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Wal-Mart signs pay deals with official Chinese unions
- 2008-07-25
SHANGHAI AFP — US retail giant Wal-Mart, criticised for its attitude to organised labour at home, said Friday it had reached collective bargaining agreements with China's official union in several cities. The world's largest retailer made its first agreement in Shenyang in the northeastern province of Liaoning on July...
Wal-Mart unit limits rice purchases
- 2008-04-23
MIAMI AFP — Top retailer Wal-Mart's Sam's Club unit said Wednesday it is limiting the amount of rice individual shoppers could buy at one time, as rice prices hit new records around the world. Sam's Club said it had temporarily placed limits of four 20-pound (nine-kilogram) bags a person...
US retail giant Wal-Mart eyeing Malaysia: official
- 2007-10-12
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — The US retail giant Wal-Mart is keen to open stores in Malaysia, a junior minister said Friday, amid a government drive to lure investment and boost economic growth. "Wal-Mart has shown interest," deputy trade minister S. Veerasingam told AFP, but he declined to elaborate further...
'Taco Bell High' or 'Wal-mart Public School' coming to Canada?
- 2007-06-23
OTTAWA AFP — Canadian students could soon be graduating from "Taco Bell High" or "Wal-Mart Public School" if trustees here go ahead with a scheme to sell school naming rights to corporations to raise extra funds. The proposal has pitted members of the cash-strapped Ottawa-Carleton District School Board with...
Human Rights Watch says Wal-Mart denies basic labor rights
- 2007-05-01
WASHINGTON AFP — Human Rights Watch said Tuesday that US retail giant Wal-Mart violates a global pact on labor rights by interfering with basic rights to create unions. A 214-page report by the human rights watchdog said the US retail giant "aggressively interferes with workers' right to organize" in...
Wal-Mart to expand in China with stake in 101-store chain
- 2007-02-26
BEIJING AFP — Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, said Tuesday it had bought 35 percent of a 101-store hypermarket chain in China, in a dramatic bid to better reach the nation's increasingly affluent customers. The US retail giant, which did not disclose how much it paid for the stake...
British grocer Asda to create 8,000 jobs in 2007
- 2007-02-21
LONDON AFP — British food retailer Asda, owned by US group Wal-Mart, said Wednesday it would create 8,000 jobs and build 18 new supermarkets across Britain this year. Asda added that it would carry out "major extensions and improvements" to 15 of its existing supermarkets as well as rolling...
India's Bharti to invest 2.5 billion dollars in deal with Wal-Mart
- 2007-02-19
NEW DELHI AFP — Mobile phone firm Bharti Enterprises, which aims to start a chain of retail stores in India with US-based Wal-Mart, said it will invest up to 2.5 billion dollars in the project by 2015. "After revolutionising the Indian telecom sector, retail will be the next big...
Wal–Mart's Japan unit widens loss forecast
- 2007-01-30
TOKYO AFP — Seiyu Ltd, the Japanese unit of US giant Wal-Mart, said it expected wider losses this year than previously forecast, slashing in half its estimated operating profit. Seiyu said it now expected 55.8 billion yen (457.68 million dollars) in net loss, instead of 54.5 billion yen. ...
Wal–Mart to shop for more Japanese firms: report
- 2007-01-26
TOKYO AFP — US retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will explore more opportunities for corporate acquisitions in Japan, Vice Chairman Michael Duke said in an interview. Duke, who oversees Wal-Mart's international operations, welcomed Japan's recent deregulation allowing foreign companies to use their local subsidiaries to acquire Japanese firms through...
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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