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...The Libya inquiry, which has been under way for a decade, led investigators to stumble on the alleged plot to bribe the judge, which has been dubbed the “Paul Bismuth affair” after the pseudonym Sarkozy...
...The ‘Czech sphinx’ prowling France for deals In the country home to Bernard Arnault and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers — ranked by Forbes as the world’s richest man and woman, respectively — another power...
...The following year L’Oréal’s then chief executive, Jean-Paul Agon, said that if Nestlé wanted to sell its stake, L’Oréal would be a buyer and “we have what it takes” to do so....
...Jean-Paul Agon, who has been chief executive since 2006, will step aside from May 1 to be succeeded by deputy chief executive Nicolas Hieronimus....
...“This will be the fiesta of make-up and fragrances,” predicted chief executive Jean-Paul Agon at an investor conference on annual results on Friday....
...The 66-year-old retired politician, who is still popular with centre-right voters, communicated with Herzog using a secret telephone line in the name of the fictional “Paul Bismuth”, but the line was in...
...Asia took over from western Europe as L’Oréal’s biggest region in the first quarter of this year, in a historic shift for the French company backed by the billionaire Bettencourt family....
...The DD team certainly know their Bollorés from their Bettencourts....
...At 15 she joined her father’s company as an apprentice and in 1950 married André Bettencourt, a politician....
...L’Oreal chairman and chief executive Jean-Paul Agon said in a statement that Bettencourt “personally contributed greatly” to the company’s success and “was a great lady of beauty who has left us and whom...
...Asked if L’Oréal would be a buyer if Nestlé were to sell the stake, which is worth about €22.6bn, Jean-Paul Agon said in an interview: “Yes, of course.” He added: “We have all the resources for that....
...,” said Ms Bettencourt....
...and to renew my confidence in its president Jean-Paul Agon and his teams worldwide.”...
...The daughter went on: “In this painful moment for us, I would like to reiterate on behalf of our family, our entire commitment and loyalty to L’Oréal and to renew my confidence in its president Jean-Paul...
...“In this painful moment for us, I would like to reiterate, on behalf of our family, our entire commitment and loyalty to L’Oréal and to renew my confidence in its President Jean-Paul Agon and his teams worldwide...
...Jean-Paul Agon, the French company’s chief executive, said last week that L’Oreal was ready to buy the stake....
...Jean-Paul Agon: ‘We are all L’Oréal babies’ A L’Oréal “lifer”, Jean-Paul Agon is only the fifth chief executive in the group’s 108-year history....
...Mr Schneider is careful, however, not to criticise past Nestlé managers — his immediate predecessor, Paul Bulcke, is now chairman of its board and Mr Brabeck-Letmathe is chairman emeritus....
...He may also have wanted to make clear he was not to blame; his comments were not flattering of Mr Brabeck-Letmathe, or Paul Bulcke, the former chief executive who is now Nestlé chairman....
...L’Oréal's chief executive Jean-Paul Agon talked to Harriet about the Nestlé relationship, speaking out for the first time since Third Point came on the scene....
...August 2013: L’Oréal chief executive Jean-Paul Agon says the company has the resources to buy back Nestlé’s 29 per cent stake....
...Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa was France’s 23rd president, from May 2007 until his defeat in the 2012 election campaign....
...Jean-Paul Agon, L’Oréal’s chairman and chief executive, told the FT that the deal was “great . . . it’s hard to find a deal that is good for everyone – this is one of them”....
...For years, Nestlé has been a major shareholder in the French cosmetics manufacturer, along with France’s Bettencourt family, which owns a 30.5 per cent stake....
...Paul Bulcke, chief executive, is pushing to improve Nestlé’s profitability by shedding underperforming brands....
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