[–] davi 15y ago ↗ single page: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/business/05ge.html?pagewan... [–] ryanlchan 15y ago ↗ Paywall bypass: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/0...
[–] ryanlchan 15y ago ↗ Paywall bypass: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/0...
[–] patrickgzill 15y ago ↗ I thought GE Finance was a big part of GE? [–] [deleted] 15y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] quanticle 15y ago ↗ They're trying to make it a smaller part after having such a large part of their profits come from finance burned them during the last crash. [–] hga 15y ago ↗ To quote Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric#Businesses):"Since over half of GE's revenue is derived from financial services, it is arguably a financial company with a manufacturing arm."Even if they are backing out of that, it'll take a long time. And I have to wonder if they're willing to downsize the company by one half....
[–] quanticle 15y ago ↗ They're trying to make it a smaller part after having such a large part of their profits come from finance burned them during the last crash.
[–] hga 15y ago ↗ To quote Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric#Businesses):"Since over half of GE's revenue is derived from financial services, it is arguably a financial company with a manufacturing arm."Even if they are backing out of that, it'll take a long time. And I have to wonder if they're willing to downsize the company by one half....
[–] anamax 15y ago ↗ Has GE stopped lobbying to have their competitor's products banned?Has GE stopped lobbying for preferential treatement of their products?
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 40.8 ms ] thread"Since over half of GE's revenue is derived from financial services, it is arguably a financial company with a manufacturing arm."
Even if they are backing out of that, it'll take a long time. And I have to wonder if they're willing to downsize the company by one half....
Has GE stopped lobbying for preferential treatement of their products?