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  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    Due Diligence
    GE Capital: the end of the Blob? Premium content

    The sale of the conglomerate’s aircraft leasing business is the end of a defining era for it and its unit

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    InterviewGeneral Electric Co
    Jeff Immelt shares out blame for GE’s decline

    Ex-CEO accepts some failings are ‘on me’ but is not afraid to point the finger as he launches new memoir

  • Wednesday, 19 August, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Lights Out — what went wrong at GE?

    Andrew Hill reviews a hard-nosed analysis of the Immelt era and its aftermath

  • Thursday, 13 December, 2018
    General Electric Co
    GE break-up advances with software unit restructuring

    Sale of stake in ServiceMax further shrinks US conglomerate under new chief executive

  • Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
    John Gapper
    General Electric has an overactive imagination

    The conglomerate became better at marketing itself than at managing its business

  • Tuesday, 2 October, 2018
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    GE’s dealmaking and outlay to M&A advisers called into question

    Industrial conglomerate has paid more than $6bn to Wall Street bankers since 2000

  • Monday, 1 October, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Culp’s appointment at GE heralds deeper cost cuts

    New chief executive’s top task will be fixing the company’s power division

  • Monday, 1 October, 2018
    Instant InsightAndrew Hill
    Is the General Electric era coming to an end?

    Appointment of an outsider as chief signals the depth of the group’s distress

  • Friday, 29 June, 2018
    FT CollectionsReinventing business
    General Electric goes back to basics

    John Flannery is unravelling many of the deals signed by the two previous chief executives

  • Tuesday, 26 June, 2018
    News in-depthUK small companies
    Breaking up is easy to do. For GE, now comes the hard part

    John Flannery’s focus shifts to improving the performance of the remaining businesses

  • Wednesday, 6 June, 2018
    LexIPOs
    Athenahealth: pros before bros Premium content

    Boards better sort out leadership before a hedge fund does it for them

  • Thursday, 24 May, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    GE chief warns against quick-fix expectations

    Investors react badly to message about a ‘journey’ towards decentralised group of businesses

  • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    Immelt had 72% pay cut after plunging profits hit GE

    Retired chief executive bowed out on a share price low

  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2018
    Health sector
    Former GE chief Jeff Immelt picked to chair athenahealth board
  • Monday, 29 January, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    GE is a rare loser from US tax reform

    Company with ‘the Harvard of tax departments’ admits it will have to pay more

  • Friday, 26 January, 2018
    US & Canadian companies
    GE’s insurance liabilities return to haunt investors

    Spun-off unit paid $219m to settle suit over long-term care policies

  • Monday, 22 January, 2018
    Andrew Hill
    Who is responsible for the mess at GE?

    A break-up is thinkable, but it may not be sensible

  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
    The FT ViewCorporate spin-offs
    A GE break-up is not the end of the conglomerate

    A much maligned business structure still persists, with some reason

  • Wednesday, 17 January, 2018
    News in-depthUS & Canadian companies
    Break-up of General Electric unlikely to reveal pot of gold

    Full or partial spin-offs might add little or nothing to value, say analysts

  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2017
    Business School InsiderManagement
    Corporate succession: planning does not always pay off

    The process is fragile and fraught — as MBA students learn

  • Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
    John Gapper
    Flannery’s General Electric may not hold together long

    If the company becomes a mechanism for allocating capital, it has lost its soul

  • Monday, 13 November, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    GE boss unveils dividend cut and $20bn asset sales

    Flannery to sell historic lighting and locomotive units as cash concerns mount

  • Sunday, 12 November, 2017
    Taming technology
    GE and Siemens: power pioneers flying too far from the sun

    The two industrial titans are struggling to cope with the disruption to their business models from wind and solar

  • Thursday, 2 November, 2017
    InterviewWork & Careers
    Meet Eric Ries — reluctant start-up guru who sparked a movement

    His ‘Lean Startup’ theories have spread from Silicon Valley to Wall Street

  • Monday, 23 October, 2017
    Companies
    Arconic names Charles Blankenship new chief executive
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