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• The New Gold Standard

leading U.S. jewelry retailers in 2009 - Walmart: $2.75 billion - Sterling Jewelers Inc.: $2.56 billion - Zale: $1.78 billion - Macy's Inc: $1.40 billion - Tiffany & Co.: $1.34 billion - QVC: $1.18 billion - Sears Holdings, including Kmart: $840 million - J.C. Penney: $700 million - Costco Wholesale Corp.: $475 million - Target: $450 million Source: Earthworks and National Jeweler, "State of the Majors," May 16, 2010 Searching for diamonds from a reputable source has gained importance for many jewelry consumers in recent years.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• September 12, 2011

• Defense Logistics Agency Provides Gold-Standard Logistics

FORT BELVOIR, Va., Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From the Defense Supply Agency to the Defense Logistics Agency; from a post-war concept to a worldwide logistics leader; from manual, paper- based systems to electronic systems that deliver instant results; DLA has come a long way in 50 years. But as America's premier combat logistics provider hits the half-century mark, its mission is as clear today as the day it was established: provide superb logistics support to America's warfighters around the world. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara first established the Defense Supply Agency, which would later become the Defense Logistics Agency, 50 years ago, but the agency can trace its roots even further back, to World War II, when the fastest buildup of military forces in history for...

• U.S. Newswire
• October 24, 2011

• The Gold Standard.

Originally published in HFMWeek Figures published recently by the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) show that Ireland is now home to 43% of al...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011

• A gold standard with free banking would have restrained the boom and bust.

President George W. Bush famously remarked in July 2008 that during the housing boom "Wall Street got drunk ... and now it has a hangover." It was the...

• The Cato Journal
• Vol. 31 Nbr. 3, September 2011

• Sweden Aims to Hold Itself to a Higher (Gold) Standard

This question is for you trivia buffs out there. What country has been the most snake-bitten throughout the history of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship? If you're still stumped, here's a hint.

• Buffalo News
• December 23, 2010

• Sprint Unveils New Gold Standard in Push-to-Talk.

Planned 4Q launch of Sprint Direct Connect will offer increased push-to-talk coverage, more broadband data capabilities, new features - and more enhan...

• Business Wire
• March 16, 2011

• Did leaving the gold standard tame the business cycle? Evidence from NBER reference dates and real GNP.

1. Introduction "Our empirical results are striking [...] a clear rejection of the null hypothesis of no postwar duration stabilization." This is ho...

• Southern Economic Journal
• Vol. 76 Nbr. 2, October 2009

• Gold Standard Mining Corp. Announces Results of 2010 Gold Production.

Company's Subsidiary Maintains Current Inventory of 56,500 Ounces (1.6 metric tons) of Gold LOS ANGELES & BLAGOVESHENSK, Russia -- Gold Standard Min...

• Business Wire
• February 08, 2011

• In form we trust: Neoplatonism, the gold standard, and the Machine Art show, 1934.

In the spring of 1934, Alfred H. Barr Jr., the first director of New York's new Museum of Modern Art, saw one of his primary goals for the museum fulf...

• The Art Bulletin
• Vol. 90 Nbr. 4, December 2008

• Sprint Direct Connect beats expectations in key performance measurements, outperforms Sprint's own push to talk 'gold standard'.

More than 76,000 calls by a third party prove it: Sprint surpasses own records for call success rates; meets or exceeds in other key metrics While o...

• Business Wire
• February 22, 2012