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Gem-quality white diamonds created in laboratory

A Florida-based company says it has created high-quality, colorless, lab-created diamonds. Diamond industry representatives are debating whether this is a “game changer” in how colorless diamonds are sourced and priced.

End is nigh for old U.S. coal-fired power plants

First there were six. Now there's three more. What's going on in the coal-fired utility business? FirstEnergy of Ohio plans to close by September those 9 units, which supply as much as 13 percent of the company's electricity.

Gold stocks will outperform gold commodities

In the second half of 2011, investors in gold commodities suffered mightily. After rising to a high of $1,923 per ounce in early September, gold was down 18% at year-end. Even so, investors gained 10% for the year.