As General Electric looks to spin off GE Healthcare, and the style of its first outsider CEO emerges, what was once the most-valued U.S. company is trying for a turnaround. But a foray into finance, a reliance on short-term debt to boost earnings, and a slew of bad bets sent the conglomerate’s share price plummeting and bit deeply into revenue and profits, putting the fate of the 126-year old company in question.





• The Wall Street Journal details the decisions that led to GE's downfall and being cast out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average after more than a century.