General Electric Company

NYSE: GE
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Closing Price on October 3, 2024

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Genlyte Group Inc. (NASDAQ:GLYT) is seeing its shares surge pre-market.  Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG) is acquiring the manufacturer of residential and commercial lights and lighting fixtures...
Now that Dubai International Capital has bought a piece of Sony (SNE), it must have a lot more capital to spread around. A shopping list: Yahoo! (YHOO) The stock is still down from $43 in January...
It is always interesting seeing which groups and which stocks saw the biggest changes in short interest.  This list doesn’t show financials because we’ve already shown that individually.  Here...
GE (GE) is telling the US government that nuclear power facilities are not going to be built fast enough to help the country with its energy crisis, unless the Fed put some incentives on the table....
According to Reuters, some auto industry experts think car sales could hit a 15-year low in 2008. Reuters reports that the OPEC summit ended with members disagreeing about what to do about the weak...
Perhaps Americans thought they would never hear it, but the Chinese have admitted that US consumption is one of the critical engines of the Asian country’s 10% annual GDP growth rate. And, a...
In the past month, fourth-quarter earnings expectations for companies in the S&P 500 have fallen by nearly half, according to Thomson Financial. So says the FT. The problem has several sources...
In Barron’s semi-annual Big Money Poll, institutional investors are asked about their two favorite stocks and also which shares are most overvalued. For the latest poll, 112 money managers...
This is the crus of the news regarding Global Warming and the public companies that made announcements over the last 36 hours: FPL Group (NYSE:FPL) chairman called the Climate Bill "Well intentioned...
The new CEO of Siemens (SI) wants margins more like those at GE (GE), which is in many of the same businesses. Oddly enough, over the last year, Siemens shares are up almost 50% while GE’s are less...
According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) and GM (GM) gained sales in October despite a weak US car market. Reuters writes that News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace joined the new Google (GOOG) association of social...
Between taking pot shots at Apple’s (AAPL) pricing model, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said that his unit of GE (GE) is not for sale. Period. Under any circumstances. Referring to what he has been...
GE (GE) management has a theory. With its business growing at 15% to 20% in large countries like China and India, a slowdown in the US economy may barely dent its overall growth. Jeffrey Immelt told...
According to Reuters, Oracle (ORCL) has withdrawn its bid for BEA Systems (BEAS). Reuters writes that profits at Toahiba rose 38%. Reuters reports that Chrysler workers have approved the UAW contract...
If a CEO is out buying stock in his company, it usually gets noticed.  When it is General Electric (NYSE:GE) and when it is open market share purchases it should get even more notice.  Here is the...