*Govt says lobbyist overlooking ArcelorMittal's business practices. PARIS, Nov 29- The head of France's employers' union branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.
*Govt says lobbyist overlooking ArcelorMittal's business practices. PARIS, Nov 29- A top French business lobbyist branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.
*Govt says lobbyist overlooking ArcelorMittal's business practices. PARIS, Nov 29- The head of France's employers union branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.
*Yet Montebourg's tirades portray poor image of France. PARIS, Nov 28- Snarling at bosses who shut down factories, bashing low-price Asian exporters and telling an Indian steel baron he can get out of France, the industry minister in Paris is a loose cannon in a government striving to attract investment.
*Proposes dividend of $0.20 from 2013, vs $0.75 in 2012. BRUSSELS, Oct 31- ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, plans to slash its dividend and focus on cutting debt after slowing demand from China and sluggish European markets drove it to a third-quarter loss.
BRUSSELS, Oct 31- ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, said it would slash its dividend and focus on cutting debt after slowing demand from China and sluggish European markets drove it to a third-quarter loss.
Oct 4- Rupert Murdoch conceded defeat this week in his battle with Google and the Internet, an adversary even more powerful than the British government. Coincidentally, News Corp, Murdoch's holding company, announced the departure of its chief digital officer, Jonathan Miller.
*ArcelorMittal will look to move workers to new jobs. By Vincent Kessler FLORANGE, France, Oct 1- Steelmaker ArcelorMittal.
FLORANGE, France, Oct 1- Workers occupied the site of two idle ArcelorMittal steel furnaces in northeastern France on Monday as management and unions met in Paris to decide the fate of a plant that has become a symbol of the country's industrial decline.