Vivendi's stock, which had been trading at $95 before the announcement, skidded to $61.87 by November.
Pfizer's stock has skidded since 2000, as investors sour on its prospects.
Its stock has skidded 60 percent since 2000.
Today's Columns Many people are increasing their municipal bond holdings as state and local income taxes rise and stocks skid.
Indeed, stocks could skid this fall, experts say, when portfolio managers often sell to take year-end profits.
The stock skidded 3 1/2, to 28 15/16.
The stock skidded 2 3/4, to 42 11/16, as 64.2 million shares changed hands.
The stock skidded $4.125 in Nasdaq trading, closing at $35.875.
Yet in the last year, the company's stock has skidded from a high of $55.875 a share, to a low of $23.
Revenue in the first two quarters of 2000 declined, earnings faltered and the stock skidded to $2.63 from a high of $21.25.
