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L'Oreal drops trans model over controversial comments

Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:59:57 +0200

French cosmetics giant L'Oreal on Friday confirmed it had dropped a British transgender model over comments the company deemed "at odds with our values," after she was hired as part of a diversity campaign.

French chip stand irks ex-boss of L'Oreal

Sun, 14 Dec 2014 17:40:00 +0100

A chip shop camped outside his luxury French ski apartment is getting up the nose of British former L'Oreal CEO Lindsay Owen-Jones.

China gives L'Oreal green light for $843m purchase

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 11:40:10 +0100

French cosmetics giant L'Oreal said it had received the official greenlight for its $843 million bid to acquire the Hong Kong-listed facial care company Magic Holdings International.

The mixed fortunes of France's beauty queen

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:29:00 +0100

The heiress to the L'Oreal beauty products empire, she was just named the world's richest woman. But mental health woes and a feud with her daughter have tainted her twilight years. Liliane Bettencourt is our French Face of the Week.

France is home to world's richest woman

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:48:00 +0100

Two French tycoons have made it into the the annual American-dominated Forbes rich list, it was revealed on Tuesday, including L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, who can lay claim to the grand title of the world's richest woman.

Ex-L'Oréal chief tries to shut chip stand

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:23:00 +0100

The former head of cosmetics giant L'Oréal, Lindsay Owen-Jones, has asked a court in France to shut down a chip stand near his apartment in the ski resort of Val d'Isère.

Watchdog bans 'misleading' L'Oréal ad

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:33:00 +0100

British regulators banned a magazine advert for an anti-ageing moisturiser by French cosmetics company L'Oréal on Wednesday after upholding a complaint that the image of the model, actress Rachel Weisz, was misleading.

L'Oréal heiress declared mentally unfit by court

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:41:00 +0200

Billionaire L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt is to be placed under the guardianship of family members, according to the lawyer of her estranged daughter Francoise after a court hearing.

L'Oreal heiress accuses daughter of wanting to lock her up

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:12:00 +0200

Billionaire L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt said on Wednesday that her daughter wanted to lock her up, the latest volley in the duo's tortuous war of words and lawsuits.

L'Oreal heiress ready for 'nuclear war' with daughter

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:06:00 +0200

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.

L'Oreal sees profits surge

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:23:00 +0200

L'Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics maker, said on Tuesday its first half net profit rose 11.6 percent from a year earlier to €1.47 billion ($2.11 billion) and confirmed its forecasts for 2011.

Calls for Bettencourt to go due to 'brain disease'

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:15:00 +0200

A group of small shareholders in L'Oreal called on 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.

Bettencourt brands daughter 'disturbed'

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:33:00 +0200

The heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics empire branded her estranged daughter mentally disturbed on Sunday, as their battle re-erupted over the family billions, entangled in political scandals.