Diamond Wars | Diamond Dogfight | 3

It’s the early 1950s and West Africa’s growing number of diamond smugglers is causing headaches for De Beers. 

Faced with millions of pounds in losses, the diamond monopoly decides it’s time to get tough with the smugglers.

But while De Beers battles the illic ...

It’s 1966 and De Beers is about to abandon its eleven-year search for diamonds in Botswana. But the geologist behind the search is far from ready to pack up his tools.

And De Beers isn’t the only one searching for gemstones. Soon, a major diamond find in Australia will l ...

Es 1869 y se han encontrado diamantes en la Colonia del Cabo.Ahora, buscadores de diamantes de todo el mundo se dirigen a este remoto enclave británico del sur de África en busca de una brillante fortuna.Y entre ellos hay dos aspirantes con los ojos bien abiertos: Barney Barnato, ...  Show more

A small Danish toy company survives World War Two thanks to its quality craftsmanship, but behind the scenes all is not well. Despite its good reputation, Lego teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, and a choice to change production methods threatens to tear the family-owned compa ...

Nike vs Adidas. Coca-Cola vs Pepsi. Chaque jour, des entreprises se font la guerre. Parfois, elles se battent pour votre argent. Parfois, c'est pour avoir votre attention. Et parfois, c'est juste pour le plaisir d'écraser le concurrent ! Après Dr La Mort, Wondery, vous présente s ...  Show more

A few years ago you could have assumed all diamonds had been dug out of the ground – but now it’s true that some of them have been created, at unbelievably high temperatures, in just a matter of weeks. In the first of two Business Daily programmes about the evolving diamond marke ...  Show more