By Rachel Layne (Bloomberg) — General Electric Co.’s first- quarter profit fell 35 percent, a smaller decline than analysts estimated because of tax credits and increased earnings from power-generation equipment and jet engines.
By Rob Curran Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Investors took heart Friday from consumer-sentiment data and earnings for General Electric that were not as bad as feared, driving major indexes to their longest winning streak since the last bull market.
By David Gaffen For whatever it’s worth, Citigroup and General Electric, two American giants that have been struggling through this recession, …