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DoItInvest (Free subscription) | yesterday
The truth is that is a really tricky question. Why is that? First of all GE is one of the largest companies in the world, and to foresee its direction with precision is slightly impossible (to use kind words). It is such a big company, that probably not even their own directors have an [...]
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
By guruek. (GuruFocus, November 20, 2009) The company chaired and managed by Investment Guru Prem Watsa is voluntarily delisting from New York Stock Exchange. US investors of the company will have to trade the stock in Toronto Stock Exchange. Via Reuters:Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced its intention to voluntarily delist its subordinate voting shares from the New York Stock...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and a leading Russian medical imaging manufacturer Medical Technologies Limited (MTL), today announced a strategic partnership to manufacture diagnostic imaging products in Russia, starting with GE Healthcare’s CT BrightSpeed™ Elite system1, in line with GE’s healthymagination strategy....
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
GE Capital, the financial services segment of the General Electric Company, has promoted the boss of its New Zealand and Australian business.
The Age (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
GE Capital, the financial services segment of the General Electric Company, has promoted the boss of its New Zealand and Australian business.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
MOSCOW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced the installation of Russia’s first high-definition computed tomography (CT) scanner, GE Healthcare’s flagship Discovery CT750HD, at the Center of Medical Rehabilitation by the Russian Ministry of Health in Moscow led by Professor Konstantin V. Lyadov. The Centre of Medical...
Chicago Boyz (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Continuing my retro-reading of old Forbes ASAP issues. In the October 1993 issue, Rich Karlgaard, arguing that book value is of declining importance in evaluating companies, says: Human intelligence and intellectual resources are now any company’s most valuable assets. (Note that word “now”…we’ll be coming back to it) Rich quotes Walter Wriston: Indeed,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision on whether to sell its stake in NBC Universal, which would clear the way for the creation of one of the most powerful media companies in the world. The French company's finance chief has... NbcUniversal - Vivendi - Conglomerate - General Electric - Company
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
(GuruFocus, November 19, 2009) We viewed the top holdings earlier on in this article, and here is the top purchases during the third quarter of 2009: No. 1: BANK OF NY MELLON CP (), Add: 0.34% of the portfolio - Total: 22,130,675 SharesBank of New York is a bank holding company and one of the world's larger financial institutions. They provide comprehensive financial services to individuals,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Nov. 20 -- Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (Nasdaq: CWCO) today announced that Mr. Wil Pergande has been elected non-executive Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Pergande is President of WF Perg...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By guruek. (GuruFocus, November 18, 2009) Property and casualty insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FFH) turned in another decent quarter. Quarterly income was US$562.4-million, up from US$467.6-million a year ago, while revenue increased to US$2.21 billion from US$2.16 billion. Book value increased to $372. Read more » »
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ONI Medical Systems Inc. announced today that it successfully closed the sale of its MRI technology platform to the GE Healthcare division of General Electric Company on November 6, 2009. With the purchase of ONI’s high performance, low-cost dedicated purpose MRI technology, GE Healthcare is expanding its product line of comprehensive healthcare...
KDPaine's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
My friends at PARC introduced me to LeadLander a very cool tool that tells you not just how many people are visiting your site each day, but where they are coming from. Every morning I get a list of the companies that have visited my site, which tells me a great deal about who I'm attracting. it also gives you the search terms that they are using to find me. The daily report looks like this:...
