The U.S. entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal are attracting interest from a wider list of firms, including Liberty Media, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and GE's NBC division, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported on Monday.
The company said this was partially offset by selling the remaining interest in NBC Universal in January for 1.25bn euros.
They started pitching the idea of a Syfy Films slate shortly after the merger and revisited the idea every year or so, but met with little interest from the Universal side.
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It concerns how today's giant universal banks manage the conflicts of interest inherent in their business models.
However, it is thought they are far enough advanced for Hong Kong to have agreed to put on hold discussions with any other theme park operators, principally Universal Studios, which has expressed an interest in opening up in the territory.
Facebook will say that it is all a matter of tweaking the algorithms, but once again, advertising creates a conflict of interest in terms of crafting a universal algorithm.
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Asset-management firms that are part of a universal bank are especially at risk from such conflicts of interest.
Apparently, Sony BMG Music has already expressed interest in being a "potential partner, " and Universal is now trying to convince Warner Music Group to come on board as well.
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Evolving displays in both smartphones and TVs should foster at least interest if not revenues for companies like Cree (CREE) and Universal Display (PANL).
The National Federation of Independent Businesses--the largest U.S. small business lobbying group, with 350, 000 members--announced its support for universal health care today, a seemingly surprising move from an openly right-leaning interest group.
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