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With its Gross Domestic Product overtaking Germany's during the last 3 years, France's economy has cautiously crept up the world ratings. Even their conglomerates like Vivendi Universal, Telecom, and Airbus have done exceptionally well.

Cable giant Comcast has reached an agreement with John Malone's Liberty Media under which Comcast will sell 100 million shares of Liberty stock for $894 million. As part of the [...]

What if there were an auction, but nobody bid? That is the question facing Vivendi Universal as it awaits the arrival of a second round of bids due by Aug. [...]

Troubled French conglomerate Vivendi Universal is looking to raise pound sterling280.39 million from the sale of its Hungarian telecoms business. Potential buyers are BT's telecoms investment fund GMT Communications Partners [...]

Credit ratings agency Moody's has downgraded Vivendi Universal after the company rejected Vodafone's pound sterling4.4 billion offer for its stake in telecoms operator Cegetel. Moody's has placed Vivendi at Ba3 [...]

It's not the best of times for the French economy. Weak European stock markets have been compounded by political, financial and practical worries over further integration of the eurozone economies, [...]

The behind-the-scenes unraveling at The Walt Disney. Co., AOL Time Warner and Vivendi Universal has become so acute that the companies are failing miserably at hiding or smoothing over some [...]

Despite Vivendi's reported reluctance to sell, Vodafone executives were expected to meet with the French multi-utility and BT this week to discuss the possible sale of Vivendi's Cegetel to Vodafone. [...]

Agencies and media companies continued to focus on damage control as they announced second-quarter results. The outlook remains mixed, with officials at News Corp. declaring improvement in ad trends while […]

Vivendi Water has reported turnover for the six months to 30 June up 2.9 per cent to e6.67 billion ([pound]4.6 billion). Vivendi Water owns UK water firms Folkestone &Dover, Three [...]

PARIS - Vivendi Universal SA's $937 million unfunded pension and post-retirement liability could complicate the company's attempt to avoid bankruptcy by divesting key businesses. That figure is as of Dec. [...]

FTSE Euro 100: 869.41 883.09 FTSE Euromid Eurobloc: 1137.29 1150.32 Consumer price index: 2% (May) Base interest rate: 3.25% GDP growth: 2.3% (Q1) The financial rescue of Vivendi Universal was [...]

The French media and utilities company Vivendi Universal is thrashing out agreements with creditor banks to provide a package of up to pounds 650 million to help its liquidity problems. [...]

Jean-Marie Messier has finally decided to leave Vivendi Universal, a firm which he built from a French water utility into a glittering international media giant. Not only has that dream [...]

Vodafone has emerged as a likely buyer for France's second-largest mobile operator, SFR. Vivendi has indicated that it would like to sell its stake in SFR, as the operator posted [...]

by Zo? Grainge Franco/US multi-media giant Vivendi Universal still owns 63 per cent of the shares in Vivendi Environnement, although rumours have been persisting for months that it wants to [...]

A disastrous European block trade back in January came back to haunt Goldman Sachs last week when it reported first-quarter earnings. The $2.8 billion overnight block trade in Vivendi S.A. [...]

7 talent agencies Proposed deal with SAG sets stage for Madison Ave. to throw dough Hollywood's way (deal would allow ad groups to eventually own up to 20% of talent […]

Conglomerate's strong showing is boosted by film, TV units NEW YORK -- In sharp contrast to fellow entertainment conglomerates, Vivendi Universal SA last week reported strong third-quarter revenue and cash-flow [...]

NEW YORK -- In sharp contrast to fellow entertainment conglomerates, Vivendi Universal SA on Tuesday reported strong third-quarter revenue and cash-flow growth for its core media and communications assets, driven [...]

Responding to a European Commission order than it divest its 21% stake in BSkyB, Vivendi Universal is taking a collateralized loan from Deutsche Bank for $3.9 billion in cash. The [...]

NEW YORK Media companies, reporting quarterly earnings amid a sluggish economy, are trying to soften the blow with a bit of fuzzy math and fast talk. Showbiz congloms, and publishers [...]

MEDIA CONGLOMS AT HALFTIME Below are second-quarter results for a quartet of major Hollywood players. Sony's performance includes its Japan-based businesses. AOL TIME WARNER Gerald Levin Revenues $9.2 billion Cash [...]

Vivendi Universal chief Jean-Marie Messier unveiled his newly merged conglom's first yearly financial results March 9, at company headquarters a stone's throw from the Arc de Triomphe. Actual profits, which [...]

Total sales for Vivendi, parent company of French book and media giant Havas, soared 31% to 41.6 billion euros in 1999--roughly $37.3 billion at a current rate of exchange (and [...]

European water-to-telecoms-TV group Vivendi recorded a '99 net profit of Euro 1.43 billion ($1.37 billion) up from Euro 1.12 billion the year before. Revenues leapt to Euro41.6 billion from Euro31.74 [...]

Only two of the top 20 media owners in Europe saw media revenue drop in the 1997/98 period, according to Zenith Media's annual ranking. France's Vivendi, after climbing from fourth [...]

Ericsson has warned that their 2007 third quarter profits would be lower than expected. Ericsson's working-capital management is performing below par as shown by their long cash-conversion cycle which takes 135 days compared to Nokia's 24 days. Vivendi trades at a 10% discount due to their conglomerate status but Vivendi is unlikely to sell other stakes to remove that penalty.

PARIS -- For a third year running, Vivendi Universal posted heavy losses, unveiling a 2003 net loss Wednesday of 1.14 billion € ($1.39 billion) mainly because of one-time items. While […]

European regulators said Wednesday that they plan to approve the $1.45 billion sale of Vivendi Universal's French publishing properties to Lagardere Group, as speculation heated up that the French conglom [...]

There's rarely a dull day at Vivendi Universal, and Tuesday was no exception as the company scored some financial and political points in its efforts to keep creditors and irate [...]

Nobody has seen anything like the Vivendi-Universal auction. In the words of Michael J. Wolf, head of McKinsey & Co.'s media and entertainment practice: 'It's historically fascinating. At no time [...]

NEW YORK -- Vivendi Universal said Tuesday that Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of USA Interactive and former head of its U.S. entertainment operations, continues to be blocked from buying […]