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Good day, and welcome to Vivendi's First Quarter 2013 Revenue and Earnings Presentation Conference Call.

French conglomerate Vivendi SA said Tuesday it is considering potential deals to sell some of its stake in videogame unit Activision Blizzard , as the conglomerate looks to sell off assets and refocus toward media assets.

Stocks remained indecisive for the first trading day of the week. After three continuous weeks of gain, the major indices showed mixed trend as The Dow Jones Index closed in the red.

Activision Blizzard recently revealed that the number of active World of Warcraft subscribers has dropped to 8.3 million as of May 2013 - a far cry from the game's record-breaking 12 million subscribers back in October 2010.

's stock had its "outperform" rating reaffirmed by Wedbush in a research note issued on Thursday, Stock Ratings Network.com reports.

Zombies have become a big part of the Call of Duty series, after they first appeared in Call of Duty: World of War.

Top U.S. video game publisher Activision Blizzard surpassed expectations in the first quarter of 2013, but warned about challenges during the rest of the year.

Activision Blizzard has today revealed their latest financial report for the first quarter of 2013, and with it news that Blizzard's MMO, World of Warcraft, has again dropped in subscriber numbers, down to 8.3 million subscribers from last reports of 9.1 million .

Activision Blizzard, Inc. delivered a profit and beat Wall Street's expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation.

Morning call for Wednesday it's another big day in earnings the world's largest video game maker Activision Blizzard reports action now.

Bullish option traders have rushed toward Activision Blizzard, Inc. today, suggesting optimism ahead of the video game maker's earnings report later this week.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on ATVI.

Robert Kotick, who is currently the CEO of Activision Blizzard, and who was also the director/CEO of Activision from February 1991 to July 2008, has been named one of the top paid CEOs in the United States.

Etisalat will make a binding offer on Wednesday to buy Vivendi's 53 percent stake in Morocco's Maroc Telecom, a deal in which the UAE telecom firm is expected to face stiff competition from its regional rival in Qatar.