Wednesday, January 09, 2008

GE lights up expectations…

General Electric Co. stands testimony to the fact that its quarterly earnings are in sync with the Wall Street expectations (a surge of 9.6%). This is due to the strong demand for jet engines, gas turbines & other heavy equipment – making another record to take the share prices to a five-year high. Growing stronger as days pass – that’s what seems to be the tagline with GE currently as it has taken a decision to sell off the loss-making sub prime lending unit, WMC Mortgage. In another communication however, GE and Abbott Laboratories Inc. revealed that they have terminated an anticipated $8 billion deal to buy two Abbott businesses due to deal related disagreements.
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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2006

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