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GE Slows Down

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The markets probably did not want to hear that GE would grow more slowly in 2007 than in 2006. But, that is exactly what they heard. GE reiterated that it would have EPS growth in 2006 of 15% to 16% for a range of $1.97 to $1.99 per share. But, in 2007 EPS growth will only be  0% to 13%.

GE’s stock has been flat this year, so the market already has some doubts about the compay’s prospcects. The stock staged a little pity rally on the news, moving up 1.5% to $35.75. Maybe investors were happy that it was not worse. Or, maybe it was because GE raised its dividend.

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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

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A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

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McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.

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