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GE Transportation chief executive John Dineen will leave Erie to lead General Electric's Healthcare business in London, the company announced Thursday.

Top executive shuffles at two global giants have touched two businesses with important operations in southeastern Wisconsin - ' GE Healthcare and ABB Ltd.

General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of John Dineen as president and CEO of GE Healthcare, a $17 billion global leader in medical diagnostic technology and biosciences.

U.S. stock-index futures dropped as concern that reports will provide further evidence the economy is sinking into a recession overshadowed speculation that the government won't let Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...

Before the bell: Solid opening expected following Fannie/Freddie gov't plan; BUD takeover FedEx may be in talks to buy its rival European rival TNT, according to a report from the Financial Times .

Posted Jul 9th 2008 9:35AM by Paul Foster Filed under: General Electric , Options General Electric closed at $28.06 Tuesday.

The CEOs of a dozen U.S. airlines, beset by record fuel costs that have caused several to cut jobs, reduce capacity and impose higher fees on customers, are now asking for their customers' help to curb the rise ...

Industrial and financial conglomerate General Electric Co. said Friday its profit fell 6 percent in the second quarter, and has agreed to sell its Japanese consumer finance business for $5.4 billion.

General Electric Co. said yesterday that its second-quarter profit was $5.07 billion, or 51 cents per share, compared with year-earlier profit of $5.38 billion, or 52 cents per share.

General Electric, one of the largest conglomerates in the world reported second quarter revenue rise of 11% to $46.9 billion but net income declined 6% to $5.07 billion or 51 cents per share.

By Ellis Mnyandu Reuters Friday, July 11, 2008; 8:05 AM NEW YORK - Stock index futures slid on Friday as investors worried about the widening impact of the credit crisis on the financial sector and the outlook ...

General Electric Co. reverted to form with no big surprises in its latest earnings report, and investors shocked by an unexpected profit shortfall three months ago showed their appreciation.

General Electric Chief Executive Jeff Immelt can breathe a little easier this weekend.

General Electric Co. , stung by a surprise profit decline in the year's first three months, posted second-quarter earnings that matched analysts' estimates on increased demand for power-plant turbines, jet ...

General Electric Co., which announced plans in May to break up its consumer and industrial division and sell its consumer appliances business unit, announced Thursday that it now plans to keep the entire unit ...

SUN VALLEY, Idaho - General Electric has no plans to sell its NBC Universal media unit even as the conglomerate moves forward with spinning off slower-growing businesses, NBC Chief Executive Jeffrey Zucker said ...

General Electric Co. plans to sell its Japan consumer lending operations to Shinsei Bank Ltd.

General Electric Co. , two months after placing its century-old appliance unit on the block, said it plans to spin off its entire GE Consumer & Industrial group to shareholders as Chief Executive Officer ...

General Electric Co said on Thursday it will focus on spinning off its consumer and industrial unit -- operations that include its century-old appliances arm and its lighting business -- to GE shareholders.

By Ellis Mnyandu Reuters Wednesday, July 9, 2008; 11:16 AM NEW YORK - Stocks were little changed in choppy trading on Wednesday as fears of further credit losses in the financial sector and rebounding oil ...