However, he claimed Group One wins in the Middle Park Stakes and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere late in the season.

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Butler bought 80% of Virgin in 2007 from French media company Lagardere, which had purchased the chain from Mr Branson's Virgin in 2001.

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Prime contractor for the AfriStar satellite was Alcatel Space with Marta Marconi Space, a joint venture of Britain's General Electric and France's Lagardere the major sub-contractor.

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Weighing 3, 300 pounds (1.5 tons), Skynet was built in Britain by Matra Marconi Space (MMS), a joint venture of Britain's General Electric Co. and France's Lagardere Groupe.

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The two bosses want to replace the current arrangements which give effective joint control to three shareholders - Lagardere, the French state, and German industrial group Daimler, which owns 22.5% of the company.

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The missing link between EADS, which is better known for making planes, helicopters and aerospace systems, and Carpentier--who won a Lasker Prize last year for his work on prosthetic heart valves--is largely due to the late Jean-Luc Lagardere.

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When France decided to make Nicolas Sarkozy its new president, many took into account the fact that he was the most business friendly of all candidates, with known connections to chief executives of some of the country's biggest companies, including Francois Pinault and Arnaud Lagardere.

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The most recent and perhaps final example came Tuesday when Paris-based Lagardere Active announced that Alain Lemarchand, who has served as CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. since June 2008, will be stepping down and that former Primedia Enthusiast Media and Source Interlink Media president Steve Parr will take his place.

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