General Electric
GE launches waste-to-energy project with Aseagas
22 May 2015
GE develops digital wind farm
21 May 2015
The technology boosts a wind farm’s energy production by up to 20 per cent and could help generate up to an estimated $50 billion of value for the wind industry
Blackstone and KKR to be early bidders for GE Capital Sponsor Finance: Report
08 May 2015
GE's commercial lending segment has assets worth $74 billion and currently has 260,000 customers
GE to meet EC objections over proposed Alstom SA takeover
02 May 2015
The European Commission last month announced an extension of its investigation over concerns the takeover would see an increase in gas turbine prices
GE agrees to sell part of real estate for $23 bn; announces $50-bn share buyback
11 Apr 2015
Diversified industrial group GE yesterday struck a deal to sell a major part of its real estate portfolio to Blackstone Group LP and Wells Fargo & Co for about $23 billion as part of its plan to focus on its core industrial business
GE close to selling nearly all its $30 bn real estate holdings
10 Apr 2015
GE is close to clinching a deal to sell nearly all of its $30 billion real estate portfolio to a consortium led by Blackstone Group and Wells Fargo & Co
General Electric to sell Australian consumer-lending business for $6.26 bn
16 Mar 2015
In one of the biggest deals in the Asia-Pacific region so far this year, diversified conglomerate General Electric is divesting GE Capital, its consumer-lending operation in Australia and New Zealand
French government approves $15.6 bn GE-Alstom power business deal
05 Nov 2014
The French government would, however, take around 20 per cent Alstom stake from shareholder French conglomerate Bouygues SA after the closing of the GE-Alstom deal
Sweden’s Electrolux to buy GE appliance unit for $3.3 bn
08 Sep 2014
The deal is Electrolux’s biggest ever acquisition that would double its sales in North America and help it take on rival Whirlpool Corp
GE Q2 net profit jumps 13% to $3.5 bn
19 Jul 2014
M&M ropes in Anish Shah from GE Capital
03 Jul 2014
GE offers to buy shares in two of Alstom's Indian subsidiaries for Rs2,336 crore
05 May 2014
GE, which aims to generate 70 per cent of its earnings from industrial businesses, will proceed with the tender offers only if its bid for Alstom's energy arm is successful
Siemens to table offer for Alstom if given four weeks to conduct due diligence
30 Apr 2014
On Sunday, Siemens barged into Alstom's late-stage talks to sell its energy assets to General Electric Co (GE) by proposing an asset swap deal worth $14.5 billion
Siemens barges into Alstom - GE deal with asset-swap offer
By By Ravi Kunder | 28 Apr 2014
Siemens proposes to give some of its high-speed train and locomotive businesses plus cash to Alstom in exchange for its power business, which GE was close to buying for $13 billion. By Ravi Kunder
GE in talks to buy Alstom SA for $13 bn
24 Apr 2014
General Electric Co (GE) is in talks to buy French power equipment and rail infrastructure giant Alstom SA for about $13 billion
GE sees India as manufacturing hub for global markets
08 Nov 2013
General Electric plans to leverage the available talent pool and low manufacturing costs in India to make it a manufacturing hub for its global markets
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