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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Nov 16, 2006)

Filed November 16, 2006For Securities:GE

Summary

General Electric Company (GE) filed this Current Report on Form 8-K on November 16, 2006, primarily to provide unaudited financial information from its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2006. This information was formatted using XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) as part of a technological test. The filing includes condensed statements of earnings, financial position, and cash flows for the relevant periods, comparing 2006 to 2005. It is crucial for investors to note that the XBRL-formatted data provided in this report is explicitly stated as unaudited and not the official financial statements filed with the SEC. GE advises that investors should not rely on this specific XBRL-formatted information for investment decisions, as its purpose was to test the technology and format. Investors seeking definitive financial data should refer to the original Form 10-Q filed on October 31, 2006.

Key Highlights

  • 1GE is filing an 8-K to provide XBRL-formatted financial data from its Q3 2006 10-Q.
  • 2The XBRL data includes condensed statements of earnings, financial position, and cash flows.
  • 3The financial information pertains to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, and comparative periods.
  • 4This filing serves as a test of XBRL formatting and technology, not as a primary financial disclosure.
  • 5Crucially, GE explicitly states the XBRL data is unaudited and investors should NOT rely on it for investment decisions.
  • 6Investors should refer to the original Form 10-Q filed on October 31, 2006, for official financial statements.
  • 7The report was filed on November 16, 2006.

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this Form 8-K filing is to provide unaudited financial information from General Electric's Q3 2006 Quarterly Report (10-Q) in an XBRL format. This filing was part of a test of the XBRL formatting and related technology.

No, investors should explicitly NOT rely on the financial information presented in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, for making investment decisions. GE has clearly stated that this XBRL-formatted data is unaudited and is for testing purposes only.

Investors seeking definitive financial statements should refer to General Electric Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, which was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2006.

The XBRL exhibit (Exhibit 100) contains condensed versions of GE's Statement of Earnings, Statement of Financial Position, and Statement of Cash Flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, and comparative periods in 2005.