GE OKs &#36;15 Billion Buyback, Ups Dividend
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Diversified manufacturer General Electric Co.  said on Friday it boosted its quarterly dividend by 10 percent and earmarked up to &#36;15 billion for share repurchases over the next three years.
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General Mills Inc. said Monday it plans to buy back about 16.5 million shares of its common stock from beverage company Diageo PLC.
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General Electric Co., the biggest company by market value, said it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock over three years and raised its quarterly dividend 10 percent, more than some analysts had estimated.
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SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil company, said Wednesday its board approved a three-year, $15 billion share buyback program.
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Best Buy Co. Inc.  said on Wednesday it would open more North American stores than previously planned, buy back $5.5 billion in stock and raise its dividend by 30 percent.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday as Home Depot Inc.'s  plan for a $22.5 billion share buyback underscored optimism about equity valuations, along with the growing allure of large-cap stocks, including General Electric Co. .
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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 Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy a fire detection systems business from SPX  Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash in a move to  bolster its building and security systems unit.
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General Electric Co.  reported earnings in line with Wall Street's expectations on Friday, citing strong demand for jet engines, gas turbines and other heavy equipment, as well as solid results at its commercial finance unit.
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General Electric Co., the world&#39;s biggest company by market value, will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock and raise its dividend as Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt&#39;s growth strategy generates more cash and profit.
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MARKS &amp; Spencer set the price of its share buyback at 362 pence per share today, in an operation that will see Â£2.3 billion returned to shareholders.
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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
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General Electric Co.  reported a 9.6 percent rise in profit on Friday, with strength in the infrastructure and commercial finance businesses offsetting a decline at its health care business and a loss in subprime lending.
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General Electric Co. said Friday that it is raising its quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 22 cents per share, and could buy back up to $15 billion worth of stock over the next three years.
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The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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General Electric Co.&#39;s  energy  unit will pay $603 million for a stake in Regency Energy  Partners LP , an owner of natural gas pipelines and  storage equipment, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on  Tuesday.
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New Delhi: In one of the largest deals in the $3.6 billion Indian BPO industry, US-based conglomerate GE announced it will sell 60 per cent stake in its Gurgaon-based BPO arm, GECIS, to private equity firms General Atlantic Partners and Oak Hill Capital