Vivendi near deal to buy BMG: source
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Vivendi SA is close to an agreement to  buy Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing unit for about 1.6  billion euros ($2.1 billion), a source familiar with the deal  said.
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A group headed by Sony Corp.  6758.T agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM.N for nearly $5 billion on Monday,  sources close to the deal said.
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Private equity suitors are close to arranging a deal to buy casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. , The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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The French media and telecommunications group Vivendi Universal said it would earn 1.5 billion euros (1.9 billion dollars) from the sale of a 15 percent stake in the utilities and water company Veolia Environnement.
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A trio of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland  will probably on Tuesday make a formal takeover offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , said sources familiar with the matter on Friday.
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German media company Bertelsmann AG has signed a "definitive agreement" to sell BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi for $2.09 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.
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Warner Music Group  said on Monday it was still considering making an offer for Britain's EMI  which has agreed to a 2.4 billion pounds ($4.7 billion) cash takeover from private equity group Terra Firma.
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Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment fell sharply following a denial by media giant Vivendi Universal that it was considering a bid for the French videogame maker to thwart a takeover by Electronic Arts of the United States.
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Riverdeep Inc., an Irish educational software publisher, is close to a deal to buy U.S. textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin for about $3.5 billion including debt, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday.
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By DAVID RISING  BERLIN - German media company Bertelsmann AG has signed a "definitive agreement" to sell BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi for $2.09 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.
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German media giant Bertelsmann said it had agreed to sell its BMG Music Publishing arm to French group Vivendi for 1.63 billion euros (two billion dollars).
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Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks said Friday it will buy Harmonix Music Systems Inc., a developer of music-themed video games, for $175 million in cash.
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Sony Corp. has reportedly reached a tentative deal to buy Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. shortly after media giant Time Warner Inc.
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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 SA, owner of the world&#39;s largest music company, said it will sell a 15 percent stake in Veolia Environnement SA to cut debt and focus on its media business.
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U.S. media conglomerate Viacom has   teamed up with private equity group Apollo to submit an offer   for BMG Music Publishing in a bid battle that could top 1.5   billion euros ($1.92 billion), sources close to the matter   said.
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BERLIN -- German media company Bertelsmann AG has signed a "definitive agreement" to sell BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi for $2.09 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.