Relics to be returned

French billionaire Francois Pinault's family donated two bronze animal heads to China that were the subject of a US$40 million disputed sale at Christie's International in 2009. The 18th-century Qing Dynasty bronze rabbit and rat heads had been part ...

BEIJING: French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault will return two rare Chinese relics whose auction in 2009 outraged Beijing, his company said on Friday during a visit to China by France's president. China has vehemently protested the sale of ...

PPR CEO PPR chief executive Francois-Henri Pinault was speaking at a news conference at which he unveiled a new name for the luxury goods group, which will be rebranded as Kering. Puma is 82.4 percent-controlled by PPR. The German company, which is ...

Tags: Salma Hayek, Got Milk campaign, Francois Henri Pinault 0 Miami: Mexican actress, director and producer Salma Hayek is participating for the third straight year in the Got Milk? campaign. In a commercial to promote consumption of cow`s milk, ...

Francois-Henri Pinault thinks London is becoming the centre of the fashion world. The PPR chief executive announced last week (22.03.13) he will be rebranding his fashion empire - which comprises high end brands including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent ...

Francois-Henri Pinault, CEO and chairman of the company formerly known as PPR, announced it's changed its name to Kering, pronounced "caring" in English. Pinault, who is married to actress Salma Hayek, says the new name reflects the brand's ...

The family that runs French luxury-goods conglomerate Kering won plaudits from Beijing on Friday for offering to return a pair of looted Qing dynasty bronzes at the heart of a Chinese campaign to overcome the legacy of bullying by foreign powers.The ...

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The family of French luxury goods retailer Pinault announced Friday in Beijing that it will donate two pieces of looted Chinese cultural relics back to China. The relics, sculptures of a bronze rabbit and a bronze rat ...

By Laura Chesters Stepping out of the shadows of your father when he created one of France's most successful conglomerates can't be easy. But on the arm of his film star wife, Salma Hayek, at least Francois-Henri Pinault gets recognised in Hollywood ...