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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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Japan's NEC offers to repair defective computers
- 2008-06-10
TOKYO AFP — Japan's NEC Corp. said Tuesday it is offering to repair some of its laptop computers for free because they could start emitting smoke and a smell resembling melting plastic, the company said. The voluntary recall affects up to about 970,000 Lavie and VersaPro computers made between...
Alcatel-Lucent, NEC create mobile technology joint venture
- 2008-02-12
BARCELONA, Spain AFP — French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent announced a joint venture with Japanese group NEC on Tuesday to develop ultra-high-speed mobile phone technology. The joint company will work on building phone infrastructure to the LTE Long Term Evolution norm that will allow high-speed transfer speeds for mobile...
Japan's NEC says Nasdaq to suspend US shares
- 2007-09-25
TOKYO AFP — Japan's NEC Corp. said Wednesday that the New York-based Nasdaq stock exchange will suspend trading in its shares after it failed to meet a deadline to restate its past financial results. The Nasdaq will halt trading in NEC's American Depositary Receipts from Thursday, the company said...
Japan's NEC offers to repair defective computers
- 2007-07-13
TOKYO AFP — Japan's NEC Corp. said Friday it is repairing some 54,800 laptop computers for free because they could heat up, creating small holes on their bottom. The voluntary recall affects computers of three types -- Lavie M, Lavie G Type M and VersaPro Mobile Note -- manufactured...
NEC Corp profit plunges on lower sales of mobiles, microchips
- 2006-05-11
TOKYO, May 11, 2006 AFP — Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp on Thursday said its net profit in the year to March shrank to less than one-sixth of the previous year's level as cellphones and semiconductor sales fell. But it said net profits were expected to more than quadruple...
NEC Corp slashes annual profit forecasts
- 2006-04-21
TOKYO AFP — Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp has slashed its net profit forecast for the year just ended due to bigger than expected losses at its semiconductor unit. NEC Corp now expects a net profit of 13 billion yen (111 million dollars), down sharply from the previous estimate...
Paper-thin, foldable battery to attach to clothes
- 2005-12-09
TOKYO AFP — Japan's NEC has developed a thin, foldable battery to be used in cards or clothes, leading to new possibilities such as people walking through ticket gates with fare passes in their pockets. The 0.3-millimeter (0.012-inch) thick battery can support tens of thousands of signal transmissions on...
Sirleaf wins Liberian vote
- 2005-11-23
MONROVIA AFP — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has won Liberia's presidential vote, becoming Africa's first elected woman head of state and embarking on a six-year mission to lift the war-torn country towards prosperity and reconciliation. "I thank the Liberian people for performing their legal duty and I am happy to...
First testimony in Liberia vote fraud case
- 2005-11-19
MONROVIA AFP — Liberia's National Elections Commission heard the first witnesses into vote fraud allegations from trailing presidential candidate George Weah. The Congress for Democratic Change party of the football icon claims the polls November 8 were rigged, favoring Harvard-educated banker Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who with nearly 60 percent...
Liberia vote fraud hearings scuttled by legal wrangling
- 2005-11-18
MONROVIA AFP — Hearings into charges of vote fraud by Liberian presidential candidate George Weah bogged down even as his rival Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, poised to become Africa's first woman head of state, dismissed the claims as "bogus." Documents and witnesses supporting Weah's contention that the November 8 run-off...
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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