After Mr Messier's departure Vivendi quickly shed assets, and many people expected it to retreat to its roots as a water utility.

在梅西耶离职后，威望迪很快剥离自己部分资产，很多人期望它退回到自己的根基产业-水务方面。

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His stint lasted for a year and a half, until his cousin engineered a sale of the company to Vivendi Universal, a former water company that bought its way into the record and film business.

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There, too, the World Bank encouraged cash-strapped governments to let water concessions to the big private companies, especially Suez and Vivendi.

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His stint lasted for a year and a half, until his cousin engineered a sale of the company to Vivendi Universal (nyse: V - news - people ), a former water company that bought its way into the record and film business.

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