France's Vivendi sells NBC stake for 3.8 bln USD

    PARIS, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- French telecom giant Vivendi said Wednesday it has sold its remaining stake in NBC(美国全国广播公司) Universal to U.S. General Electric (GE) for 3.8 billion U.S. dollars.
    "Vivendi has concluded ... the sale of the remainder of its stake in NBC Universal, a 12.34 percent stake, for 3.8 billion U.S. dollars to GE," the group said in a statement.
    Following the recent transaction（交易,事务）, the French media and entertainment group has garnered¹ a total of 5.8 billion U.S. dollars from the U.S. company after selling last September 7.66 percent of its NBC shares worth 2 billion U.S. dollars.
    "We are very satisfied that our strategic objective to exit NBC Universal has been completed ... Vivendi now has control of all its assets and is fully² focused on pursuing its profitable growth strategy," said Jean-Bernard Levy³, CEO of Vivendi.
    Vivendi employs 49,000 workers in 77 countries across the world. It reported a 4.8-percent growth in its adjusted net income to 2.21 billion euros (3 billion U.S. dollars) for the January- September period in 2010.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 levy   

n.征收税或其他款项，征收额

参考例句：

• They levy a tax on him.他们向他征税。
• A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。