Among the fundamental datapoints dividend investors should investigate to decide if they are bullish on GE is its dividend history.

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They raise cash and help to shrink GE's balance sheet--at the expense of GE's reputation for buying smart and making earnings grow.

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"That's something that GE used to be known for, and maybe now they are getting back to it, " Jenkins say.

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GE's market value, but they are trying to copy it because they have been bruised by it in the marketplace.

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They want certainty, and GE in particular wants to sell windmills, heat-capture devices, and all sorts of other industrial gear to enhance efficiency.

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Certain manufacturers such as GE, Emerson and NCR have said they will bring some outsourced production back to America, but that will do little to close the gap.

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Interestingly, 17% of those surveyed responded that they wanted to keep their tax breaks no matter how low the rate dropped ( GE, perhaps?).

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These units give consumers easy access to non-frozen food, which is what they spend about 80% of their time grabbing, says GE.

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Investors are wary of laying out long-term loans of 10 to 20 years on Clipper projects because they worry it doesn't have the financial strength to back warranties the way a behemoth like GE does.

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Rolls-Royce and General Electric (GE) are studying this approach, though they are also keeping their options open by working on improvements to conventional turbofans, too.

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