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RENAULT

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2019
Bailed out or not, Carlos Ghosn's role at Renault becomes more untenable
Carlos Ghosn will get a chance Tuesday to make his case to the Tokyo District Court that he should be released on bail from his 50-day detention. But 9,500 km away in Paris, his future as head of Renault SA is increasingly in doubt.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 7, 2019
France presses Renault over executive compensation paid via Dutch holding firm
The French government has told Renault to provide more details on compensation paid to senior executives via a Dutch holding company jointly owned with alliance partner Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2018
Ghosn's family says misconduct allegations are Nissan revolt: NYT
The daughters of Nissan Motor Co.'s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, indicted on suspicion of violating Japan's financial reporting laws, believe the accusations are part of an internal revolt within the carmaker to prevent a merger with Renault, the New York Times reports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2018
French union calls for transparency over Renault-Nissan holding company amid Carlos Ghosn scandal
France's CGT union has called for more transparency at Renault and its Dutch holding company and asked the French government, one of the carmaker's shareholders, to try to shed light on its workings, a CGT representative said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2018
Renault again asks Nissan to hold special shareholders meeting
Renault SA has again asked Nissan Motor Co. to hold an extraordinary shareholders meeting to pick ousted Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn's successor, sources close to the matter said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2018
French town, home to major auto factory, gets caught up in Nissan-Renault spat
An hour's drive north of Paris along the Seine River lies Flins, home to Renault SA's biggest and oldest factory, where 2,700 workers and 900 robots toil in tandem to churn out a steady stream of compact cars. More than half of the vehicles rolling off the line, however, don't carry the Renault diamond...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2018
Japanese judge rejects extra detention for Carlos Ghosn and Greg Kelly
A court on Thursday rejected prosecutors' request to extend the unusual detention of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, boosting his chances of mounting a defense against claims that he understated his income.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 20, 2018
Seven questions about Ghosn and Nissan
The arrest of Carlos Ghosn last month evinces layers of complexities and raises numerous questions and issues about corporate Japan in the global context that will surely be debated for years to come.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 20, 2018
Renault and Nissan execs sought other ways to pay Carlos Ghosn, documents show
Executives from both carmakers in the Renault-Nissan alliance looked at least twice at legal ways to pay Chairman Carlos Ghosn undisclosed income through the partners' shared finances, documents seen by Reuters show.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2018
Nissan fails at board meeting to name new chairman to succeed Carlos Ghosn
The board of Nissan Motor Co. put off a decision to choose the successor to ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who has been arrested for alleged financial misconduct, reflecting heightened tensions with its partner Renault SA.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 14, 2018
France plans Renault CEO hunt as board frays over Carlos Ghosn: sources
The French government is seeking candidates to replace Renault SA's embattled boss Carlos Ghosn, sources said, as board members began to voice doubts about keeping him in office following his indictment in Japan for suspected misconduct.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 7, 2018
Renault nearing first conclusions in Carlos Ghosn probe
Renault SA is aiming to reach in about a week the first conclusions to its internal probe into whether the pay packages of Carlos Ghosn, along with the French carmaker's other top managers, were properly disclosed to shareholders, according to people familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 5, 2018
Nissan rejects Renault's request to send successor to replace Ghosn
Nissan Motor rejects partner Renault's request to send a successor with equal authority to replace ousted Chairman Carlos Ghosn amid a heightening leadership tussle, according to sources.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2018
How could Carlos Ghosn possibly have hidden billions of yen from Nissan?
How could one of the world's most visible employees go about hiding billions of yen worth of salary and benefits paid to him by one of the world's biggest companies, without the company knowing it?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2018
Ex-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn to be served with fresh arrest warrant
Ghosn had already been accused of breaching financial law after allegedly reporting only u00a55 billion of his u00a510 billion compensation during the five years through 2015.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 4, 2018
Directors meet to decide who will fill Carlos Ghosn's shoes as Nissan chairman
Their choice to replace the ousted car titan, now languishing in Tokyo Detention House, will indicate the direction the automaker's alliance with Renault SA will take.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Dec 2, 2018
Nissan-Renault alliance row developing into diplomatic feud
Talks held at the request of the French side apparently saw Paris work to put the brakes on an attempt by Nissan to review the alliance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2018
Carlos Ghosn's close aide Greg Kelly drafted documents on deferred pay: sources
Greg Kelly, a close aide of ousted Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, had prepared over the span of several years documents outlining plans for the top executive to receive part of his pay after retirement, sources with knowledge of the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 1, 2018
France's Emmanuel Macron and Abe seek to avert Renault-Nissan row
French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discuss ways to avert a diplomatic row over the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance following the recent arrest of its chairman, Carlos Ghosn.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 30, 2018
Japan says no decision yet on whether Abe and Macron will meet at G20
No meeting has been set yet between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his French counterpart, a government spokesman said Friday, after media reported that President Emmanuel Macron had requested a meeting to discuss the Nissan-Renault alliance.

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