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GE to sell most of its lending business
Apr 10, 2015
The company is returning to its manufacturing roots.
Electrolux gets a deal, GE Appliance finds a home
Sep 8, 2014
The purchase benefits both Electrolux in the U.S. and GE's appliance division.
The phrase that defined the financial crisis
Sep 12, 2013
'Too big to fail' became the signature line of the financial crisis. Five years after the crash, many big financial firms are only bigger. But one has decided it's time to shrink.
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GE swears off credit cards
Aug 30, 2013
General Electric is making plans to sell off its retail lending business, including store credit cards.
GE to spin off credit card business
Aug 30, 2013
General Electric plans to spin off its highly profitable credit card business, which made the company $2.2 billion last year.
AIG and GE Capital labeled 'systemically important'
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Noel King
Jul 10, 2013
Federal regulators have identified two companies, insurer AIG and GE Capital, as 'systemically important' corporations and say that both will be subject to increased scrutiny.
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Quiz: Which organizations change leadership the least?
Mar 18, 2013
Which has had fewer leadership changes in the last 100 years: The Catholic Church or General Electric?
For public good, not for profit.
The rise, fall and redemption of GE Capital
Jan 17, 2013
GE reports earnings today and analysts will look closely at the performance of its finance arm
GE's CTO Mark Little on tech leaps in 2013, and 2012's Christmas Netflix outage
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Molly Wood
Dec 27, 2012
General Electric's chief technology officer Mark Little talks about leaps forward in energy efficiency in the new year, and we breathe a sigh of relief after a brief Netflix outage.
General Electric, McDonald's report earnings
Apr 23, 2012
McDonald's said today its profits were up 7 percent last quarter, thanks to a 9 percent rise in U.S. restaurant sales and a 5 percent boost in Europe. Also General Electric reported an 11 percent drop in profit during the first three months of the year.