Reuters reports that rival Dow Jones Newswires issued a correction on Wednesday after it ran a story stating that General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt had given earnings guidence for 2009 that caused its stock price to fall.
“‘There was no forecast, no guidance given here,’ GE spokesman Russell Wilkerson said. The U.S. conglomerate plans to issue its 2009 profit forecast in December.
“The report, which hit the news wire in the final 20 minutes of regular trading, hit GE shares. The shares dropped 4 percentage points at the end of the trading day, to end down 1.5pc at $19.20 on the New York Stock Exchange.
“The stock rebounded to $19.42 in after-hours trading following GE’s statement and the correction from Dow Jones.”
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For someone to make a mistake and allow someone that use that info to drive a stock down is the same short term thinking that has this country in the shape it is in today! Hope that the info sourse is fired and if his or her friends sold short put yhem in prison!!!