Breaking up is hard to do: Goliath GE to split after 130 years

General Electric says it will split into three public companies as the storied US industrial conglomerate seeks to simplify its business, pare down debt and breathe life into a battered share price.

Wall Street legend, ex GE boss Jack Welch dies at 84

Jack Welch, who transformed General Electric into a highly profitable multinational conglomerate, has died aged 84.