Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Vivendi - Softbank partner -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LOGAN12 who wrote (109)	3/7/2000 3:36:00 PM
From: swisstrader	Respond to of 122

L...you and I must really stop adding to our risk equation with added currency risk...SFTBF, VVDIY, TC, etc...makes these foreign plays all the more interesting though:))

To: LOGAN12 who wrote (109)	3/7/2000 4:23:00 PM
From: swisstrader	Respond to of 122

Vivendi and Softbank to create internet firm: Tuesday, March 7 10:57 AM SGT France's Vivendi and Japan's Softbank to create Internet firm French conglomerate Vivendi said on Sunday it was creating an Internet company together with Japanese Internet investor Softbank aimed at serving businesses in the energy field. In a Vivendi statement, Vivendi subsidiary Sithe Energies will also be involved in creating the new firm, to be called K Road Ventures, and to be headed by Sithe Energies chief executive officer William Kriegel. Initial investment in K Road ventures will be $30 million and capital will be owned in equal shares by Vivendi, by Softbank, by Sithe Energies and by the new firm's management. "Sithe's industrial success in the energy field and the power of Softbank and Vivendi in the Internet field are powerful assets for K Road ventures," the statement said.