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drewdatoday at 3:12 AM1 replyview on HN

General Electric has a history of using that exact trick... just with jet engines and power generators and medical devices that can represent much larger amounts of revenue.


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vessenestoday at 3:15 AM

Not just - Welch pioneered using GE Capital to “smooth” earnings - lots of judgment calls in those finance companies in the early 90s.

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