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Beckham splits with sponsor ahead of MLS debut
- 2007-07-07
BOSTON, United States AFP — England football star David Beckham has split from sponsor Gillette just ahead of his American debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. Beckham has had a three-year endorsement agreement with Gillette but the Proctor and Gamble company brand of grooming products...
Procter & Gamble post sharp profit rise on Gillette sales
- 2007-01-30
WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer goods leader Procter and Gamble has said that its second-quarter net profits jumped 12 percent from a year earlier, largely due to strong sales in its Gillette razor and batteries subsidiary. P and G reported net profit of 2.862 billion dollars in the October-December...
Procter and Gamble post sharp profit rise on Gillette sales
- 2007-01-30
WASHINGTON AFP — US consumer goods leader Procter and Gamble said second-quarter net profit jumped 12 percent from a year earlier, largely due to strong sales in its Gillette razor and batteries subsidiary. P and G reported net profit of 2.862 billion dollars in the October-December period of its...
US women hold 'nurse-in' to protest treatment of mother by airline
- 2006-11-21
WASHINGTON AFP — Hundreds of breastfeeding mothers protested at airports across the United States after a woman was kicked off a plane by a flight attendant for nursing her child. The mothers and supporters gathered in front of Delta Airlines ticket counters at 31 airports to express their outrage over...
Procter and Gamble profit up 33 percent
- 2006-10-31
CINCINNATI, United Stetes AFP — Consumer goods leader Procter and Gamble posted a 33 percent rise in quarterly earnings helped by strong sales at its newly integrated Gillette division. For the first quarter of its fiscal year ended September 30, P and G said its net profit came to 2.7...
Braun to close Spanish plant employing 700
- 2006-03-17
MADRID AFP — Electrical firm Braun, owned by US giant Gillette, is to shut its only factory in Spain with the loss of 700 jobs, the financial newspaper Expansion quoted well-informed sources as saying. Braun was not available for comment while Expansion said a Gillette spokesman in Germany had...
Henkel to buy deodorants business of Procter and Gamble
- 2006-02-21
DUESSELDORF, Germany AFP — Henkel, the German maker of cosmetics and consumer chemicals, said it had agreed to buy a number of deodorant brands from Gillette, a unit of Procter and Gamble, for around 420.0 million dollars (353.0 million euros). The acquisition included brands such as Right Guard, Soft...
Procter and Gamble earnings up 29 percent
- 2006-01-27
CINCINNATI, United States AFP — Consumer products giant Procter and Gamble said its quarterly earnings jumped 29 percent from a year ago to 2.55 billion dollars, and it raised its outlook for the current fiscal year. P & G, known for its toothpaste, disposable diapers, shampoo and coffee, said...
Procter and Gamble profit tops two billion dollars
- 2005-11-01
CINCINNATI, United States AFP — Procter and Gamble Co., the world's biggest consumer goods company, recorded a four percent rise in quarterly profit to 2.03 billion dollars. The US giant said higher sales of more profitable health and beauty products in its first quarter offset the effects of Hurricane...
Procter and Gamble enjoys solid profit growth
- 2005-08-01
NEW YORK AFP — US consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble Co. reported a nine-percent rise in quarterly earnings thanks to solid growth across its detergent-to-diapers business. P and G, which is in the throes of a merger with Gillette Co. to create the world's biggest supplier of personal...
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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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