GE Needs To Sell More Businesses, Says Analyst
General Electric has already sold off a baker's dozen of units, including the plastics unit where two of its former chief executives once worked. And ...
General Electric has already sold off a baker's dozen of units, including the plastics unit where two of its former chief executives once worked. And ...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 04.17.2008 | Business
Was Jack helping GE by doing this? Is there any objective, rational reason that such statement be made as the company is trying to fight its way out of a problem that we are ALL suffering from at this point? In a word, NO.
Silicon Alley Insider | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business
What does former GE (GE) boss and straight-from-the-gut management superstar Jack Welch think caused GE's first quarter bomb? Is GE's model broken? (C...
Financial Times | Francesco Guerrera, Justin Baer | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
General Electric underlined the depth of the global financial crisis on Friday, announcing its worst quarter in five years and slashing full-year fore...
AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — Wall Street stumbled Friday after a disappointing first-quarter report from General Electric Co. surprised the market and stoked conc...
Wall Street Journal | http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2008/04/11/analysts-react-ges-miss/?mod=WSJBlog | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
Wall Street analysts, at least in their research, tend to display a measured tone, but General Electric Co.'s surprising earnings miss has brought out...
Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
Good news for NBC U: they're not GE's (GE) only problem anymore. Bad news for GE: CEO Jeff Immelt suddenly sounded like the just another American CEO,...
Bloomberg | Raychel Lane | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
General Electric Co. reported its first decline in quarterly profit since 2003, missing analyst estimates with a 12 percent drop in earnings as a free...
24/7 Wall Street | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business
It is time for Jeff Immelt to leave. His plans for GE's long-term future are a wreak. GE's pitch that being in many businesses is better than one and...
Fortune | Geoff Colvin | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
Does Harvard Business School have a future? Its storied past will get extra attention when the school turns 100 years old on April 8. But in a fast-ch...
Reuters | Scott Malone | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business
General Electric Co (GE.N) posted a 4 percent rise in net profit on Friday, matching Wall Street expectations, with strong demand for heavy equipment ...
Fortune | Jon Birger and Katie Benner | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business
We'll say this for the U.S. economy: It can take a punch. Consider the blows it has absorbed just this year. The worst real estate crash since the Gr...
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New York Times | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business