Chief Executive Jeff Immelt told a conference Wednesday that the company is examining a range of strategic options that could include an initial public offering of some parts of the business, GE Capital. And as a measure of his commitment, Mr. Immelt ...

Stocks were boosted by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's Congressional testimony about the economy and monetary policy, but came off highs as he discussed when the Fed might start paring back on its bond buying program.

In accordance with this plan, GE Capital has already paid $447 million as first quarter dividend to General Electric. In addition to the regular quarterly dividends, GE Capital also intends to pay special dividends to the tune of $4.5 billion in 2013 ...

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) did not get treated well after its first-quarter earnings report. Perhaps the largest problem was that the conglomerate's stock had gotten ahead of itself.

General Electric Co. said GE Capital Corp.'s board approved a $6.5 billion dividend payment to the conglomerate.

In an email to The Huffington Post on Sunday, GE spokesman Seth Martin wrote that the company paid $3.2 billion in cash income taxes worldwide, including in the U.S.

General Electric Co. (GE) plans to extract $6.5 billion in dividends from its financial unit this year as Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt ramps up shareholder rewards while shrinking the business.

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- General Electric Co. said Monday that it will receive $6.5 billion in dividends from its finance arm this year as the conglomerate works on reducing the size of its GE Capital financial arm. GE Capital Corp. plans to pay $4.5 ...

In a statement, GE Capital said that the big dividend would constitute 30 percent of its total 2013 earnings, having already paid $447 million back to GE in the first quarter. The company also plans to pay $4.5 billion in special dividends back to its ...

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) today announced that it has won a prestigious Manufacturing Leadership 100 award in recognition of its work to build a new, cloud-based, software platform that ...