General Electric To Go Back To Their Roots

General Electric is making an effort to step away from banking and focus on their industrial roots by agreeing to sell the bulk of a division that finances leveraged buyouts to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a $12 billion deal.“This announcement is the next step in G.E.’s transformation to a more focused industrial company,” said Keith S. Sherin, GE Capital’s chairman and chief executive.

Source: NY Times