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The Luckenbooth: Scotland’s Love Brooch

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By ELAINE SMITH from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2QojMrn via IFTTT

How Jewelry Makes Us Who We Are

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By VICTORIA GOMELSKY from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2BGFSx9 via IFTTT

Emerald and Gold Jewelry Pushes Up Quality at the Met Shop

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By LAURA NEILSON from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2TX9ayy via IFTTT

Engraving That Endures

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By RACHEL GARRAHAN from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2P9Doe3 via IFTTT

She Calls Her Stock ‘Jewelry, Made by Artists’

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By DIANE DANIEL from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2DST9UQ via IFTTT

Emojis: Dressed Up and Ready to Party

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By MILENA LAZAZZERA from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2Q0TrjE via IFTTT

The Secret History of Women, Told in Earrings

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By LAURA RYSMAN from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2Rokn9H via IFTTT

Sparkle Comes Pretty Cheap

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By RACHEL FELDER from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2FZ1KYq via IFTTT

Will Blockchain Be a Boon to the Jewelry Industry?

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By ELIZABETH PATON from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2Pc3dtY via IFTTT

The Canadian Jeweler Who Caught Meghan Markle’s Eye

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Auction Houses Grow a Different Kind of Jewelry Sale

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By MELANIE ABRAMS from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/2Q4vKab via IFTTT

Grindr President Defends Same-Sex Marriage Comments

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By DANIEL VICTOR from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2PcGjTr via IFTTT

Rail fares to rise by 3.1% in January

Rail passengers will have to pay an average of 3.1% more for train tickets in 2019. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zvB10g via IFTTT

What’s on TV Friday: ‘A Very Nutty Christmas’ and ‘The Shining’

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Ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch charged with fraud in the US

Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Q7wcnZ via IFTTT

Trump's trade war: Stakes are high at G20 summit

President Trump's threats of more tariffs against China dampen hopes of a breakthrough over trade at a meeting with Xi Jinping. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AvVvW4 via IFTTT

WTO chief warns of worst crisis in global trade since 1947

Roberto Azevedo says the trade body is looking for a "plan B" to stop its dispute system being paralysed. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2TXR2EQ via IFTTT

Tesco and VW plan free electric car charging points

Customers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Sj3zB6 via IFTTT

Deutsche Bank headquarters raided over money laundering

Prosecutors raid Frankfurt headquarters of Germany's biggest bank in a money laundering investigation. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AwwOJk via IFTTT

Smart meter fitting slows as deadline looms

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo via IFTTT

Brexit: Let's focus on the deal, May tells MPs

The PM says she still hopes the Commons will back her Brexit plan as she prepares to meet G20 leaders. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zz4OoH via IFTTT

Bayer to cut 12,000 jobs and sell brands

Dr Scholl's and Coppertone are among the consumer brands to be sold by the German company. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Aws1Yk via IFTTT

Starbucks to block porn on free wi-fi in US

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2rdnLsn via IFTTT

Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled settle SEC charges

The regulator says the celebrities didn't tell their followers they had been paid to promote some investments. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2PaQkAc via IFTTT

Danish firm claims first biofuel commercial sea voyage

Danish shipping company Norden says it has completed the first voyage by an ocean-going vessel powered purely by biofuel made from used cooking oil. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4Td4y via IFTTT

Carphone Warehouse faces Black Friday backlash

Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4L5kO via IFTTT

JLR to cut 200 jobs as production moves to Slovakia

Jaguar Land Rover says there will also be a "temporary pause" at its Wolverhampton engine plant. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FPdhK6 via IFTTT

Shares in shopping centre owner Intu sink after takeover collapses

Shares in shopping centre owner Intu sink more than a third as a takeover bid falls apart. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2BF4w1a via IFTTT

Rail regulator orders Network Rail to improve performance

Rail regulator orders Network Rail to improve after rail performance hits five-year low. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E3KzDo via IFTTT

How do you make a vinyl record?

Watch behind the scenes as a vinyl record is processed from start to finish. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QpItn5 via IFTTT

'We had to pay £300 each just to view a property'

Prospective tenants at one letting agency have been asked for money in order to view rental properties. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E24rXJ via IFTTT

Brexit Barometer: How are small businesses feeling?

5 Live is getting the views of people across the UK. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FNpm2d via IFTTT

'My mum's funeral costs were extortionate'

The UK's £2bn funeral sector now faces a major investigation by competition authorities as costs rise. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KFvF6H via IFTTT

'People find anything about the vagina hard to talk about'

An innovation surge and the lifting of health taboos is giving rise to an industry worth billions. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QujvTC via IFTTT

Pentagon looks to exoskeletons to build 'super-soldiers'

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The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in experimental exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and more resilient, in what experts say is part of a broader push into advanced gear to equip a new generation of "super-soldiers." from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Q5eth6 via IFTTT

Catholic archdiocese in New Mexico, facing abuse cases, to file for bankruptcy

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, will file for bankruptcy protection as it faces litigation arising from accusations of sexual abuse by clergy, its archbishop said on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2FPUxdm via IFTTT

Handful of caravan migrants launch hunger strike at U.S. border

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A handful of the thousands of Central American migrants camped out at the U.S.-Mexican border waiting to plead their case for asylum in the United States launched a hunger strike on Thursday to protest the Mexican police blocking their way. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Qo7VcR via IFTTT

Schools work to restore routine to children of lost Paradise

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For two dozen third-graders who survived the massive wildfire that largely obliterated Paradise, California, school is now the small home of their teacher, Sheri Eichar: Reading center on the couch, math in the kitchen nook, language in the corner. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2re5GKF via IFTTT

Search for remains in California's deadliest wildfire officially ends

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Three weeks after flames incinerated most of a Northern California town in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century, the search for more human remains has officially ended with at least 88 people confirmed dead and nearly 200 still listed as missing. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zGTzuD via IFTTT

Two toddlers shot in front of Mississippi hospital, expected to survive

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Two toddlers in a car were hit by gunfire from another vehicle in front of a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday and were in stable condition at the medical facility, police said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2DSCO2o via IFTTT

Murder trial begins for driver in Virginia white nationalist rally

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The man who plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at last year's white nationalist rally in Virginia had every intention to kill, a prosecutor told jurors on Thursday as James Fields' murder trial got underway. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Q1XrQJ via IFTTT

California Democratic Party chair resigns amid sexual misconduct investigation

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The chairman of the California state Democratic Party said on Thursday he would resign amid allegations that he engaged in unspecified sexual misconduct with party staffers. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2Qtlyr3 via IFTTT

Police arrest suspect in Black Friday shooting at Alabama mall

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Police in Georgia on Thursday arrested a suspect in a shooting that wounded two people at an Alabama mall and left another man dead after he was apparently mistaken for the gunman during Black Friday sales, federal officials said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2E4AJkz via IFTTT

California regulator orders PG&E to implement safety recommendations

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California's top utilities regulator on Thursday ordered the embattled power utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co to implement safety recommendations the agency's staff outlined in an independent third-party report. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zwj5mb via IFTTT