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22 Sep 2008 18:54

Neither fish nor fowl

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The Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22 added General Electric to its list of more than 800 stocks that cannot be shorted. The SEC referred to the 10-day ban, announced September 18, as "a time-out". It also added General Motors and Moody’s.

The SEC’s addition of GE shares to its list of banned shorts highlights the conglomerate’s neither-fish-nor-fowl status. The risk is that GE’s industrial units could be held hostage to the financing needs of GE Capital. Why not spin off the finance arm as a bank holding company?

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