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Published in TZ Latest News 2 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Regulatory rebuffs could force GE to seek other deals, more buybacks

Chief Executive Jeff Immelt wants further focus on manufacturing of higher-margin products such as jet engines and power-generating turbines, and to move away from riskier finance earnings. GE met with European regulators on Thursday to allay worries its 12.4 billion euro ($13.7 billion) acquisition of Alstom’s (ALSO.PA) power equipment business would leave Europe with two gas turbine players. On Wednesday, the U.S. government sued to block GE’s $3.3 billion appliances sale to Sweden’s Electrolux (ELUXb.ST), saying it would combine two of the three top players.