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| | Mittal: Blood, Steel, And Empire Building |
 | | At a Jan. 30 press conference in Paris, Guy Dollé, chief executive of Arcelor, the world's second-largest steel producer, kicked off his defense against a brazen $23 billion takeover bid from London-based Mittal Steel Co. (MT) with a dig at the predator's owner and boss, Lakshmi N. Mittal. |
 | | Arcelor's chief was making a not-so-subtle reference to the fact that the Mittal clan exercises tight control over the steel giant and that the CEO's son, 30-year-old Aditya, serves in the key posts of president and chief financial officer. |
 | | Mittal's cozy business ways are coming under scrutiny now that the Indian-born steel baron wants to weld a European giant onto his empire. |
| www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/06_07/b3971081.htm (940 words) |
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