Vivendi muddles its way past auction deadline

The sale of Vivendi Universal Entertainment, the company which ownsUniversal Studios, has become so confusing that the world's major businesspapers cannot agree who is left in the auction - even after this week's finaldeadline. The New York Times reportstwo companies still standing, TheFinancial Times says three on one page, four in its influential Lex column. And VUE's corporateparent, Paris-based Vivendi ...