General Electric (GE) put up a darling of an order number with its third-quarter financial results. Though revenue and operating income faced pressure during the period due to asset reductions at GE Capital and foreign-exchange headwinds, the industrial conglomerate's order performance was off the charts: US orders jumped 18%, Europe orders advanced 17%, and growth market orders leapt 22%.
Needless to say, the global business environment improved significantly during the third quarter, and we're not sure the threat of a US government shutdown (and by extension, the shutdown itself) did much to impede the business of global industrial conglomerates. Read more about GE.
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