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GE Power Chief Exits After Losing CEO Contest _ Bloomberg

General Electric Co.’s Steve Bolze, once a leading contender to succeed Jeffrey Immelt as chief executive officer, is leaving the company just days after missing out on the top job.

For G.E.’s John Flannery, It Was a 30-Year Trip to the Top

By JULIE CRESWELLJUNE 12, 2017

He is the quintessential company man.

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John Flannery, who was tapped on Monday to become the chief executive of General Electric this summer, has spent his 30-year career with the industrial giant. He has headed offices from South America to Asia. He has turned around a flailing business, the company’s $18 billion health care division. He even has a home on Nantucket, where a cluster of high-ranking G.E. executives vacation.

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The G.E. Puzzle, and the Pieces a New Chief Will Have to Make Fit

By STEVE LOHRJUNE 13, 2017

John Flannery, the new leader at General Electric, has some breathing room. He told G.E. employees on Monday that he would “take a fresh look at the company” and do so with “a sense of urgency.”

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Mr. Flannery, who will become chief executive on Aug. 1, told Wall Street analysts that his review would be completed by fall.

Many investors and analysts are pushing for a smaller, simpler company, which they say would lift earnings and G.E.’s underperforming stock. In a report on Monday, Scott Davis, an analyst at Barclays, declared that “G.E. needs an ‘AT&T-style’ breakup.”

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GE's New CEO Flannery to Review Portfolio With 'No Constraint'

By REUTERSJUNE 12, 2017, 6:03 P.M. E.D.T.

(Reuters) - General Electric Co's incoming chief executive said he will conduct a swift review of the conglomerate's business portfolio with "no constraint," but signaled no major changes as the company sticks with its strategy of selling software-related services across its many divisions.

A Stagnant General Electric Will Replace the C.E.O. Who Transformed It

By STEVE LOHRJUNE 12, 2017

General Electric, the 125-year-old industrial giant whose jet engines propel air travelers around the globe and whose electrical generators light millions of households, declared on Monday that it would be installing its first new leader in 16 years.

With C.E.O. Change, G.E. Will Seek Out More Growth Overseas

By ROB COX JUNE 12, 2017

General Electric has seen the future: It is both stateless and globalist. With the anointment of John Flannery to succeed Jeffrey R. Immelt as chief executive, the $255 billion industrial titan appears to be doubling down on a strategy that transcends its American roots. Mr. Flannery has spent much of his career engineering growth abroad. He is also no stranger to restructuring.

The Decline of the Baronial C.E.O.

Corporate giants once had all-powerful chiefs with domains to match. But activist investors and technological change are remaking the executive suite.

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZJUNE 17, 2017