Diamond shortage: Prices set to rise

Diamonds may be forever, but supplies are fading fast. After two fruitless decades of diamond exploration, mining companies are now scraping the bottom of their existing assets, facing a seemingly inevitable decline in production from 2019. Read entire article...

New rules for Greenwood pawn shops

Pawn shops, gold buyers and used video game dealers must now get a license to operate in Greenwood. Secondhand stores, pawn shops and similar businesses must purchase a $25 permit; keep better records; and share information with police, under the new ordinance. Read...

Gun silencer sales are booming

Sales are booming for silencers, the cylindrical devices used to muffle gunfire. The civilian market for silencers soared 37% in 2013, when the total number shot up to nearly a half a million, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...