The Oppenheimers may have decided that De Beers is past its prime, and opted to turn their “glass with attitude” into cash.

奥本海默家族可能已经结束了戴比尔斯最辉煌的过去，并选择把他们的“艺术玻璃”转换成现金。

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Through hellos experience with the Oppenheimers, Meyer Rothschellold learned that loaning money to governments and Kings was much more profitable than loaning to private individuals.

通过与奥本海默亲族的履历，梅耶·罗斯柴尔德学到了将钱借贷给当局和国王比借贷给私人小我私家更有帮助可图得多。

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The Oppenheimers have been in the diamond industry for about 100 years.

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Botswana also has a pre-emption right over the Oppenheimers' shares, so it may yet increase its stake in De Beers from 15% to 25%.

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For all the 16 years that we and our sister publication Forbes have been putting out these lists, only two private fortunes from that land have appeared: those of the Oppenheimers and the Ruperts (of Richemont-Cartier note).

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