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But that hasn&apos;t slowed Fuqi International.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1157768549</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:31:38 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DGSE Cos. sells two pawn shops (at bizjournals.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/bizj/rss/SIG=1281hj4a6/*http%3A//dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2009/06/22/daily61.html?ana=yfcpc</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3211631127</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:05:14 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DGSE Companies, Inc. Announces Sale of Its Two Pawnshops in Dallas, Texas; Renewal and Extension of Credit Facility with Primary Bank (Business Wire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/090626/20090626005351.html?.v=1</link><description>DALLAS----DGSE Companies, Inc. , which wholesales, retails and auctions fine watches, jewelry, diamonds and precious metal and rare coin products via traditional and Internet channels, today announced that it sold its two pawnshops in Dallas, Texas in an all cash transaction .</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/193812325</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:15:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Whatever Happened to Piercing Pagoda? (at Minyanville.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/minyanville/rss/SIG=137c3oouc/*http%3A//www.minyanville.com/articles/retail-shopping-jewelry-zlc-mall-kiosk/index/a/23036/from/yahoo</link><description>Experts are quick with a piercing gun and quicker to ring you up.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2475812183</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:20:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>~ Finlay Enterprises Provides Update on Execution of Its Strategic Plan ~ (PR Newswire)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090616/ny33796.html?.v=2</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/227607271</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:05:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Birks prestige collection event hosted with KidsFest (CNW Group)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/cnw/090615/f_birksmayors_kidsfes.html?.v=2</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2258869677</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:00:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Slimming all the rage as belts tighten (at FT.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/ft/rss/SIG=125371qko/*http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/3a27f128-56e9-11de-9a1c-00144feabdc0.html?referrer_id=yahoofinance&amp;ft_ref=yahoo1&amp;segid=03058</link><description>For years, equity analysts urged Johann Rupert to spin off tobacco and turn Richemont, the company he chairs and controls, into a &quot;pure play&quot; luxury goods group. 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His grandfather, Nicolas, is revered as saviour of the mechanical watch industry.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3601137770</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:10:27 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>I&apos;d Like To Thank The Economy... 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