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Friday May 25 | AmericanBankingNews.com

Vivo Participacoes SA Downgraded by Zacks

They currently have a $22.00 price target on the stock. Zacks ' analyst wrote, "We are downgrading our recommendation to Underperform on Telefonica Brasil.

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Tue May 15, 2012

Reuters

UPDATE 2-France's new mobile operator gets off to flying start

France's new mobile phone operator Iliad has signed up 2.6 million customers to take 3.7 percent of the market since launching its ultra low-cost offers in mid-January, a pace unprecedented among new mobile entrants in Europe.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Telecom, France Telecom

The Washington Post

Vivendi Jumps After Profit Tops Estimates on Music, SFR Earnings

Vivendi SA reported first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates on growth at the music division and as earnings held up at French wireless unit SFR amid intensifying competition.

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Related Topix: Media, Universal Music Group, Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Business News

Mon May 14, 2012

Wall Street Journal

Mobile-Phone Pricing Hurts Vivendi

A price war in the French mobile-phone market is weighing on companies' performance in the sector, as Vivendi SA warned that a "price reset" to stem subscriber losses will have a bigger impact in coming quarters.

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Related Topix: Media, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Music Group, Music

Fri May 11, 2012

The Washington Post

Vivendi's SFR Said to Plan 450 Million Euros of Cuts in 2012

Vivendi SA plans to reduce operating expenses at its SFR mobile-phone unit by as much as 450 million euros this year through firings, cuts in marketing spending and renegotiating contracts with call centers, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

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Related Topix: Media, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Music Group, Music, Marketing, Business News

Thu May 10, 2012

Reuters

Bollore confident in Vivendi management

French industrialist Vincent Bollore, who has become one of Vivendi's largest shareholders, said on Thursday that he was confident the management of the entertainment-to-telecoms group could solve its current problems and weak share price.

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Related Topix: Advertising

PR-inside.com

Vivo Participacoes S.A. (VIVO4) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review - New Market Report

Vivo is controlled by Brasilcel NV, a joint venture between Portugal Telecom and Telefonica SA.

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Related Topix: Telecom, Telefonica SA, World News, Brazil

Fri May 04, 2012

The Washington Post

Vivendi Punishes Shareholders Seeing Need for Breakup: Real M&A

Vivendi SA would stand to boost the lowest valuations of Chief Executive Officer Jean-Bernard Levy's seven-year tenure by breaking up businesses ranging from phone providers to video games and pay television.

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Related Topix: Media, Universal Music Group, Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Rye, NY, Business News

Wed May 02, 2012

Reuters

Vivendi names new SFR mobile unit head

Vivendi named Michel Combes, an industry veteran who is currently head of Vodafone's European business, to lead its French mobile operator, SFR, as it struggles with brutal competition from a new low-cost mobile player.

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Related Topix: France Telecom, Telecom

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Vivendi names new SFR mobile unit head

Vivendi named Michel Combes, an industry veteran who is currently head of Vodafone's European business, to lead its French mobile operator, SFR, as it struggles with brutal competition from a new low-cost mobile player.

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Related Topix: France Telecom, Telecom

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