The Micro-Trach tube is held in place by a winged piece of plastic attached to a jewelry chain.

Also expected to sparkle this season is the Zale Corporation, the big jewelry chain.

In 2007, Zale Corporation sold the 65-store jewelry chain to Finlay Enterprises.

The company had approached Sterling, the fourth-largest jewelry chain in the country, just over a week ago.

Folli Follie, an international jewelry chain, is to open near 56th Street around Thanksgiving.

Or so the jewelry chains are wagering.

The contrast with a jewelry chain I'd visited in Delhi came to mind.

The situation was similar to that cited by other retail jewelry chains that filed for bankruptcy in the same year.

Ultra's unsecured creditors will hold an 18% ownership share in the jewelry chain, plus a $3 million note.

The merger of the companies, whose stores overlap several markets, increases Zale's lead as the nation's largest jewelry chain.