Vivendi

Vivendi <VIV.PA>, which is keen to expand in emerging markets, could be eyeing the Algerian subsidiary of Egypt's Orascom Telecom <ORTE.CA> <ORTEq. L>, French daily La Tribune reports on Friday. A member of Vivendi's board of directors,...

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General Electric Co <GE.N> Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt was 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...

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...a good deal of posturing on all sides," Citi analysts wrote in a note on Friday, adding they valued Vivendi's stake at $5.9 billion. "Vivendi's liquidity rights (right to force an IPO at some point) may well be unappealing to Comcast as...

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...media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over price. Further complicating matters is Vivendi SA's recent public statement that it might not sell its minority stake in NBC Universal at all. Such...

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NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - Talks on the sale of Vivendi SA's <VIV.PA> NBC Universal (NBCU) stake to General Electric Co <GE.N> hinge on when Vivendi would get paid as well as how much, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. The...

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General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in NBC Universal, the Financial Times said, dampening hopes of a swift sale. Analysts believe that after Vivendi's recent costly...

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* 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...

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...Thursday. "We are denying the rumor of a $4 billion bond aimed to fund the acquisition of GVT," the Vivendi spokesman said. The Vivendi plan for a local debt sale in Brazil was reported earlier by Valor Economico newspaper. additional...

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...on Thursday. Philippe Capron also told the Morgan Stanley Media & Telecoms conference that selling its 20 percent stake in NBCU would give Vivendi "additional financial headroom" after it gained control of Brazil's telecoms operator GVT...

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