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...manse, Château de Méry-sur-Oise, about 50 km northwest of Paris, is on the block. Last week came the blockbuster spin-off, as Fourtou woke the company from Messier's Technicolor dream of becoming a major player in Hollywood. After an epic four-month auction among many of the world's largest media firms, the company signed a letter of intent with General Electric to merge its U.S. movie and TV businesses with GE's NBC. The result would be a new media giant that puts Vivendi's assets - Universal Pictures, theme parks in California...
...Price paid at auction by China's Sichuan Airlines for the lucky phone number 8888-8888. Eight is a homonym in Chinese for rich...
...Amount paid by Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports, at a charity auction to learn the subject of Carly Simon's 1972 hit song You're So Vain. (He promised not to make the name public...
...that happened, where would consumers go for advice on complex matters?" We'll stick to the butcher, baker and candlestick maker. Next Time, Try Using e-Bay As a company, Vivendi has many strengths, but conducting auctions isn't one of them. The French-based conglomerate has for months been trying to unload its U.S.-based media assets, which include several cable channels and the Universal movie studio. Late last year, Texas oilman Marvin Davis offered $20 billion for the U.S. assets, and Vivendi acted insulted; a Vivendi official at the time suggested that Davis "take a hike." That...
...Terracotta Figurine The U.S. last week returned to China six of these 2,000-year-old relics stolen from the tomb of a Western Han dynasty princess. They had been slated for auction in New York