GE OKs $15 Bln Buybacks, Hikes Dividend
60368
Diversified manufacturer General  Electric Co. GE.N on Friday said it boosted its quarterly  dividend by 10 percent and earmarked up to $15 billion for  share repurchases over the next three years.
622817
General Electric Co.  said on Tuesday that it was raising its quarterly dividend by 12 percent, and that it expects to report a profit of $2.17 to $2.23 per share in 2007.
337893
Stocks extended gains on Thursday, pushing the Dow industrials up more than 1 percent, with support from a brokerage upgrade of General Motors Corp.  and McDonald's Corp.'s  dividend increase.
73014
Stocks jumped on Thursday, boosted by a brokerage recommendation of General Motors Corp.  and news of a 50 percent dividend increase from McDonald's Corp. .
345029
General Electric Co.&#39;s (GE) third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent as strength across many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed hurricane-related insurance losses, the company said on Friday.
671504
The Chevron Corporation will repurchase as much as $15 billion of its stock as record crude prices increase earnings.
443763
General Electric Co., a maker of jet engines, plastics and appliances as well as owner of the NBC television network, said Friday that its board raised the company&#39;s quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 22 cents per share, and authorized the repurchase of
633063
General Electric Co.  reported a 9.6 percent rise in quarterly earnings Friday, in line with Wall Street expectations, on strong demand for jet engines, gas turbines and other heavy equipment, sending its shares to a five-year high.
661244
General Electric Co.'s GE.N  third-quarter earnings inched up 1 percent as strength across  many of its financial and industrial businesses outweighed  hurricane-related insurance losses, the company said on Friday.
580527
BANGALORE, INDIA -- General Electric Co. (GE) is selling a 60 percent stake in GE Capital International Services (GECIS), its business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary in India, for about $500 million, the company said Monday.
510999
NEW DELHI : General Electric Co., a pioneer in business processing in India, has sold a majority stake in its Indian outsourcing arm, GE Capital Services, to two US-based private equity investment firms for US$500m.
86492
Stocks rose on Thursday after brokerages upgraded General Motors Corp.  and Merck & Co.  and McDonald's Corp.  boosted its annual dividend by 50 percent.
290215
Diversified manufacturer General  Electric Co. GE.N said on Friday it boosted its quarterly  dividend by 10 percent and earmarked up to $15 billion for  share repurchases over the next three years.
700715
General Electric Co. raised its quarterly dividend by 10 per cent and launched a plan to buy back up to $15 billion US in shares over three years, as it projected double-digit percentage earnings growth for 2005.
310485
Shares in internet gaming firm Sportingbet jump 15% after it says has received a takeover approach.
233424
General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it had sold a 60 percent stake in its pioneering Indian business process outsourcing unit for $500 million, making
16825
General Motors Corp.  on  Wednesday posted a larger-than-expected quarterly operating  profit as it slashed costs in North America and raised its  cost-cutting target by $1 billion, sending its shares up 5  percent.