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Post# 280212   5/15/2008 at 07:59 (5,797 days old) by norgenocker ()        

"Appliance Division May Be Sold By G.E.": Headline in today's NYT Business Section. Is nothing sacred?




Post# 280215 , Reply# 1   5/15/2008 at 08:15 (5,797 days old) by bwoods ()        
Nothing Sacred at GE

Here is the sad news, below, in the excerpt from Forbes Magazine. GE gave thoughts to selling its appliance division three years ago. It looks as if they are serious now. Jeff Immelt, current CEO, is following in "neutron" Jack's (former CEO Jack Welch)tracks. Welch sold off the electronics division to Thomson in France and heating/AC to Trane.

Barry



NEW YORK -

After media reports indicated General Electric Co. plans to auction off its appliances business, analysts Thursday said the sale "may be just the beginning" of larger changes at GE.

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that GE is preparing to auction off its appliances business, potentially bringing the conglomerate $5 billion to $8 billion. The appliances business is part of GE's industrial unit. The Fairfield, Conn., company sold its plastics business in 2007.

Lehman Brothers (nyse: LEH - news - people ) analyst Robert Cornell said GE may eventually sell its financial and consumer and industrial units. While those moves will keep profit growth in the single digits until 2010, he thinks they will ultimately extend its profit growth and increase the value of the stock.

Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ) analyst Deane Dray noted that the appliances unit brings in about $7 billion in annual revenue, but said growth is slow. GE may sell its Japanese consumer finance business and its U.S. private label credit cards in the next quarter or two and could take on a new partner at the NBC-Universal entertainment business, Dray said.



Post# 280220 , Reply# 2   5/15/2008 at 08:26 (5,797 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
No great loss, and I'm a GE man

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As far as I'm concerned, GE sold out decades ago.



Post# 280270 , Reply# 3   5/15/2008 at 16:03 (5,796 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Sad News Indeed

I'm sure every other business news segment on radio, TV, and newspaper has posted a story about this. All the more reason to appreciate those classic appliances and "antique" ads.--Laundry Shark

Post# 280294 , Reply# 4   5/15/2008 at 19:11 (5,796 days old) by nasadowsk ()        

Looks like GE's following Westinghouse's road to oblivion...

Post# 280404 , Reply# 5   5/16/2008 at 09:43 (5,796 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

So many GE appliances are made in foreign countries that there probably would not be much change. Later in the day, analysts said selling the appliance line would not help the value of GE's stock that much. It sure is a huge chunk of industrial history to lose. If GE is no longer GE, only Whirlpool will remain from the big appliance manufacturers after WWII. Go to the Consumer Report and Consumer Bulletin archives and look at the vanished corporations.

Post# 280491 , Reply# 6   5/17/2008 at 01:39 (5,795 days old) by tbolt25 (Kentucky)        
GE old style washers

What's this going to do to all of the GE old-style washers as far as finding parts goes?

Post# 280514 , Reply# 7   5/17/2008 at 09:31 (5,795 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Ministry of manufacturing

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Gee, before BUSH-WORLD came along, weren't we all taught that America was not a place for monopolies?


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