Topic: Liliane Bettencourt

Outrage after French spy chief charged

France's opposition on Tuesday called for the resignation of the head of the country's domestic intelligence agency, a friend of President Nicolas Sarkozy, after he was charged over spying on a journalist.DCRI spy agency boss Bernard Squarcini was charged ...
L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is to be placed under the guardianship of family members, the lawyer of her estranged daughter said Monday after a court hearing.France's richest woman, whose mental health at age 88 is reportedly declining but who ...

French judge gives L'Oreal heiress's daughter control

COURBEVOIE, France (Reuters) - L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt's daughter won control over her 88-year-old mother's business affairs Monday almost two years after she first asked to take over on the grounds her mother had been exploited.The decision was made ...
Billionaire L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, 88, has threatened in an interview to leave France if her daughter manages to place her under her guardianship.In the latest volley in the duo's tortuous war of words and lawsuits, Bettencourt told France ...
Billionaire L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is ready for "nuclear war" with her daughter and has asked her lawyers to revoke a reconciliation deal the two struck last year, according to a French Sunday paper.Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers had, in one of a ...
Warren Buffett's call to tax the wealthy more continues to reverberate. Now some rich residents of France have issued their own "tax us more" plea...

French court says Bettencourt guardian request invalid

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Appeals Court ruled on Monday that a request to appoint a guardian to oversee the business affairs of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt was invalid, despite a recommendation in favor by doctors.The court found that the request ...
A group of small shareholders in L'Oreal called Wednesday for heiress Liliane Bettencourt to resign from the cosmetic giant's board of directors amid reports that the 89-year-old has a brain disease.The APPAC association said the resignation was necessary as ...
Shareholders of French cosmetics giant L'Oreal SA (OR. FR) Friday voted to renew the board position of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for four...

Bettencourt friend keeps 300 mln euros in gifts

The society photographer and artist accused of exploiting his relationship with L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is to keep gifts from her worth around 300 million euros, lawyers said Tuesday.Bettencourt's daughter had accused 63-year-old Francois-Marie Banier of manipulating France's ...