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TORONTO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (TSX: HW; NYSE: HWD) today reported second quarter results for the period ending July 31, 2008. The Company recorded an increase in consolidated sales for the quarter of 7%, generating a 23% increase in gross margin and a 30% increase in consolidated earnings from operations compared to the results of the second quarter of the prior year. Consolidated quarterly sales totalled...

TORONTO, July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (TSX: HW; NYSE: HWD) today announced that the operator of the Diavik Diamond Mine has provided the following update on work during the second quarter of 2008 at the Diavik Diamond Mine: Ore production accelerated in the second quarter in line with plan due to improved operating conditions. Ore was mined predominantly from the A154 South kimberlite pipe, with smaller tonnages mined from the A154 North and A418 pipes....

By Charity Vogel There's nothing on Earth like a big gem. Especially when it's a diamond. (Anita Loos knew it. In "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," gold digger Lorelei Lee put her opinions about men's gifts this way: "Kissing your hand may make you feel very, very good, but a diamond ... lasts forever.") And so, by logical deduction, a great big diamond should be the best of all. Enter, the Hope Diamond. If you've traveled to Washington, D.C., and have been to the Smithsonian Institution,...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Researchers using computer analysis have traced the origin of the famed Hope Diamond, concluding that it was cut from a larger stone that was once part of the crown jewels of France. A French connection had been suspected for the Hope, but the new study shows just how it would have fit inside the larger French Blue Diamond and how that gem was cut, Smithsonian gem curator Jeffrey Post explained. The deep blue Hope Diamond is the centerpiece of the gem collection at the...