by PawnMaster | Apr 19, 2017 | Gems, Gold & Jewelry, In The News, Industry, Jewelry
In September 2016, GIA’s Hong Kong laboratory tested a 10.08 ct blue synthetic diamond grown by the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) method. This was the largest HPHT synthetic diamond recorded to date. It was also the largest HPHT blue synthetic diamond GIA has...
by PawnMaster | Apr 18, 2017 | Business, Did You Know, In The News, Industry, Small Business
Mobile technology is constantly evolving. And as a result, consumers and businesses are constantly upgrading to new cell phone models. So what should you do with all those old cell phones once you make a change? You don’t have to simply throw them away. There are...
by PawnMaster | Apr 14, 2017 | Gems, In The News, Industry, Jewelry, Precious Metals
The Chinese retail market has been cooling off, but jade mining in the Kachin province of Myanmar has been on the increase, causing a massive inventory buildup, according to a report by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation of Harvard University. The...
by PawnMaster | Apr 14, 2017 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business News, Did You Know, In The News, Industry, Retail, Small Business
The National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA) announced today the results of the NPA 2016 Trend Survey. The survey, which was conducted in early 2017, focuses on industry trends as reported by pawnbroker members of the NPA for the 2016 calendar year. One notable survey...
by PawnMaster | Apr 13, 2017 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, In The News, Industry, TV
Pawn Stars Season 14 is finally on the air! The most recent episodes of the popular History Channel show began broadcasting on April 10. Pawn Stars may have been around for over 400 episodes now, but it doesn’t mean that they are not introducing some fresh ideas to...
by PawnMaster | Apr 7, 2017 | Gold & Jewelry, In The News, Industry, Precious Metals
In a zeal to hide cocaine profits, South American traffickers have funneled billions of dollars of illegally mined Amazon gold to a Miami metals refinery in what federal authorities say amounts to a massive money-laundering...
