Vivendi sale raises spectre of Veolia takeover
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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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Vivendi (NYSE: V) is one of those complex behemoths of a firm that normally doesn&#39;t make it onto my radar since, as a lazy Fool, I prefer my companies small and simple.
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French group Vivendi Universal, the world's largest media conglomerate, announced it had acquired a majority stake in the profitable Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom, confirming its strategy of focussing on telecommunications.
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Shares in SSL International, the firm behind Durex condoms and Scholl footwear, rise 6% on reports of a potential takeover.
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PARIS -- Vivendi Universal SA has reached a deal with French authorities to change its tax regime in a deal that will boost its bottom line, the entertainment and telecommunications giant said Thursday.
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PARIS  - Shares in French video games publisher Ubisoft Entertainment SA surged Wednesday on a report that it discussed a so-called white knight deal with Vivendi Universal SA to fight a possible takeover bid from U.S. rival Electronic Arts Inc.
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Business & money: Cable company says it has received a takeover bid and is considering potential sale.
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Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment soared after a report in French financial newspaper L'Agefi said the company had held preliminary talks about a potential tie-up with Vivendi Universal, following Electronic Arts' acquisition of a 20 percent stake in Ubisoft, dealers said.
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An acquisition focuses on a market with strong growth potential.
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Business & money: Deal could trigger takeover bid for seller Whitbread.
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French media and telecommunications group Vivendi said Friday it had arranged a 3.5-billion-euro (5.15-billion-dollar) credit line to fund US and French acquisitions.
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The company behind the Madame Tussauds and London Eye tourist attractions is bought in a Â£1bn deal.
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Gondola Holdings, the owner of Pizza Express, has received a Â£1bn takeover offer from an unidentified source.
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Business & money: Shares in troubled lender rise sharply after a report of detailed discussions with Chris Flowers and the US private equity firm Cerberus.
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Shares in ailing Italian national  carrier Alitalia surge on speculation that Air France is preparing to bid for the airline.
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The London Stock Exchange confirmed Saturday it is buying Borsa Italiana for 1.6 billion euros (2.15 billion dollars), bolstering the LSE amid takeovers of European stock markets by US rivals.
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Vivendi Universal revealed on Tuesday the  full impact of selling most of its entertainment business, as  impairment charges incurred from the deal were largely behind a  nearly trebled first-half net loss of 1.86 billion euros ($2.28  billion.).