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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Jul 18, 2006)

Filed July 18, 2006For Securities:GE

Summary

This General Electric Company (GE) Form 8-K filing from July 18, 2006, is primarily a technical filing to provide additional formatted data related to their previously filed Q1 2006 Form 10-Q. It includes unaudited financial information for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, presented in both HTML and XBRL formats. Crucially, investors are cautioned that the XBRL-formatted financial information in Exhibit 100 is unaudited and is not the official financial statement. The purpose of this filing is explicitly stated as a technology test for XBRL formatting. Therefore, investors should not rely on this specific information within the 8-K for making investment decisions. The original Q1 2006 results, as filed on April 26, 2006, should be considered the authoritative source for financial data.

Key Highlights

  • 1Filing provides unaudited Q1 2006 financial data (Condensed Statements of Earnings, Financial Position, and Cash Flows) in XBRL format (Exhibit 100).
  • 2Also includes a preferred HTML rendering of the Q1 2006 10-Q information (Exhibit 99).
  • 3The primary purpose of this filing is to test XBRL formatting technology.
  • 4Investors are explicitly warned NOT to rely on the XBRL data for investment decisions.
  • 5The XBRL-formatted data is not the official SEC filing and is unaudited.
  • 6The authoritative source for GE's Q1 2006 financial results remains the Form 10-Q filed on April 26, 2006.

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to provide General Electric Company's unaudited quarterly financial information for the period ended March 31, 2006, in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) format as a technology test for XBRL formatting. It also includes an HTML rendering of the same information.

No, investors are strongly advised not to rely on the financial information presented in this 8-K filing, particularly the XBRL-formatted data in Exhibit 100, for making investment decisions. The filing explicitly states this information is unaudited and intended for technology testing purposes.

Investors should refer to General Electric Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, which was filed with the SEC on April 26, 2006. This is the authoritative source for GE's financial statements for that period.

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a global standard for the digital reporting of business and financial data. GE is testing this technology to explore its capabilities and potentially improve the way financial information is disseminated and analyzed in the future.