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Chasing Value: Blaming GE's Immelt for what?
Sep 02, 2009 08:40 PM UTC

Sheldon Liber

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Filed under: Other issues, Products and services, Management, Rants and raves, General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), Media World, Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy, Marvel Entertainment (MVL)

Some of the venom spewed at General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) every time I write about it, is getting kind of old. I understand the criticism of Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO who takes the blame for everything that is wrong with the company and the economy.

I too have felt that he might have done more. In particular, while I argued Monday that most of the companies divisions were well integrated, or at least related, I am not sure that entertainment has to be a part of the mix, and the company is on the record to jettison the appliance division already.

In considering the plight of the GE shareholder, myself included, what exactly is it that investors would like Immelt to do?

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