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Newt's Tiffany Credit Sparks Influence Concerns

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:35:00 CDT

At first, self-professed "frugal" Newt Gingrich's Tiffany bill of up to $500,000 just made him look ridiculously out of step with cash-strapped Americans. But now, the financial arrangement with the jewelry behemoth is raising questions about influence, notes Gawker . Gingrich and his wife enjoyed a special interest-free line of...

Newt's Account Is Paid Off: Tiffany

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 25 May 2011 07:23:56 CDT

Newt Gingrich's "Tiffany Time Account" has a zero balance, and all his payments to the jeweler “were made in a timely manner,” a rep tells the Washington Post . In his Fact Checker column, Glenn Kessler digs into exactly what that means (with apologies for "dealing with trivia in exploring this...

Newt on Huge Tiffany's Bill: I'm Mystified

Rob Quinn — Tue, 24 May 2011 02:31:00 CDT

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is "mystified" by media interest in his massive jewelry budget. Asked about financial disclosures that revealed he owed up to $500,000 to Tiffany's a few years ago, Gingrich told Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer to "go talk to Tiffany's." At a Christian Science Monitor...

Gingrich Owed Tiffany's More Than $250K

Matt Cantor — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:26:05 CDT

Newt Gingrich owed Tiffany jewelers up to $500,000 in 2005 and 2006, House financial disclosures reveal—and it’s not clear whether he’s paid it off yet. Though Gingrich left the House in 1999, his wife worked for the House Agriculture Committee until 2007, and thus filed the 2005 and...

Tiffany's Little Blue Box Keeps Recession Out

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:30:00 CDT

Amid the global economic downturn, one American institution stands strong: Tiffany & Co. “Tiffany is as American as guns,” writes Cintra Wilson for the New York Times . “Tiffany has always managed to navigate the dark spells of the economic cycle. It has survived the Civil War, two World Wars, the...

Luxury Labels Flaunt Green Cred

Rob Quinn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:02:42 CDT

As traditional luxury good buyers make way for a new generation of eco-conscious consumers, luxe brands are jostling to show off their planet-saving credentials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Firms like Louis Vuitton and Tiffany are snapping up eco-friendly firms, introducing new lines, and using green themes in their advertising...

Downturn Dulls Gem Trade's Gleam

Rob Quinn — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:10:50 CDT

The worldwide slowdown in spending is making for rough times in all facets of the jewelry business, reports the Washington Post . More than a thousand jewelers in the US—which buys almost half the world's polished diamonds—have gone bust, and the effects are being felt from the mines of...

EBay Wins Pivotal Tiffany Counterfeit Suit

Dustin Lushing — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:11:41 CDT

A US judge ruled today that eBay had taken sufficient steps to stop the sale of fake Tiffany jewelry, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ruling on a suit filed by the New York-based jeweler, the judge deemed Tiffany responsible for monitoring its trademark. It was a pivotal victory for eBay,...

Stocks Rise on Deals, Lower Oil

Nick McMaster — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:24:59 CDT

Stocks rose for the fourth consecutive day today as deal-making buzz from Internet firms and a Tiffany’s-led retail rally offset a rise in weekly jobless claims and contraction in New York- and Philadelphia-region manufacturing, MarketWatch reports. The Dow rose 94.28, closing at 12,992.66, while the S&P 500...