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So far, so good for the Mittals

Nicolas Véron comments on one year of management of Arcelor (now ArcelorMittal) by Lakshmi and Aditya Mittal. He finds it rather successful, rather than the disaster predicted by some during the hostile takeover battle in 2006. Click here   to download this comment. This comment was also published by La Tribune.

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Nicolas Véron comments on one year of management of Arcelor (now ArcelorMittal) by Lakshmi and Aditya Mittal. He finds it rather successful, rather than the disaster predicted by some during the hostile takeover battle in 2006.

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