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News Breaks | | | | January 17, 2013 | | 12:17 EDT |  | GE | Earnings Preview: General Electric sees margin expansion in Q4
General Electric (GE) is expected to report Q4 earnings on Friday, January 18 before the market open with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am ET. General Electric is a globally diversified technology and financial services company serving customers in more than 100 countries... EXPECTATIONS: Analysts are looking for EPS of 43c on revenue of $38.74B, according to First Call. The consensus range for EPS is 42c-44c on revenue of $37.99B-$40.01B... LAST QUARTER: General Electric reported Q3 EPS of 36c against estimates for 36c on revenue of $36.3B against estimates for $36.89B. During its Q3 earnings call, the company lowered its 2012 revenue growth view to 3% from 5%, excluding NBCU pretax gains. 2012 industrial organic growth was seen at about 10%. Management did forecast margin expansion in Q4, and said the company was on track for a 100 bps margin improvement in 2012-13. On December 14, GE raised its dividend 12% and boosted its share repurchase authorization by $10B, a clear indication it expects positive results going forward. STREET RESEARCH: Street research has been light in the weeks leading up to GE's Q4 earnings report. On December 19, UBS removed GE from its U.S. Key Call list based on expectations for weaker than expected near-term earnings growth. PRICE ACTION: GE shares fell approximately 13% following the company's Q3 report, moving off their 52-week high of $23.18. However, since mid-November, the stock has gained about 6%. In early afternoon trading ahead of tomorrow's Q4 report, GE shares are up 0.43% to $21.21. | |
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| May 23, 2013 | | 06:07 EDT |  | GE | Bank of Ayudhya denies report of Mitsubishi UFJ offer for GE stake, Reuters says
 Subscribe for More Information | | | May 22, 2013 | | 14:48 EDT | | GE | General Electric considering IPO for some parts finance unit, Bloomberg says
General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said the company is considering an IPO for some parts of its finance unit, reports Bloomberg, citing comments from Immelt. Reference Link | | | 11:31 EDT |  | GE | General Electric reaffirms 2013 operating framework
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:24 EDT |  | GE | Electrical Products Group to host a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 21, 2013 | | 10:33 EDT | | GE | Boeing confirms completion of 747-8 test flight
Subscribe for More Information | | | 08:44 EDT | | GE | Regulators to soon vote on non-banks, WSJ reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 20, 2013 | | 07:05 EDT |  | GE | General Electric volatility flat into plans to return $18B to holders
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:31 EDT | | GE | GE Capital board plans to pay $6.5B of dividends to parent GE in 2013
GE announced that the board of GE Capital Corporation, or GECC, had approved plans for GECC to pay $6.5Bin dividends in 2013 to GE. Earnings-dividend payments, which are subject to GECC Board and GE Board Risk Committee approvals, are planned at 30% of GECC's total 2013 earnings. GECC paid the first-quarter earnings-dividend of $447M to GE on April 19, 2013. In addition, GECC plans $4.5B in special dividends to GE in 2013, subject to the same approvals. Under its balanced capital allocation plan of investing for its long-term growth, maintaining an attractive dividend pay-out and repurchasing stock, GE plans to return $18B cash to its shareholders in 2013, including repurchase of $10B of stock. | | | May 15, 2013 | | 17:30 EDT | | GE | GE, Boeing warn of defective engine parts, WSJ reports
General Electric (GE) said more than 70 Boeing (BA) 777 models may be affected by an engine manufacturing defect, reports The Wall Street Journal. Reference Link | | | 17:03 EDT | | GE | Soros gives quarterly update on stakes
NEW STAKES: MeadWestvaco (MWV), Brocade (BRCD), Red Hat (RHT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and VMware (VMW). INCREASED STAKES: Google (GOOG), Liberty Global (LBTYA), EQT Corp (EQT), Charter (CHTR), and US Airways (LCC). DECREASED STAKES: Citigroup (C), AIG (AIG), Apple (AAPL), Invesco (IVZ), and Motorola Solutions (MSI). LIQUIDATED STAKES: JPMorgan (JPM), General Electric (GE), CF Industries (CF), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Capital One (COF). | | | | 07:33 EDT | | GE | National Association of Business Economics to hos a conference
Subscribe for More Information | | | May 14, 2013 | | 07:23 EDT | | GE | Oppenheimer to host a summit
Subscribe for More Information | | | 07:11 EDT | | GE | China XD in talks to purchase GE’s Prolec joint venture, Bloomberg reports
Subscribe for More Information | | | 06:09 EDT | | GE | On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up
WALL STREET JOURNAL: North American oil production will dominate world-wide supply growth over the next five years, the International Energy Agency predicted today, the result of growing production from "fracking" and other technologies that access once-inaccessible reserves, the Wall Street Journal reports...REUTERS: Investors are becoming increasingly selective about which bonds and stocks they buy in Southeast Asia's fast-growing economies as the risk of policy bungling makes them more discerning, Reuters reports...State-run Air India Ltd will resume flying its Boeing (BA) 787 Dreamliner passenger jets tomorrow, nearly four months after the planes were grounded due to safety concerns. Air India has six Dreamliners and has ordered 21 more, Reuters reports...BLOOMBERG: China XD Group, a state-controlled power equipment maker, is in talks to buy GE’s (GE) joint venture with Mexico’s Xignux SA for about $1B, sources say, Bloomberg reports...Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said today in Stockholm that a slowing in U.S. inflation to the lowest rate in more than three years doesn’t warrant a Fed policy response, Bloomberg reports. | |
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