thinkstockApril 10, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday after GE announced a plan to dump real estate assets held by GE Capital and initiate a share buyback of $50 billion. Equity markets…
GE has announced the exit of most GE Capital assets and a structure that will accommodate huge buybacks, higher dividends and a focus on being an industrial conglomerate.
thinkstockApril 9, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday and the three major indexes spent most of the day bouncing around the breakeven line. Equity prices turned higher with about an hour left…
General Electric reportedly is close to selling a large part of its real estate holdings, as the company aims to shrink its finance and capital business.
It now might be easier to argue that Berkshire Hathaway is becoming more like a public private equity shop, rather than being a conglomerate.
The 787-10 is the longest version of Boeing's Dreamliner and can seat more passengers than the 787-8 and the 787-9. Boeing plans to deliver the first 787-10 planes in 2018.
Merrill Lynch downgraded Synchrony Financial on Wednesday but left the price target unchanged.
Jon C. Ogg Chesapeake Energy, Petrobras and Vale all saw the double-digit percentage increases in the numbers of their shares short between the February 13 and February 27 settlement dates.
CEO Jeff Immelt continues to refashion General Electric as an industrial conglomerate with less emphasis on its once-booming financial business.
Paul Ausick Whatever else has happened through all its restructurings, share buybacks and dividend increases, GE's stock is down 20% since Jeffrey R. Immelt became chairman.
Among most shorted stocks trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Petrobras and Pfizer saw the largest declines in the percentage of shares short in late February.
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has disclosed in its proxy summary filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission the pay of its top executives. This pay will likely be criticized by those…
Jon C. Ogg Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, loves dividend stocks, even if Berkshire Hathaway itself does not pay a dividend and likely will not do so for another generation.
Market chatter suggests that GE CEO and Chairman Jeff Immelt could step down as chief executive next year. This is not the first such call has been made.
Jon C. Ogg The insider buying data that hit our screens this week showed not only a marked increase in the trade size, but also in the dollar values.
