Vivendi Recovering, but Shares Are Stuck
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There&#39;s plenty of vroom vroom these days at Vivendi Universal as the disparate parts of the restructured conglomerate are increasingly firing in synch.
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Vivendi Universal, the French media group that almost collapsed into bankruptcy two years ago, yesterday surprised investors with strong third-quarter revenues driven by soaring music sales in the Britain and North America.
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Today, Seesmic, the company founded by Loic Lemeur, announced their initial $6 million funding. Several people noticed that my name isn't on the list of investors.  I'll probably end up kicking myself when Seesmic becomes the next Google or YouTube. I remain a fan of the company and Loic and his team and will be rooting for them.  Why did I get cold feet? It has nothing to do with the product or the company, both of which appear to be outstanding. It's the stock market. I had to make the final Seesmic decision as I was getting out of stock, at a significant loss. The only stock I hold now is AAPL, and sadly, it's way under the price I paid for it a few months ago. Like a lot of other investors, right now stocks give me the willies. I will likely get back in, slowly, a little bit every week to average out the price, hoping the market has found a bottom.
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Business & money: Fears that shares will end up being nearly worthless.
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Despite lots of communication with investors, the Symantec-Veritas combo is still generating unease.
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Business & money: Â· Lender tells shareholders that dividend is on hold  Â· Group of hedge funds is rumoured to be in talks
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Vivendi said fourth-quarter profit dropped 51 percent from a year ago, when the company had a tax credit and asset sales. Vivendi, parent company of Universal Music, said it earned 610 million euros ($799 million) in the quarter, down from 1.25 billion euros. Revenue rose 1 percent, to 5.5 billion euros ($7.2 billion). Sales at Universal Music fell 1.5 percent.
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MULTIPLEX Group has seen off a late challenge to its takeover of Ronin Property Group, yesterday securing a crucial stake that all but guarantees a successful bid and a re-rating of the developer&#39;s shares.
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Some of Australia&#39;s biggest property interests have placed their shares under a trading halt amid speculation of further major consolidation in the sector.
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French media and telecoms group Vivendi  on Wednesday posted an 18 percent rise in adjusted full-year net profit, pulled mainly by Maroc Telecom  and its games, French mobile and pay-TV units.
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Transact's stock is on a tear. Is it time to cash in the ticket?
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French media and telecoms group Vivendi  said it would not exercise its right to start disposing of a 20  percent holding in U.S. entertainment and news company NBC  Universal in January.
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The company's shares have recovered from legal settlement sticker shock.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market's systems were hit by a glitch Thursday morning, leaving some of the market's stocks unavailable for trading.
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PARIS, Sept 14  - French media giant Vivendi Universal on Tuesday reported a surge in its net loss so far this year but forecast a sharp turnaround in its finances for all of 2004.
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Vivendi Universal on Thursday sold a 15 per cent stake in its former water subsidiary Veolia Environnement, raising about â¬1.5bn for the French group to pay back debt and tighten its focus on media and telecommunications.
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AMSTERDAM: Royal Philips Electronics NV has sold its entire 3% stake in Vivendi Universal for around 720 million euros. The transaction closed on Wednesday and is expected to result in a non-taxable gain of 300 million euros in the fourth quarter.