Lagardère and EADS

Bad heir day

An embarrassing video roils two big European companies

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The video wasn't remotely shocking or inappropriate (sadly). It should have nothing to do with criticism of Mr. Lagardère's business acumen, or lack thereof.


after watching the video u can pretty much conclude all the criticism as grumpy old people remark, much like some random old man u ran into on bus lecturing about love and Jesus


Appearing on youtube footages with your own model is one thing - neglecting your duties/responsibilities another. The issue at stake to the majority, I believe, seems to be the latter...
Plus some grumpy old man remarks (as stated by one of my pre-posters, LiYingkai), perhaps?


The whole thing stinks to high heaven. Nah not the video. But the govt socialism, subsidies, and the crony capitalism, that too in defense. You gotta love it!


It's tacky and the asymmetry of their superficial beauty and lack of genuine chemistry made me wince and cringe, but I agree that it would not matter a jot if M Lagadere was raking in the shareholder equity. This video suggests that he might be too preoccupied by the mental stress of having such a comparatively glamourous 'friend' to serve as a true captain in his industry.


So, are the Germans just prudes, or what? Would I be shocked if I understood French? He did a photo shoot with his hot, model girlfriend and somebody made a video of the shoot. The redundancy of recording a photo shoot with video is narcissistic, I guess. But who cares?


What is wrong is peole getting their noses into any person's private life. Pleople should be inquired on why they are spending time on these matters while at WORK instead of focusing on creating value for the companies they work for.


Lagardere has his priorities right. Lighten up, people.



What an utterly dire article. No named quote from anyone to back up the writer's main point. This is the sort of tosh I'd expect in the mickey-mouse business pages of the Daily Mail.

Ricardo Urdaneta

If the German business business establishment wants to advertise its envy and small-mindedness by criticizing this video it makes you wonder how insecure, fit to run a big company and silly said establishment really is. I don't suppose anyone would argue that Richard Branson's or Larry Ellison's (to name a couple) lifestyles affect their business acumen. They know how to make it, and they know how to spend it!


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