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08/15/16

Wall Street Journal

GE sells French mortgages: General Electric received a binding offer for its French prime mortgage portfolio from a newly established French entity backed by an Austrian bank. The deal increases GE Capital's asset sales to about $192 billion, close to its goal of selling $200 billion as part of its plan to disband its GE Capital unit. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter. ...

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