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...Jeffrey Sprague, an analyst at Vertical Research Partners, called attention to the issue in a note this week, describing the Alstom acquisition as “the most unusual deal we have ever seen”....
...Jeffrey Sprague, an analyst with Vertical Research Partners, said the purchase of Alstom “was the most unusual deal we have ever seen” and that the $23bn charge GE announced on Monday meant expected cash...
...“He gets one shot to reset and put GE on a new path,” says Jeff Sprague of Vertical Research Partners....
...He said he planned to sell about $20bn of assets, including two of the divisions with the deepest roots in the company: transportation, which makes locomotives, and lighting, which includes Current, the energy...
...For the foreseeable future, the gas turbine market is likely to remain difficult, according to Jeff Sprague, an analyst at Vertical Research Partners....
...‘The Whispering Swarm’ by Michael Moorcock is published by Gollancz Photographs: Joseph Branston/SFX Magazine via Getty Images; M Sprague/AFP/Getty Images; Dreamstime...
...“These are all fascinating use cases that will require large amounts of data and they’ll rely on the public cloud,” Ms Sprague adds....
...The shares have “clearly re-rated”, says Jeff Sprague, managing partner at Vertical Research. “This chapter in GE’s evolution is effectively over.”...
...Look, as an example, to the energy complex....
...However, Jeff Sprague, an analyst at Vertical Research Partners, said comparisons with other similar recent deals suggested GE was paying a “premium” price for Lufkin....
...He has previously said these acquisitions are likely to be in the $1bn-$4bn range Jeff Sprague, an analyst at Vertical Research Partners, said the deal was positive, but would not make a dramatic difference...
...Ed Crooks is the Financial Times’ US industry and energy editor ed.crooks@ft.com www.ft.com/insidebusiness...
...Jeff Sprague, an analyst at Vertical Research, said the industrial side faced challenges next year, because of the costs of two new engine programmes, the GEnx and the LeapX, and pressure on prices of wind...
...Nevertheless, Jeff Sprague of Vertical Research Partners believes that overall GE is “moving in the right direction”....
...Jeff Sprague of Vertical Research Partners said the move was partly due to company-specific problems and the impact of the recent floods in Thailand but noted that it triggered alarm bells nonetheless....
...“Where anyone has any consumer exposure, [demand] has continued to be weak,” says Mr Sprague....
...Jeff Sprague, with Vertical Research Partners, in a note to clients identified AT&T, Comcast and Verizon among the potential buyers of the ADT business....
...Now just what do you mean by that, Mrs Sprague?” harry.eyres@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/eyres...
...Meanwhile, “resurgent competitors” threaten some of the areas where GE has traditionally been strongest, says Mr Sprague....
...Mr Rice is regarded as a heavy hitter, having run two of GE’s key units – energy and transportation....
...Jeffrey Sprague Jeffrey Sprague is a 22-year Wall Street research veteran....
...The dividend cut may not be enough to stave off a potential debt ratings cut by Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s Corp., analysts including Citigroup Inc.’s Jeffrey Sprague and Sterne Agee...
...“The bottom line is that the far-flung conglomerate model is not resonating with investors, especially when there continues to be miscues and earnings quality concerns,” wrote Jeffrey Sprague, a Citigroup...
...Jeffrey Sprague, a Citigroup analyst, said the group “needs to be more focused” and should sell NBC because it had “no meaningful synergy with the rest of the portfolio”....
...“We believe this is an attractive transaction,” commented Jeffrey Sprague at Citigroup. “GE is selling a non-core business with low margins …at an attractive valuation.”...
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