Episode 93: Dispatches from the Lab-Grow...

Andrew Rickard stresses the importance of getting a credit report and outlines his plans for the Jewelers Board of Trade (JBT) after his recent appointment as its president. Plus: Lab-grown diamonds, tariffs, and the state of the industry. 

Nilesh Chhabria, chief operating officer at Finestar Diamonds & Jewellery, reflects on the recent JCK Las Vegas show, the market for fancy-shape diamonds, and why natural is regaining some of the ground it lost to lab-grown. 

German jewelry designer Katharina Junkert recounts the history of Pforzheim, the country’s famed manufacturing city. She also explains why German consumers prefer diamonds with high color and clarity — perhaps because of the weather? Plus: The positive and negative impacts of US ... Show More

A few years ago you could have assumed all diamonds had been dug out of the ground – but now it’s true that some of them have been created, at unbelievably high temperatures, in just a matter of weeks. In the first of two Business Daily programmes about the evolving diamond marke ... Show More

When is a diamond really a diamond? When it’s been formed miles underground a billion years ago, or when has it been created in a laboratory, under temperatures close to the heat of the sun? The answer is – both are true. They look and behave exactly the same, but they are very d ... Show More

Today we conclude our Diamond Wars series. These precious stones are known to be undeniably beautiful, rare and a symbol of luxury. But diamonds have also been associated with war, human rights abuses and death. In response, consumers these days are demanding more transparency ab ... Show More

Dubai Real Estate has seen one of the biggest rises in recent history. Demand for properties has hugely increased and prices are skyrocketing. But what has caused this and what are real truths behind the spike? In this video, Tahir Majithia sits down with producer Raj Kotecha, to ... Show More

India's massive diamond industry is grappling with a prolonged crisis. Western sanctions on big miner Russia, inflation in the US and a downturn in China have hit the industry which cuts and polishes nine of ten diamonds in the world. Exports from the world's top diamond exporter ... Show More

On this Episode we speak with Jason Sanyal. Jason moved from India to Dubai and started his career in a call center selling phones and then moved into Banking and Finally Real Estate. With Career Sales of AED 2.5 Billion and becoming a top producer at Both Emaar and Meraas. Follo ... Show More

UAE salaries are expected to outpace the growth of living costs in 2024, how the Baltimore bridge incident is going to affect the global supply chain, what Saudi's IPOs mean for the region, and why 2 Hollywood producers are setting up shop in Dubai  

On this mind-blowing episode of The Dubai Stars we meet the incredible hustler, entrepreneur and real estate sales king Zeeshaan Shah. Zeeshaan Shah takes us through his life journey as he consistently builds up his career and empire and loses it too. After dropping out of univer ... Show More