GE Vernova tries to shake its parent’s problems
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Massive conglomerates used to define corporate best practice. Think about a company like General Electric, known as “the everything company”. But today, there’s a new popular model: de-conglomeration. The FT’s former US energy reporter Amanda Chu examines whether this is working for a power business that GE spun off last year – or if it’s just another Wall Street fad.
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For further reading:
Rustbelt gamble: GE Vernova rides AI power boom into uncertain future
Is the US power grid ready to meet the demands of data centres?
Have America’s industrial giants forgotten what they are for?
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