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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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Pirelli chairman sees several options for selling Olimpia stake
- 2007-04-23
MILAN, Italy AFP — Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera said on Monday that there was more than one option for the sale of its stake in Olimpia, the holding company that controls 18 percent of Telecom Italia. "With the negotiations with ATT failed, negotiations are ongoing with the Mexicans...
EU 'vigilant' about possible protectionism on Telecom Italia
- 2007-04-19
BRUSSELS AFP — EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has urged her colleagues to be on the look out for "protectionist pressures" on Telecom Italia, according to a letter obtained by AFP Thursday. "I am convinced that we need to remain vigilant," Reding wrote in the letter to Competition Commissioner...
France Telecom studying offer for Telecom Italia stake
- 2007-04-13
MILAN AFP — France Telecom reportedly might make a counter bid for Olimpia, the holding company that owns 18 percent of Telecom Italia. The possible bid comes as talks between the tyre group Pirelli, which owns Olimpia with the apparel maker Benetton, and American giant ATT and its Mexican...
Spain's Telefonica eyes bid for Telecom Italia
- 2007-04-12
MILAN AFP — Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica might make a counter-bid for Olimpia, the holding company that owns 18 percent of Telecom Italia. The tire group Pirelli, which set up Olimpia with the apparel maker Benetton, is currently in exclusive takeover talks with American giant ATT and its Mexican...
D. Telekom 'not planning bid' in Telecom Italia holding company
- 2007-04-04
FRANKFURT AFP — German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has no current plans to bid for an indirect stake in Telecom Italia that is up for sale, industry sources said on Wednesday. The sources said that although Deutsche Telekom was interested in its Italian rival, no bid was planned for...
Brazil Movil to buy TIM from Telecom Italia for 8.0 billion euros: report
- 2006-11-25
RIO DE JANEIRO AFP — Brazilian wireless provider Claro, a unit of Latin American telecom giant America Movil, has reportedly agreed to buy Telecom Italia's TIM mobile phone operations for eight billion euros. Citing company and market sources, the Brazilian daily O Globo said the deal was agreed Friday between...
Telecom Italia workers strike over restructuring plan
- 2006-10-03
ROME AFP — Employees of Telecom Italia staged a strike and protest to oppose the company's plan to hive off its mobile phone unit. About 1,000 workers held a demonstration in northern Milan, where the debt-laden group's outgoing chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera drew harsh criticism, an AFP photographer at the...
Inter asked security chief to spy on referee
- 2006-10-02
ROME AFP — A lawyer acting for former Telecom Italia security chief Giuliano Tavaroli claims his client was asked by Serie A club Inter Milan to spy on disgraced Italian referee Massimo De Santis. Inter are accused of tailing De Santis - currently serving a five-year ban for his involvement...
Telecom Italia reports 10.3 percent jump in first quarter profit
- 2005-05-09
MILAN AFP — Telecom Italia reported a 10.3 percent jump in first quarter net earnings to 656 million euros (841 million dollars) from a year earlier, near the upper end of market projections. Analysts polled by AFP's financial news unit AFX forecast quarterly profit in a range of 560-665...
Federer pulls out of Telecom Masters
- 2005-04-30
ROME AFP — World number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Telecom Italia Masters due to a plantar fascitis in both feet, it was announced by organisers Saturday. The condition, one of the most common in tennis and jogging, occurs when the long, flat ligament on the bottom...
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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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