Fairfield, Connecticut: General Electric Co’s third-quarter profit declined 45% as the company scaled back property and consumer lending and sold fewer medical machines, leading to a steeper drop in sales than analysts projected.

Investors' ambivalence about earnings reports left Wall Street with a mixed performance today.

Wall Street extended its losses today as a negative ratings outlook on financial and industrial powerhouse General Electric Co shook an already fragile investor psyche and sent stocks tumbling.

Stocks surged higher today as another round of corporate takeovers prodded investors to continue a largely uninterrupted months-long buying streak.

The world’s three largest light-bulb makers today said they will push European consumers to switch to energy-saving bulbs in a bid to cut carbon dioxide emissions that are believed to contribute to global warming.

Stocks closed narrowly mixed today after profit reports and forecasts from blue chip names like International Business Machines Corp and General Electric Co failed to impress Wall Street and sent investors searching for other catalysts to drive the markets higher.

US stocks finished mixed today as interest rate worries and a legal setback for Merck & Co countered momentum from a possible multi-billion-dollar acquisition by ConocoPhillips.

Stocks in the United States plunged again suffering their worst day of 2005 and the third straight triple-digit loss for the Dow Jones industrial average.

A late-session sell-off kept stocks narrowly mixed in the United States today as cautious investors took what little profits they could from a disappointing week marked by an interest rate rise and inflation concerns.

Stocks moved higher on Wall Street today as the Federal Reserve issued a widely expected interest rate rise and investors welcomed the prospect of a merger in the software industry.

Former president Ronald Reagan has died, it was announced tonight. The news was confirmed by the White House.

The Dow Jones industrial average reached its highest level since mid-2002 today as investors greeted strong earnings from General Electric Co and Juniper Networks Inc.

SCHERING, the world’s biggest maker of birth-control pills, said full-year earnings per share will fall 3% to 6% after reporting a profit in the third quarter as more people used its Betaseron multiple sclerosis treatment and Yasmin birth-control pill.

The European Commission has suspended the deadline for ruling on General Electric Co's proposed acquisition of Agfa-Gevaert NV's non-destructive testing operations.

JACK WELCH, former chief executive of General Electric Co, yesterday said he had given up free use of corporate jets, a sprawling New York apartment and other retirement benefits after facing criticism since they were revealed in his divorce.

JACK WELCH, former chief executive of General Electric Co, yesterday said he had given up free use of corporate jets, a sprawling New York apartment and other retirement benefits after facing criticism since they were revealed in his divorce.

General Electric Co's shares were posting a modest gain in midsession trade as investors pondered the defense the company issued to counter a prominent bond fund manager's criticisms of its debt load, dealers said.