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To die for: Rolls-Royce and 'green' coffins at British funerals
- 2007-06-11
LONDON AFP — Coffins shaped like a Rolls-Royce, a guitar or a ballet shoe are booming in Britain, where the latest unusual trend in funerals is for "green" burials, kind to the environment. Since 2000, Vic Fearn and Company have been making offbeat caskets which it markets under the...
Rolls-Royce suspends Airbus engine production for one year
- 2006-10-06
LONDON AFP — Rolls-Royce says it has suspended production of its Trent 900 jet engines for 12 months owing to fresh delays to the Airbus A380 superjumbo. The Trent 900 was created especially for the Airbus A380, which will be the world's biggest commercial passenger jet when it finally enters...
Rolls-Royce to launch cheaper models
- 2006-09-29
PARIS AFP — Rolls-Royce, the luxury motor company owned by German car maker BMW, is planning to launch a series of Rolls-Royce cars which will be cheaper and smaller than the flagship Phantom model. The news was announced Friday to coincide with the Paris Motor Show. "You're probably looking at...
Hamed criticised for flashy exit from prison
- 2006-09-05
LONDON AFP — Former world boxing champion "Prince" Naseem Hamed has been criticised for leaving prison -- where he had been serving time for a dangerous driving conviction -- in a stretch limousine. The 32-year-old's former manager Brendan Ingle was quoted by the Daily Mirror Tuesday as saying that being...
Rolls-Royce, Kawasaki to develop Airbus engine: report
- 2006-04-23
TOKYO AFP — Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries will work with British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce to develop a new engine for the new Airbus A350 passenger jet. The two companies will decide on a basic design of the new engine, Trent1700, by the end of 2007, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun...
Rolls-Royce wins $600 million deal with China Southern Airlines
- 2006-03-15
LONDON AFP — The British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce have announced that it would supply China Southern Airlines with jet engines in a deal worth 600.0 million dollars (499.0 million euros). China Southern has ordered Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines to power its new fleet of 10 Airbus A330 jets, Rolls...
Rolls-Royce posts record orders increase, 11-percent sales growth
- 2006-02-09
LONDON AFP — The British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce said that it had registered a record number of orders last year and that sales had grown by 11 percent to 6.603 billion pounds (9.6 billion euros, 11.5 billion dollars). The volume of orders jumped by 21.2 percent to 22.9 billion...
Rolls-Royce wins $600 million engine deal with China Southern Airlines
- 2005-12-08
LONDON AFP — Rolls-Royce has won a contract worth 600 million dollars (510 million euros) to power China Southern Airlines's new fleet of five Airbus A380s with Trent 900 engines. Rolls-Royce chief executive John Rose said in a statement: "China Southern's selection of the Trent 900-powered A380 further enhances...
British newlyweds get police lift after Rolls Royce breaks down
- 2005-09-30
LONDON AFP — The popular wedding line goes "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue...." But one British bride did not expect the blue to be the flashing lights on a police car. The bride and groom were on their way to their reception after the wedding...
BMW plans 'baby' Rolls for 250,000 euros
- 2005-08-13
BERLIN AFP — German car-maker BMW is planning a "baby" Rolls-Royce that would go on sale at around quarter-of-a-million euros (311,000 dollars), the company's development chief Burkhard Goeschel said in an interview to appear in Sunday's Welt am Sonntag. The model would be smaller than the Phantom limousine, the...
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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 |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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