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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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Former BoJ chief to join Matsushita advisory panel: report
- 2008-08-29
TOKYO AFP — Former Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui, who stepped down in March, is set to become a member of Matsushita Electric Industrial's advisory panel, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Matsushita, which is best known for its Panasonic brand, will ask Fukui to join its global affairs...
Matsushita says new DNA technology identifies disease risks
- 2008-08-20
TOKYO AFP — Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA their response to medication and risk of developing disease. Matsushita, which is best known for its Panasonic brand, said it had developed a technology to electronically...
Matsushita Electric Works says it has developed eco-friendly lamp
- 2008-07-08
TOKYO AFP — Japan's Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. said Tuesday it had developed a fluorescent lamp that does not use mercury or a gas-discharging process. The environmentally friendly device, which uses processed silicon, could be 50 percent brighter than a conventional fluorescent lamp while consuming the same amount of...
Japanese students aim for battery powered car speed record
- 2007-08-04
SHIROSATO, Japan AFP — A group of Japanese students ran a dry cell-powered vehicle at an average speed of 105.95 kilometres (65.83 miles) per hour Saturday to make the Guinness Book of World Records. The car, powered by 192 Matsushita Oxyride AA dry-cell batteries, hit a top speed of...
Japan's Matsushita says 3 mln appliances at risk of fire
- 2007-05-30
TOKYO AFP — Japanese high-tech giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it will offer free repairs for about three million home appliances due to fears they may catch fire. The maker of the Panasonic and National brands said the announcement covers about 1.93 million microwaves, 303,487 refrigerators and...
Matsushita to launch telework, stay-home programme
- 2007-03-27
TOKYO AFP — Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday it would begin a telework programme for nearly half of its employees in Japan as part of the private sector's effort to cope with an ageing society. Some 30,000 of its 76,000 employees, excluding factory workers, safety inspectors, secretaries and...
Panasonic to build world's biggest plasma TV plant
- 2007-01-10
TOKYO AFP — The Japanese electronics giant behind the Panasonic brand said it will build the world's largest plasma television plant at a cost of 2.35 billion dollars to meet booming demand. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said in a statement that it will build the plant in the western Japanese...
Japanese robot suit to let paralyzed move again
- 2006-09-27
TOKYO AFP — Japan's Matsushita company unveiled a robotic suit, eyed to be marketed in two years, that will help people who are partially paralyzed rehabilitate the rest of their bodies. When a person who suffered a stroke moves his or her active arm while wearing the suit, the paralyzed...
SKorea's LG Electronics tops world's PDP sales
- 2006-05-02
SEOUL AFP — South Korea's LG Electronics said it topped global sales of plasma display panels PDPs in the first quarter of the year, regaining the crown from Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial. LG Electronics, citing a recent report by US-based market surveyer DisplaySearch, said it was also the world's...
New York man among London bomb victims
- 2005-07-12
NEW YORK AFP — London police have informed the family of a New York man missing since last week's bombings that they believe he was killed in the attack. Michael Matsushita, 37, is believed to be the only US citizen killed in the rush-hour bombings that claimed at least...
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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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