 600 Israeli diamond manufacturers have signed a letter that calls on the bourses to support a decision taken by the World...

What the diamond industry should learn from the master toymaker, why thinking like a fish might help our business, and why recent...

Mr. Ephraim Zion, Founder of Dehres Limited, honors us with his opinions on the most pressing issues facing our industry today. 1. What...

In the early 1970's, psychologist and Stanford University professor Walter Mischel led a series of studies on delayed gratification. His...

This email (detailed below) arrived in my inbox via a mailing list for sightholders and others closely associated with the diamond...

A recent discussion with Thomas Biesheuvel of Bloomberg Business brought up the economic question of wars and catastrophes stimulating...

Mr. Sanjay Shah, Owner and Director of Gold Star Ltd Diamond Pvt in Mumbai, India, honors us with his opinions on the most pressing...

When Transparency is Blinding – Reducing Information "The sun is the best disinfectant," wrote Louis Brandeis, who later became a United...

When synthetic diamonds are debated among diamontaires it brings up flames of anger and frustration and almost always conjures up the...

Did you know that more than half of rough sales are conducted on the phone? Fear of speaking to groups and strangers – even one on one,...

Dear Mr. Mellier, There is no doubt that De Beers made a superb choice in selecting you as their leader. In 2013 alone, De Beers’...