* GE's debt rating cut one notch by S&P, outlook stable * A small dip in retail sales counters weak jobs data * Dow up 2.2 pct; S&P 500 up 2.4 pct, Nasdaq up 2...
* GE stripped of top credit rating by Standard & Poor's * World Bank president sees global economy shrinking 1-2% * Number of U.S. workers on jobless aid hit record in Feb * ECB sees...
* S&P cuts GE debt to AA-plus from AAA * S&P raises outlook to "stable" from "negative" * Text of S&P statement: ID:nWLA9686 * Shares rise 11 pct, relief no bigger cut (Recasts, adds S&P...
* CFO says no "time bomb" hidden in GE Capital * Sees self-funding clear through 2010 * Analyst: Shares "oversold and highly volatile" * Stock ends little changed (Adds closing stock price, recasts first paragraph)...
* CFO says no "time bomb" hidden in GE Capital * Sees self-funding clear through 2010 * Shares "oversold and highly volatile," analyst says * Stock trading near flat (Repeats to add WRAPUP 3 to...
* CFO says cut to "double-A" rating is "possible" * Sees self-funding clear through 2010 * Shares "oversold and highly volatile," analyst says * Stock up 2.4 percent (Recasts first paragraph, adds investor, analyst quotes)...
* CFO says cut to "double-A" rating is "possible" * Sees funding clear through 2010 * Shares "oversold and highly volatile," analyst says * Stock up 6 percent in early trading BOSTON, March 5 -...
* Shares touch lowest point since 1991 then rebound * Credit default swaps briefly spike to record high * Company says no plans to raise additional equity (Recasts first paragraph, adds investor comments, updates stock...
* Shares touch lowest point since 1991 * Credit-default swaps briefly spike to record high * Company says "no plans to raise...
* Shares touch lowest point since 1991 * Credit-default swaps briefly spike to record high * Company says "no plans to raise...