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Dow below 12,000 as auto woes hammer market
- 2008-06-20
NEW YORK AFP — US stocks took a beating Friday as renewed worries about the auto sector accelerated a decline in a market already fretting over the troubled financial sector and rising oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 12,000 points for the first time since March,...
Boeing, Dow Chemical fined 926 million over nuclear pollution
- 2008-06-03
LOS ANGELES AFP — A Denver, Colorado court has fined Dow Chemical Co. and Boeing Co. a combined 926 million dollars for property damages caused by plutonium contamination from a nuclear weapons plant. The court set the fines in a judgement handed down late Monday after a jury found...
Bhopal tragedy survivors reach Delhi after 37-day protest march
- 2008-03-28
NEW DELHI AFP — Fifty survivors and victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak arrived in New Delhi on Friday after a 37-day march and demanded to meet the premier to seek a clean-up of toxic waste at the site. It was the second such 800-kilometre (500 mile) trek...
Bears prowl Wall St. as banks lose billions
- 2008-01-19
NEW YORK AFP — Banks are not meant to lose money, but some of Wall Street's biggest commercial and investment banks announced billions of dollars of losses in the past week, sending US stock markets into a sharp tailspin. Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, two of America's best-known financial franchises,...
US stocks bounce back
- 2007-08-29
NEW YORK AFP — US stocks showed a healthy bounce Wednesday as investors hunted bargains after the prior day's steep falls driven by renewed concerns about the US economy and credit tightening. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 120.39 points (0.92 percent) to 13,162.24 around 1516 GMT and the...
Bruised Wall Street sees more losses; Dow sinks 200 points
- 2007-07-27
NEW YORK AFP — The bruised US stock market slid further Friday as investors retrenched on fears of a housing slump and a potential credit crunch that led to a massive rout a day earlier. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had tumbled 206.55 points (1.53...
Wall St. plunges on credit fears; Dow sinks two percent
- 2007-07-26
NEW YORK AFP — US shares plunged Thursday in one of the worst selloffs this year, as investors gripped by housing market and "credit crunch" fears ran for cover. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank as much as 448 points before bouncing back somewhat, ending with a loss of...
Wall St. plunges on credit fears; Dow sinks two percent
- 2007-07-26
NEW YORK AFP — US shares plunged Thursday in one of the worst selloffs this year, as investors gripped by housing market and "credit crunch" fears ran for cover. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank as much as 448 points before bouncing back somewhat, ending with a loss of...
Dow breaks 14,000 as Wall Street optimism prevails
- 2007-07-17
NEW YORK AFP — Wall Street's blue-chip Dow Jones index vaulted Tuesday above 14,000 for the first time as optimism over the outlook for the economy and corporate earnings kept the market rally on track. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded as high as 14,011.79, hitting a new milestone...
Victims press Vietnam Agent Orange case in US court
- 2007-06-18
NEW YORK AFP — Vietnamese and American plaintifs exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam war on Monday presented their court appeal against 37 US producers and suppliers of the chemical defoliant. The case was rejected in 2005 by a federal judge who said the plaintiffs had failed to...
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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