Web Research: Dividends

Go to the website of General Electric Corporation at http://www.ge.com/en and find information about GE's dividend record. Click on For Investors and then Stock Information to find the current market price of a share of GE stock. Then click on Dividend History to find the record of dividends paid per share of GE stock. Calculate the dividend yield of GE's common stock.
Discussion Question

What is GE's dividend yield? Is this dividend yield what you might expect from an established company like GE? Is GE's record of paying dividends an attractive feature of its common stock? Why or why not?

My Response:
Jill Stidd
6 Oct 08 3:46 PM MST

Here are a few things that I found in my research on the press that was on the GE website, it was very interesting to see that GE is parent company of NBC, I did not know that. These website are just packed full of information that I never even knew existed.

1.Aviation and jet enginesAviation and jet engines aren't the only way GE will try to tap this market, but they are a key: China is slated to open more than 40 new airports by 2010 -- at the end of 2006, the country had 147 -- and another 55 or so by 2020. The country's evolving airport geography is like a treasure map that pinpoints where the government is going to make massive investments. (http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/125/all-systems-go.html)
2. NBC ratings for the olympicsRatings for NBC, the GE-owned television network and the holder of Olympic television rights in the United States, soared with each breathtaking performance by the Baltimore Bullet after a controversial decision to turn tradition on its head and stage the swimming finals in the morning so that the medal moments could fall sweetly into American prime time. (http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article4576410.ece
3. GE Gas turbines for olympicsTwo of General Electric's 9FA gas turbines have been installed in Beijing's Taiyanggong power plant, which will supply electricity, heat and air conditioning to the central area of the Olympic Games in August.( http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/how-china-power-olympic-games/story.aspx?guid=%7B43798B25-F2A1-499A-AA93-BDE9A9FD147E%7D&dist=msr_27)
4. Wind powerIn March, GE Energy announced it had secured a $1 billion deal to supply 750 megawatts of wind turbines -- enough to power about 200,000 households.

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