Chris Gent
Chris Gent
Sir Christopher Charles Gent HonFREngis a British businessman, He is the former chief executive officer of Vodafone, a British multinational mobile phone company. He is currently the chairman of GlaxoSmithKline, the world's fourth largest pharmaceutical company...
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We are expecting an improvement in the second half over this very good first half. We do believe we're in pretty good shape over the next couple of years.
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There are bargains about, share prices are low and there are not too many buyers about. We can expect more deals in the next 12 months.
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Basically, we average the last three months of what we paid for our fuel, and we gradually implement it into the bill. It's not one month we sock it to the customer.
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They've told us it could be several weeks before they could use crews to restore power. They have to clear out the water first.
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We have a situation where no new gas is coming into the pipeline. We've never been in this situation before.
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When I was an executive ... relationships within the company and at board level where characterized by openness and trust. We were mercifully free of company politics and blame culture.
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We have no plans to sell Japan Telecom's fixed business for three billion or any other number.
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(The deal) will cut our roaming costs and offer significant marketing synergies, which will enable us to improve the value we offer customers.
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a superb alliance of the two leading global mobile operators. We share a vision of mobile communications as the principal platform for voice and data communications into the next century, and have the people and assets to realize this vision.
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This deal will further strengthen Vodafone's position in Japan and give us greater exposure to 3G,
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Spain is one of Europe's fastest-growing mobile markets.
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Japan and China is where we should focus in Asia rather than fragment by going into some of the smaller countries that might come along as acquisition opportunities,
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If there is a whispering campaign or conspiracy, which I very much doubt, then I am not party to it.