"The End of an Era, Oppenheimer Is Out of De Beers"

[Karl_K]

http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullNews.asp?SID=&id=37136

"On Thursday, Anglo American completed the acquisition of the Oppenheimer family's 40 percent shareholding in De Beers, bringing to an end the family's 80-year reign in the diamond industry.

Anglo American paid CHL, the Oppenheimer family holding company, $5.2 billion in cash, increasing its stake in De Beers to 85 percent"