GE, Vivendi reach tentative deal on NBCU

GE, Vivendi agree to value NBCU stake at $5.8 billion (Reuters)

At $5.8 billion for 20%, that's less than the $30 billion that GE and Comcast agreed to value the entire company at. I assumed
Vivendi would get some kind of premium. My guess is that there are some other considerations involved.

Daily Links 11/30/09: QVC reports 60% jump in Black Friday Sales

Tech company SAP is living the green life (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Open Source as a Model for Business Is Elusive (New York Times)

Kroes Stepping Down as EU Antitrust Chief
New chair will take over Jan. 26. Will he change the course of the Oracle-Sun merger? (InternetNews.com)

IBM vs. SAS: The Battle over Data Analysis Software (Business Week)

QVC reports 60% jump in sales (on Black
Friday) (Phoenix Business Journal)

Core Solutions Awarded Contract to Replace Pennsylvania Department of Health Information System
Behavioral healthcare technology company’s Care Enterprise ™ product to become technology platform for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (PR Web)

Infragistics Expands Operations in Sofia, Bulgaria (PR Newswire)

Digitas Health’s prognosis: New hires
Big French-owned ad agency sees lots of growth in its specialized field (Philadelphia Business Journal)

SimpleGeo Locates $1.5 Million And Many Big Name Investors (TechCrunch)
Including First Round Capital.

Sarnoff to Demonstrate First Augmented Reality Training System for US Warfighters (Business Wire)

Microsoft updates its enterprise ABC (Active Directory, BizTalk and Communications Server) roadmaps (ZDNet Blogs)

Governor's Office of Health Care Reform Releases Draft Strategic Plan for Health Information Exchange (PR Newswire)




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