Vivendi Flashes V for Victory
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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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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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UK advertising group WPP beats France's Havas to win a bidding war for US firm Grey Global which could cost as much as Â£750m.
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The entertainment industry achieved a key victory Thursday after a Dutch Internet service provider surrendered the name and address of one of its customers suspected of illegal file-sharing.
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French luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton said it expected another year of significant earnings growth as it reported a 30 percent surge in 2006 net profit to 1.879 billion euros (2.5 billion dollars).
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Valve announced recently that it had won the first round in the legal fight between it and publisher Vivendi Universal Games. The US Federal District Court in Seattle has upheld the complaint
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NEW YORK, October 20  - Analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray upgrades VeriSign (VRSN.NAS) from &quot;market perform&quot; to &quot;outperform.
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PARIS, Nov 17  - Media and mobile telephone group Vivendi Universal said on Wednesday that third-quarter profits had risen by nearly six-fold and upgraded its full-year profit outlook owing to a change in tax arrangements.
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France's largest media company, Vivendi Universal, raised its 2004 earnings forecast as it reported a 19 percent increase in third-quarter underlying operating profit, buoyed by a rebound in music and strong mobile phone sales.
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PARIS : French media giant Vivendi Universal 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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Finally, something to sing about at Vivendi Universal (nyse: V - news - people ). The French conglomerate raised its 2004 earnings forecast after reporting a fivefold increase in third-quarter profit, thanks to its music and telecommunications units.
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Vivendi Universal posted a near doubling in its first-half net loss to 1.86 billion euros ($2.28 billion) on Tuesday, hit by currency translation losses linked to its
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THE French media group Vivendi Universal today said that a surging net loss so far this year would give way to better-than-expected adjusted net income for 2004 as a whole.
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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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France's largest media company, Vivendi  Universal, raised its 2004 earnings forecast as it reported a  19 percent increase in third-quarter underlying operating  profit, buoyed by a rebound in music and strong mobile phone  sales.
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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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LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton said Wednesday its first-half net profit soared 49 percent, as its watches, jewelry and selective retailing businesses returned to the black.