Bloomberg General Electric Co jumped as Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp accelerated plans to pare the company’s stake in Baker Hughes with a deal that wo- uld raise about $4 billion at current prices. GE will sell as many as 166.2 million shares in the oilfield-services provider through a secondary offering and a stock repurchase by Baker Hughes, the companies ...

Bloomberg As prices of stocks and bonds issued by PG&E Corp touch record lows, investors probably won’t get any certainty soon from the incoming California governor on how he would deal with the utility’s liabilities from the fatal fires ravaging the state. In a brief news conference with Governor Jerry Brown, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who will succeed him in ...

Bloomberg Johnson Controls International Plc’s $13.2 billion sale of its car-battery business completes the company’s dramatic makeover from an automotive supplier to a provider of systems for homes and buildings, setting the stage for growth through acquisitions. Chief Executive Officer George Oliver is betting on continued growth of “smart buildings” as companies seek to boost efficiency of working spaces with ...