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On Friday morning, we’ll see earnings out of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE).  The largest conglomerate’s estimates from First Call are $0.51 EPS on more than $43.6 Billion in revenues.   GE...
Merrill Lynch has made a key reversal call in the conglomerate sector.  It has raised General Electric (NYSE: GE) to Buy from Neutral, and it has downgraded 3M (NYSE: MMM) to Neutral from Buy. GE...
Yesterday we saw the annual report out of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), along with the letter from CEO Jeff Immelt.  While we noted many issues that were broken down by segment with recent growth...
General Electric (NYSE: GE) issued its annual report, which Wall Street considers as a Bible for public companies.  We normally peruse 10-k filings (annual reports) for all sorts of tidbits on...
Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), has gone active again in buying up shares of company stock.  In an SEC Filing, it shows that Jeff Immelt bought roughly 62,000 shares of GE stock...
GE (NYSE: GE) will say once again that its entertainment business, NBC Universal, is not for sale. “Should we sell NBCU? The answer is no!” Mr. Immelt writes in a message for investors in...
The new CEO of Siemens (NYSE: SI) is not a very nice fellow. Depending on which press account is accurate, he is gutting the telecom equipment part his company by cutting between 3,800 and 6,000...
Siemens (NYSE: SI) joins the short list of big companies which claim that they are seeing no weakness in their global businesses. “It’s clear that we’re entering a phase of slowdown in the...
While economists and politicians may think Fed cuts and legislation can prevent a recession, the boss men at big multinationals have already prepared for the worst. A survey by Financial Executives...
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has just posted earnings with EPS up 17% to $0.68, in-line with $0.68 First call estimates.  Revenues were up 18% with organic revenue growth of 10% to $48.6 Billion,...
GE’s (GE) numbers were OK. There was no real difference between expectations and what really happened. GE hit a 52-week low yesterday, so the company’s world does not look so good to Wall St. At...
At mid-year, there was a great deal of excitement about the market’s changing and positive impression of GE (GE). The shares had moved from under $34 to $42.15. The nice run was caused by three...
United Technologies (UTX) has done well for investors. Its shares are up over 35% during the last two years. Its larger peer GE (GE) is up only 5% during the same period. But, UTX is in some...
Tyco International Ltd. (NYSE: TYC) is a hard turnaround to call as one that hasn’t turned around because it has already begun its long-term initiatives to enhance shareholder values.  The problem...
General Electric (NYSE: GE) is conducting its ANNUAL OUTLOOK MEETING today and there is really some fodder in here for bulls and bears alike.  The numbers and targets are impressive for a company of...