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Jackson Strayer University BUS475 May 1, 2014 Instructor: The De Beers Company is one of the wealthiest companies in the world. De Beers leads and dominates the diamond industry in diamond mining, diamond trading, and industrial diamond manufacturing. In 1871 a South African man named Cecil Rhodes created De Beers. Rhodes rented water pumps to miners then invested his profits by buying up small mining operations. In 2011 the De Beers Group sold their remaining stake to Anglo American for $5

Table of Contents 1. HENRY FORD 3 1.1. Introduction 3 1.2. Young Henry Ford 3 1.3. Henry Ford the Engineer 4 1.4. The Ford Motor Company 4 2. ERNEST OPPENHEIMER 6 2.1. Introduction 6 2.2. Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, 1880-1957 6 2.3. Devised Engagement-Ring Custom 7 3. References 8 1. HENRY FORD 1.1. Introduction Cars changed the way people lived, worked, and enjoyed leisure time; however, what most people don’t realize is that the process of manufacturing automobiles had an equally

Louise Nevelson— Sky Cathedral Presence Survey of World Art By Vyacheslav Borts The sculptress Louise Nevelson was a towering figure of American modernism. Born in 1899, she came to prominence in the late ‘50s, gaining renown for monochromatic structures built out of discarded wood. Critic Arthur C. Danto wrote, “There could be no better word for how Nevelson composed her work than bricolage—a French term that means making do with what is at hand.” (Danto 2007) Her pieces evolved and expanded

Imagine that you’ve found the love of your life and that you really want to ask “the question”. First, you need a proper diamond encrusted ring. You spend hours, days looking for the perfect ring, and you finally find it. It’s beautiful, and there’s a guarantee that “You wont find any other ring like this!” You immediately snatch it up, and bring it back home to hide in your closet. You quickly think about how this might affect your spending habits, but you sit down on the couch and switch on the

Sierra Leone: Corrupt from Blood Diamonds Isn’t the invention of the cotton gin beautiful, almost a miracle that it could produce more cotton without as much work there was to be executed? This was true, until slave owners in the 1800’s decided to buy even more slaves to increase their profits more than ever before, much like how the industry of blood diamonds worked. Blood diamonds have erupted to the scene as a major problem in the African nation known as Sierra Leone, causing the major issue

Introduction Blood Diamond or Conflict Diamond another term used to describe the illegal trade of diamond in Africa. The Blood Diamond is been used to finance conflicts, wars and humans rights violations. The Conflict exists for many years, profits have been made from the illegal trade of diamonds, Rebels and warlords use the diamonds to buy arms. There are many countries involved in the illicit trading the blood diamond, Sierra Leone, Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Angola. This assignment is about

furniture to his very own design. He was part of an early 1920’s movement called De Stijl (Dutch for Style.) From 1930 Rietveld worked on his own as an independent Architect. He remained part of the De Stijl movement until 1931. There he worked alongside Piet Mondriaan and Theo van Doesberg and many others. The De Stijl movement was formed by a group of architects and artists who were greatly influenced by the ideals of DaDa. De Stijl was founded by Theo van Doesburg. The term Neo- Plasticism, meaning “a

THE BLOOD DIAMOND INDUSTRY IN AFRICA Before a diamond leaves a jewelry shop, it goes through five stages. First, it is mined and purchased. De Beers Group of Companies is the leading company that does this. It is the leading company in diamond exploration, diamond mining, diamond retail, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. Second stage involves the sorting of the

“A Diamond is forever.” Or is it really? For about 80 years, the De Beers diamond company has pulled off one of the best marketing schemes a company could wish for. Indeed, how much would you estimate your diamond engagement ring wrapped around your finger? A fair amount would be the right thing to say. However, the compressed carbon stone is worth less than anyone would imagine, which is why De Beers has been so successful, which, thanks to a good use of marketing as well as strategy, has led the

The cartel industry has been created and regulated by De Beers. They were able to increase the value of the gems managing the stock to make it artificially scarce. De Beers centralised and shaped the market, by selling 80% of the total supply. In this way the cartel created a public perception around diamonds by praising their pureness and scarcity. In a conflict