When it was time to divest computers, it divested. When it was time to be in natural resources, it was in resources. When corporate governance was on the mouths of many, governance glared from its annual report pages. The Company has moved from portfolio management to EVA acceleration. GE, then, is a way to get a seismic reading on huge multinational business structures.
Good art supports the abstract thinking throughout the report.
It takes a special man to create a focused specialty insurer, and specialty insurance is where all the real money is made. Another specialty insurance company, and there's no art here. Just a witty, outspoken chairman. This is one example of a new breed of reports where the chairman writes in a pointed manner about everything under the sun. He's cast off the gray flannel suit.