General Electric
Former GE chief and management icon Jack Welch dies at 84
03 Mar 2020
Welch followed a results-driven, hands-on style of management that helped GE turn around, although at the expense of thousands of employees who lost their jobs as Welch went on cutting costs and getting rid of unprofitable businesses
GE's WMC Mortgage unit files for bankruptcy
29 Apr 2019
GE to sell biopharma business to Danaher for $21.4 billion
26 Feb 2019
The reversal of an earlier decision not to sell the biopharma business will accelerate GE’s strategy to reduce leverage and strengthen its core healthcare businesses thereby strengthening its balance sheet
Troubled GE drops out of Dow Jones for first time in 110 years
20 Jun 2018
General Electric (GE) was the last original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, tracing its roots to Thomas Edison's light bulb business founded in the 1890s. It will be replaced on the index by drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance
GE Capital's $6.2 bn insurance losses force a revival of breakup plans
17 Jan 2018
General Electric Co is planning to undertake a more comprehensive restructuring, a decade after it hived off substantial businesses to concentrate on its main business
