GE profit rises, to sell subprime unit
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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.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Friday  posted an 18 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by  broad-based growth as it won new jet engine service contracts  and had solid orders for ultrasound equipment.
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U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday,  after conglomerate General Electric Co. posted  better-than-expected earnings, giving the market some positive  news as it tries to bounce back from hitting fresh 2005 lows in  the previous session.
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General Electric said its fourth-quarter profit rose 4 percent as surging overseas sales more than offset the fallout from domestic woes.
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General Mills Inc.  on Thursday  said quarterly profit edged higher, though increased marketing  spending and higher commodity costs tempered the increase.
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U.S. stocks rose on Friday as  investors got a dose of strong quarterly earnings reports from  companies, including Dow component General Electric Co. GE.N,  which posted better-than-expected profits.
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General Mills said its quarterly profit rose 5.9 percent on strong performance across its food businesses.
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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.
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Procter & Gamble Co.   on Wednesday posted higher quarterly profit, boosted by sales of new products and continued gains in developing markets.
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General Electric Co  on Friday posted a profit that met expectations on strong demand for heavy equipment such as jet engines and electricity-producing turbines.
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Power company Edison International   said on Wednesday its quarterly earnings rose, helped  by higher revenue from its utility arm and higher income from  its Edison Capital unit.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s largest company by market value, said third-quarter profit rose 11 percent as acquisitions and economic growth spurred the biggest quarterly sales increase in four years.
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STAMFORD, Conn. -- General Electric Co.&#39;s third-quarter earnings rose 11 percent and revenue jumped 15 percent as orders rose sharply, the company said Friday.
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General Electric posted relatively flat third-quarter earnings Friday on improved revenue, as the diversified conglomerate met Wall Street profit expectations and edged future guidance higher.
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State Street Corp  said on Thursday that it expected to report strong quarterly operating earnings, which overshadowed news of a $279 million charge for subprime mortgage-related bets and sent the company's shares up more than 7 percent.
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Diversified manufacturer General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 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.
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General Electric today reported third-quarter earnings of $4.051 billion, an increase of 1 percent from the same quarter last year.