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...(Financial Times) Iraq’s prime minister Nouri al-Maliki struggled to maintain his grip on power with a Sunni insurgency swirling around the capital and political rivals inside Baghdad’s fortified Green...
...That news was swiftly followed by Boeing’s announcement that GE Capital Aviation Services, the aircraft leasing arm of General Electric, was ordering 40 of its best-selling 737 jets valued at around $3bn...
...Aside from Citi, Kingdom owns some serious assets – stakes in companies like Apple, Pepsico, Proctor & Gamble, News Corporation – as well as genuine trophy assets like the Hotel George V in Paris....
...Other companies, such as GE Capital, General Electric’s finance arm, have eased their financing constraints by borrowing billions of dollars guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation....
...General Electric was another leading riser after it issued $8bn of debt insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, allaying fears over its capital position....
...Countrywide Financial Corporation, et al is ostensibly brought on behalf of purchasers of such CWALT, Inc. mortgage pass-through certificates, as well as various other mortgage-backed securities registered...
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...Saudi Basic , the largest public company in the Middle East, is lining up a bid for General Electric’s plastics division in a deal that could be valued at up to $12bn (€9bn)....
...The energetic president of the World Resources Institute shot to prominence by producing a scheme with General Electric, the US’s biggest company, to cut carbon emissions....
...Among the biggest names were Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and chief executive of General Electric; Rupert Murdoch, the ever combative boss of News Corporation; Jamie Dimon, the heir apparent at J.P Morgan Chase...
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