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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (112505)	8/9/2007 11:53:00 PM
From: SamIAmmie	Respond to of 361725

We'll see if Patricia replies with her expertise (I'm told by Sioux, she's the resident stock analyst). Good luck to you if you decide to... maybe I'll go grab a chart for you.... brb

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (112505)	8/9/2007 11:55:40 PM
From: coug	Respond to of 361725

So do you really want to own GE?. Based upon their overall social conscience.. I sure as Hell WON'T..NO matter how MUCH money I could make... For I am a conscientous player.. Not playing on the grief of others.. c

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (112505)	8/10/2007 12:00:26 AM
From: SamIAmmie	Respond to of 361725

Remember this is todays snapshot 8-9-07 and it's NOT auto update General Electric GE:NYSE Sector: Conglomerates Industry: Conglomerates 38.94 Arrow Down-1.52 -3.76% 59,974,200 5 Star Rating Last Trade as of 4:01 PM ET 8/9/07 Gross Margin (TTM) 42.8% Net Profit Margin (TTM) 12.9% Operating Margin (TTM) 15.2% Pretax Margin (TTM) 15.2% Valuation Financial Strength P/E excluding extraordinary items (TTM) 19.5x P/E Normalized (MRFY) 20.3x P/Sales (TTM) 2.5x P/Tangible book (MRQ) 16.9x P/Cash Flow (TTM) 13.4x Current Ratio (MRQ) -- Quick Ratio (MRQ) -- LT Debt/Equity (MRQ) 2.42 Total Debt/Equity (MRQ) 3.99 Payout Ratio (TTM) 52.34 Management Effectiveness Growth Return on Assets (TTM) 3.1% Return on Equity (TTM) 19.0% Return on Investments (TTM) 4.3% Sales (5Yr) 5.3% Earnings Per Share (EPS)(TTM) 12.2% Dividend Growth (5Yr) 9.3% Income Statement Per Share Data Revenue (MRQ) 42.3B EBITDA (MRQ) -- Earnings before taxes (MRQ) 6.5B Net Income (MRQ) 5.4B Normalized earnings before taxes (MRQ) 6.5B Normalized Net Income (MRQ) 5.4B EPS excluding extraordinary items (TTM) 2.07 EPS Normalized (MRFY) 1.99 Rev per share (TTM) 16.11 BV per share (MRQ) 11.42 Tangible BV per share (MRQ) 2.39 Cash per share (MRQ) 1.55 Cash flow per share (TTM) 3.01 Indicated Annual Dividend (US) 2.84 Company Overview General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified industrial corporation. It is engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a variety of products for the generation, transmission, distribution, control and utilization of electricity. During the year ended December 31, 2006, GE completed the sales of its Advanced Materials business by Industrial and GE Life, its United Kingdm-based life insurance business. During 2006, GE acquired IDX Systems Corporation, ZENON Environmental Inc. and Biacore International AB. In November 2006, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems acquired Radstone Technology PLC. In December 2006, Energy Metals Corporation's subsidiary, Golden Predator Mines Inc., acquired Springer Mining Company from GE. On March 15, 2007, GeoEye Inc. acquired M.J. Harden Associates, Inc., from GE. In May 2007, Smiths Group PLC sold its aerospace businesses to GE. In May 2007, STV Partners Corporation, the Japanese unit of GE, acquired a 97.15% interest in SANYO ELECTRIC CREDIT CO., LTD. Website ge.com (TTM) Trailing 12 Months, (MRQ) Most Recent Quarter, (MRFY) Most Recent Fiscal Year