By David Litterick in Chicago Last Updated: 1:58am BST 14/07/2007
Sub-prime Q&A General Electric is getting out of the sub-prime mortgage business after one of its subsidiaries was severely burnt by the crisis playing out in the industry.
GE, which made the announcement alongside a near 10pc increase in quarterly profit, said it had charged Morgan Stanley to find a buyer for its WMC Mortgage unit which lends money to sub-prime borrowers.
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