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Back when I was in high school my guitar instructor gave me a lead about a local band that was looking for a guitarist. So I call them them up, speak to the manager and arrange for an audition. On the day of the audition my mom drives me down to Park Slope, which at the time was not such a good part of Brooklyn. I meet the band and the manager and I pass the audition. Boom! I’m in a band!

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In spite of ups and downs over decades the price of diamonds has remained essentially stable and under total control of nothing short of a racket. Created and managed by the De Beers cartel, the value of what were once just rocks in the ground has risen to the point where they are now coveted and revered around the world. And once you buy one, well, it's yours - forever! In the February 1982 issue of The Atlantic magazine, noted author Edward Jay Epstein laid out how it all began in a piece entitled: Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? The story is both fascinating and revealing.

Read more: The Diamond Invention - Forever Means You Just Can't Sell 'Em

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Currency Blog

  • Will Bitcoin Shine in 2015 with Microsoft's Exchange Acceptance?

    Bitcoin, which started out at a value measured in fractions of a dollar back in 2009, saw its brightest days when it hit its highest valuations of more than $1100 in 2013. The shine on bitcoin has since tarnished as it dropped back to the current value of just $300 +/- (per bitcoinaverage as of the time of this writing). In this new world of digital currency, bitcoin has become a topic of conversation and interest that many, if not most people, are now familiar with.

  • First EMV Fraud on the Public: EMV Cards Are Secure!

    The card industry has been battling the instance of payment card fraud ever since the first credit and debit cards were issued years ago. From the 1960's to around 2003 the magnetic stripe on the back of the card was the means by which card information was exchanged with the networks to effect a transaction. Over the years, criminals learned that the magnetic stripe was easily compromised and so the industry sought a more secure solution. Enter EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa, also known as chip and pin) technology. Is EMV the secure solution it is claimed to be? Don't bet your bank balance on it!

  • Understand mobile banking before using it

    Mobile check deposits are becoming increasingly common, but a few safeguards are needed to keep the practice safe. An Albuquerque woman found this out in an unsettling way.

  • About to be skimmed? Take a closer look at that ATM

    As a computer security researcher, Steve Manzuik says he's "a little more paranoid" than the average person when it comes to his credit and debit cards. He's familiar enough with ATM skimmers — devices that mimic an ATM's card reader to swipe card data — to say he could probably make one, if he desired.