 "Sunday Business (London)")
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Lagardere extends reach.
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Sunday Business (London)
| Date:
February 13, 2005
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Byline: Ross Tieman
Feb. 13--Arnaud Lagardere, the youthful boss of the French publishing conglomerate that bears his name, is quietly laying the cornerstones for his ambition to build a global giant.
In the year to end-December, Lagardere, the group he took over upon the death of his father Jean-Luc two years ago achieved a 7.5 percent sales increase to E13.4bn ([pounds sterling]9.2bn, $17.2bn).
But the most striking feature was a 50 percent surge ...
