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."

Author: Carreyrou, John
Publisher: Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Europe)
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2001
Basic Chemical Manufacturing, CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, Specialty Chemicals, Management, Abstract, Specialty chemicals industry, Tirouflet, Jean-Pierre

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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.

Author: Naik, Gautam, Carreyrou, John
Publisher: Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Europe)
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2004
Strategy & planning, Pharmaceutical preparations, Executive changes & profiles, Planning, Officials and employees, Pharmaceutical industry, Company acquisition/merger, Sanofi S.A., Aventis S.A., Company business planning, AVE, Dehecq, Jean-Francois

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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.

Author: Carreyrou, John, Wrighton, Jo
Publisher: Dow Jones Publishing Co. (Europe)
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
Legal issues & crime, Legal/Government Regulation, Economic aspects, Company legal issue, Cases, Investigations, Crimes against, Political aspects, Financial misrepresentations, Financial misrepresentation, Breton, Thierry, Lasteyrie, Hughes de, Stern, Edouard

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Subjects list: Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, France, Rhodia S.A.
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