The company reportedly outbid Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), as well as others, with a $2.8 billion price for the John Wood unit.
General Electric has a potential upside of 4.8% based on a current price of $21.51 and an average consensus analyst price target of $22.54."
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"General Electric's (NYSE:GE) plan to buy the well support unit of John Wood Group brings its total spending on the oil service sector to over $7 billion in the last five months.
CMCSA bid/ask gap remains wide so far this morning. GE is down 0.6% at last check.
According to the WSJ, Genachowski wants Comcast to observe ""net neutrality"" rules in giving competitors' videos the same treatment as its own for customers using its Internet service.
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