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Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
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India Govt. Approves Export Promotion Mission
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has approved the Export Promotion Mission (EPM), a flagship initiative announced in the Union Budget 2025–26 to strengthen India’s export competitiveness, particularly for MSMEs, first-time exporters, and labour-intensive sectors. The Mission will provide a comprehensive, flexible, and digitally driven framework for export promotion, with a total outlay
HM Sarafa Bazaar Unveils Sterling Silver Jewellery Store
Mumbai: Blending 80 years of legacy with contemporary design sensibility, HM Sarafa Bazaar, a B2B jewellery platform, announced the opening of its first experiential store, iAMORY, a modern handcrafted 925 sterling silver and lab grown diamond brand in Chandivali, Powai, Mumbai. Co-founded by a husband-and-wife duo, Archit Jain and Anokhi Jain, the new store is thoughtfully designed at the confluence
Platinum Love Bands Unveils ‘Unlock with Love’ Campaign
Mumbai: This wedding season, Platinum Love Bands breaks away from traditional product launches. The brand orchestrates an emotionally charged social experiment that captures a connection invisible to most until now. Rings have long stood as symbols of love — seen by the world, but holding meaning only the couple understands. The truest parts of a relationship are often unspoken: a
WGC Launches ‘It’s Aaj ka Gold’ Campaign
Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) recently announced the launch of its first India-focussed gold ETF campaign, built around the powerful core message ‘It’s Aaj Ka Gold’ (means ‘Today’s gold). The campaign is aimed at modernizing gold investment for the nation’s digital-savvy young investors. The campaign aims to address the awareness–action gap and reinforce the accessibility, liquidity and strategic relevance
Diamonds worth $24 Mln Smuggled Out of CAR
Bangui: Diamonds worth $24-million have been reportedly smuggled out of the Central African Republic (CAR) since the Kimberley Process suspension of exports last year, Mining Weekly reports. Seleka rebels and “anti-balaka” militia are providing security to local diamond traders, who initially pay the warring groups for safe access to diamond fields and then for ongoing protection during mining. “It’s a
Israel Diamond Week is a Value-Adding Event
Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) is inviting members of its 29 sister diamond bourses affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) to take part in the February 8-12, 2015 Winter edition of the International Diamond Week. IDE President Shmuel Schnitzer, who served as WFDB President from 1998-2004 and is also a WFDB Honorary Life President, said
Miners Unite to Market Platinum
Johannesburg: South Africa’s platinum miners have set up an international council to drive investment in the metal as prices remain stagnant, despite the five-month blow to supply earlier this year and recycling being a competitive source of metal. Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Aquarius Platinum, Impala Platinum, Lonmin, Northam Platinum and Royal Bafokeng Platinum will each fund the council in a
Artisan Awards: 800 Entries, 12 Winners
Mumbai: Lights! Camera! Bling! With exquisite jewellery designs on display, models exhibiting artistic pieces, esteemed jury panel from the fashion world gracing the event, the semi-finals of the Artisan Jewellery Design Awards 2014 was nothing short of a fashionable event. With the underlying theme ‘100 years of Indian cinema,’ the evening saw iconic jewellery celebrate Bollywood through four iconic eras
