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China, India rise while US slips in Fortune company rankings
- 2008-07-09
WASHINGTON AFP — The number of US firms among the Fortune 500 list of top global companies slipped to the lowest level in over a decade while Chinese, Indian and Mexican firms gained, the magazine reported Wednesday. The business publication said that US-based Wal-Mart Stores remained at the top...
ExxonMobil plans Philippines oil exploration project
- 2008-06-13
MANILA AFP — US oil giant ExxonMobil plans to conduct exploratory operations in the Sulu Sea in the Philippines, company and government officials said Friday. The company is evaluating seismic data taken from the project area, ExxonMobil Exploration Co. vice president Stephen Greenlee told reporters after calling on President...
Nigerian president orders Shell, Exxon to pay oil arrears
- 2008-05-21
ABUJA AFP — Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua Tuesday ordered the state-run oil firm NNPC to recover payment arrears of 1.91 billion dollars (1.22 billion euros) from Shell and ExxonMobil, a statement said. The sum represents outstanding payments on the Production Sharing Contracts PSC on the Bonga and Erha oilfields,...
ExxonMobil says strike cuts output in Nigeria
- 2008-04-28
LAGOS AFP — ExxonMobil's Nigerian affiliate said Monday that a five day strike by white collar employees had caused output losses. A spokesman for Mobil Producing Nigeria MPN said the company was attempting to open talks with the strikers. He would not disclose the volume of the loss. Its...
ExxonMobil workers begin strike in Nigeria
- 2008-04-24
LAGOS AFP — Members of a white-collar union working for Mobil Producing Nigeria MPN, an affiliate of US oil group ExxonMobil, began an indefinite strike Thursday over pay and working conditions. ExxonMobil confirmed that there had been "some withdrawal of services" by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas...
Oil prices mixed as supply worries percolate
- 2008-02-15
NEW YORK AFP — Oil prices were mixed Friday as global supply concerns were stoked by lingering fears over problems in Nigeria and Venezuela, traders said. The concerns offset a gloomy warning a day earlier from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who predicted "a period of sluggish growth"...
Oil prices jump on Venezuelan, Nigerian supply fears
- 2008-02-11
NEW YORK AFP — Oil prices moved sharply higher Monday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened to cut oil sales to the United States and as traders tracked fresh unrest in Nigeria. The threat from Chavez, who has made such threats before, boosted prices even as analysts downplayed the...
US brushes off Chavez threat to cut oil deliveries
- 2008-02-11
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States brushed off on Monday a new threat by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to cut oil deliveries to his northern neighbor. "This is something that he has said before," US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters, adding that the oil-rich South American nation...
Exxon says still hopeful for deal on Indonesia's Natuna gas field
- 2008-02-05
JAKARTA AFP — ExxonMobil Corp was hopeful that it could still reach an agreement with Indonesia over its contract to manage a major gas field despite the government saying talks had stopped, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The head of the government's negotiating team, Kardaya Warnika, said on Monday that...
ExxonMobil holding up Kashagan oil field deal: Kazakhstan
- 2007-12-24
ASTANA AFP — US energy major ExxonMobil is holding up a deal to resolve a dispute over the massive Kashagan oil field being developed by a Western-led consortium, Kazakh Energy Minister Sauat Mynbayev said on Monday. The deal would involve Kazakh state energy company Kazmunaigaz doubling its stake in...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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