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GE Commercial Finance

GE Commercial Finance

Sales: $34.3 billion

The finance division, which lends to businesses seeking to buy everything from industrial equipment to real estate, was a key reason GE missed Wall Street estimates by ¢ per share in the first quarter. The size of this unit is likely to shrink from its current stake in GE's portfolio. There's good news for the unit, though. Last week, after reporting commercial finance profits jumped 7% in the second quarter, GE stressed its financing unit doesn't need the cash lifelines that many of its banking peers do.