NPA This Week in Pawn

Signet enters lab-grown market

Diamonds.net
The e-commerce business, which Signet acquired in 2017, now gives consumers the option of “earth-created” or “lab-created” stones on its retail page.

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How America’s oldest gun maker went bankrupt

The New York Times Magazine

When a secretive private equity firm bought Remington, sales were strong and the future bright. A decade later, the company couldn’t escape its debts.

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Pawn shop owner fenced and sold items stolen from Home Depot and Target

West Georgia Neighbor

Cartersville, Ga., police recovered tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise and arrested Cartersville pawn shop owner William Mark Anderson on charges of Retail Property Fencing and Theft by Receiving Stolen Property.

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Grandpa’s Pawn and Gun celebrates 25 years in Longmont

Times-Call
Grandpa’s Pawn has a fairly large selection of jewelry and rare coins, some guitars and amps, and few electronics, though Brandenburg said he tries to stay away from them as they can easily be stolen.

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Man arrested in connection with robbery at pawn shop

OA Online
Christopher Mojica was charged with four counts of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, and possession of a dangerous drug, a class A misdemeanor.

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Fair-lending laws haven’t caught up to AI

American Banker
In the age of artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, digital technologies have the potential to transform credit allocation in positive as well as negative directions.

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