GE to Sell Materials Unit for $3.8B
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- General Electric Co. said Thursday it agreed to sell a majority stake in its advanced materials unit to private investment group Apollo Management LP in a deal it valued at $3.8 billion.
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The private equity firm plans to acquire 80% of the common stock in the home appliance and consumer electronics retail chain for &#36;307 million.
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Merrill Lynch plans to sell its capital lending business to General Electric's commercial finance arm.
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General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy the Edwards Systems Technology business from SPX Corp.
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General Electric Co. GE.N on Monday  said it would buy the Edwards Systems Technology business from  SPX Corp. SPW.N for nearly $1.4 billion in cash to broaden  its security business.
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General Electric Co. GE.N expects  earnings per share to grow between 10 percent and 15 percent in  2005, boosted by strength in its energy and financial  businesses, the diversified manufacturing and services company  said on Tuesday.
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General Motors Corp.  on Thursday said it reached a deal to sell its Allison Transmission unit for $5.6 billion to private-equity firms Carlyle Group and Onex Corp.
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General Electric Co. completed the sale of a majority stake in its global outsourcing business to two U.S.-based equity firms for &#36;500 million, the conglomerate said Friday.
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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.
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General Mills Inc. GIS.N on  Monday said it would sell an $835 million stake in its cereal  unit to a private equity group and use the money to buy back  part of Diageo Plc's DGE.L 20 percent interest in the  company.
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Diversified manufacturer General  Electric Co.  aims to boost operating profit to 16  percent of sales in 2007, 17 percent in 2008, and 18 percent in  2009, a top company official said on Wednesday.
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Company to sell 32-inch and 37-inch sets.
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Citigroup said Monday it agreed to sell its truck-financing business to GE Commercial Finance for $4.4 billion, concluding a recent spate of divestitures in its leasing operations.
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General Electric is selling a 60% stake in its business process outsourcing subsidiary in India, for about $500m (Â£270m). GE was one of the first multinational companies to outsource back-office work, datacentre
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General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s top conglomerate, said on Monday it had sold a majority of its pioneering Indian back
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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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General Motors Corp. agreed to sell its Allison Transmission unit to buyout firms Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. for $5.6 billion as the largest US automaker raises cash to pay for job cuts, plant closings, and new models.