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Jeff Immelt, GE’s (GE) CEO, recently said that he was "frustrated" by the performance of the company’s shares. According to The New York Times: "Shares of G.E. have declined 5.8 percent this...
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3M Co. (MMM-NYSE) is expected to post EPS of $1.12 on revenues of $5.69 Billion, and if the company offers guidance the analyst community is expecting $1.12 EPS and revenues of $5.91 Billion for the...
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General Electric’s (GE) stock out-performed the S&P over the days since it announced earnings, but that took a turn midday yesterday. At that point, GE dropped sharply below the index and...
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GE (GE) announced earnings this morning. Revenue rose rose 5.7%. Results were hurt by the company’s industrial division, especially its plastics unit. Earnings rose to $4.51 billion from $4.44...
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They are taking managers out of Siemens (SI) in handcuffs and with raincoats over their heads. The FT says that members of the Siemens supervisory board want chairman Heinrich von Pierer to step down...
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Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO of General Electric (GE-NYSE) has to be one of the more entrenched CEO’s in corporate America. And rightfully so. How many "respectable or top CEO" surveys with...
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Late word is that Saudi Basic, the big petrochemical company may buy GE Plastics fro $12 billion. Private equity firms looked at buying the unit, but there were concerns that the US government saw...
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In the next few days Dow Chemical (DOW) is expected to announce a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture with India’s largest petrochemical producer, Reliant Industries Ltd. While...
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Usually when a 10-K (Annual Report) filing comes out, the first thing traders peer at is the ‘Legal Proceedings’ section and the ‘Auditor notes’. Particularly of note, they look for phrases...
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GE is about to begin working the Wall St. crowd. The message: we have quality earnings. Don’t worry. No hidden earnings or balance sheet problems here. “Jeff and I can do a better job of...
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By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Stock Market Beat Large Cap Watch List member 3M Company (MMM) announced a large share repurchase program yesterday: 3M today announced that its Board of...
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From Value Discipline There is a mistaken notion by some value investors that the only time that you can make serious money occurs when you can find an unknown, small-cap name that is inefficiently...
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Siemens (SI) is as close as a conglomerate gets to General Electric (GE). Siemens has a power generation and power transmission unit. It has an automotive components business and a group that does...
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By Vitaliy Katsenelson, CFA I am not a buyer of Abbott Labs(ABT) at this price, as the margin of safety has been depleted by the latest stock appreciation. But I like its latest transaction with...
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GE’s Q4 earnings were alright. But, that was about it. The company had revenue of $44.62 billion and EPS of $.64. Wall St. was looked for that $.64 and had revenue targets of $44.18 billion....
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