The French communications group VIVENDI UNIVERSAL is to pay %2.2 bn for the American schools publishing group HUGHTON MIFFLIN (annual turnover of one billion dollars), including debts. VUP - VIVENDI UNIVERSAL PUBLISHING will thus move up from fifth to second place in the world of educational publishing, the group announces. The offer, that has received the clearance by the boards of the two companies, sets the price at $60 a share. At the end of this operation, VUP will focus on three major...