Recent News: Stock Performance, Ex-GE Worker was a spy, and Dividends

GE (GE) Down 6%: Nothing Is Sacred
Wall St. might make the argument that GE (GE) has more exposure to the credit markets than most huge companies because of its financial division. But, the current hammering of the shares may have gotten out of hand....

GE Falls Most Since April, Dragged by Lehman, AIG
General Electric Co. fell the most in New York trading since cutting its annual forecast five months ago, dragged down by financial stocks including American International Group Inc. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ...

Movers roundup: Panera Bread, GE
Shares of General Electric Co. fell 5 percent Friday, which an analyst attributed to nervousness at the conglomerate's inability to sell its private-label credit card business....

Ex-GE worker admits he was a spy
A former Schenectady man involved in the most famous espionage case of the 20th century has for the first time acknowledged giving military information to the Soviet Union, according to Thursday’s New York Times....

Dividend growth power
Venerable blue-chip companies such as General Electric and Boeing deserve your attention — for their dividends...

GE slides on worries over credit card unit sale
Shares of General Electric Co. fell 5 percent Friday, which an analyst attributed to nervousness at the conglomerate's inability to sell its private-label credit card business...