Jewelry and Watches

A San Fernando Valley jeweler at the center of an insider-trading scandal pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge and agreed to turn over $1.27 million in ill-gotten stock gains made from tips from a top auditor at accounting giant KPMG. Bryan Shaw, 52,...

Shopping for diamond jewelry can be tricky. On one hand, the little voice inside your head is telling you to go big or go home, which the more practical part of your person is advising you to make a well-informed decision. Pay attention to that second...

Holly Embry had always been able to wear bracelets, necklaces and rings made of just about anything, but in her early 20s she discovered that her ears didn't have that same kind of tolerance. If Embry's earrings weren't surgical steel or sterling...

Developer Rich Schermerhorn said that "a couple of months ago" he had "a casual conservation" about buying an ECHL hockey franchise and relocating it to Glens Falls. "Someone reached out to me about an ECHL franchise that was for sale," he said in a...

H&S Properties Development Corp. plans to push its Harbor East development east across Central Avenue with an expanded Whole Foods Market, a possible department store and apartments on two sites, baker-turned-developer John Paterakis Sr. said Friday....

So, how do you think mom would look this year with an iPad or a pair of dangly hoop earrings? Some shoppers looking to coddle their moms this Mother's Day weekend apparently will find out, according to the latest retail reports. Consumers are expected...

The CEO of Agatha, one of France's top accessory chains, was in Beirut this week to launch a new bracelet concept -- the Agat'you. The new line fuses two youthful accessory trends: stacking various bracelets up the wrist and adding charms to customize...

Whitney Court usually buys her mom flowers for Mother's Day, but this year she's selected a gift that won't wilt: a silver necklace. It cost $165, about double the price of a dozen roses delivered. But Court, a nanny who lives in Celebration, said she's...

May 3 (Reuters) - Private equity-backed jewelry and accessories retailer Claire's Inc filed with regulators to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of its common stock. The company, which was taken private by Apollo Management LP for...

When Jewell Hunt opened J and J Fashions in Rocky Mount in 1968, she knelt in the doorway and prayed. If God would help the business succeed, she promised to use the business as a ministry. J and J Fashions is celebrating 45 years in business this...

Ever since online businesses arrived in the 1990s, the collection of sales tax has been a sore spot of contention between brick-and-mortar retail stores and their Internet counterparts. The issue of allowing states to collect sales tax on Internet sales...

April 26 (Reuters) - Securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several Canadian companies, including Shoppers Drug Mart and Dominion Diamond, on Friday. HIGHLIGHTS * Shoppers Drug Mart : Desjardins cuts to sell from hold * Domtar...