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Thank you. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this November 22nd.

Happy Monday, everyone.

When it comes to companies, you'd think bigger often means better. More employees, more products, more revenue, right? But managing all of the moving parts that come with operating a massive multinational conglomerate, that can be, to put it lightly, a challenge. So much so that a few massive corporations recently announced they're heading

to Splitsville, dividing themselves into smaller, more manageable companies, pairing down, shedding weight,

or, for all of you Taylor Swift fans out there, breaking up and never ever getting back together.

Forgive me. General Electric dispenser of washing machines, airplanes, and financial advice,

among other things, was once a symbol of American business power to the rest of the world,

according to Reuters. Alas, it costs a lot to be powerful, and GE has been trying to pare down

its debt for years now. It sold its appliance business in 2016, and last year it

parted ways with the light bulb business that it's owned for 129 years. That's a big deal for a company

co-founded by Thomas Edison himself. But unloading those assets wasn't enough to stabilize GE's debt

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