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Citi Reiterates Buy Rating On GE
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 7:43am | 166Read More...General Electric (NYSE: GE) did not repeat its blow-out 4Q10 results, Citi reports, “and the 5c beat (arguably with 4c-5c of gains, partially offset) was unenthusiastically greeted with a 2.2% stock price decline.” “Industrial is still leaning against the familiar late-cycle headwinds in Energy,...
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Deutsche Bank Reports 1Q11 Results On General Electric
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 10:23am | 126Read More...According to Deutsche Bank, General Electric (NYSE: GE) reported EPS of 33c - 5c ahead of the street and 3c ahead of its recently raised estimate. Deutsche Bank said that the driver of the beat was GE Capital which earned 17c vs. its 12c estimate, while Industrial came in with 16c - a couple of...
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Citi Reiterates Buy Rating On GE
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 7:26am | 102Read More...Citi is reiterating its Buy rating on shares of General Electric (NYSE: GE). “GE's agreement to acquire Converteam for $3.2 billion represents its fifth bolt-on Energy deal in the past six months, consistent with management's initiative to allocate capital to its core infrastructure platforms,”...
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Citi Publishes GE Update
Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 7:38am | 122Read More...Citi has published an update on General Electric (NYSE: GE) and the effects of Japan's earthquake on its nuclear industry. Citi writes, "The core of GE's Energy segment (20% of sales) is gas turbine power gen equipment, where GE is No. 1 globally with nearly 50% of the installed base. GE is also...
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Dangers Of General Electric's Mark 1 Reactors Known For 40 Years (GE)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 1:37pm | 366Read More...The New York Times reported this week that the Mark 1 nuclear reactors were developed in the 1960s by General Electric (NYSE: GE). As far back as 1972, there were warnings that, if a Mark 1 reactor's cooling system failed, the fuel rods would overheat and, as a result, the primary containment...
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What Do YouTube, Hulu and Yahoo! Have In Common? (GOOG, YHOO)
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 5:54pm | 631Read More...What do YouTube (NASDAQ: GOOG), Hulu, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), and MySpace have in common? They all host videos from Howcast.com, a media technology company that focuses on producing high-quality how-to videos. Thus far, that focus has proved to be quite successful: Howcast videos are played more...
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General Electric Posts Impressive Quarter And Outlook
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 10:00am | 159Read More...JP Morgan has published a research report on General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) after the company reported 4Q earnings that came in above estimates and elude to improving trends. In the report, JP Morgan writes "4Q EPS of $0.36 was a clean beat to Street/JPM $0.32. Segment profits were $0.03 ahead...
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Rare-Earths For Dummies (MCP, SHZ, REE, AVL)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 2:45pm | 603Read More...It seems like you can't turn on the TV or visit a financial website without hearing about the necessity of rare-earth minerals. But while everyone is aware of them, very few know what they are, why they're important, and why shares of these companies are skyrocketing on a daily basis. In this...
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Comcast-NBC Merger: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (CMCSA)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 2:30pm | 703Read More...In just a few short weeks, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and NBC could be united as one. Whether you like or loathe this idea, there's little doubt that the merger will result in massive changes for both companies. Let's take a look at what some of those changes might be, from the good and the bad to the...
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Obama Gets Economic Help From Gates, Buffett (MSFT, BRK-A)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 6:01pm | 211Read More...Can Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) Chairman Warren Buffett and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates help boost the economy? According to Bloomberg President Barack Obama met with the two men this morning to find out. Obama reportedly called for the Oval Office meeting to...
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Goldman Sachs Maintains Buy on General Electric (GE)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 9:21am | 107Read More...Goldman Sachs maintains its Buy rating on General Electric (NYSE: GE) after GE Capital's Investor meeting yesterday. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We maintain our Buy rating on GE shares, with Tuesday's update reinforcing an improving GECS outlook and potential upside to our 2011-12...
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Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform Rating on General Electric (GE)
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 8:54am | 100Read More...Oppenheimer published its report on General Electric today (NYSE: GE)following GE Capital's Investor meeting. In its report, Oppenheimer writes, "We believe positives are decidedly outweighing negatives, with portfolio margins (essentially net interest margin, but also including origination fees)...
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Citigroup On MI-EE 2011 Outlook
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 10:43am | 266Read More...Citigroup has published a research report on Multi-Industry & Electrical Equipment (MI-EE) companies as the industry discloses its 2011 outlook. In the report, Citigroup writes "Multi- Industry & Electrical Equipment (MI-EE) companies launch their annual blitz of 2011 outlook meetings/calls...
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Regulators Consider Forbidding Comcast From Withholding Video To Competitors, Oppenheimer Reports
Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 9:56am | 116Read More...In its Daily Datatimes (November 11, 2010), Oppenheimer reports that as the deal between Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) NBC – in which Comcast would take control of the number-four TV network – regulators are considering whether to forbid Comcast from...
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Unexpected Collapse Of Wind Shipments Overshadows GE's 3Q
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 11:26am | 104Read More...For General Electric (NYSE: GE), the unexpected speed of collapse in wind shipments and the degree of revenue miss in the overall energy infra segment overshadowed a quarter that had balanced puts/takes, Morgan Stanley reports. “We are sympathetic to the market's concern in a company that often...





