Rhodia boss addresses takeover talk
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Jean-Pierre Tirouflet, the chief executive of French chemicals firm, Rhodia S.A., stated that a tie-up with another company was "not a priority" and he would be against any effort "to buy our assets on the cheap."
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
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Aventis scrambles to find defense to takeover offer: bid is latest move in acquisitive career of Sanofi's Dehecq
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Chief executive Jean-Francois Dehecq of Sanofi-Synthelabo S.A. has racked up 300 acquisitions in 3 decades of business experience. Dehecq's latest bid is for rival pharmaceutical firm Aventis S.A., which would create the third largest pharmaceutical company in the world.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2004
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Rhodia probe keeps dogging French official
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Finance Minister Thierry Breton of France is under investigation as former director of Rhodia S.A., the specialty chemicals company in what has come to be called "Rhodiagate". The company is in litigation with Hughes de Lasteyrie concerning a $37.7 million investment loss and was also in litigation with Edouard Stern for an investment loss of 60 million Euro. Mr. Stern was murdered by his mistress in February 2005.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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