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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $28 (New York symbol GE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 10.1 billion; Market cap: $282.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ge.com) has agreed to sell $157 billion in assets of its GE Capital financing division. So far, it has completed transactions equalling $104 billion. These sales are part of GE’s plan to focus on its industrial businesses, including jet engines, power plant equipment, medical gear and locomotives.
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Shrinking GE Capital cuts risk
TENNANT CO. $52 (www.tennantco.com) continues to see strong demand for its floor-cleaning machines featuring its ec-H20 technology; that uses electricity to make tap water act like a detergent. Earnings per share in the third quarter of 2015 rose 7.9%, to $0.68 from $0.63 a year earlier....
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $28 (New York symbol GE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 10.1 billion; Market cap: $282.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 3.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.ge.com) has agreed to sell $157 billion in assets of its GE Capital financing division. So far, it has completed transactions equalling $104 billion. These sales are part of GE’s plan to focus on its industrial businesses, including jet engines, power plant equipment, medical gear and locomotives.
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Shrinking GE Capital cuts risk
DIEBOLD INC. $27 (www.diebold.com) has formed a new joint venture with Inspur Group, a Chinese cloud computing and data centre company. Diebold will own 49% of this business, which will develop automated teller machines (ATMs) and self-serve kiosks for Chinese banks....