General Electric

...with Comcast. Comcast's investment would be cash and programming assets worth $10 billion. Benefit to GE: taking $2 billion of NBC debt off GE's balance sheet. Exchanging $30 billion worth of assets for a minority stake in a $40 billion...

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...in Paris on Wednesday in an effort to speed up talks to buy Vivendi SA's <VIV.PA> stake in NBC Universal, the Wall Street Journal reported. GE is negotiating to buy Vivendi's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, with the aim of then selling...

In this article: Vivendi SA, GE, Jeffrey Immelt, NBC Universal, Paris, Comcast, and The Wall Street Journal

...company Vivendi might pursue an initial public offering of its 20-percent stake in NBC rather than sell it back to GE, the report said. GE has been negotiating for weeks with Vivendi over buying its stake and then selling a majority interest...

In this article: Vivendi, Comcast, NBC Universal, Agreement in principle, NBC, and Reuters

...in debt that would be added to its books as part of the deal. It would use that debt to buy the rest of the company from GE. GE has negotiated a redemption option that would give it the right to redeem all or part of its stake in the...

In this article: Vivendi, GE, Comcast, NBC Universal, and Joint venture

...to raise its offer to General Electric Co., which first needs Vivendi SA to sell its minority stake. If GE had to pay Vivendi more for that stake, it would have to absorb the additional cost because Comcast's agreement with GE is "set"...

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Vivendi SA <VIV.PA> and General Electric <GE.N> have agreed that Vivendi will be paid close to one-third of the value of its NBC Universal stake, although a value for the stake itself is still being negotiated, a person familiar with the...

In this article: Vivendi SA, Comcast Corp, NBC Universal, Joint venture, and U.S.

...health. "Following the GVT deal, we believe Vivendi will ultimately sell its stake in NBCU, but not at any price ... Similarly GE needs Vivendi's stake for Comcast for the tie up to go through and we see a compromise as likely," UBS...

In this article: Vivendi, Comcast, NBC Universal, Financial Times, United States, and Brazil

* GE, Vivendi $1 bln apart over NBC Universal stake - FT * Compromise on price likely - UBS (Adds analyst comment, background) General Electric <GE.N> and Vivendi <VIV.PA> are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French...

In this article: Vivendi, Comcast, NBC Universal, Financial Times, United States, and Brazil