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Castroneves wins Sonoma IndyCar Grand Prix
- 2008-08-24
SONOMA, California AFP — Helio Castroneves posted his first win of the season by capturing the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway. On Sunday the Brazilian did it in a backup car, just four days after a transporter fire severely damaged his No. 1 vehicle and pit...
Infineon CEO to quit: report
- 2008-05-16
FRANKFURT AFP — The chief executive of troubled German chipmaker Infineon, Wolfgang Ziebart, is to quit after losing the confidence of the board, a newspaper report said Friday. Ziebart's contract runs to September 2009 but he will leave the company on June 1, after falling out in particular with...
Infineon takes billion-euro writedown
- 2008-04-22
BERLIN AFP — German chipmaker Infineon said it is writing down by one billion euros (1.6 billion dollars) the value in its books of Qimonda, the heavily loss-making memory chip unit that it wants to sell. Munich-based Infineon, a former unit of Siemens, is also carving off the unit...
German IT group Infineon worried by dollar's drop
- 2007-11-19
FRANKFURT AFP — The head of Infineon, the German semi-conductors giant, said Monday he was worried about the weak dollar's impact on earnings for the forthcoming 2007/2008 business year. "The dollar rate is a cause of concern for us because it could have a significant cost in sales and...
Scotland's Franchitti grabs pole for Motorola 300
- 2007-08-25
SAN FRANCISCO, United States AFP — Reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti won the pole for Sunday's Motorola 300 at Infineon Raceway. Franchitti, of Edinburgh, didn't need the 10-minute "Saturday Six" qualifying format to win the pole. Franchitti was fast enough with single-lap qualifications to retain the top...
Semi-conductor maker Infineon falls below expectations
- 2007-04-27
BERLIN AFP — Infineon, the German semi-conductors giant, on Friday announced a fiscal second-quarter loss of 11 million euros (14 million dollars) compared with 26 million euros a year earlier and blamed restructuring costs. The results fell below anaylsts' expectations and in mid-morning trading, Infineon stock had slid 0.92...
Infineon back in the black in first quarter
- 2007-01-29
MUNICH, Germany AFP — Infineon, the German semi-conductors giant, says it finally returned to profit in the three months to December after seven consecutive quarters of losses, thanks largely to its Qimonda memory chip unit. Infineon, which runs its business year from October to September, said in a statement...
Infineon warns loss-making units of divestment threat
- 2006-10-30
FRANKFURT AFP — German semi-conductors giant Infineon could sell off loss-making divisions if they fail to meet profit targets, chief executive Wolfgang Ziebart has warned. "Just as we can't give any job guarantees, we can't make any assurances with regard to the continued existence of a division. No company can...
Infineon opens first Asian semiconductor plant in Malaysia
- 2006-09-12
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — German semiconductor giant Infineon Technologies has opened its first Asian chip plant in Malaysia's northern Kedah state after an investment worth one billion dollars. The factory in an industrial park in the district of Kulim, Kedah will produce power and logic chips used in industrial and...
Infineon's Qimonda lands key Microsoft contract
- 2006-06-12
MUNICH, Germany AFP — Qimonda, the memory chip arm of German semi-conductors giant Infineon, has landed a contract to supply graphic RAM random access memory chips to US software giant Microsoft. Qimonda, which is to be floated on the New York Stock Exchange shortly, said in a statement that...
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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