France's Alstom confirms $17 billion offer from GE
AP - Wed Apr 30, 12:37AM CDT
PARIS (AP) — The French engineering company Alstom says it will decide by the end of May whether to accept a 12.35 billion euro ($17 billion) offer from General Electric Co. for its energy business.
Most active New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks
AP - Tue Apr 29, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
AP - Tue Apr 29, 5:02PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Germany's Siemens joins bidding for Alstom
AP - Tue Apr 29, 4:47PM CDT
PARIS (AP) — French engineering company Alstom has received a purchase offer from Germany's Siemens, putting another party at the bargaining table with General Electric Co.
An Upsetting Story About Dimming Profitability at CREE, Inc.
Value Penguin, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 3:00PM CDT
North Carolina-based CREE is a leader in the manufacture of light-emitting diodes, commonly known as LEDs. Founded in 1987, CREE focuses on two major product lines: LED components and lighting products. The recent worldwide push for energy savings...
How To Profit From General Electric's Next Wonder Material
at The Street - Tue Apr 29, 2:55PM CDT
GE may have this priced in to their stock, so look for the next best thing.
How General Electric Company Deals With Its Massive Size
Steve Heller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 12:31PM CDT
With more than 300,000 employees worldwide, it's no easy task for General Electric to manage its operations. But if you've ever spoken with a General Electric employee before, you'd get the impression that the company operates with a high level of...
Middday Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
AP - Tue Apr 29, 12:19PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:
How Does Honeywell International Stack Up Against Its Peers?
Lee Samaha, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 29, 10:15AM CDT
Earnings season is in full flow and the industrial heavyweights are all giving reports. General Electric Company , Danaher and Honeywell International have all recently released their earnings. For want of a better description, these...
Early Glance: Tools and Appliances companies
AP - Tue Apr 29, 9:30AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are mixed at 10 a.m.:
3 Challenges Facing General Electric Company's Possible Mega Merger
Isaac Pino, CPA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 6:00PM CDT
General Electric 's CEO hopped a red-eye flight to Paris on Monday morning, and either he's craving an authentic croissant or looking to smooth talk French politicians ahead of a potential merger. For what it's worth, I'd go with the latter. After...
China Rule Change Further Opens Yuan To World Markets
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Apr 28, 5:31PM CDT
Big purses started spilling open around the globe in the past week. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Novartis (NVS) and Eli Lilly (LLY) announced a series of business swaps valued at $19.9 billion. AstraZeneca (AZN) straight-armed a $98 billion offer from...
Forget 3-D Printing, Here Comes 3-D Inking From General Electric Company
Steve Heller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 3:52PM CDT
Although the 3-D printing craze has captivated investors' imaginations, a lesser-known technology called "direct write," or 3-D inking as General Electric likes to call it, offers the potential to make products and components even smarter. On a...
General Electric Announces $1.5 Billion Deal and Tesla Motors Partners With Alibaba
Daniel Miller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 2:00PM CDT
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 28 points by midafternoon Monday after the National Association of Realtors announced that its Pending Home Sales Index increased 3.4% to 97.4 in March. That was higher than economists' expectations of a 1%...
Orchestrating Alstom follows long French tradition
By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT - AP - Mon Apr 28, 12:19PM CDT
PARIS (AP) — France's Socialist leader summoned three CEOs to the presidential palace on Monday to orchestrate the sale of Alstom, an engineering firm and treasure of French industry, in the government's latest effort to bring globalization to heel.