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CHICAGO (Reuters) -General Electric on Tuesday completed its breakup into three companies, marking the end of the 132-year-old conglomerate that was once the most valuable U.S. corporation and a ...
Phillips Petroleum Company was an American oil company incorporated in 1917 that expanded into petroleum refining, marketing and transportation, natural gas gathering and the chemicals sectors. It was Phillips Petroleum that first found oil in the North Sea on December 23, 1969, at a position that was later named Ekofisk .
The first Phillips 66 logo, branded by the Phillips Petroleum Co. in 1930. The Phillips 66 shield logo, linking it to U.S. Route 66, was introduced in 1930. [11] After a series of changes to the color scheme including the popular dark green with orange and blue trim, [11] the company settled on black and orange color scheme that would last nearly thirty years.
General Electric in Schenectady, New York, aerial view, 1896 Plan of Schenectady plant, 1896 [18] General Electric Building at 570 Lexington Avenue, New York. During 1889, Thomas Edison (1847–1931) had business interests in many electricity-related companies, including Edison Lamp Company, a lamp manufacturer in East Newark, New Jersey; Edison Machine Works, a manufacturer of dynamos and ...
That led the oil giant to enact a 2-for-1 stock split in June 2005. In other words, investors who bought one share at the company's IPO would have owned two shares following that split.
In a reverse stock split, your current shares are exchanged for fewer shares. When the split occurs, the share price also changes automatically to reflect the exchange ratio. That is, regardless ...
General Electric scientist Robert N. Hall invents the solid state laser [5] 1963 Gerald L. Phillippe becomes chairman, replacing Ralph J. Cordiner: 1964 General Electric sponsors Carousel of Progress at the 1964 New York World's Fair and continues sponsorship after it is moved to Disneyland from 1967 to 1973, then to Magic Kingdom (1975–1985 ...
The company has split its stock twice in the last five years: a 4-for-1 split in 2021 followed by a 10-for-1 split in June of this year, bringing its share price to a more affordable $118.