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General Electric: Banking on de-banking

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GE (General Electric) in the global financial crisis of 2008 with its share price down to $6.00 and overexpansion at GE Capital

03/07/2009

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Investor Group to Buy GE Capital’s Australia, New Zealand Consumer-Lending Unit

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GE Seeks Exit from Banking Business

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GE (General Electric) plans to acquire Alstom's energy business to reduce dependence on GE Capital for earnings

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Shareholders are pressuring GE to reduce its dependence on GE Capital for earnings since the days of the 2008 financial crisis. The move to acquire Alstom's energy unit helps GE accomplish this.

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GE Is in Talks to Buy Alstom's Energy Business

Wall Street Journal 04/25/2014

France's Hollande Meets With GE, Siemens Chiefs About Alstom

Wall Street Journal 04/28/2014

Stakes High for GE's Immelt in Alstom Fray

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GE Heads to Paris to Save Alstom Deal

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GE-Alstom Deal: French Fear Losing Control of Nuclear Assets

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France Lifts Hurdle to GE-Alstom Deal

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GE (General Electric) tax rate on industrial business profits back up to 20% without the tax breaks from GE Capital

04/14/2015

Without the tax breaks from GE Capital- which come from using lower tax jurisdiction countries and overseas business- GE's tax rate will now be the rate for other industrial business companies in the U.S. On the day the decision was announced for exiting the banking business GE shares were up 11%, showing that shareholders value the stability of the industrial businesses and the quality of management above the uncertainty generated by volatile earnings from GE Capital. GE shares once considered safe- before the use of GE Capital to generate higher returns- declined to $6 during the financial crisis of 2008, requiring government rescue of GE Capital.

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Price of Selling GE Capital? Tax Breaks

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General Electric: Banking on de-banking

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GE Attempts a Great Escape

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GE Warns It Might Put Subprime Lending Unit Into Bankruptcy

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G.E. to Spin Off Health Care Division as Part of Major Reshaping

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