France's Vivendi sells NBC stake for 3.8 bln USD

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    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)