Vivendi Wins Tax Windfall of &#36;4.6 Billion
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Vivendi Universal SA has reached a deal with French authorities to change its tax reporting in a way that will boost its bottom line, the entertainment and telecommunications giant said Thursday.
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The pharmaceutical firm releases fourth-quarter financials.
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France&#39;s largest media group, Vivendi Universal, yesterday revealed that first-half net losses had nearly trebled to â¬1.86bn (Â£1.
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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.).
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Germany is selling a E4.45 billion (R36.12 billion) stake in Deutsche Telekom, making it the fourth European government to sell state assets in the past six weeks
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Russian authorities yesterday claimed $158m (Â£94m) in back taxes from VimpelCom, the country&#39;s second-largest mobile phone company, raising fears of new political interference in business.
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ABN Amro NV, the Netherlands' largest retail bank, said fourth-quarter net profit rose 33 percent due to asset sales, fewer bad loans and lower taxes.
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PARIS, Aug 26  - Vivendi Universal will create 2,100 jobs over five years as part of a deal agreed with the French government allowing the French media and communications group to book tax credits under a new regime, the finance ministry said Thursday
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The Italian government approved &#36;8.6 billion in tax cuts for 2005 Saturday, state radio reported, ending partisan debate that at one point had prompted Premier Silvio Berlusconi to threaten to resign.
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Shares in Bulgarian Telecommunications Company jumped 36 per cent to Lev297 yesterday after the government sold its minority stake in an electronic auction on the Sofia bourse.
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French telecoms and media group Vivendi   reported a 10.9 percent rise in first-half net adjusted profit   on Thursday, as growth from games and pay-TV Canal Plus made up   for lackluster trading at mobile arm SFR.
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LONDON, November 25  - Dutch electronics and semiconductor giant, Philips (PHI1.ETR), has sold its entire stake in the French media company, Vivendi Universal.
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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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Its net income during the June to September period was 2.69tr won (Â£1.2bn), 46% up on the same period a year earlier. During the period, which is Samsung Electronics&#39; fiscal third quarter, the company said
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Russia's YUKOS raised &#36;357 million to put toward a &#36;3.4 billion tax claim on Tuesday by selling a stake in a gas venture to partner TNK-BP, as analysts said the company was technically ready for bankruptcy.
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VIVENDI, whose Universal Music arm is the worldâs biggest music group, has been given the go-ahead by the French government to file returns under a new tax regime that will save it roughly Â£2.
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Vivendi fourth-quarter sales rose 1.2 percent as buoyant trading at its Maroc Telecom and in video games helped compensate declines at its music and French mobile businesses.