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India's Tata gets green light for 3.5 billion dollar Vietnam steel plant
- 2007-05-22
HANOI AFP — Vietnam has given India's Tata Steel Ltd approval to go ahead with plans to build a 3.5 billion dollar steel plant with a local partner, the communist government said on its website on Tuesday. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed state-run Vietnam Steel Corporation to...
India's Tata flies F-16 in Bangalore act of daring
- 2007-02-08
BANGALORE, India AFP — Indian tycoon Ratan Tata, who staked seven billion pounds to buy Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus last month, has shown his risk-taking instincts extend beyond the boardroom when he flew an F-16 fighter plane. The silver-haired chairman of the Tata group appeared shaken less by his 40-minute...
Tata boss offers no guarantees over Corus jobs
- 2007-02-02
LONDON AFP — Indian tycoon Ratan Tata says he could give no guarantees over the safety of jobs, following his firm's successful bid for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group Plc. In an interview with the Financial Times, Tata said he could give no assurances because his company had only researched...
European shares dip, but Corus rockets on Tata takeover
- 2007-01-31
LONDON AFP — European stocks have fallen as caution prevailed before a US interest rate decision, but shares in London-listed Corus surged after Tata Steel clinched a multi-billion-dollar takeover of the group. The British capital's FTSE 100 index of top shares shed 0.10 percent Wednesday to 6,235.50 points in...
CSN bid for Corus threatened by legal dispute in Brazil
- 2007-01-25
LONDON AFP — An attempt by Brazilian steelmaker CSN to buy Anglo-Dutch group Corus could be blown off course by a legal row in Brazil, a business daily has reported. The dispute -- which is centred over CSN's rights to an iron-ore supply that would be crucial to a...
India's Tata plans to up bid for Britain's Corus: report
- 2007-01-02
NEW DELHI AFP — India's Tata Steel is expected to raise its bid for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus by seven to 10 percent within the next fortnight, the Business Standard financial daily has reported. The Tata group, locked in a fight with Brazilian rival CSN for Britain's biggest steel company, is...
Corus looks for bid from CSN to counter Tata offer
- 2006-11-27
LONDON AFP — British steel maker Corus has said it wants to postpone a shareholders' vote for two weeks on a takeover bid from Tata Steel of India to allow time for Brazilian producer CSN to make a counter-offer. "The Board of Corus has decided that it is in the...
Brazil's CSN hopes to make formal bid for Corus before December 4
- 2006-11-24
LONDON AFP — Brazilian steel firm CSN wants to make a rival bid for Corus before the Anglo-Dutch group's shareholders meet on December 4 to consider an offer from India's Tata Steel. Companhia Siderurgica Nacional announced on November 11 that it had made a informal bid approach to Corus, setting...
Russia's Severstal denies Corus taekover bid plans: report
- 2006-11-03
LONDON AFP — Russian steel giant Severstal is not plotting a bid for Corus because it believes its Anglo-Dutch rival is "overvalued", a newspaper reported, quoting Thomas Veraszto, Severstal's deputy chief executive. Corus is the subject of a 6.39-billion-euro (8.16-billion-dollar) agreed bid from India's Tata Steel. Analysts, however, have not...
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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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