i found this at cnn.com
Vivendi picks NBC merger bid
French media firm says it chose offer from GE unit for its U.S. entertainment assets.
September 2, 2003: 3:10 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - General Electric's NBC unit won the bidding for Vivendi Universal's U.S. entertainment assets Tuesday with a multibillion-dollar merger offer that would create one of the world's largest media companies.
to read the whole article go to
http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/02/news...dder/index.htm
that is the url to the page.
it looks like it is over, now we get to see when the deal is final and what they do with the assets.
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