Scientists at General Electric Global Research have created a ceramics technology that the company said will improve jet engine fuel efficiency and make engines lighter, and now a GE facility in Delaware has the task of developing manufacturing methods ...

Finally, General Electric (NYSE: GE ) was among the Dow's losers today, falling 0.7%. At a conference yesterday, CEO Jeffrey Immelt suggested that GE could spin off part of GE Capital in an effort to reduce the company's exposure to the financial ...

Anderson said the air carrier would rather watch competitors fly the new 737 MAX, which contains an engine created by CFM International, a joint venture between General Electric and France's Safran, before it alters an order with Boeing. The move is ...

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 ...

GE has been selling assets at the financial unit, including banking and insurance operations, for several years to reduce its reliance on a business that once accounted for half of its earning.

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.

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 ...

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

(Reuters) - General Electric Co said its financial unit GE Capital Corp would pay $6.5 billion in dividends to the parent in 2013 as part of a plan to reduce the unit's size.

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.