In time for the third edition of the Indian Grand Prix, writing instruments brand Sheaffer, together with Scuderia Ferrari, has launched the Sheaffer Ferrari collection.

For a while I tried to write with a Sheaffer calligraphy pen she got me, but I could never figure out how to hold it so it didn't scratch the page. Giving up, I defaulted to the ubiquitous ballpoint.

The hallmark Sheaffer white dot, which appears as a mark of quality on the clips of all of the brand’s pens, is replaced by a diamond on the $28,500 gold version of the Centennial Limited Edition.

LINCOLN, R.I. — The New York owner of long-established Rhode Island consumer products company A.T. Cross Co. said it has purchased a part of the writing implement business of France-based BIC Group.